LTR January Reading List Month-End Superfantastic Update
January 31st, 2005I’m too lazy to do a proper monthly wrap-up, but I do want to at least update this.
Falling Angel, by William Hjortsberg
My attempts to successfully receive this book after I won it on eBay have failed, so I have put this one on hold at the library.
Natural History, by Justina Robson
Halfway through this book I realized that I don’t like space opera. Neither old-fashioned space opera, nor the “new space opera” such as M. John Harrison’s Light or this book by Justina Robson. Not that they’re bad books, mind you, just that I don’t like the heavy usage of jargon and the epic scale of their plots. Robson’s book has some really weird and good things going for it, though, especially in the descriptions of the Forged, an evolved version of human being that cobbles together organic and technological aspects.
I found that posting a list to my blog was moderately successful in keeping me focused during the month. I’m going to try the same thing for February.
January 31st, 2005 at 4:48 pm
Can’t wait to see the Feb. list…
February 3rd, 2005 at 10:47 am
Mmm… sorry to have recommended Natural History. Still, her previous novels are superb. If you liked Altered Carbon, you might like them.
February 3rd, 2005 at 10:59 am
No, it’s quite alright — I wanted to see what the buzz was about! It’s just a matter of taste, like I said. It wasn’t a bad book by any means. I will read her older books if I can get my hands on them. Hopefully they’ll come out in the U.S. if Natural History sells well.