More books
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hawkwing_lbFifty-two books so far this year. I am impressed.
(And rather horrified, actually).
Guy Gavriel Kay, The Wandering Fire; also, The Darkest Road.
Books two and three, respectively, of 'The Fionavar Tapestry'. I love these books. They made me cry, and that's a rarity these days. If by some chance you haven't read them, I cannot recommend them highly enough.
Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Outbound Flight.
Yeah, I confess, I read Star Wars. Mainly because Zahn was the first SF I ever read. This, the seventh book he's written in the Star Wars universe, is by no means the worst SW book I've ever read. It also isn't up to the high standard of his earlier Star Wars work, and falls short even of Survivor's Quest, the last (patchy by Zahn's usual standards) SW book he's written.
Outbound Flight recounts the story of the doomed expedition, 'Outbound Flight'. I can't help feeling that Zahn was constrained by the requirements of continuity from writing to the best of his - by no means inconsiderable - abilities. It's worth reading for the Thrawn parts, if it's worth reading at all, and also for the parts of the Jedi Lorana Jinzler - Zahn does his usual excellent job of characterisation, with the notable exceptions of Kenobi and Skywalker. (That duo is as leaden here as it's been in every other SW novel I've ever read - frankly I don't think anyone, with perhaps the exception of Matthew Stover, could make them sympathetic.)
I bought this in hardback (at import prices, no less), and really, it's not worth it.
Tamora Pierce, Circle of Magic: The Healing in the Vine.
YA fantasy. Likeable enough.
By tomorrow, I will have read Patrick Modiano's Chien de Printemps. Probably also the history book that has been in progress since January. Jon Courtenay Grimwood's Stamping Butterflies is also in progess, and my, it's weird.
(And rather horrified, actually).
Guy Gavriel Kay, The Wandering Fire; also, The Darkest Road.
Books two and three, respectively, of 'The Fionavar Tapestry'. I love these books. They made me cry, and that's a rarity these days. If by some chance you haven't read them, I cannot recommend them highly enough.
Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Outbound Flight.
Yeah, I confess, I read Star Wars. Mainly because Zahn was the first SF I ever read. This, the seventh book he's written in the Star Wars universe, is by no means the worst SW book I've ever read. It also isn't up to the high standard of his earlier Star Wars work, and falls short even of Survivor's Quest, the last (patchy by Zahn's usual standards) SW book he's written.
Outbound Flight recounts the story of the doomed expedition, 'Outbound Flight'. I can't help feeling that Zahn was constrained by the requirements of continuity from writing to the best of his - by no means inconsiderable - abilities. It's worth reading for the Thrawn parts, if it's worth reading at all, and also for the parts of the Jedi Lorana Jinzler - Zahn does his usual excellent job of characterisation, with the notable exceptions of Kenobi and Skywalker. (That duo is as leaden here as it's been in every other SW novel I've ever read - frankly I don't think anyone, with perhaps the exception of Matthew Stover, could make them sympathetic.)
I bought this in hardback (at import prices, no less), and really, it's not worth it.
Tamora Pierce, Circle of Magic: The Healing in the Vine.
YA fantasy. Likeable enough.
By tomorrow, I will have read Patrick Modiano's Chien de Printemps. Probably also the history book that has been in progress since January. Jon Courtenay Grimwood's Stamping Butterflies is also in progess, and my, it's weird.
