Steve Sidner

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• Commented on Clickbait spasm: 14 gizmos I used in 2015
  SanDisk Extreme PRO CZ88 128GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive What I use it for is as an alternative hard drive for my laptop. I have the boot sequence set to try USB first. So when I have the flash drive...
• Commented on An Apology
  A new novel that is not part of a series?! Yippee! I love Merchant Princes and the Laundry series, but it was Accelerando that got me hooked on reading Charlie Stross. I loved all the other stand-alone novels particularly Saturn's...
• Commented on The Future Is Not American
  I am a born and bred Nebraskan. I live with "American exceptionalism" every day and have for most of my life (65 years). I find it refreshing to read someone whom I respect from outside the U.S.A. completely nail where...
• Commented on Let's put the future behind us
  I thought Niven and Pournelle did a pretty good job of portraying the trade-off between security and freedom on a space station in their novel, Oath of Fealty. It certainly made me think hard, 30 years ago. The whole Space...
• Commented on The morning after
  As an American, I can only look at the participation numbers and shake my head. No matter which way it turns out, today, Scotland was united in plotting its destiny. William Wallace's ghost is probably dancing a jib on his...
• Commented on Crib Sheet: Neptune's Brood
  I really enjoyed this book. I tell my friends that Neptune's Blood is accountancy spec fiction. They look at me strange, but it's the truth. There was a lot of economics in Accelerando, so your skills are obvious. Neptune's Blood...