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Sometimes it’s a mistake to pick the third book in a series to read first. The prologue and back cover of this book was promising, because the 1st-person voice is dry and amusing. While the author manages to keep up that voice throughout the book, sometimes I felt like I was repeatedly being hit by […]
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Just my two cents on science fiction (SF) and fantasy novels/anthologies I’ve read. Sometimes I comment on the state of publishing SF and fantasy.
I’ve had a few people recommend this book to me over the years. Then, after my husband read Anathem, by Neal Stephenson, I figured I should read something by this giant of SF. But, after I’ve finished, all I can say is, “Meh.” That’s it. Everything averaged out to… average. Any opinions?Illuminating (0)Interesting (3)Useful (2)Ho-Hum (2)
When I returned from my palate-cleansing reading jag, this book was on the top of my SF/F reading pile. I’d ordered this book after reading an interview with Larry Correia, and his description of having an average accountant as his protagonist intrigued me. Funny—if I’d picked this book from the shelf, I probably wouldn’t have […]
A couple years after I entered the Air Force, my boyfriend and I went to a new gourmet restaurant in Ft. Walton Beach, FL. We were celebrating something (I can’t remember what) and the restaurant was the fanciest and most expensive one we’d ever tried. This was where I was introduced to menus that have […]
“You realize, don’t you, that you’ve picked something in the middle of a series?” Sharon Shinn asked me when I brought her this book to sign. “That’s okay. I have faith you’ll bring me up to speed.” I was joking, but I also believed it. Sharon and I were on some panels together at COSine, […]
The Soul Mirror is the second in a series, but Berg does an interesting switch of protagonists and provides enough subtle background that the reader is brought up to speed quickly. In The Spirit Lens, we’re introduced to a Renaissance-like world poised to move into the realm of science. The first book is narrated by […]