Currently Reading. Resurrected Post.
I���ve mentioned before that I���m usually reading multiple books at any given time. (Not simultaneously of course. Let���s not be ridiculous.) I have a workout book, a lunch book, a book on the toilet tank, a book in my library, and one book on CD in each vehicle. Here is a rundown of the current books in progress.
My workout book is Dangerous Visions, the seminal 1960s anthology of science fiction. I���ve found some of these rather forgettable, some quite the opposite and I���m not quite half way through.
I just finished James Wells��� first novel The Great Symmetry, and have moved on to a re-read of The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. The stack of paperbacks in my office remains tall, courtesy of the annual library sale near my office.
At home I���m plodding through Little Big when nature calls and Stand on Zanzibar when in my library. Hitting the minor classics I suppose.
I���ve never read any Dean Koontz. So I picked up Relentless and am on the final disc. And in the other car I have the first book of Dennis L. McKiernan���s, umm ��� homage ��� to The Lord of the Rings, The Iron Tower trilogy. I���ve been curious about how close he paralleled Tolkien.
You���ll note I���m not offering up opinions. I do hold opinions (on the above and much more ��� some positive, some less so), but I���d rather not turn this into a review web log. And I have a general aversion to criticizing the work of successful, well-known authors. To me it often reads like sour grapes, or a yapping dog nipping at the heels of an elephant. Unseemly. But I���m happy to talk books in person. If you run into me at a convention, say hello and let���s talk literature. I���ll gladly praise ��� or yap and nip ��� over a beer.
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Published on August 13, 2017 12:48
