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I just re-read Elizabeth Bear's Ancestral Night, and Machine; they are part 1 and 2 of the White Space trilogy. I thought book 3 was out, but it's due in June. Really enjoyed them, good modern space opera, not very dark. In particular Machine, as it's an homage/update of James White's Hospital Station books, really nicely done.
I also finished Kevin Hearn's Ink & Sigil series, three books set in the Iron Druid universe. Lots of fun, good dugs, and the Iron Druid and Oberon make several appearances. A good light holiday read.
Now working on some Tiptree stories as a change of pace.
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Aja Jin wrote:
I just re-read Elizabeth Bear's Ancestral Night, and Machine; they are part 1 and 2 of the White Space trilogy. I thought book 3 was out, but it's due in June. Really enjoyed them, good modern space opera, not very dark. In particular Machine, as it's an homage/update of James White's Hospital Station books, really nicely done.
I also finished Kevin Hearn's Ink & Sigil series, three books set in the Iron Druid universe. Lots of fun, good dugs, and the Iron Druid and Oberon make several appearances. A good light holiday read.
Now working on some Tiptree stories as a change of pace.
nice choices!
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I'll have to check out Machine, as I have very fond memories of those James White books from long ago.
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I finished Samantha Harvey's Orbital.
I really liked the detail of all the physiological changes that were described for humans living entended periods in free fall and it makes absolute sense to study that stuff so assiduously.
But having said that, I have to admit that my overall reaction to the book as a whole was one of being underwhelmed.
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After a palate-cleanser British police procedural, I went back to proper SF with Adrian Tchaikovsky's Saturation Point, a scarily realistic near-future examination of climate changes driven slow apocalypse and possible implications for our own species. Recommended.
Now onto an older Jo Walton alternate history in Farthing, which I appear to have missed reading some years ago - I found a copy I'd forgotten I had acquired.
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Surtac, I share you appreciation for Mick Herron [sp?] and once we finish our first time through 7 seasons of West Wing (we started before the US election, when it was inspiring, and now it just seems like a fantasy or an alternative universe but if we can avoid comparing it to what’s about to happen here come the new year it is good escapist tv) we are going to resume Slow Horses.
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My re-watch and re-read of the Slow Horses material has reinforced for me the view that Herron is clearly a fan of Le Carre's Smiley books.
On a separate note, my reading of Farthing so far has left me with the feeling that it might not be the best time to be reading an alternative history about post-WWII British fascists.. Either that, or its entirely apposite, given what's happening in the world politically. Who knows?