Better Living Through Computers

Had to restore my iPhone in order to get my 3G data to work. Because of this I lost the configuration of all of my applications. The good thing is that I was able to clean up some applications that I wasn’t using anymore.

Anyway, I lost all of the books I had in Stanza and had to re-download books to read. Here is my new list so far:

• The Book of Five Rings by Musashi Miyamoto
• Tao Te Ching by Lao Tsu
• Warriors of Old Japan by Yei Theodora Ozaki
• Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki
• Metropolis by Thea von Harbou
• The Art Of War by Sun Tzu
• The Call of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft

I apologize for the lack of formatting, but the WordPress application on my iPhone doesn’t have many options. I’ll update this post with links to the books.

Hellgate London: Exodus

Just finished reading Hellgate London: Exodus and was hooked from the beginning. Never been much of a fan of books based on games I haven’t played, but I really enjoyed this one and I’m about to start on book 2 Hellgate London: Goetia.

The story takes place in the year 2038 when a rift opens between earth and the Demon world (Hellgates) over the city of London. Through these Hellgates demons start pouring out overtaking the city and turning London into a living nightmare.

The following description is taken from Amazon.com

The once-great city lies in ruins. A massive gash in the fabric of our reality roils against the horizon as it blends into a permanently darkened sky. The world as we know it has come to an end. Demons, the visions of our nightmares, walk the Earth. Mankind, driven in retreat to the sanctuary of the Underground, struggles to survive the Hellish apocalypse.

Among the survivors are those who foresaw the coming of the darkness, those who see it as an opportunity to improve the standing of man, and those who seek revenge for what was lost. All are now banding together in the shadows, arming themselves with futuristic weapons and arcane spells designed for one purpose — to battle the demonic hordes and take back their world.

About the Author

Mel Odom has written over sixty books which include the novelisation of the movie BLADE and original novels for both the Buffy and Angel series. He has written fantasy, game related fiction, science fiction, movie novelisations, horror, young adult, juvenile, computer strategy guides, action-adventure and comics.