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Currently reading The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi. Tim Send a noteboard - 01/06/2011 09:02:30 PM
Fascinating so far. It's set after a GM-food/fossil fuel apocalypse, so in a way it's very 19th-century steampunk despite being set (I think) in the late 22nd century, as technology has basically had to start all over again from the point where we discovered oil.

Also, the cover art is beautiful. Link below.

After that I will see what I feel like, but Throne of Jade (the second book in Naomi Novik's Temeraire series) will probably feature somewhere.
Vigilantibus non dormientibus jura subveniunt.

—Nous disons en allemand : le guerre, le mort, le lune, alors que 'soleil' et 'amour' sont du sexe féminin : la soleil, la amour. La vie est neutre.

—La vie ? Neutre ? C'est très joli, et surtout très logique.
In case you're wondering, it's "Ba-chee-ga-LOO-pee" (Italian).
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