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Reading - what else is there? Okay, also computer games, writing, sports, astronomy, history, archaeology.
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My Heart is a Chainsaw was okay, but of SGJ's work, I much prefer The Only Good Indian and Mongrels. Earlier this year I read Lone Women by Victor LaValle. Kind of a historical fiction western horror and it was really good. So was The Wishing Pool and Other Stories by Tananarive Due. I need to get around to catching up on Slatter. I've also heard good things about Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez.
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Like dog-days further up the thread, I read And Put Away Childish Things by Tchaikovsky. Pretty good, though of the author's six novellas for Solaris, this might be my least favorite. The Collected Enchantments by Theodora Goss, a big collection of the author's short fiction and poetry. I'm a big fan of the author's work so I really enjoyed this. Lastly, I read The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang. This is a science fantasy version of Joan of Arc in the far future. It was quite good, certainly made a lot of points on the dangers of religious fundamentalism. I did wish for more resolution at end where things just kind of peter out.
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In April, I'm most looking forward to: The Way Home by Peter S. Beagle In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee Tauhou by Kotuku Titihuia Nuttall
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I read The Lies of the Ajungo by Moses Ose Utomi, a great little fantasy novella from Tordotcom. I really liked this one. Also read a space opera, Loki's Ring by Stina Leicht, about the captain of a salvage ship who gets a call for help from her AI "daughter" and shenanigans ensue. I've been following this author for years so it's not surprising that I enjoyed this latest book.
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Almost the end of March, but besides Dead Country, which I've already read, I'm looking forward to these books this month: Loki's Ring by Stina Leicht Lone Women by Victor LaValle And Put Away Childish Things by Adrian Tchaikovsky The Lies of the Ajungo by Moses Use Utomi
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In January, besides Hell Bent and Children of Memory, I'm also looking forward to The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz and The Daughters of Izdihar by Hadeer Elsbai.
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As stated by DaveAx above, I will be there. See you all in a week.
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I can't post in Firefox from my laptop, even after clearing the browser history or logging out and back in. Chrome is having issues too. I'm posting this with Explorer.
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Hm, I always thought the single moon was intentional. There's a scene in UH where the main character and a few others are in a pleasure house, where one of the others is a poet and he says that one day he may write a poem about a world with two moons.
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1. The Sarantine Mosaic 2. Tigana 3. Under Heaven 4. River of Stars 5. A Song for Arbonne Sarantine Mosaic has top billing because it was the first of Kay's books I've read. If I was a little bit more objective, it might be farther down the list. Also, I've often felt the oddball out in not loving Lions of Al-Rassan, but looking here it does seem like a few others had problems with it too. I've read every Kay book except for Fionovar. I do have the books, I just haven't felt the need to read them yet.
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Yes, and while he's similar, I don't put him with GGK. But that's just me.
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I'll grant you, Lions is probably the least fantastical of GGK's works. His other stuff usually has at least a little magic, notably Tigana with full-fledged wizards, as well as less direct historical plot parallels so they're a little more obviously fantasy. Though I'll be honest and say I don't lump GGK in with most other books in the genre. He seems to have his own niche in what I like to call Alternate Historical Fantasy.
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You must have some experimental Gungan craft from Naboo or something.