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44^C = 111^F
Jan. 20th, 2025 04:22 pmIn case anyone was wondering! Perth is now so hot that all I'm doing is watching the temperature rise. Aircon holding it to 25^C inside; don't need any more than that. I ventured out only to water all the potted plants that live outside, and will be doing so again after dark.
I made it to the library before this struck, but have only one of those books left, so it'll be back to Kindle or rereads soon.
There was Generation Ship by Michael Mammay. Hadn't heard of him but like the subject. It resembled a public service department in space, with all the plotting and conversations and rules. Like the one where people got euthanised at 75 to make room for the next generation. Then they reach the planet, and the planet doesn't want them... The book was okay, but don't feel inspired to read any more of his.
I also read The Third Nero by Lindsay Davis, grabbed more for the oddity of its title, and I like reading about imperial Rome, so. It's part of a long series but worked on its own, fortunately. Amateur detective series. It grated a bit, because the author included a lot of things not accurate for the period. A newspaper in Imperial Rome? A woman being employed by the Imperial Palace to snoop, even if her father had been an investigator also. Girls being educated? I just couldn't see it. Too much 21st century thinking in it.
The last one I've got is by Steven Erikson, with the rather unusual title of Rejoice - A Knife to the Heart. The blurb goes: An alien AI has been sent to our solar system as representative of three advanced species. Its mission is to save the Earth's ecosystem - and the biggest threat to that is humanity. But we are also part of the system, so the AI must make a choice. Looks good. We'll see.
I made it to the library before this struck, but have only one of those books left, so it'll be back to Kindle or rereads soon.
There was Generation Ship by Michael Mammay. Hadn't heard of him but like the subject. It resembled a public service department in space, with all the plotting and conversations and rules. Like the one where people got euthanised at 75 to make room for the next generation. Then they reach the planet, and the planet doesn't want them... The book was okay, but don't feel inspired to read any more of his.
I also read The Third Nero by Lindsay Davis, grabbed more for the oddity of its title, and I like reading about imperial Rome, so. It's part of a long series but worked on its own, fortunately. Amateur detective series. It grated a bit, because the author included a lot of things not accurate for the period. A newspaper in Imperial Rome? A woman being employed by the Imperial Palace to snoop, even if her father had been an investigator also. Girls being educated? I just couldn't see it. Too much 21st century thinking in it.
The last one I've got is by Steven Erikson, with the rather unusual title of Rejoice - A Knife to the Heart. The blurb goes: An alien AI has been sent to our solar system as representative of three advanced species. Its mission is to save the Earth's ecosystem - and the biggest threat to that is humanity. But we are also part of the system, so the AI must make a choice. Looks good. We'll see.