Reading Wednesday
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Goblin Emperor (Addison, Katherine)
I was distracted from the climbing book... this is really good, very hard to put down! The very first scene reminds me strongly of the last scene in a different book (naming it is now a spoiler, please rot13 in comments, because others may not have read both) except that Maia (the protagonist of this book) is caught rather less prepared.
Current
Rock Climbing, Essential Skills and Techniques (Peter, Libby)
This is a combination of the bloody obvious and the terrifyingly confusing. Hopefully I will figure it out.
Three-Body Problem (Liu, Cixin; trans. by Liu, Ken from Chinese)
So far this is very interesting. I don't often read works in translation, so I have no idea if this is typical of Chinese SF, if it is I should clearly read more. It is volume 1 of 3, the other two presumably to be translated and publish in English in due course (Tor have announced the cover for #2)
Next
probably the Seanan McGuire novella sitting on my table at home. (I rather hate the way that it is possible to import physical books but not ebooks; stupid lack of free trade, stupid publishing industry, etc.)
Goblin Emperor (Addison, Katherine)
I was distracted from the climbing book... this is really good, very hard to put down! The very first scene reminds me strongly of the last scene in a different book (naming it is now a spoiler, please rot13 in comments, because others may not have read both) except that Maia (the protagonist of this book) is caught rather less prepared.
Current
Rock Climbing, Essential Skills and Techniques (Peter, Libby)
This is a combination of the bloody obvious and the terrifyingly confusing. Hopefully I will figure it out.
Three-Body Problem (Liu, Cixin; trans. by Liu, Ken from Chinese)
So far this is very interesting. I don't often read works in translation, so I have no idea if this is typical of Chinese SF, if it is I should clearly read more. It is volume 1 of 3, the other two presumably to be translated and publish in English in due course (Tor have announced the cover for #2)
Next
probably the Seanan McGuire novella sitting on my table at home. (I rather hate the way that it is possible to import physical books but not ebooks; stupid lack of free trade, stupid publishing industry, etc.)
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Date: 2015-04-22 07:55 pm (UTC)My reservations: I thought everything proceeded a tiny bit too easily for our hero. He is well written as someone who is clever, hardworking and compassionate, in a world where compassion isn't really an asset, and he managed to turn it largely to his advantage. But I didn't really ever get the idea he might fail and be betrayed by everyone, and most people seemed to like him by the end for relatively scant reasons, so the tension never really ramped up.
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Date: 2015-04-23 08:58 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2015-04-24 02:15 pm (UTC)