Thomas Lauer

Sure, 90% of science fiction is crud. That's because 90% of everything is crud. This is the start page of Thomas Lauer's website. I am a writer , traveller , programmer , a big lover of rhythmic noises and perhaps to quote one of my favourite purveyors of rhythmic noise very slightly mad . Despite (or because of) this and despite the fact that Ted... Sturgeon was right and 90% of everything is indeed crud I am in general a rather cheerful creature or so I delude myself into thinking:-). Feel free to browse the site as it has grown quite a bit, indeed grows all the time: many pages are still incomplete or even missing (well, it's all a work in progress). Or have a look at the Frequently Asked Questions or the Misc section where you'll find all the things I could not elegantly put elsewhere (like a Biography and some Photographs ). Things do change pretty regularly here (so long as I am not on a trip, that is), so perhaps you may want to come back every now and then, to check what has changed in the different sections (there are separate Index and Map pages for each section). While travelling I do send regular updates from the road: if you're interested in receiving these emails, see the Newsletter page where you can subscribe. Actual examples of what I've sent during earlier trips can be found in the Travel section. If you look for any of the old stuff that used to be on thomaslauer.com: all that should be somewhere in the different sections of the site shown left and explained below. Note: If you surf with an older version of Internet Explorer and any of my webpages, or some graphics, look weird, please update to the latest version. * I'm not normally a Microsoft basher, but the way they keep ignoring Web standards is a complete disgrace. So what about the other five sections? Almost everything to do with literature and books, in either writing or reading mode, is in the Books section. The reading side : reviews of books I've read, list of books I should read, general remarks Writing the stuff : theory and ...Read More