to the last overclocked hunter; chronicles of raphael

[maribou]

Overclocked, by Cory Doctorow
I really like this guy's fiction. None of these stories bowled me over the way Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town does; still, no complaints, and I even enjoyed rereading the stories I'd already read fairly recently.
(48/250)

Y The Last Man: Cycles, by Brian Vaughan et al
This series continues to intrigue me, will be trying the next one in short order.
(49/250)

To the Nines, by Janet Evanovich
Funny, fluffy, still not tired of her.
(50/250)

Hunter of the Light, by Risa Aratyr
I was expecting a mediocre Celtic fantasy and instead I got a quite good Celtic fantasy - yay! Reminds me a bit of Hounds of the Morrigan even though the intended audience or imaginary reader or whomever is quite different.
(51/250)

Chronicles of Chrestomanci Vols 1 and 2: Charmed Life, The Lives of Christopher Chant; The Witches of Caprona, Witch Week, by Diana Wynne Jones
What fun these were! I absolutely loved them which means DWJ is now 5/5 with me. Must read more of her books.
(52/250, 53/250)

Raphael, by R. A. MacAvoy
This is the sort of thing that I wouldn't like all that much if someone other than R. A. MacAvoy had written it (shades of Marion Zimmer Bradley in her Lysande mode, of which I was never all that fond). But because R. A. MacAvoy has such a wonderful voice, and because of all the odd little bits that I won't spoil for you, I liked it quite a lot, instead. Hurrah!
(54/250)

Comments

[gfish.livejournal.com]

Pretty hard to go wrong with DWJ. :)

[maribou]

So I am finding! Until now, I'd only read Dogsbody, which I loved - but that was like more than half my life ago.

[gfish.livejournal.com]

I think my favorites, along with Dogsbody, are A Tale of Time City and Homeward Bounders.

[randomdreams.livejournal.com]

Weird. I actively disliked Dogsbody. But I *loved* Dark Lord Of Dernhelm, and Howl's Moving Castle. Those are still my two favorites of maybe a dozen or so I've read.

[randomdreams.livejournal.com]

I'd love to borrow the Doctorow book if it doesn't already have another home.

[ionan.livejournal.com]

I read through Doctorow's Someone and Down & Out within a few nights, and found both lacking. It seemed like he a bunch of "wouldn't this be cool?" ideas, then hacked out a half-assed plot around them. It felt like there wasn't much to them except for the post-singularity wanking (specifically for Down & Out).

Which isn't to say that I didn't like them. But not enough to be interested in Overclocked.

[ionan.livejournal.com]

That being said, I hear a lot of good things about Y:TLM, and I think it's the next series I'm going to get into.

[raisinbottom.livejournal.com]

I find your ideas intriguing and am considering subscribing to your newsletter.

Doctorow is an annoying dope. Was re: BoingBoing. LOL BLOGOSPHERE

[ionan.livejournal.com]

I don't think he's a dope so much as an naive idealist. That's ok, there needs to be counterweight to soul-crushing realists like myself.

Also, I like BoingBoing and read it regularly. I find it comforting, after being blasted by the mega-depressing mainstream news media.

[numachi.livejournal.com]

Eastern Standard Tribe (http://www.craphound.com/est/download.php) is my favorite Doctorow story.

[maribou]

Unfortunately, it has already returned to its home at the library.

[maribou]

I liked that one too. Actually I've never met a Doctorow story I disliked, though some of them are sloppy around the edges.

raphael

[snarlish.livejournal.com]

i read the trilogy that of these books when they were published, and so far can just only remember being them being a pleasant read (and that there was a good dog character in them). must see if i can find them again.