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So how is everyone? What are you guys reading? I reread Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, and while I love Bladerunner, DADES cries out for a more faithful adaptation. Also reading Tim Powers’s Declare.
I’ve been working like a dog, visiting college campuses with Jake, and writing, roughly in that order. (Should finish the current chapter tonight, which leaves two chapters to go. I need to finish one last scene . . .)
From my son, here’s Cyanide and Happiness, which is also a web comic — but my first experience with them was this video:
and the next was this,
In both cases, they’ve mastered the essential “I didn’t see that coming” aspect of comedy. Gotta resist the urge to bask in their brilliance.
D.
Just read Gillian Flynn’s “Gone Girl”. Surprisingly good.
I just finished Bujold’s “Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance”, her wrap up of that series. It’s not out in hardback until November but Baen sells e-ARCs. It was…worth the price if you’re a Vor-fan. As an end to the series, it wrapped some things up. As a stand-alone, it had some pacing issues. But I’d recommend it overall.
Lavie Tidhar’s The Bookman. Fun steampunk in a *completely* fantastical setting (an alternate Earth where Ickes’ lizard men openly rule the British Empire).
Okay, I think ps wins this one (not that it was a competition!)
Very close to finishing Declare and I have to say, the climax fell flat. On the other hand, DADES was definitely worth the reread.
I just finished reading the closing volume of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen’s Century series. Without spoilers, I will say that it invokes a deus ex machina, one that I have a hard time processing. I think I have to re-read the three issues.
I will say, if deus-ex-motherfucking-machina really bugs you, you might give Tidhar a pass. Still, the deus in The Bookman gets ex’d pretty thouroughly…
Thoroughly. Dammit. Stupid iPhone.