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thewronghands

[Book Reviews] Notable, for good or ill

Mar 31, 2016 01:48

Since I have so many books on my to-review list, this iteration is books that I felt particularly strongly about, or that I felt had some outstanding characteristic. [grin] You have been warned.

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Comments 7

randomdreams April 1 2016, 02:14:25 UTC

I'll hunt down that IBM book, at least. Thanks for the review. I was reading something similar about the Associated Press today, actually.

thewronghands April 1 2016, 03:44:34 UTC

I'm happy to send you my copy if you like -- I don't think anyone else here is going to read it. Didn't know that about the AP; what happened there?

randomdreams April 2 2016, 01:12:07 UTC

Assertion is that the nazi government evicted most news agencies because they had jews working for them but ended up letting the AP stay if the AP published their press releases as news.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/03/31/associated-press-nazi-collaboration/82457620/

lilairen April 1 2016, 03:11:52 UTC

I feel that you might possibly get value out of hrj's books, not that I've read them, but I've read her for years. She's got fantasy-historical lesbian romances which aren't about those things?

thewronghands April 1 2016, 03:45:21 UTC

Romance is not my favorite genre, but I'll give them a look, thanks!

roseneko April 1 2016, 14:51:54 UTC

Totally adding Three Parts Dead to the to-read queue.

Brian and I have been (slowly, given our schedules) working our way through Radiance as a read-aloud. We're both enjoying the heck out of its meta-commentary and at-times-ridiculous (but always entertaining) prose. I'm not convinced that the aforementioned prose doesn't occasionally get in the way of the story's clarity...but taking it as an it's-more-about-the-journey-than-the-destination kind of tale, it's a heck of a lot of fun.

larksdream April 9 2016, 00:04:54 UTC

I like Max Gladstone's worldbuilding (and his blog!), but his characters don't grab me. It's a pity because he himself seems like someone who would be fun to talk to. He was very adorable at Arisia-- he tags along with Scalzi, who is all "done this a million times", while Max is still all SUPER EXCITED TO BE A REAL AUTHOR. :D I'm also pretty sure I ran into him at Trader Joe's. I suppose everyone has to shop!

reading about how social persecution sure can rip your nascent relationship apart is pretty realistic

The equivalent for me was young adult novels where the sympathetic gay character is horrifically assaulted so we all learn that being mean to gay people is wrong. D: This was a very common trope in the 2000's. Valuable message, yes, but psychologically wearing.