I am about to start cooking
This week has been very busy, work-wise; a lot of deadlines coinciding. I took some time out from work, chores and tidying earlier on today to read Robert J. Sawyer's book Calculating God (having enjoyed Frameshift). Calculating God doesn't seem to have been published in this country at all, or else it's out of print; either way, it's a great shame, because I really enjoyed it. The basic premise is that an alien arrives on Earth wishing to consult a palaeontologist; the unusual aspect is that the alien is from a race which believes in a Creator for the universe, and the discussions between it and the chosen palaeontologist (who has had more reason to contemplate ethical dilemmas than one might expect) are very well drawn.
Right... time to cook.