Spin by Robert Charles Wilson – Cams #9

October 1, 2007

Spin by Robert Charles Wilson is number 9 on my all-time top 10. A strange addition, as I’m sure you’ll agree, since it was only written in 2005. However, as I was reviewing my list, the stories all seemed to be a least 10 years old, and therefore didn’t take much of the new science [...]

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More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon – Cams #10

September 24, 2007

More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon is number 10 on my all-time top 10 favourite science fiction stories. It is, quite simply, one of the best and most original science fiction novels of all time. It centers around the concept of a Gestalt species as the next step in evolution for humanity and was, as [...]

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Cam’s Top 10 – A SciFi Primer

September 23, 2007

If you’re looking to get into reading science fiction, you should start with these classics first. They will give you a solid understanding of the main themes in the genre and they are excellent and well written stories.

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Pushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds

September 19, 2007

I’m not sure who recommended Pushing Ice to me (it might even have been Amazon), but whoever did — Thank You! I read this novel while on vacation at the cottage, and while it won’t get you thinking deeply about any topic, it was hard to put down for long. Summary: This novel is a [...]

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The Last Question by Isaac Asimov

September 18, 2007

The Last Question is a short story that was written by Isaac Asimov in 1956. It was Asimov’s favorite among the short stories he wrote, and is generally agreed to be one of the best science fiction short stories ever written. I stumbled across it about two weeks ago via Digg, and decided to give [...]

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Ringworld by Larry Niven

September 16, 2007

So I’m 37 years behind the times — sue me. I wasn’t even born when this book was written (1970) let alone when it won both the Hugo and the Nebula awards for best novel. Now, at least, I can say I’ve read it. Written and released during the golden age of science fiction, this [...]

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My First Fish Tank

July 16, 2007

It’s been a long time coming. Years ago I got it into my head that I needed a fish tank. After all, my alternative career choice was to become a Marine Biologist and save the whales. I went so far as to build a stand out of solid pine, but then I decided that a [...]

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Rails edition of Google Maps Book

February 26, 2007

To be honest I’ve never written a line of Rails in my life. However, Apress in their wisdom has decided to contract Andrew Lewis to port our book over from PHP to Rails, and the result is finally on the shelves. I’m thrilled as I still get a royalty on this edition (once it earns [...]

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10 Rules to Code By

January 22, 2007

Over the last few years the We-Create development team has built up quite a few unwritten rules that have helped us create some excellent code. You will probably recognize a few, but I doubt anyone knows them all. Therefore it’s time to write them down, understand their reasoning and live by all of them all [...]

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My old paintings…

January 7, 2007

Over the last decade or so I’ve had the pleasure of working with a canvas and brush. When I get time to paint I always enjoy it thoroughly. Recently I decided to take photos of all of my favourites and put them up in my Picasa Web Album. All are done on wood-framed canvas with [...]

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Variable Star review on Slashdot.org

November 13, 2006

Slashdot.org, the bastion of all things Geek, has picked up my Science Fiction book review of Spider Robinson’s completion of Robert A Heinlein’s lost outline of “Variable Star”. Very, very cool. Check it out here: Variable Star by Heinlein and Robinson on Slashdot.org

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