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May 2014 News

This is the May 201411ya edition of the Gwern.net newsletter; the previous was March.

This is a summarized version of the revision-history RSS feed, overlapping with Changelog.

Writings

Media

Books

Fiction:

  • The Quantum Thief, Hannu (Accelerando meets Lupin; uncompromising SF, stuffed full of interesting tidbits—the game-theoretic prison at the beginning is only the beginning; self-recommending)

  • Catch-22, Heller (I reread it out of curiosity to see how it’d hold up after all these years. I still enjoyed it.)

Nonfiction:

Film/TV

Movies:

Anime:

  • Summer in Andalusia (Ghibli-esque movie about a professional cycling race in Spain; better than it sounds)

  • Ghost Hound (attempt at psychological/supernatural horror that ultimately falls short of building up to anything interesting)

  • Un-go (lame mysteries in the worst Sherlock tradition, offputting fan-service, not one but two major deus ex machinas; stick to something like Umineko)

Music

Doujin:

  • “それでもグランドマザーは” (ds_8; bacon8tion {201114ya}) [instrumental]

Touhou:

  • “孤独なウェアウルフ” (TAM; 純白の東方子守唄 {R11}) [classical]

  • “春色小径 ~ Colorful Path” (TAM; 純白の東方子守唄 {R11}) [classical]

  • “月時計 ~ ルナ.ダイアル -十六夜” (TAM; 純白の東方子守唄 {R11}) [classical]

  • “幽雅に咲かせ、墨染の桜 alt. ver.” (埼玉最終兵器; Rain Drop {R11}) [instrumental metal]

  • “恋心ひとつ” (ハム; TOHO BOSSA NOVA 3 {R11}) [bossa nova]

  • “Telepathy, Telepathy” (雨宿 どみ乃; デジウィ LEGEND {R11}) [Jpop]

  • “Eternal Verities” (ayame; POP | CULTURE {C84}) [Jpop]

Vocaloid:

  • “bpm (club rework)” (Miku; KTG; CueB Legacy Collection {VM21}) [club]

  • “クラブ流星群 (Extend mix)” (Miku; 味噌汁P CueB Legacy Collection {VM21}) [club]

  • “Just hanging around” (Gumi; ベーコンP; bacon8tion {201114ya}) [Jpop]

  • “Just carry on my way” (Gumi; ベーコンP; bacon8tion {201114ya}) [Jpop]

  • “いつか” (Rin; カラスヤサボウ; goodnight, wonderend {201411ya}) [Jpop]


  1. Surely You’re Joking, Mr Feynman!↩︎