Shiny shiny!
Daddy got a Kindle!
Yesterday was my 30th birthday. And to celebrate my headlong jaunt into obsolescence, my family got me a brand spankin’ new Amazon Kindle 2. This thing is really cool. For those of you not among the digerati, the Kindle is Amazon’s e-book reader. It’s basically an electronic book. Using an e-ink screen that simulates text on paper, the Kindle can download books from Amazon.com over the air with its free built-in cellular connection and store 1,000 of them internally. I have a subscription to USA Today and wake up every morning to the daily edition waiting for me on my Kindle… automagically!
I’ve read several short stories on it so far, Stephen King’s Ur and Cory Doctorow’s Overclocked stories and on Wednesday will begin my first full-length novel via Kindle. The only caveat is I can’t decide what to read first. I’m leaning toward Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, but I love the idea behind Max Brooks’ World War Z. Of course I was recently reminded that I’ve never read either of the cyberpunk staples Cryptonomicon or Neuromancer. Also, I’d love to finally get through Deception Point. Ooh, and the rest of the Dark Tower series, and all of the Southern Vampire Mysteries. And some Tom Clancy, and Michael Crichton, and….
Why is it I feel my literary budget is about to increase drastically?
