Animals
If you are looking for a book to get a male teen to read this is it. The book opens with trade negotiations between Earth and the Nidu being derailed when the Earth delegate farts the Nidu delegate to death (yeah, you read that right). But we can make it up to the Nidu all we have to do is deliver the Android's Dream.
Problem, it's a genetically altered sheep, that due to the Nidu's restrictive breeding agreements very few people raise, and the few that do are finding their flocks dead. Can the good guys find a sheep before the bad guys kill them all?
And what if it's not a sheep, what if a person has sheep DNA. You just have to love the dialogue
"I need you to connect me with Ben," Creek said. "Ben' as in my brother Ben," Brian said. "That's the one," Creek said. "Interesting," Brian said. " I don't suppose he knows about me." "I have to tell him that the sheep we're looking for is a woman who runs a pet store," Creek said."I think telling him his younger brother's been resurrected as a computer program might be a little much for one day.".
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention Harry Creek computer geek extraordinaire has come up with the perfect 'artificial intelligence' by modeling the entire human brain (using the brain scan of his friend Brian who died at the Battle of Pajmhi).
The question is can Harry Creek keep his date alive long enough to convince her that she is 'part sheep'.
- Scylla Sunday
Arty MOUSE is sleeping in my spot on the bed, so........................................................... I claimed the laundry basket. It is nice and comfy and Tallulah Skye is napping in here too. We are good friends and she told me.......................................
- Wrinkled ~ Photo Hunt
If you stay in the water too long you will get WRINKLED. This is what the beans did the 4th of July. They meet this nice woofie. She had very nice manners. Mommy said when they started eating their sandwiches she just laid down nearby. Mommy gave the...
- A Good Day Is A Mix Of Work And Play
Great weather continues...and so does the outside work! I've been working on cleaning out the vegetable garden. It's amazing how quickly weeds take over once the vegetables are done.At some point this summer I stopped weeding.(Yikes... that...
- Happy Spring!!!
Yesterday we enjoyed the calm before the storm.Sunny, mid-40's...delightful. All of the animals were out lying in the sun.It was a peaceful day on the farm...and one that could convince anyone that Spring was knocking on the door. And then it snowed....but...
- Time To Slow Down And Kick Back.....
It seems that every available spare moment on the farm has recently been filled by preparations for house demolition. We are cleaning out, organizing and downsizing our belongings in hopes that there will be much less to place into storage during log...
Animals
Alasandra's Book Club ~ The Android's Dream by John Scalzi
If you are looking for a book to get a male teen to read this is it. The book opens with trade negotiations between Earth and the Nidu being derailed when the Earth delegate farts the Nidu delegate to death (yeah, you read that right). But we can make it up to the Nidu all we have to do is deliver the Android's Dream.
Problem, it's a genetically altered sheep, that due to the Nidu's restrictive breeding agreements very few people raise, and the few that do are finding their flocks dead. Can the good guys find a sheep before the bad guys kill them all?
And what if it's not a sheep, what if a person has sheep DNA. You just have to love the dialogue
"I need you to connect me with Ben," Creek said. "Ben' as in my brother Ben," Brian said. "That's the one," Creek said. "Interesting," Brian said. " I don't suppose he knows about me." "I have to tell him that the sheep we're looking for is a woman who runs a pet store," Creek said."I think telling him his younger brother's been resurrected as a computer program might be a little much for one day.".
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention Harry Creek computer geek extraordinaire has come up with the perfect 'artificial intelligence' by modeling the entire human brain (using the brain scan of his friend Brian who died at the Battle of Pajmhi).
The question is can Harry Creek keep his date alive long enough to convince her that she is 'part sheep'.
- Scylla Sunday
Arty MOUSE is sleeping in my spot on the bed, so........................................................... I claimed the laundry basket. It is nice and comfy and Tallulah Skye is napping in here too. We are good friends and she told me.......................................
- Wrinkled ~ Photo Hunt
If you stay in the water too long you will get WRINKLED. This is what the beans did the 4th of July. They meet this nice woofie. She had very nice manners. Mommy said when they started eating their sandwiches she just laid down nearby. Mommy gave the...
- A Good Day Is A Mix Of Work And Play
Great weather continues...and so does the outside work! I've been working on cleaning out the vegetable garden. It's amazing how quickly weeds take over once the vegetables are done.At some point this summer I stopped weeding.(Yikes... that...
- Happy Spring!!!
Yesterday we enjoyed the calm before the storm.Sunny, mid-40's...delightful. All of the animals were out lying in the sun.It was a peaceful day on the farm...and one that could convince anyone that Spring was knocking on the door. And then it snowed....but...
- Time To Slow Down And Kick Back.....
It seems that every available spare moment on the farm has recently been filled by preparations for house demolition. We are cleaning out, organizing and downsizing our belongings in hopes that there will be much less to place into storage during log...