reviews: March 2003 Archives

I've added a currently reading section to this website, partly to encourage me to get on with the pile of books at home and also to note the commonalities in what I'm reading with what others are reading and the amazon clickthroughs too, of course.

I recently read Under the Skin which is a fascinating book. It is about Isserley who picks up male hitch-hikers in the North of Scotland. It starts oddly and then heads off into realms unfamiliar for many people given its general fiction listing. Well written, Faber gradually reveals details of the plot, keeping enough in reserve for a satisfying ending. Difficult to say more without blowing the plot, but it is one of the best real science fiction books I've read in a while, not a schlock horror and not a long winded space opera, good stuff.

Today the April issue of Macworld UK hits the shops and the letterboxes. In it is my review of NetNewsWire 1.0, unfortunately you need to buy a subscription to read it, either online or print. Still I really liked the program and I gave it 5 stars. Ironically enough I wrote the review about a month ago, which seems kind of funny for a program whose aim is to give you the most recent news. Ranchero have released a final candidate of version 1.01 which addresses some of the small bugs noted in the review.