ichabod
Legned
Oh, good. Here I was thinking I'd missed a Vernor Vinge book.
What are you reading in 2023?
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dragoner
KosmicRPG.com
What did you think of World's End? Re-reading Tangled Up In Blue, it's not bad, a return to the familiar Snow Queen cycle, which I did like.
Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
Listening to A Little Yellow Dog, one of Walter Mosley's Easy Rawlins novels. They've changed narrators and not only does this narrator not know how to pronounce many Los Angeles street and neighborhood names (with Easy definitely would), he regularly mispronounces words more generally. I want to pull my hair out. ("Sa-chet" instead of "sachay," for instance.)
The novel itself is great, with a great noir situation that Easy very believably gets more and more entangled in, with stakes high enough to not let him just walk away from it. But the narration is killing me.
The novel itself is great, with a great noir situation that Easy very believably gets more and more entangled in, with stakes high enough to not let him just walk away from it. But the narration is killing me.
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Eyes of Nine
Everything's Fine
I think I only read the Snow Queen and the Summer Queen, and both of those ~20 years ago. Have added both to my to-read list
Eyes of Nine
Everything's Fine
Narrators? Or audio book readers?
Ralif Redhammer
Legend
I finished re-reading Wellman's The Old Gods Waken. Definitely liked it more on a second read, being more familiar with John the Balladeer.
Then I read John Bellairs' The Curse of the Blue Figurine. I wish I had discovered this book as a kid - it's smart and spooky and never condescends to the reader or main character.
Now I'm reading A. Merritt's Burn Witch Burn.
Then I read John Bellairs' The Curse of the Blue Figurine. I wish I had discovered this book as a kid - it's smart and spooky and never condescends to the reader or main character.
Now I'm reading A. Merritt's Burn Witch Burn.
Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
Audible calls the person who reads and audio book a narrator.
Ralif Redhammer
Legend
I finished Merritt's Burn Witch Burn. It was surprisingly straightforward. All the previous Merritt novels I’ve read have been weird. It’s got some weirdness, but compared to his other works, it mostly feels like it could’ve been a regular horror movie. That also made it a much easier read than, say the Metal Monster.
Now I’m reading Stephen King’s Skeleton Crew. Every time I dip into King’s writing, I think about this satire article:
Now I’m reading Stephen King’s Skeleton Crew. Every time I dip into King’s writing, I think about this satire article:
Stephen King Bangs Out 'The Winds of Winter' on a Tuesday for Shits and Giggles
BANGOR, Maine — Prolific horror writer Stephen King reportedly penned the long-anticipated sixth book in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire…
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Nellisir
Hero
Finished The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson. Going with 3/5. It's a weird throwback or homage to what I can only describe as '80s style "modern person but with special gifts in a primitive world" books, except it's not really good enough to be a homage or pastiche or satire. It's just...exactly what it is. Honestly, maybe 2/5. I'd be delighted to never read about any of the characters again. I have better memories of The Practice Effect, by David Brin.
Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
Although some aspects of Fairy Tale frustrated me, I'd definitely love to see him try something like ASoI&F, where all the depressing backstories would fit like a spiked gauntlet.Now I’m reading Stephen King’s Skeleton Crew. Every time I dip into King’s writing, I think about this satire article:
Stephen King Bangs Out 'The Winds of Winter' on a Tuesday for Shits and Giggles
BANGOR, Maine — Prolific horror writer Stephen King reportedly penned the long-anticipated sixth book in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire…hard-drive.net
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