Daily Thoughts 02/05/2015

Daily Thoughts 02/05/2015

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook this morning.

I also finished reading Neal Asher Dark Intelligence.  The style is very interesting.  There are multiple viewpoint characters which range from human to alien.  There is a human who is slowly turning into an insectile war machine, a bioespionage specialist, a ruthless criminal, and a giant crablike alien who are at different points the main characters.  The central opponent is a rogue artificial intelligence that changes the main characters throughout the story with a mix of trickery and manipulation.  The story is very dark and brutal, but it draws you in with its darkness and its grotesque ideas.  It was a way to escape ordinary life for a while.

I placed Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman on hold.

I am looking at a review for The Untold History of Black Comic Books by Bill Foster and Craig Yoe. 

Web Bits

Being A Bookworm Boosts Your Brainpower Into Old Age

http://www.today.com/health/being-bookworm-boosts-your-brainpower-old-age-6C10532642?utm_content=buffer465a6&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

There are Six Basic Book Plots According to Computers

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/computers-find-that-there-are-six-plots

Editorial : Library Funding Linked to Equality

http://www.pressrepublican.com/opinion/editorial-library-funding-linked-to-equality/article_2a35ef65-4827-5f5a-ae86-3a71b9c7261f.html