Books: the khan of khans

[hawkwing_lb]

Books 2009: 67-69

67. Laurell K. Hamilton, Blood Noir.

Stupid, pointless, plotless, amusing. Just the kind of book I need when I'm feeling low.


68. David Weber, By Schism Rent Asunder.

Too full of technical babble and not enough furtherance of character development. But less disappointing than its predecessor.


non-fiction

69. John Man, Genghis Khan: Life, Death and Resurrection.

Part history, part travelogue, this book recounts its author's journeys across China and Mongolia in search of Genghis Khan's life and works, as well as a basic narrative history of the Khan and his immediate successors. It's fascinating, and Man's descriptions of Mongolian scenery are very vivid.

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Today, I ran a mile in 8:45, and 1.5 miles in 14:40, cycled over 6km in 30 minutes, and climbed two 6A routes.

This hasn't been the best of weeks: I'm feeling incredibly dislocated, and disheartened by the amount of work my thesis will require within less than six months, and by how much I've come to suck at climbing in six weeks off. Doubtless I will complain more of this latter.

Comments

[etumukutenyak.livejournal.com]

I, for one, would like to know what the hell happened to Weber. He's gone from rip-roaring wonderful books like On Basilisk Station to this crap. Even though I got a severely discounted copy of Schism, it was still a waste of money.

Sheesh!

[hawkwing-lb.livejournal.com]

I have five words for you: New York Times Bestselling Author. It's probably easier to cut and paste random technobabble than to have actual character development, and he still gets paid lots.

[etumukutenyak.livejournal.com]

It's so frustrating. He'd always been addicted to technobabble, but he was doing so well at first! He's like Tom Clancy, only he started out better than Tommy.

[hawkwing-lb.livejournal.com]

Oh Tom Clancy No.

:P

[etumukutenyak.livejournal.com]

LOL!