What are you reading this March?

[Jim]

Cool!

[NekroRider]

In March I finished the Dagger and Coin series with The Spider's War, did a quick reread of The Communist Manifesto, read and loved Memory of Water, and also read a couple mysteries: Hypothermia and Nine Lives to Die (started in March but finished in April). The latter was a mystery for a bit of lighthearted fun.

Favourite book this month was definitely Memory of Water.

[Nancy]

I just finished Octavia Butler's book Kindred, which is one of those books that crosses multiple genres. It's sometimes called science fiction, sometimes "dark fantasy," a coming of age book, etc., etc. The time travel element, in which a black woman from 1970s Los Angeles is involuntarily transported to the antebellum south multiple times to save the life of a white man (the son of a plantation owner) who turns out to be a distant ancestor, may be what earns it the sci-fi label, as well as the author's other works. Whatever you want to call it, it's an excellent book.

[Andreas]

Nancy, how much Horror/Dark is in Kindred? I can stand a tiny little bit horror, but not more (e.g. Grass was already on the edge).

[Nancy]

Andreas wrote: "Nancy, how much Horror/Dark is in Kindred? I can stand a tiny little bit horror, but not more (e.g. Grass was already on the edge)."

The book depicts the life of slaves: the beatings they receive from masters, the fact that can be separated from their families and sold at a moment's notice, or forced into sexual relationships with their owners. That's the kind of darkness you'll find. It's historical and realistic.

[Rachel]

My reading challenge says i managed 8 books in March - but a closer look revealed that half are novellas.
Consisting of:
Crosstalk
Deathless
Binti
Summerlong
Death's End
Every Heart a Doorway
Dream Quest of Vellit Boe
and The Long Way To a Small Angry Planet.
I liked Death's End and The Long Way.... the most and Binti and Every Heart a Doorway for the short ones.

[Jim]

In paper, I'm continuing to read the Imager series by L.E. Modesitt Jr.. I'm on Antiagon Fire now.

In audio, I'm listening to More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon, a classic SF book that I'm reading with the "Evolution of SF" group. This edition was produced by Blackstone & is read by Stephen Rudnicki & Harlan Ellison.