Today I was walking to the library -

Wait.

Today, I walked to the library, in that way you do, since the library is a 20 minute stroll from home.

It's a nice change from mandatory busing or biking, you know?

On Wednesday, I went to the SFPL main branch intending to find one or two novels and maybe a nonfiction book from its six stories of media. So how many books did I actually check out of the library?

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Fans talk about reading from "Asimov to Zelazny" or about the ABCs of science fiction (Asimov, Bester, Clarke) - have you read your way through the alphabet?

( I'm missing Q, U, and X. )

I didn't intentionally read two novels of alternate history focusing on the UK this week, but that's what happened. If you ever need an illustration in the difference between honor and reputation*, do Empire of Ivory and Ha'Penny as paired reads ( Read more... )

Over on the Shejidan boards, it's reported that a Cyteen sequel is done. There is no way the sequel will live up to the original. If I keep saying this, eventually I'll believe it. No publication guesstimate, so I'm assuming late 2009 at the earliest. Message board noise suggests a tenth Foreigner novel is next on Cherryh's plate ( Read more... )

Monica Hughes is dead. It's unlikely any of you have a clue how much I liked her books, because I haven't seen a copy of Invitation to the Game or Keeper of the Isis Light since I left middle school, though I always checked the used book stores, always in the wrong places. I'm coming to realize the power of public libraries late in life, but the ( Read more... )