Archive for May 16th, 2007

Neal Stephenson: Snow Crash

Posted by Edward on May 16th, 2007

Oops, this book wasn’t in the must-read-all-unread-books-project but was lent to me by my younger brother who told me that it was worth reading. And he was right! Neal Stephenson is the same guy who wrote Cryptonomicon in 1996 but this book actually predates that by four years.
The story is set in a near distant […]

Mary Renault: The Mask of Apollo

Posted by Edward on May 16th, 2007

Yet another book by Mary Renault about ancient Greece. This time we have left the mythological era and moved on to “modern” civilization. The main character in this book is an actor named Nikeratos. We get to follow him as he moves through the theatrical hierarchy becoming a prize winning tragic actor. But his acting […]