"Rainbows End" by Vernor Vinge

"Rainbows End" by Vernor Vinge

"The novel introduces us to Robert Gu, a man slowly recovering from Alzheimer's disease thanks to advances in medical technology. As his faculties return, Robert (who always has been slightly technophobic) must adapt to a very different world, where almost every object is networked and mediated-reality technology is commonplace. Robert, formerly a world-renowned poet but with a notoriously mean-spirited personality, must also learn how to change and how to rebuild relationships with his estranged family. At the same time, Robert and his granddaughter Miri are drawn into a complex plot involving a traitorous intelligence officer, an intellect of frightening (and possibly superhuman) competence hiding behind an avatar of an anthropomorphic rabbit, and ominous new mind control technology with profound implications." (Wikipedia)

Well, I have to confess it was a very difficult book to read. I lost all interest in its plot very quickly and kept reading only because of some technological ideas. But in fact it's not worth the time...

Time's Tapestry Series by Stephen Baxter

Time's Tapestry Series by Stephen Baxter

It is incredibly intriguing series of book. I need some time to catch my breath after reading them all...

I wish I understood it earlier in my life that history is not a series of events but rather a strim, a flow of interconnected ideas, views, people, events. We equally are connected to our past and future...

Besides of all these dharmas the books, especially the first three, are very good illustrations to some very interestiong periods in the history of Europe.