A cultural break – May 2007
The book I will talk about this month was in my shopping list for some time and tackles astronomy in a very interesting way. I was mesmerized by the photos proposed.
Culture
A deepness in the sky, by Vernor Vinge
I have been reading for the past four months a great space opera book by Vernor Vinge, A deepness in the sky. It indeed took me some time to finish it, but it is one of the best, if not the very best Sci-Fi book I ever read so far. As I just finished it, …
A cultural break – March 2007
During my previous cultural break I was writing about a European “bandes dessinées”. This month, I would like to write on my favorite comics series, Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson. As I bought last week The Complete Calvin and Hobbes, I would like to drop a few lines to show you how GREAT this …
Some books that are waiting on my shelves
Oh, a post on Saturday. This is pretty rare but I wanted to write on the various books that I have to read for my personal needs and wants. I will only talk about the books that are related to sustainable development and energy as the other are not really interesting for the sake of …
A cultural break – February 2007
My favourite cultural product this month is a comic books series called “Blacksad”. There are three comics in French and two are already translated in English. The stories follow the character of a detective named John Blacksad. The story, set in the USA in the 1950s, has a film noir ambiance and is very well …
A cultural break – January 2007
Every month I will present here cultural products (video, book, DVD, album… ) that I truly enjoyed in the past month. This will be a break from our sustainable development topics. To begin this section, I will talk to you about a video seen on the Internet and a book. Firstly, the video. Thanks to …