Pete's Log: Zodiac
Entry #933, (Books, Writing, n such)(posted when I was 22 years old.)
Just finished up the Neal Stephenson book "Zodiac" which Arun was kind enough to lend me. Very fun read, typical Stephenson, highly entertaining, very cool technical detail. This was yet another one of those books where I read the first half over the course of a week or so, a chapter or two at a time. Tonight I plowed through the second half. A definite sign of a good read. Next: several H.G. Wells novels. My favorite quote from Zodiac: "I don't like sewing machines. I don't understand how a needle with a thread going through the tip of it can interlock the thread by jamming itself into a little goddamn spool. It's contrary to nature and it irritates me." ... this amused me to no end, because I feel the exact same way. And this book was cool if for no reason other than the fact that the main character is a badass and a professional asshole.