Looking for Variable Dark Aireden
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maribouDark Mondays, by Kage Baker
Everything in this book was good. Not all of these stories induced swooning love in me, but enough of them did to make me happy. Also twitchy for the Company novel I haven't got yet.
(186/250)
Airborn, by Kenneth Oppel
This is a shiny YA adventure story with blimps and natural philosophy. I would've liked it to be more in depth, but you know, sometimes that is the peril of YA (and it's a compliment that I wanted it to be written for full-blown college-educated science geeks, so).
(187/250)
Edenborn, by Nick Sagan
I did not like this as well as Idlewild because a) it didn't end satisfyingly, b) some of the viewpoint characters were annoying (they were meant to be annoying, and all, it's just tiresome being annoyed), and c) reading it felt like watching a spinning top. That said, I still liked it. And I am glad I don't have to wait for the trilogy's conclusion to come out.
(188/250)
Variable Star, by Spider Robinson (inspired by Robert Heinlein)
As Spider Robinson novels go, this one kept me very engrossed and turning pages. He has a compulsively readable voice. Robinson used a few pages of notes for an unwritten RAH novel as a seed for this book, and that was a mixed bag - some pros, some cons. Also, the 9/11 stuff stuck out like a sore thumb - the parallels would've been much less effective if less obtrusive, and it strains credibility to believe that the hero, a 23rd century musician from Ganymede, would really see 9/11 as THE important event needing to be compared to future atrocities. At great length. Plus it just added to the dated feeling - the whole book felt kind of like near-future in 23rd century clothing. I'm glad I read it though; it was a lot of fun.
(189/250)
Looking for My Country, by Robert McNeil
A pleasant, elegant, little memoir about choosing one's place in the world. No complaints, no swoons, just pleased.
(190/250)
Everything in this book was good. Not all of these stories induced swooning love in me, but enough of them did to make me happy. Also twitchy for the Company novel I haven't got yet.
(186/250)
Airborn, by Kenneth Oppel
This is a shiny YA adventure story with blimps and natural philosophy. I would've liked it to be more in depth, but you know, sometimes that is the peril of YA (and it's a compliment that I wanted it to be written for full-blown college-educated science geeks, so).
(187/250)
Edenborn, by Nick Sagan
I did not like this as well as Idlewild because a) it didn't end satisfyingly, b) some of the viewpoint characters were annoying (they were meant to be annoying, and all, it's just tiresome being annoyed), and c) reading it felt like watching a spinning top. That said, I still liked it. And I am glad I don't have to wait for the trilogy's conclusion to come out.
(188/250)
Variable Star, by Spider Robinson (inspired by Robert Heinlein)
As Spider Robinson novels go, this one kept me very engrossed and turning pages. He has a compulsively readable voice. Robinson used a few pages of notes for an unwritten RAH novel as a seed for this book, and that was a mixed bag - some pros, some cons. Also, the 9/11 stuff stuck out like a sore thumb - the parallels would've been much less effective if less obtrusive, and it strains credibility to believe that the hero, a 23rd century musician from Ganymede, would really see 9/11 as THE important event needing to be compared to future atrocities. At great length. Plus it just added to the dated feeling - the whole book felt kind of like near-future in 23rd century clothing. I'm glad I read it though; it was a lot of fun.
(189/250)
Looking for My Country, by Robert McNeil
A pleasant, elegant, little memoir about choosing one's place in the world. No complaints, no swoons, just pleased.
(190/250)
