“The Red” Linda Nagata. Ed was quite taken by the form factor of this book. It’s been lying around the house for probably 1.5 years. I found it unsettling, which is a good thing. Oh, and at a certain point I was really happy when a certain character just died already, as I was really sick of that character.
“The Kindred of Darkness” by Barbara Hambly. Library book but not on the hold challenge because
the author was recommended by Scott Lynch a couple of weeks ago. This was the
first BH book that appeared in my library search, so I requested it, not
realizing it’s book 5 in a series. That’s probably why I had a challenge
keeping track of who all the characters were – I don’t have any history with
them, though I suspect a lot of the society people were new for this volume.
Just, I had to use extra cycles to keep track of the others. I loved how the
author used Lydia’s poor eyesight and vanity to fill in the scenes. This is
something I need to learn to do for example for Abigail in WWS.
LHC#11: “Ninefox Gambit” by Yoon Ha Lee.I was reading this and thinking the background is not quite Japanese, not quite Chinese, and then I googled and yeah. That's a microaggression, I suppose. This was a really good example of how a reader of SF can just kind of go with it, not really know what's going on, but as you read along it kind of filters in. A lot of stuff isn't really explained, it's just how the world is. Skillful use of that technique. Interesting characters, too.
LHC#12: “Experimental Film” by Gemma Files. I read this for Canada Day actually! Everything about her writing hits me in the right places, maybe because I follow her on twitter and read her LJ and used to read her reviews in Eye... Such a personal approach to fiction, wow. I could probably learn a lot from her if only I could get it together to sign up for her litreactor course, but I always just leave the sign-up page open until it's too late.