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A little late this week
Feb. 23rd, 2012 04:55 pmThis week's books:
Restless in the Grave by Dana Stabenow. I love the details she puts in about Alaska. I'm also a sucker for when writers bring together their characters from different series. So this was pretty much going to be a hit with me anyway. It's a good story and a good read.
Maps and Legends, by Michael Chabon, the author of the Yiddish Policeman's Union. A collection of essays about writing, on science fiction, crime, horror, fantasy and several about his own books. He has quite the different viewpoint and an intricate style of writing. I particularly appreciated his comments on fanfiction and his comments on Sherlock Holmes.
Forty Signs of Rain by Kim Stanley Robinson. Global warming, biotech, and Buddhism. Slightly funny to me because he got the NSF headquarters in Ballston and DC in general right. He's more soft sciences than Gaiman or Gibson. His conversations are more believeable. I enjoyed the book, especially the description at the end of the flooded Mall. But then, I really enjoyed his Mars trilogy.
It bears repeating that reading books exercises a different part of the brain than reading the web. I'm so used to reading and writing the short bullet points that the web requires that it takes a bit of effort to slow down and read actual sentences that aren't intended to convey quick thoughts.
Sorry for the recent dearth of entries. What with moving and all the attendant tasks, life's daily deadlines took all my time
Restless in the Grave by Dana Stabenow. I love the details she puts in about Alaska. I'm also a sucker for when writers bring together their characters from different series. So this was pretty much going to be a hit with me anyway. It's a good story and a good read.
Maps and Legends, by Michael Chabon, the author of the Yiddish Policeman's Union. A collection of essays about writing, on science fiction, crime, horror, fantasy and several about his own books. He has quite the different viewpoint and an intricate style of writing. I particularly appreciated his comments on fanfiction and his comments on Sherlock Holmes.
Forty Signs of Rain by Kim Stanley Robinson. Global warming, biotech, and Buddhism. Slightly funny to me because he got the NSF headquarters in Ballston and DC in general right. He's more soft sciences than Gaiman or Gibson. His conversations are more believeable. I enjoyed the book, especially the description at the end of the flooded Mall. But then, I really enjoyed his Mars trilogy.
It bears repeating that reading books exercises a different part of the brain than reading the web. I'm so used to reading and writing the short bullet points that the web requires that it takes a bit of effort to slow down and read actual sentences that aren't intended to convey quick thoughts.
Sorry for the recent dearth of entries. What with moving and all the attendant tasks, life's daily deadlines took all my time
