I heard good things about Ken MacLeod. The one who writes for Mint Press News, right? Actually, pretty sure I’ve also read his articles. If he’s the other author that I’m thinking of (a historical fiction one), I think he’s supposed to be up there with Harry Turtledove, though that latter author that I mention does have his detractors, but I do want to get into the historical fiction genre so… EH, we’ll see.

I also know about Noumenon… by name. Don’t know much about that one.

Also, I’m also thinking about cooking more rather than just occasionally!

It’s great! Been thinking of getting myself a cookbook, tbh.