- The Next Wave of Urban Consumers
By Stan Stalnaker
The topic definitely sounds interesting, but the writing doesn't sustain the title. So after many years of seeking peace of mind is suburbs, things are still or will be happening in cities. I get that part. This trend worths understanding because that's how you gonna focus your marketing campaign. That's logic. Then here comes the traveling and telecommunication. So advanced they re-center our lives, and how that affect the hubs? Because they are not just connecting Tokyo to New York, or Beijing to LA, they are merging Sunnyvale to London and Paris to Dalian too. To me, the only difference between a giant hub like NYC and a suburban area is the night life. Internet can get you everything else. The fancy restaurants, shows and pubs do make great differences cultural wise, but the author misses it. The idea of hub culture is insightful but unfortunately, not easy to grasp even for the author.
Finally, I have to admit that I didn't do justice to the book because I only glance through it. It's too boring as a pop reading and too frivolous as a study.
Ender's Game
By Orson Scott Card
This is the first science fiction I read through, and fortunately for me, it's a really interesting one. It is an intense mind game from the beginning, and in a genre of high-tech fantasy, the author tries to locate the inteligence and insigts of human being. The only sci-fi part is the flatness of the characters. As if to assimulate the vastness of the universe - people of similar ages could live into 75 and 25 at the same time simply because they choose to live at different places, Ender's destiny decides that, the six-year old Ender is no different than the 23 year old one. There's no real changes, no growing up, only self-revealing.
I haven't decided whether to pursue the series yet.
This is the first science fiction I read through, and fortunately for me, it's a really interesting one. It is an intense mind game from the beginning, and in a genre of high-tech fantasy, the author tries to locate the inteligence and insigts of human being. The only sci-fi part is the flatness of the characters. As if to assimulate the vastness of the universe - people of similar ages could live into 75 and 25 at the same time simply because they choose to live at different places, Ender's destiny decides that, the six-year old Ender is no different than the 23 year old one. There's no real changes, no growing up, only self-revealing.
I haven't decided whether to pursue the series yet.
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