Can you tell I had some time off? This month had a bit of a Viable Paradise theme, as over half of the books I read were written by people […]
Can you tell I had some time off? This month had a bit of a Viable Paradise theme, as over half of the books I read were written by people […]
Watch, by Robert J. Sawyer The second in Sawyer's WWW series. The ethical dilemmas surrounding the awakening of a conscious Internet entity begin to come to the fore. Believable teen […]
Since it's nearly September, maybe I should get my July Reading Log out, eh? July was all about the Hugos, with the lion's share of the works read coming from […]
Ploughing through my Hugo voter packet reading. The Dervish House, by Ian McDonald A dense read that gets you up close and personal with future Turkey. Nanotechnology, a high-finance oil […]
Virga: Cities of the Air (Sun of Suns, and Queen of Candesce), by Karl Schroeder Steampunk-like far future world in a hollow-sphere setting (AKA Ringworld on steroids). Local politics intersect […]
April was award-winners month in the reading log. 2010 Nebula Awards Showcase, edited by Bill Fawcett Fellow Viable Paradise alumnus F.J. Bergmann gets a Rhysling in this one. W00t and […]
Been head deep in novel edits lately - reading is taking a back seat, and lighter fare is predominant. Breaking Dawn, by Stephenie Meyer Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who […]
And Another Thing..., by Eoin Colfer Erm. I loved the originals. Let's chalk up how I feel about this one to a shift in my sense of humour, shall we? […]
Real Mermaids Don't Wear Toe Rings, by Hélène Boudreau A fun middle-grade read. Judy Blume meets something fishy. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, by N.K. Jemisin I do believe I'm going […]
Note that these most often aren't books that actually came out in 2010, since I'm a bit of a cheapskate and mostly read trade or plain paperbacks instead of hardcovers. […]