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I must admit, when I looked at the Charles Stross website to download the book I clicked on his supposed explanation for Singularity ... and the result was the book didn't get a high priority for my attention. But then I read his "Bit Riot" short in "Engineering Infinity" (zombies SF-style) and was amused, so maybe I'll get to the novel soon-ish.
I have finished the shorts in "Engineering Infinity", "Edge of Infinity" and "Reach for Infinity". I enjoyed them, it seemed that the collections got better as they progressed. The first had a few stories in it that didn't seem much like SF to me and not many stand-outs, the second was better, more consistent, and the third was very good - one I can imagine picking up to reread. What I liked about going through these diverse collections was getting a taste of so many different authors, and there a few in there that I definitely want to see more of.
I'm part way through "The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year Volume Eight" - mostly because I saw it when shopping for the others mentioned above (same editor) and saw a Neil Gaiman story I wanted. But, as it turns out, it was the Ted Chiang story that has been the big stand-out so far - "The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling" - simply brilliant. So I definitely want to see more of him. (For some reason Kobo don't have his books in English ... how strange. I guess I'll have to shop around.)
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