Quirky and enjoyable mystical thriller about good and evil trying to possess the Holy Graal, which has been stored away in the cupboard of an English Quirky and enjoyable mystical thriller about good and evil trying to possess the Holy Graal, which has been stored away in the cupboard of an English country church.
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Quirky and enjoyable mystical thriller about good and evil trying to possess the Holy Graal, which has been stored away in the cupboard of an English country church....more
Having loved Fitzgerald's writing when I was young I wondered if I would still feel the same way. Yes, his writing still blows me away.Having loved Fitzgerald's writing when I was young I wondered if I would still feel the same way. Yes, his writing still blows me away....more
Yes, this counts as a feminist SF work, but as well it's a parable about culture, non-violent resistance, and our conflicting drives eithOccupy Shora.
Yes, this counts as a feminist SF work, but as well it's a parable about culture, non-violent resistance, and our conflicting drives either to create or destroy. The world-building is engaging, especially the biology of the planet Shora....more
While it won't win any awards for cover design, most of the stories in this doorstopper are pretty strong, with some inevitable misses. The much anthoWhile it won't win any awards for cover design, most of the stories in this doorstopper are pretty strong, with some inevitable misses. The much anthologized (and classic) "Luella Miller" and "Good Lady Ducayne" are here, and Connie Willis's "Jack" is always a pleasure to read. Tanya Huff, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, and Tanith Lee are dependably good.
Best read over a long stretch with a story or two at a time....more
A wonderfully told novel about a very ordinary man getting through the trying circumstances of his life as a Trinidadian Indian. Mostly there are his A wonderfully told novel about a very ordinary man getting through the trying circumstances of his life as a Trinidadian Indian. Mostly there are his numerous in-laws, engulfing his life and his dreams. Mr. Biswas eventually gets the house, but never a room of his own. Funny, sad and moving....more
By the end of 2008, bloggers involved in politics was old news, so it was a major stumbling block to accept that this would be at all remarkable in thBy the end of 2008, bloggers involved in politics was old news, so it was a major stumbling block to accept that this would be at all remarkable in the future setting of the year 2040. The zombies were fine (heh!) but the world was too much like the world of today. I needed a fast read, and Georgia held my interest, but this felt like YA fiction....more
Nope, couldn't feel the love for this popular first book in the Incarnations series. Terry Pratchett's conception of Death in the Discworld series is Nope, couldn't feel the love for this popular first book in the Incarnations series. Terry Pratchett's conception of Death in the Discworld series is funny, thought-provoking, sometimes moving and raises the bar, so maybe most books on this theme will suffer by comparison. Anthony's OaPH struck me as being pretty sophomoric unexciting prose and confused in tone about what it wanted to be: YA? Philosophical? Funny? Theological? ZOMG, girls have boobies?...more
"... all we have, standing erect on the land of the dead, is the rebellion of our smile, the rebellion of being gay when darkness envelops us. We are "... all we have, standing erect on the land of the dead, is the rebellion of our smile, the rebellion of being gay when darkness envelops us. We are divinely alone, the heavens have fallen on our heads.�
(This was O'Brien's public domain translation, a Project Gutenberg download, the source of most of the listed editions.)...more
Sharp, laugh-out-loud funny and disgusting by turns, a modern fable where it's almost as if Miss Piggy wandered into a world like Animal Farm. The reaSharp, laugh-out-loud funny and disgusting by turns, a modern fable where it's almost as if Miss Piggy wandered into a world like Animal Farm. The real-world case of a French politician known to behave like a "rutting chimpanzee" adds a certain sense of reality to Darrieussecq's world....more
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