Kokipy wrote:

I am now reading Exit Party by Emily St John. It’s gotten a bit depressing
also I have just seen some posts on social media suggesting that men don’t enjoy reading books by women in general, because women write about feelings and relationships and the men in question prefer sci- fi. Which got my attention as you might imagine. I believe that we have many brilliant men in this community who enjoy many female authors and in particular many female sci fi authors, am I quite correct about that? 

Posts on social media? Some written by bots and others the amplified biased bedrock of the platforms. It becomes hard to know anything about the underlying actual craziness of the population. Surely here we love books by people!

Came back by to correct the author’s name- Emily St. John Mandel. 

Aja Jin wrote:

A review of The Rouse. https://locusmag.com/review/the-rouse-by-china-mieville-review-by-ian-mond/
 

Thanks - good review, seems to support what’s been said here. If you like him, there’s much to like. But it’s too long and the juice may not be worth the squeeze.

i kind of miss the 185 page books of 1960s SF sometimes!