Tuesday, June 23, 2020

2020.Book21 - The Red Threads of Fortune (Yang)

OK. Takes the epic out of epic fantasy. Gender world-building unconvincing (we didn't have it, so we invented it?), grammar is awkward, but that's not a deal-breaker.

2020.Book20 - The Skin We're In (Cole)

Excellent review of 2017.

Monday, June 08, 2020

2020.Book19 - LETTERS (Barth)

Like wading through waist-deep water. The exertion is pleasurable if you don't need to get anywhere.

Monday, June 01, 2020

2020.Book18 - The Last Emperox (Scalzi)

Good. Entertaining. Felt like floating along the top.

Saturday, May 09, 2020

2020.Book17 - Listen, Liberal (Frank)

Excellent but, sadly, obsolete.

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

2020.Book15 - Giles Goat-Boy (Barth)

Disappointing. Racism doesn't age well, and neither do the jokes (except the Beists "go limp!"). Felt like a slog after about the first third.

Friday, April 17, 2020

2020.Book14 - Agency (Gibson)

Excellent near-past thriller. Gibson has such good style, love it.

Friday, March 20, 2020

Friday, February 28, 2020

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

2020.Book8 - Cartesian Sonata (Gass)

This was hard to get into, but after some effort, big payoff. Also, first Penner in literature.

Wednesday, February 05, 2020

2020.Book7 - Immigrants in Prairie Cities (Loewen, Friesen)

Pretty interesting. General info on Canadian prairie immigration.

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Friday, January 24, 2020

2020.Book5 - The Iliad (Homer)

Non-stop violence and speeches

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Sunday, January 12, 2020