tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post5412277473896621500..comments2024-03-28T12:13:06.135-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: A reviewer who "gets it"Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-33446009125495431502015-06-07T04:57:08.955-05:002015-06-07T04:57:08.955-05:00Ooops - I put this comment under the wrong blog po...Ooops - I put this comment under the wrong blog post yesterday. <br /><br />I'll agree with your approach toward technology and characters in books, something I've noticed Neal Stephenson also does well. I'm about halfway through his latest, Seveneves, even more tech-heavy than his usual, but the way his characters are almost casually intertwined with the technology makes the technology and characters co-dependent in that tech is meaningless unless there's someone using it, which opens up all sorts of adventurous avenues to the creative mind. I noticed you increasingly did the same thing as the Maxwell series progressed.<br /><br />Forge is on the Kindle, but as yet unread; I've devoured enough words in the interim that I want to go back to War to the Knife and binge-read both in order lest I miss something. Inconsiderate Bastardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-45993121323587874782015-06-06T14:41:05.330-05:002015-06-06T14:41:05.330-05:00Definitely the "human factor" is what ma...Definitely the "human factor" is what makes anything interesting, passionate, and dynamic. Anything else is purely perfunctory, technical, and clinical. Too much like video games, medical procedures and law books.<br /><br />And you are so right about "It's not just about high-tech. It's more about who's in control of it" ...as is evidenced by the incompetence and dysfunction of so many businesses and government agencies who "do everything by computer" but often never double-check their data or delete obsolete information when doing updates.<br />"A computer program is only as accurate and intelligent as its programmers."Tal Hartsfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05077424958233740898noreply@blogger.com