Update
Cozy Corner has been on hiatus for a bit; and blogging will continue to be light. In addition to increased business at work, I've got a pinched nerve in my back, and the pain has really driven my attention span down. Fortunately, I can still read.
Just finished A Conflict of Visions, by Thomas Sowell. Of any philosophical work I've read, this is the one I'd most recommend to folks out there trying to create a dialogue across the liberal/conservative gap. Simply put, Sowell argues that there are two distinct visions of how the world - and people - operate. Your political philosophy is built atop your belief - and may therefore seem incomprehensible to someone coming from a different foundation.
Finally read A Canticle for Leibowitz, by Walter Miller, Jr. Wow. I can see a bit of where L.E. Modesitt, Jr gets some of his inspiration from. If you're interested in post-apocalyptic multi-millennial stories, here's a good one.
Also got, and finished, Island in the Sea of Time, by S.M. Stirling. It's a time-travel triggered alternate history - in this case, Nantucket gets cast back three millennia. A very good read, especially if you're a logisitician. Many of you will find the summary of the interaction with the Olmec quite amusing.
And, finally, Lest Darkness Fall, by L. Sprague de Camp. One of the original time-travelling novels - an historian goes back to the fall of the Roman Empire. A nice read, if a little light on some of the logistics. But when you look at what Martin Padway has to fight up against, you can see why the Empire fell.
On the reading list: A War Like No Other, A Meeting at Corvallis, and Hell's Gate.
