You can find more information about that here (Note: link removed as this is over) if that interests you (login required).įor everyone else, if you are looking to get your hands on the book, we have gathered some links/buttons below to take you straight to it! Rejoice, as the next chapter in the adventure begins, now. Who knows where the influence of the Ready Player franchise will take things next.įor now, you have a promotion happening over at Roblox where they are having a treasure hunt that takes place across multiple virtual worlds within their platform, just like how the new book opens up. It was created around the idea of the first movie. HTC has already made its own version of the Oasis, albeit, quite minimal and simplistic in comparison. It won’t be long before we start dabbling with such virtual worlds once VR technology becomes better. Now readers can dive right back into the world of the Oasis to see what comes next as the same characters join in for another adventure between the real world and virtual reality. Ernest Cline’s sequel “Ready Player Two” has officially hit the shelves. Eventually, going on to become a successful blockbuster hit directed by Steven Spielberg. It even made it to number one in our recommended reading list. It was tech in so many ways, touching the hearts of many. However, Ready Player One was such an exception to that. If I could count how many times we have discussed a book in one of our stories (the highlight of the story, at least), I’d likely be able to count using the fingers on a single hand.
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And these holes become problematic when we apply current AI technology to areas where we expect intelligent agents to act with the rationality and logic we expect from humans. Every major field of AI seems to solve part of the problem of replicating human intelligence while leaving out holes in critical areas. And at every step of the way, we’ve managed to create machines that can perform marvelous feats and at the same time make surprisingly dumb mistakes.Īfter six decades of research and development, aligning AI systems with our goals, intents, and values continues to remain an elusive objective. Welcome to AI book reviews, a series of posts that explore the latest literature on artificial intelligence.įor decades, we’ve been trying to develop artificial intelligence in our own image. In addition, the deal entails options for two additional wells, and the planned start-up of operations is between May and July 2024.ĭavid Mullen, Chief Executive Officer, Shelf Drilling, said: “We are pleased to announce that the Shelf Drilling Barsk rig will continue to operate for Equinor in Norway. The 2016-built Shelf Drilling Barsk jack-up rig is of GustoMSC CJ70-X150-ST design and can accommodate 140 people.Īccording to the company, the firm term of the contract for two wells is approximately 270 days and the value for the firm period, excluding certain integrated services, is approximately $61 million. This rig was sold as part of Noble’s efforts to remedy competition concerns related to its merger with Maersk Drilling, which was concluded in 2022. The Noble Lloyd Noble jack-up rig was bought by Shelf Drilling to be renamed Shelf Drilling Barsk. Shelf Drilling revealed on Friday, 28 April 2023, that a subsidiary of Shelf Drilling North Sea (SDNS) had secured a contract for the Shelf Drilling Barsk (former Noble Lloyd Noble) jack-up rig with Equinor for operations at the Sleipner Vest field offshore Norway. Shelf Drilling Barsk (former Noble Lloyd Noble) jack-up rig Source: Jamie Baikie/Equinor Offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has been awarded a new contract for one of its jack-up rigs by Norway’s Equinor for operations on a field located on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). Ambiguous Situation: Mikey, Mel and Meredith’s grandmother, who’s suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, keeps mistaking Mikey for a man named Phillip. The Alcoholic: Mel and Mikey's dad, on top of having embezzled funds from his brother-in-law's car dealership.The Rest Of Us Just Live Here contains examples of: and maybe finally work up the courage to ask Henna out before someone goes and blows up the high school again?īecause sometimes there are problems bigger than this week’s end of the world, and sometimes you just have to find the extraordinary in your ordinary life.Įven if your best friend is worshipped by mountain lions. What if you aren’t The Chosen One? ("Indie kids," in the book's parlance.) The one who’s supposed to fight the zombies, or the soul-eating ghosts, or whatever the heck this new thing is, with the blue lights and the death? What if you’re like Mikey, who just wants to graduate and go to prom. The Rest Of Us Just Live Here is a 2015 Young Adult fantasy novel by Patrick Ness. Unfortunately, Iris’ repetitive internal dialogue, always reminding readers of the stakes, lessens any tension and makes subsequent scenes feel inevitable. The Pacific Northwest rainforest setting is palpable as the two trek through the backcountry in search of the owl, and their banter moves the story forward as romantic feelings start to build. With Pike accompanying her for safety at her mother’s insistence, Iris sets out into the forest to find the owl if it dies before Iris can reverse the spell, the curse could burn Pike alive. Unfortunately, her magic goes awry, and the curse that should have burned away without impact instead goes into an injured owl that takes flight, leaving the sanctuary behind. When she reaches her boiling point with his arrogance, Iris comes up with a spell to work through her frustration. College intern Pike Alder, who assists at the sanctuary, has an incredible talent for getting under Iris’ skin and freely expresses his intense dislike and mistrust of witches. The Foggy Mountain Wildlife Refuge on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula is the perfect place for Iris Gray and her mother, who, as witches, have a special affinity for helping animals but keep their magic secret. A young witch unintentionally releases a fatal curse in this frenemies-to-lovers romance. There isn't much point in reading '' Beyond The Shadows as a stand-alone: it's really a one long, epic novel which clearly reaches its climax in the last sequences of the last book, and all three should be read, and in sequence. I liked that! I often find that the wait for the next instalment somehow dampens my enthusiasm for even the best sagas, at least initially, while having all three parts appear in the same pre-Christmas season (but not strictly all at once) kept my interest active. Great fun and recommended for all fans of heroic fantasy.īeyond The Shadows is the last volume of The Night Angel trilogy, unusually published at monthly rather than annual (or bigger) intervals. Summary: The concluding volume of The Night Angel trilogy is the biggest, meatiest and most epic, with all plot strands and characters coming together in a superbly entertaining grand finale. Rupban agrees, ".my child must not waste energy fighting against Fate. Banesa advises Rupban - the tearful, pious mother - not to take Nazneen to the hospital as she would have to sell her jewelry to pay the expense - and besides, the old midwife says, fate will decide the outcome anyway. The eldest daughter, Nazneen, is pronounced a stillborn by the village midwife, Banesa - a woman who claimed to be 120 years old and "was more desiccated than an old coconut." But Nazneen defies her pronouncement, emitting a yowl as she struggles to live. In her first novel, Brick Lane, Monica Ali paints a moving and humorous picture of gender dynamics in Bangladeshi culture, and deftly evades such criticism by presenting a well nuanced portrayal of the lives of two sisters from the rural village Gouripur in Eastern Pakistan. In addition to tangling with critics, an author can find that skewering the traditions of the motherland is often seen by natives as an act of cultural imperialism, a grasp at unwarranted license, or an act of betrayal Some critics complained that instead of setting her story in a specific African culture she offered up a generalized depiction of "African" village life. Take for instance Alice Walker's novel Possessing the Secret of Joy - her indictment of the practice of female circumcision. Denouncing gender inequities in another culture, even when the author has roots in that culture, can be fraught with perils. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. Thus was born the myth of King Richard III, the man who would stop at nothing to gain the throne.įilled with the sights and sounds of battle, the customs and love of daily life, the rigours and dangers of Court politics and the touching concerns of very real men and women, The Sunne in Splendour is a richly coloured tapestry of medieval England. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for The Sunne in Splendour: A Novel of Richard III at. Leaving no heir, his reputation was at the mercy of his successor, and Henry Tudor had too much at stake to risk mercy. The very codes Richard lived by ultimately betrayed him.īut he was betrayed by history too. Above all, he was a man of fierce loyalties, great courage and firm principles, who was ill at ease among the intrigues of Edward's court. He was also a devoted brother, an ardent suitor, a patron of the arts, an indulgent father, a generous friend. Richard, last-born son of the Duke of York, was seven months short of his nineteenth birthday when he bloodied himself at the battles of Barnet and Tewkesbury, earning his legendary reputation as a battle commander in the Wars of the Roses, and ending the Lancastrian line of succession.īut Richard was far more than a warrior schooled in combat. This special thirtieth anniversary edition of the bestselling The Sunne in Splendour, features an author's note from Sharon Penman. It had been, to put it mildly, an interesting year.Īs usual, I was so distracted by Sinclair's essential deliciousness, I almost forgot to look at the book they were so engrossed in. He was the king of the vampires, my lover, my fiance, my nemesis, and my roommate. "What are you guys working on?"Įric Sinclair leaned back so I could take a look. We can zap some popcorn and 'forget' it in the back of her closet." I tossed my keys on the counter and crossed the room. "Your stepmother's baby," Sinclair added. "To be alone with her baby," Tina clarified. The baby likes me, and even though the Ant doesn't, she's desperate to get out of the house. You heard exactly what I said." I pulled my cold hands out of my pockets and blew on them, which did zero good. "We didn't catch that one, dear," Sinclair told me. And I have to cancel on you tomorrow, too, because I'm"-I paused for dramatic impact-"baby-sitting my baby brother." "Oh, come on, like you really cared that I went over there and bugged the shit out of the Ant. "Thanks for canceling on me, you evil whore." Maybe I'd better rethink the dramatic entrance too many people were used to it. She was still in her caramel-colored coat, a man's coat that came almost to her ankles, and had her knitting bag in one hand and her gloves in the other. I popped open the kitchen door and practically leaped into the middle of the floor. It being said, it's no surprise that these stories that Ilsa writes are one hundred percent insta-love romances that always keep me intact and in love with her writing. I am a fan of characters that have a past in which they have to try and conquer or try to move on from, and in this case you Zack Morgan has a past that he is trying to defeat and try to leave behind after meeting Sugar Ryan. The chemistry of all the characters she writes and enhances from is just so magical on its own way, and there is so much passion through it as well when the reader gets to enjoy it. But knowing the kind of writing Ilsa writes, I just knew and had a feeling that I would not be disappointed. I will be honest, when I first read the synopsis I was a tiny bit hesitant about it. You can never go wrong with reading her novels, and this book was no exception. A sports romance that has an emotional past, present, and future filled with love, lust and so much understanding moments between the characters that Ilsa has so beautifully created.Įveryone who knows me, knows that I am addicted to sports romances and my knees turn weak whenever I see that Ilsa has a new book coming out, because they always have to be somehow related to the sub-genre of sports romances. |