I just finished Charles Stross’ href="http://www.accelerando.org/book/">Accelerando, a marvelous
read that I snagged as a CC-licensed ebook from his website. I was
already a fan of his from other works, but I had somehow missed this
– thank goodness Vernor Vinge mentioned (and recommended) it in his
outstanding href="http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail711.html">keynote
address at Accelerating Change 2005.

If you like cyberpunk / singularity / futureshock-style science
fiction, I cannot recommend Accelerando highly enough. It is
amazing. I’ll be buying at least two copies; one for me, one to give
away this holiday season.