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Apr. 12th, 2008
A black dog dances.
The sun coppers an old tree.
This peace is enough.
Principles of Ghosts; Moon Flight
Apr. 12th, 2008 07:59 pmThe Principles of Uncertainty, by Maira Kalman
If you like slightly surrealist art that's very particular and human, you'll probably like this book. One of the few contemporary combinations of epigrams and drawings/paintings I've come across where the text adds to the art instead of detracting from it.
(61/300)
Flight Volume 2, by Kazu Kibuishi et al
I missed Flight Vol. 1's focus - lots of these aren't flight-themed at all - but the best stories were still amazing. And even the stuff that made no sense was very very pretty to look at.
(62/300)
20th Century Ghosts, by Joe Hill
I tried all kinds of tricks to make this book last longer - reading it aloud, not reading it before bed, taking against a story for not much reason (which only managed to last about 3 pages), etc etc - but it's still over. Bah. Want more Joe Hill now please. He really really suits me - I think a lot of it is his glorious rhythms (cf reading out loud) - but even story types that would normally drive me nuts are fun for me when he does them... and some of his insights get me right in the sternum. There were some good standard horror "EWWWWWWWWWW" moments too. I'm not doing a very good job of describing them, but some of these short stories are the best short stories I've read in years.
(63/300)
Moon Called, by Patricia Briggs
The prose just gets the job done, nothing special (but nothing awful either), and there seem to be a few bizarre minor factual contradictions, and a couple times I felt like I was quicker to catch on to stuff than the protagonist was in situations where she should've been a lot quicker than that ... but: likeable and believably flawed, somewhat archetypal, characters; very interesting world-building, very interesting inter-relationships; very interesting plot; and![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
loree is right that Mercy is basically the anti-Anita Blake. Which is *damn* refreshing, even if I do still read all of Hamilton's books as soon as they come out.
(64/300)
If you like slightly surrealist art that's very particular and human, you'll probably like this book. One of the few contemporary combinations of epigrams and drawings/paintings I've come across where the text adds to the art instead of detracting from it.
(61/300)
Flight Volume 2, by Kazu Kibuishi et al
I missed Flight Vol. 1's focus - lots of these aren't flight-themed at all - but the best stories were still amazing. And even the stuff that made no sense was very very pretty to look at.
(62/300)
20th Century Ghosts, by Joe Hill
I tried all kinds of tricks to make this book last longer - reading it aloud, not reading it before bed, taking against a story for not much reason (which only managed to last about 3 pages), etc etc - but it's still over. Bah. Want more Joe Hill now please. He really really suits me - I think a lot of it is his glorious rhythms (cf reading out loud) - but even story types that would normally drive me nuts are fun for me when he does them... and some of his insights get me right in the sternum. There were some good standard horror "EWWWWWWWWWW" moments too. I'm not doing a very good job of describing them, but some of these short stories are the best short stories I've read in years.
(63/300)
Moon Called, by Patricia Briggs
The prose just gets the job done, nothing special (but nothing awful either), and there seem to be a few bizarre minor factual contradictions, and a couple times I felt like I was quicker to catch on to stuff than the protagonist was in situations where she should've been a lot quicker than that ... but: likeable and believably flawed, somewhat archetypal, characters; very interesting world-building, very interesting inter-relationships; very interesting plot; and
loree is right that Mercy is basically the anti-Anita Blake. Which is *damn* refreshing, even if I do still read all of Hamilton's books as soon as they come out.(64/300)