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Jul. 1st, 2006 06:16 pmI recently put up a Craigslist ad for a new roommate since ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
colorwhirl is leaving soon. I've gotten five replies already, but only three are "good." This is because of the smoking issue. Two people have assured me that they will only smoke outside, but I said that was non-negotiable. I can't trust that they won't get lazy and try to smoke out the window or something in cold weather, and I don't want to have the smell in my living space at all, even if it's faint. Call me picky, but...
Also, I am about halfway through Alfred Bester's The Demolished Man. It's very obviously an old-school science fiction book, but in addition to his concept/speculative visions, Bester could write with grace and could create three-dimensional and believable, though not exceptional, characters. He also sets up the story in such a way that you aren't sure who to root for and, as a consequence, the ending does not seem predetermined. It's quite refereshing to read a science fiction author who can do the fiction as well as the science.
Oddly enough, certain aspects of the book remind me of Transmetropolitan, in that they are imaginitive and beautiful, yet at the same time bizzare and disturbing. This is a real chestnut of a book.
colorwhirl is leaving soon. I've gotten five replies already, but only three are "good." This is because of the smoking issue. Two people have assured me that they will only smoke outside, but I said that was non-negotiable. I can't trust that they won't get lazy and try to smoke out the window or something in cold weather, and I don't want to have the smell in my living space at all, even if it's faint. Call me picky, but...Also, I am about halfway through Alfred Bester's The Demolished Man. It's very obviously an old-school science fiction book, but in addition to his concept/speculative visions, Bester could write with grace and could create three-dimensional and believable, though not exceptional, characters. He also sets up the story in such a way that you aren't sure who to root for and, as a consequence, the ending does not seem predetermined. It's quite refereshing to read a science fiction author who can do the fiction as well as the science.
Oddly enough, certain aspects of the book remind me of Transmetropolitan, in that they are imaginitive and beautiful, yet at the same time bizzare and disturbing. This is a real chestnut of a book.
