FF: What Works, What Doesn’t
This past week, Jim and I decided to read rather than watch anything.�� So�� more print, less audio!
The FF feature lists of what I���ve read over the past week. ��Most of the time I don���t include either short fiction or magazine articles.
Ogapoge Dreams of Ninja Rockers
The Fragments are not meant to be a recommendation list.�� If you���re interested in a not-at-all-inclusive list, you can look under Neat Stuff on my website.
Once again, this is not a book review column.�� It���s just a list with, maybe, a few opinions tossed in.�� And I���d love to hear what you���re reading!
Recently Completed:
Year of the Griffin by Diana Wynne Jones.�� Sequel to The Dark Lord of Derkholm, set eight years later.�� I loved it.�� I wanted it to be a whole lot longer, though.
Naruto by�� Masashi Kishimoto.�� Manga.�� Issues 65-67.�� I���ve been reading this one for a long time and, unlike so many series, instead of getting weaker, it gets stronger, perhaps because the author is no longer forced to standard tropes.
Soul Music by Terry Pratchett.�� Jim and I had been watching some rock documentaries, which gave me a desire to re-read the tale of Music With Rocks In and the Discworld.�� Pratchett���s novels are wonderful and I���m not afraid to admit that when the new broke yesterday that he had died, I started crying.
The Game by Diana Wynne Jones.�� Released in hard cover from Firebird Press, this novella has an almost magical realism feel.�� Recommended.
In Progress:
A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold.�� Audiobook.�� Mixed feelings.�� This novel has some really neat biological/political material.�� However, it also has everything in it that makes me hate romance novels.�� ����I���m interested enough to keep going, though I���m beginning to wonder if I need to skip to print, so I can skim all the romance stupid.�� Please note.�� This is NOT a slam on the book.�� I simply have a lower than average tolerance for the same romance novel tropes that make them a perennially popular form.
Gray Heroes: Elder Tales from Around the World edited by Jane Yolen.�� I bought this years ago and have dipped in from time to time.�� I���ve resolved to read the whole thing.�� I���m into the final section now.�� These are best read with a little space between.
Also:
I���m reading up for my talk at UNM on April 1st.�� Also, a heck of a lot of my own stuff with various future projects in mind.
