Slog - Comments on Lunch Date: Infected http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/lunch_date_infected (A few times a week, I take a new book with me to lunch and give it a half an hour or so to grab my attention. Lunch Date is my judgment on that speed-dating experience.) Who's your date today? The Infected, by Scott Sigler. Where'd you go? The Great Northwest Soup Company, a new lunch counter in South Lake Union that a local recommended to me. What'd you eat? Mushroom and crab soup with a half tomato, basil, and mozzarella panini sandwich ($8.) How was the food? The panini was under-panini'd, which was unfortunate, but the soup was... Copyright 2008 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:36:57 -0800 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:01:18 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by mendicant Sigler is a bit of a shlock writer, his only book that I liked was Earthcore, it was better then infected but not by much.

]]> mendicant http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/lunch_date_infected#c1090051 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/lunch_date_infected#c1090051 Books Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:51:37 -0800 Comment by boxofbirds Seriously. I could never figure out why everyone was jizzing all over about this guy's books. Really the only thing interesting is how he marketed them.

]]> boxofbirds http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/lunch_date_infected#c1090076 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/lunch_date_infected#c1090076 Books Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:56:19 -0800 Comment by darkmane Finally, someone who thinks he is a schlock writer besides me.

He is roundly defended by podcasters for turning minor internet celebrity into a publishing deal.

But then again, I don't think he is that much worse than Dan Brown, so maybe my standards are absurdly high.

]]> darkmane http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/lunch_date_infected#c1090082 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/lunch_date_infected#c1090082 Books Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:57:39 -0800 Comment by S. Ben Melhuish Worse than that Heinlein book?

]]> S. Ben Melhuish http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/lunch_date_infected#c1090098 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/lunch_date_infected#c1090098 Books Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:00:44 -0800 Comment by Paul Constant @3: I've read Dan Brown, and I didn't enjoy Dan Brown, but I would gladly read another four Dan Brown books than read one Sigler book.

]]> Paul Constant http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/lunch_date_infected#c1090105 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/lunch_date_infected#c1090105 Books Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:02:27 -0800 Comment by Paul Constant @4: Lots worse than that Heinlein book. I would read it for fifty bucks on a bet, though. Anyone?

]]> Paul Constant http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/lunch_date_infected#c1090120 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/lunch_date_infected#c1090120 Books Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:06:08 -0800 Comment by Jeremy from Seattle Sigler throws similes around like something that throws things really ridiculously bad. His fanboys are dumb. He is essentially an Alpha Male that found a bunch of geeks who will pander to him.

]]> Jeremy from Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/lunch_date_infected#c1090244 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/lunch_date_infected#c1090244 Books Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:36:53 -0800 Comment by Ziggity @7: Kind of like Neil Gaiman?

]]> Ziggity http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/lunch_date_infected#c1090266 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/lunch_date_infected#c1090266 Books Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:43:20 -0800 Comment by Paul Constant @8: Oh, SNAP! If your e-mail address was attached to that comment, you'd already be choking on hate mail.

]]> Paul Constant http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/lunch_date_infected#c1090272 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/lunch_date_infected#c1090272 Books Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:45:27 -0800 Comment by Medicine Man @8: I don't think Neil Gaiman is particularly alpha-male-ish.

]]> Medicine Man http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/lunch_date_infected#c1090659 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/lunch_date_infected#c1090659 Books Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:03:38 -0800 Comment by mint chocolate chip It is like Matheson . . . with severe head trauma.

]]> mint chocolate chip http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/lunch_date_infected#c1090776 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/lunch_date_infected#c1090776 Books Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:01:18 -0800