CAD/CAM Software developer (mostly C++). Located in Birmingham (Stirchley). Made in Middlesbrough. Slow (but improving) runner. Occasional cyclist.
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CAD/CAM Software developer (mostly C++). Located in Birmingham (Stirchley). Made in Middlesbrough. Slow (but improving) runner. Occasional cyclist.
He/him
2023 was quite a good year for running for me.
Highlights were the London Marathon. I knocked 1h15 minutes off my only other marathon time, setting a new marathon PR 4:02:23.
I also managed a new HM PR at Birmingham HM, of 1:47:22. I'm convinced this was off the back of the marathon training.
I managed a parkrun PR of 22:47, again almost certainly off the back of the marathon training.
I'm also proud that I helped lead two C25K groups for my running club - that's always so enjoyable.
World War Hulk. Greg Pak, David Finch, John Ramita Sr.
Hulk comes back to earth after the events of Planet Hulk, and he's Mad.
The Mimicking of Known Successes, Malka Ann Older.
A mystery set on a human-inhabited gas giant, with scones and tea, cosy trains and howling winds.
Elysium Fire, Alastair Reynolds.
More in the “revelation space” universe, again exploring the demarchy in the Glitter Band of habitats surrounding Yellowstone. It's a police procedural in the far future.
Starter Villain, John Scalzi.
A fun story about inheriting the family business, where the family business comes complete with volcano lair.
Skeleton Song, Seanan McGuire.
Christopher's story, when he was in Mariposa
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to report back suitable planets, to terraform if needed, and to duplicate himself. Bob pretty quickly frees himself from his enslavement, but he's pretty willing to do the tasks himself, on his own terms. A lot of humour derives from the personality of the Bob clones, who have their own quirks.
December
We Are Legion (We are Bob), Dennis E Taylor.
I read all the Bobiverse books one after the other! Bob is a software developer and CEO. He has decided to be frozen after death, to be revived. That happens much sooner than he might have expected. He's awoken much later as a replicant, his mind copied and more-or-less a slave to a theocratic future US. His task is to be a Von Neumann probe. He's meant to reach a new solar system (Epsilon Eridani, an SF favourite)