Reading Wednesday
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Finished:
What makes this book so great.
Nice series of essays about books, not really lit-crit so much as 'squeee'. Fun. Some of the books sound great, some sound like I would only have liked them had I read them when 15... might read some of them (certainly should get around to some Delany).
The Seams Between the Stars. Kameron Hurley. a Bel Dame Apocrypha short story. A different perspective. I liked it.
Current:
I picked up The Other Half of the Sky again (I've had it on the go for a while). It is a collection of short stories. I am bad at reading collections of short stories by different authors. Too bitty (have I maybe mentioned that I really like really long form fantasy? like Wheel of Time? maybe? I do like short stories too, but I hate changing context all the time). The stories are nice though, I expect to keep reading a few at a time until I get through it.
Lagoon; Nnedi Okorafo. I have read about 10 pages, I have no opinion yet.
To Read:
Unsure? I bought Flex (by ferrett) because I read his blog. I hope it is good. I also bought some Sanderson novellas, because I sort of compulsively by everything he writes. I think I should probably get ahold of Nova (Delany) and some Cherryh (I'll probably start at the beginning in publication order) at some point.
Sad Puppies, to read or not to read?
Er, am I really going to read everything by John C Wright? I think probably not. I will give the shorts a go. But really, judging from last year I'm going to be less OMG THIS IS EVIL and more "uh, this is kinda dull". I'll certainly read the Goblin Emperor at some point and expect to have an opinion on whether it was better than Ancillary Sword or not; other than that my Hugo Voting might best be summed up with "fuck puppies" because right now I'm just mostly REALLY CROSS.
Finished:
What makes this book so great.
Nice series of essays about books, not really lit-crit so much as 'squeee'. Fun. Some of the books sound great, some sound like I would only have liked them had I read them when 15... might read some of them (certainly should get around to some Delany).
The Seams Between the Stars. Kameron Hurley. a Bel Dame Apocrypha short story. A different perspective. I liked it.
Current:
I picked up The Other Half of the Sky again (I've had it on the go for a while). It is a collection of short stories. I am bad at reading collections of short stories by different authors. Too bitty (have I maybe mentioned that I really like really long form fantasy? like Wheel of Time? maybe? I do like short stories too, but I hate changing context all the time). The stories are nice though, I expect to keep reading a few at a time until I get through it.
Lagoon; Nnedi Okorafo. I have read about 10 pages, I have no opinion yet.
To Read:
Unsure? I bought Flex (by ferrett) because I read his blog. I hope it is good. I also bought some Sanderson novellas, because I sort of compulsively by everything he writes. I think I should probably get ahold of Nova (Delany) and some Cherryh (I'll probably start at the beginning in publication order) at some point.
Sad Puppies, to read or not to read?
Er, am I really going to read everything by John C Wright? I think probably not. I will give the shorts a go. But really, judging from last year I'm going to be less OMG THIS IS EVIL and more "uh, this is kinda dull". I'll certainly read the Goblin Emperor at some point and expect to have an opinion on whether it was better than Ancillary Sword or not; other than that my Hugo Voting might best be summed up with "fuck puppies" because right now I'm just mostly REALLY CROSS.
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Date: 2015-04-08 06:41 pm (UTC)