Carnival
by Elizabeth Bear
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First, shameful confession: I couldn't remember which one of the guys was Vincent, and which one was Angelo. They both have a lot of names, they're both determined, resourceful, embittered, hiding things, and madly in love with each other. If one of them could have had a speech impediment, or been a vampire, that would have helped me a lot. This isn't a reflection on the book, though: I just have a massive name-thing.
Carnival isn't qu...more
Carnival isn't qu...more
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Read in August, 2007
The one set after the enviroterrorist apocalypse, where Vincent and Michelangelo, lovers and spies, are sent to make a treaty with the viciously matriarchal planet New Amazonia.
I liked many things about this book. I enjoyed the characters: Vincent and Angelo, to a lesser degree Lesa and Julian, and especially especially Kii; I just beamed every time Kii brought conversation to a halt in order to feel around for just precisely the right word.
New Amazonia -- city, jungle, and House -- was...more
I liked many things about this book. I enjoyed the characters: Vincent and Angelo, to a lesser degree Lesa and Julian, and especially especially Kii; I just beamed every time Kii brought conversation to a halt in order to feel around for just precisely the right word.
New Amazonia -- city, jungle, and House -- was...more
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Read in June, 2008
I started this book about ten times, and kept putting it down around page 15. I think it had more to do with my unsettled state of mind when reading it because when I did get into it, I enjoyed it. Two former lovers are reunited as a diplomatic team to repatriate art stolen during an incursion on the planet Amazonia. Their real, stated mission is to trade for their power supply - but there is much more. And the two diplomats have their own agendas as well.
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Read in August, 2007
A well-thoughtout conspiracy and intrigue plot. The moments of vegan-omnivore culture shock were well done. However, I was disappointed that for a universe in which only brown people remained, the cultures, politics and ideologies seemed standard Western caucasian. Except for frequent descriptions of skin color, I didn't get any sense (culturally speaking) that these peoples' ancestors were anything but white.
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Read in March, 2007
I really, really liked this. The first 3/4 anyway, the last 1/4 was not the writer, but the reader and I'll cop to that. It is, however, my favourite of Bear's SF books, and I'm pretty sure it's a standalone, go figure. The girl writes series the way some people write to-do lists (fast!) and yet, no series here (I don't think. Maybe I should ask her)
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Read in April, 2007
An interesting premise, but the plot was so complicated that it was hard to really get into the story. I guess I wanted it to be more escapist than it was.
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Read in August, 2007
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Read in February, 2008
I actually liked this one, much more satisfying than her 'Undertow'.
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