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Wildlife Glinda Coyote Houses
Apr. 6th, 2006 07:10 pmThe Wildlife Companion, compiled by Malcolm Tait and someone whose name I forget
Enh. This is a charming and whimsical little collection of facts about nature, stirring passages, frog jokes, etc. Very Brit-centered. I almost bought it when I was in London, and while I did enjoy it, I'm glad I only went for the library copy instead. Not really worth keeping.
(61/250)
Glinda of Oz, by L. Frank Baum (reread)
This is not one of my most favorites in this series. But it was still very comforting. And paradoxically, not being that into the story allowed me to wallow a bit more in the illustrations. Which are lovely. Yay, John R. Neill.
(62/250)
Coyote, by Allan Steele
This is an excellent planetary exploration / first colony novel with a nice dash of flee-the-dystopia on the side. It's obvious that it was once a bunch of short stories, but not in a bad way. I had two quibbles: 1) the ending was a bit too too, and 2) I HATE IT WHEN AUTHORS USE THE PRESENT TENSE IN FICTION SO MUCH AAAAAAAAAAA. Well, I almost always hate it. And it sure bugged me this time. But, I still liked the book. It's flawed but ambitious and I'd like to read more of his stuff.
(63/250)
Glass Houses, by Laura J Mixon
Okay, this one was very good, but not ambitious enough - the only standards it doesn't measure up to are the extremely high ones set by the author's later works, Proxies and Burning the Ice. Taken on its own, it's a good little cyberpunk mystery with interesting charactizations. Tasty.
(64/250)
Enh. This is a charming and whimsical little collection of facts about nature, stirring passages, frog jokes, etc. Very Brit-centered. I almost bought it when I was in London, and while I did enjoy it, I'm glad I only went for the library copy instead. Not really worth keeping.
(61/250)
Glinda of Oz, by L. Frank Baum (reread)
This is not one of my most favorites in this series. But it was still very comforting. And paradoxically, not being that into the story allowed me to wallow a bit more in the illustrations. Which are lovely. Yay, John R. Neill.
(62/250)
Coyote, by Allan Steele
This is an excellent planetary exploration / first colony novel with a nice dash of flee-the-dystopia on the side. It's obvious that it was once a bunch of short stories, but not in a bad way. I had two quibbles: 1) the ending was a bit too too, and 2) I HATE IT WHEN AUTHORS USE THE PRESENT TENSE IN FICTION SO MUCH AAAAAAAAAAA. Well, I almost always hate it. And it sure bugged me this time. But, I still liked the book. It's flawed but ambitious and I'd like to read more of his stuff.
(63/250)
Glass Houses, by Laura J Mixon
Okay, this one was very good, but not ambitious enough - the only standards it doesn't measure up to are the extremely high ones set by the author's later works, Proxies and Burning the Ice. Taken on its own, it's a good little cyberpunk mystery with interesting charactizations. Tasty.
(64/250)
