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Mar. 23rd, 2002 11:15 pm
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Holy wow damn, you have to read Ted Chiang's "Story of your life". Inscrutable aliens, the influence of language on thought, free will and a sub specie æternitatis view of time -- I've seen these pieces before, but not like this. (Also: yes, there can be a good and sufficient reason to write in second-person future tense.) He's highly praised, but I hadn't read anything of his yet. Big mistake.

(Appears in his secret identity as a tech writer he has written the C++ tutorial shipped with MSVC, but I don't believe I've read that either.)

It's sad how some bookstores have such slow turnover that I never have to go back. Death spiral.

Ceylon cinnamon is really stunningly different from cassia.
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