A Thing I've Read 11/2026: Idoru (Bridge II), by William Gibson

This is the story about a rockstar wanting to marry a virtual Idol. More specifically, it's the story of Chia, a member of the Lo/Rez-fanclub, and Colin, a data analyst with pattern recognition superpowers hired by the Lo/Rez security team, both (persons and groups) attempting to figure out what the hell is going on about those rumours.

A Thing I've Read 09/26

The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde

I have *no* idea how to properly talk about this one.
It sure is a Jasper Fforde-book.
Okay. It is set in an alternative (and somewhat phantastical) Britain, and it follows the Literary Detective Thursday Next on her quest to secure both the Prose Portal, an invention that lets people enter books and other works of literature, and the original manuscript of Jane Eyre, ...

Eine Sache die ich gehört habe 08/2026
Die Känguru-Rebellion, von Marc-Uwe Kling.

Viel schönes dabei.

A Thing I've Read 07/26: Virtual Light (Bridge I), by William Gibson

This is not a Sprawl-tale. I am both happy and sad about that.

This is, as per the cover-quote, a tech-thriller, and it is very much set in a cyberpunk-ian dystopia, where it plays out very much on the punk-side and very little on the cyber-side.
The book follows an ex-cop and a bike courier, who stumble into a plot to [redacted] San Francisco, and who are mostly trying to stay alive through the whole ordeal.

A Thing I've (re-)Read 04/2026
Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson

Okay, bear with me, this is a WILD one.
Snow Crash begins with the story of how our hero and protagonist Hiroaki Protagonist loses his job as a deliverator for the Nova Sicilia franchulate when he misjudges a shortcut through another franchulate (a franchised nation-state within the now-gone US) and only does not have to Very Finally Answer to Uncle Enzo, ...

A Thing I've Watched 04/2026
KPop Demon Hunters

A well animated movie with almost disturbingly catchy songs, and despite some moments of "wait what" a pretty decent story about, well, a group of demon hunters who in this day and age work their magic as k-pop band needing to face their opponents on their own turf.

Unless the virability of Golden completely put you off of this one forever, consider giving it a go. It's enjoyable cinema.