Dust

Just finished reading Dust. The Silo saga ends here. In time, I will move on to new worlds, but the silos have certainly taken up a permanent residence inside my head.

Shift ends

Just finished reading the third (and final) book of Shift. Superb storytelling once again. While Wool introduced us to the Silos, Shift focuses on how they came to be, but it is not a story set into the past. The third book joins to the last (fifth) book of Wool. And as with good science fiction, it leaves you clamoring for more details, both for the people and the world in which it takes place. I had planned to take this series slowly, so as to make it last a while, but then I am not (and have never been) good with things like that. Thankfully, Dust, the conclusion to the Silo saga, releases next to next Sunday.

Shift arriveth

I bought the prequel series to Wool yesterday, and the first book is already over. I need to be careful with my supplies, there are not many books in this league. To iterate what I have said umpteen times both on and off line, if you have anything to do with science fiction, Wool and now Shift are not to be missed.

अवधाने

१. दोन दिवे लुकलुकणारा सिग्नल
२. समोर नागमोडी डोलणारी बस
३. ज्याना डोह म्हणता येईल असे खड्डे
४. उलट्या दिशेने येणारी चारचाकी
५. आपल्या तीर्थरूपांचा रस्ता समजून दुचाकी चालवणारा कार्टा 
६. स्वतःला पी टी उषा समजून दुचाकी पळवणारी कार्टी
७. डोक्यावर कोसळणारा पाउस
८. आपल्याच तंद्रीत फिरणारा पादचारी

आणि या सर्वाना एकत्र सांभाळत गाडी हाकणारा मी गाडीवान….

सामान्य माणूस अष्टावधानी बनतो तो असा….

Myths

From time to time, one feels the need for a mythology. I prefer Tolkien's because

a. It's rich, unlike most others.
and
b. No one has killed in the name of it, again, unlike most others.

New developments

It's happening again. Just like my engg. folks, now with M and C moving, except for one minor (haha) exception, the entire old office gang will now be residing in US/Canada. While I feel good that the members are moving on to better things and was never great with keeping in touch anyway, the loss of the occasional meeting to bring me out of accumulated lethargy is something to miss. The time with the gang was certainly one of the happiest periods of my life (see towards the end). Apart from the outings, books, blogs and puns united us. I hope the members will go on to more bashes there if not here. People, if you are reading this, Thanks and may you all live long and prosper \\ //.

The partial bash list:

Birthday party

Tekadi

Diveagar

Water Kingdom

Vapi

Kaas valley

Sinhgad

Existence

Breathe in.
Breathe out.

Painfully simple.