Just finished Robopocalypse. My short review is that it's a very mainstream action-packed Chriton-esque take on what happens when the robots decide we are expendable. The guy who wrote it has serious chops with a PHD in robotics - but it's very dumbed down, with very little geeky meat in it. He must be doing something right because Spielberg has signed on to make the movie.

I just started Ready Player One which is a SF novel steeped in videogames and 80s culture. Any book that mentions Warren Robinett in the first few pages is going to be awesome. I was led to this book by a glowing review in BoingBoing.

Next I'm going to tackle Neal Stephenson's new book Reamde. I loved Neal in the 90s with his fantastic visions in Snow Crash and Diamond Age. I dropped off after Cryptonomicon - as it seemed that Neal was slowly deciding not to write about the future anymore - or even Science Fiction at all. The new book is supposed to be a return to the old style - so I'm really looking forward to it.

With the kids, I'm reading the The Hunger Games trilogy. They've already read them on their own, but they want me to read them with them to get my opinion. They claim the books are "better than Harry Potter" - high praise, almost blasphemy, but we'll see. The first book is starting out great and it too is slated to come out as a movie next year.

So what are you reading?