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Apr. 12th, 2006
Book thoughts
Apr. 12th, 2006 10:47 pmOkay. After the Exam of Doom on Tuesday (trust me, you don’t want to know), I needed to recover from the strain. I went to the bookshop. My collection proceeded to increase by two.
Fortunately books are not a controlled substance, or I suspect I’d be in rehab.
Below the cut: Engaging the Enemy, Elizabeth Moon; Deathstalker Coda, Simon R. Green.
( Book thoughts )
I note: I’ll recommend Green’s Deathstalker books to anyone in hearing distance, even those who prefer fantasy to SF, but I’ll say this: he writes science fiction with the sensibilities of a horror writer. The squeamish should perhaps enter cautiously.
But. This is what a horror version of Star Wars might look like, if you took out most of the wish-fulfilment Jedi* crap and the sheer impossibility of a raggle-taggle rebellion with no outside support taking down an empire with a couple well-placed missiles. And added lots more interesting stuff, including rather more engaging characters than a handful of archetypes.
(So I have a soft spot for Hazel d’Ark and Jenny Psycho and Owen Deathstalker and likewise broken-but-strong-at-the-broken-places, will-do-what-it-takes-to-survive characters, especially female ones. So sue me.)
*I happen to like Star Wars and wish-fulfilment Jedi crap. Most of the time.** Still. It is what it is.
**Don’t mention the bloody prequels. Just don’t.
Fortunately books are not a controlled substance, or I suspect I’d be in rehab.
Below the cut: Engaging the Enemy, Elizabeth Moon; Deathstalker Coda, Simon R. Green.
( Book thoughts )
I note: I’ll recommend Green’s Deathstalker books to anyone in hearing distance, even those who prefer fantasy to SF, but I’ll say this: he writes science fiction with the sensibilities of a horror writer. The squeamish should perhaps enter cautiously.
But. This is what a horror version of Star Wars might look like, if you took out most of the wish-fulfilment Jedi* crap and the sheer impossibility of a raggle-taggle rebellion with no outside support taking down an empire with a couple well-placed missiles. And added lots more interesting stuff, including rather more engaging characters than a handful of archetypes.
(So I have a soft spot for Hazel d’Ark and Jenny Psycho and Owen Deathstalker and likewise broken-but-strong-at-the-broken-places, will-do-what-it-takes-to-survive characters, especially female ones. So sue me.)
*I happen to like Star Wars and wish-fulfilment Jedi crap. Most of the time.** Still. It is what it is.
**Don’t mention the bloody prequels. Just don’t.
Book thoughts
Apr. 12th, 2006 10:47 pmOkay. After the Exam of Doom on Tuesday (trust me, you don’t want to know), I needed to recover from the strain. I went to the bookshop. My collection proceeded to increase by two.
Fortunately books are not a controlled substance, or I suspect I’d be in rehab.
Below the cut: Engaging the Enemy, Elizabeth Moon; Deathstalker Coda, Simon R. Green.
( Book thoughts )
I note: I’ll recommend Green’s Deathstalker books to anyone in hearing distance, even those who prefer fantasy to SF, but I’ll say this: he writes science fiction with the sensibilities of a horror writer. The squeamish should perhaps enter cautiously.
But. This is what a horror version of Star Wars might look like, if you took out most of the wish-fulfilment Jedi* crap and the sheer impossibility of a raggle-taggle rebellion with no outside support taking down an empire with a couple well-placed missiles. And added lots more interesting stuff, including rather more engaging characters than a handful of archetypes.
(So I have a soft spot for Hazel d’Ark and Jenny Psycho and Owen Deathstalker and likewise broken-but-strong-at-the-broken-places, will-do-what-it-takes-to-survive characters, especially female ones. So sue me.)
*I happen to like Star Wars and wish-fulfilment Jedi crap. Most of the time.** Still. It is what it is.
**Don’t mention the bloody prequels. Just don’t.
Fortunately books are not a controlled substance, or I suspect I’d be in rehab.
Below the cut: Engaging the Enemy, Elizabeth Moon; Deathstalker Coda, Simon R. Green.
( Book thoughts )
I note: I’ll recommend Green’s Deathstalker books to anyone in hearing distance, even those who prefer fantasy to SF, but I’ll say this: he writes science fiction with the sensibilities of a horror writer. The squeamish should perhaps enter cautiously.
But. This is what a horror version of Star Wars might look like, if you took out most of the wish-fulfilment Jedi* crap and the sheer impossibility of a raggle-taggle rebellion with no outside support taking down an empire with a couple well-placed missiles. And added lots more interesting stuff, including rather more engaging characters than a handful of archetypes.
(So I have a soft spot for Hazel d’Ark and Jenny Psycho and Owen Deathstalker and likewise broken-but-strong-at-the-broken-places, will-do-what-it-takes-to-survive characters, especially female ones. So sue me.)
*I happen to like Star Wars and wish-fulfilment Jedi crap. Most of the time.** Still. It is what it is.
**Don’t mention the bloody prequels. Just don’t.