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2024 : YEAR OF DNFS
I’m determined to actually read the books that have been squatting on my shelves for YEARS, and because of some Poor Life Choices� I suspect some of them are gonna be dnfed with extreme prejudice. First victim : Connie Willis, an sf author who wrote two of my favourite sf short stories, “Fire Watch� and “All my Darling Daughters�.
INFODUMPS
Science fiction is notorious for infodumping and Connie is very bad at this from the get go :
”Are you familiar with the new RIPT scan?�
Joanna shook her head. “Is it similar to a PET scan?�
He nodded. “They both measure your brain activity, but the RIPT scan is exponentially faster and more detailed. Plus, it uses chemical tracers, not radioactive ones, so the number of scans per subject doesn’t have to be limited. It simultaneously photographs the electrochemical activity in different subsections of the brain for a 3-D picture of neural activity in the working grain. Or the dying brain.�
There is even a little kid who does infodumping :
”Look,� Maisie said. “This is the Great Molasses Flood. It happened in 1919.� She pointed to a grainy black and white photo of what looked like an oil slick. “These huge tanks broke and all the molasses poured out and drowned everybody. Twenty-one people…�
LANGUAGE WAY TOO ROMCOMMY
”Can you give me the extension for CICU?� he said “I –�
“It’s 4502,� a cute blond nurse said, coming up to the nurse’s station. “Are you looking for Joanna Lander?�
“Yes,� he said gratefully. “Do you know where she is?�
“No,� she said, looking at him through her lashes. “but I know where she might me. In Pediatrics…�
“Thanks," he said, hanging up the phone. “Can you tell me how to get to Peds? I’m new here.�
“I know,� she said, smiling coyly. “You’re Dr Wright, right? I’m Tish.�
I thought I was suddenly reading
I’m determined to actually read the books that have been squatting on my shelves for YEARS, and because of some Poor Life Choices� I suspect some of them are gonna be dnfed with extreme prejudice. First victim : Connie Willis, an sf author who wrote two of my favourite sf short stories, “Fire Watch� and “All my Darling Daughters�.
INFODUMPS
Science fiction is notorious for infodumping and Connie is very bad at this from the get go :
”Are you familiar with the new RIPT scan?�
Joanna shook her head. “Is it similar to a PET scan?�
He nodded. “They both measure your brain activity, but the RIPT scan is exponentially faster and more detailed. Plus, it uses chemical tracers, not radioactive ones, so the number of scans per subject doesn’t have to be limited. It simultaneously photographs the electrochemical activity in different subsections of the brain for a 3-D picture of neural activity in the working grain. Or the dying brain.�
There is even a little kid who does infodumping :
”Look,� Maisie said. “This is the Great Molasses Flood. It happened in 1919.� She pointed to a grainy black and white photo of what looked like an oil slick. “These huge tanks broke and all the molasses poured out and drowned everybody. Twenty-one people…�
LANGUAGE WAY TOO ROMCOMMY
”Can you give me the extension for CICU?� he said “I –�
“It’s 4502,� a cute blond nurse said, coming up to the nurse’s station. “Are you looking for Joanna Lander?�
“Yes,� he said gratefully. “Do you know where she is?�
“No,� she said, looking at him through her lashes. “but I know where she might me. In Pediatrics…�
“Thanks," he said, hanging up the phone. “Can you tell me how to get to Peds? I’m new here.�
“I know,� she said, smiling coyly. “You’re Dr Wright, right? I’m Tish.�
I thought I was suddenly reading
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Reading Progress
January 21, 2019
– Shelved
January 21, 2019
– Shelved as:
to-read-sf-novels
February 5, 2024
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Started Reading
February 6, 2024
– Shelved as:
abandoned
February 6, 2024
– Shelved as:
sf-novels-aaargh
February 6, 2024
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Finished Reading
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Feb 06, 2024 04:04AM
Thanks for the laughs!
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“Looking at him through her lashes� - be quite a trick if she managed to look at him while bypassing them!
I often love her work - but this sounds like a justifiable DNF.
I'm sorry Paul that it had to go onto your dnf pile but your review brought on a good case of the chuckles. I loved the trademark at the end of "Poor Life Choices" and the romance book image.
Sounds like me I have so many I need to least give them all one more chance
I did a brutal clean out of my unread pile and do not regret it. I used the Kondo trick of thanking each book for helping me understand what I actually want to read. Still have plenty left over but I can look at them with anticipation instead of dread. 😅
Okay, but where can I get a copy of Doctor in Pursuit?
thanks everyone.... I think Doctor in Pursuit is available at your local charity shop. Or one of the 45 others in the Doctor Nurse Romance series.
Thanks for that unexpected reminder of my Grandma - she was a massive Doctor/Nurse fan and I think I even recognise that cover
Hey Paul! I love reading your reviews. And I'm super curious... how do you manage to read so much??
Thanks Daniela.... I think partly because I never watch tv....but really I think I am a very slow reader.
