Attended ICFA this week. I’d never been before–really enjoyed it, both seeing old friends and making new connections, but also because the papers I attended (only two) were really intellectually stimulating!
Book Review: Mindscan by Robert J Sawyer
Science Fiction 4/5
Knowing he will die suddenly and at the peak of health, Jake scans his mind into a perfect robot body, but his original carcass—with its original mind intact—must live out his days on the far side of the moon, a legal non-entity. But the original Jake has other ideas. Cool ideas and exciting story!
Undaunted done! This draft, at least.
Put on a push and got the revised draft of the book on courage done. This week it goes to the editor!
Book Review: Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
Classic 4/5
Solar survey vessel commander Norton is assigned to check out a deep space object that has entered our solar system, only to discover it is in fact a space ship from an unknown civilization far beyond Pluto. Okay, it’s years since I read this book but it sticks in my memory—I loved it. The premise was plausible, giving a science-fictional-suspension-of-disbelief, the crew’s explorations were enchanting, and the ending was clever and unexpected.
Rainforest Writers’ Village
I just returned from a week-long writers’ retreat in Washington State, the Rainforest Writers’ Village on Lake Quinault. Wonderful to get focussed time to really get through a chunk of text. I was revising, rather than drafting, but it’s still good to get your head around a project!