January 2017 Bookpost
A good list to start the year. As usual, it helps that I started a couple of things in late December but finished them in January so I count them for 2017.
1. Borderline, Mishell Baker - Gained some note last year for featuring a double-amputee, suicide survivor with borderline personality disorder as its heroine. The first in the Arcadia Project series of urban fantasy novels set in and around L.A. and Hollywood. If you like snarky heroines (a la Toby Daye) you'll like this.
2. Ninefox Gambit, Yoon Ha Lee
3. Infomocracy, Malka Older - With a plot that comments on voter participation, party politics, hacked elections and the role of fact-checkers, this is an astoundingly well-timed near-future political thriller. And a debut novel to boot!
4. Four Roads Cross, Max Gladstone
5. Arabella of Mars, David D. Levine - Steampunk sailing ships IN SPAAAACE, with a taste of Sweet Polly Oliver to boot. A fun read for fans of sea stories and/or Enlightenment. Just don't think about the science (or lack thereof) too hard. Or at all, really.
6. Modern Romance, Aziz Ansari - This month's choice for the book club. Amusing, even if I have never seen Parks and Recreation or anything else with Mr. Ansari.
7. Apex Magazine #92 (January 2017)
8. Lightspeed Magazine #80 (January 2017)
9. The Vor Game, Lois McMaster Bujold (reread)
10. The Lost Child of Lychford, Paul Cornell (novella)
11. Runtime, S.B. Divya (novella)
1. Borderline, Mishell Baker - Gained some note last year for featuring a double-amputee, suicide survivor with borderline personality disorder as its heroine. The first in the Arcadia Project series of urban fantasy novels set in and around L.A. and Hollywood. If you like snarky heroines (a la Toby Daye) you'll like this.
2. Ninefox Gambit, Yoon Ha Lee
3. Infomocracy, Malka Older - With a plot that comments on voter participation, party politics, hacked elections and the role of fact-checkers, this is an astoundingly well-timed near-future political thriller. And a debut novel to boot!
4. Four Roads Cross, Max Gladstone
5. Arabella of Mars, David D. Levine - Steampunk sailing ships IN SPAAAACE, with a taste of Sweet Polly Oliver to boot. A fun read for fans of sea stories and/or Enlightenment. Just don't think about the science (or lack thereof) too hard. Or at all, really.
6. Modern Romance, Aziz Ansari - This month's choice for the book club. Amusing, even if I have never seen Parks and Recreation or anything else with Mr. Ansari.
7. Apex Magazine #92 (January 2017)
8. Lightspeed Magazine #80 (January 2017)
9. The Vor Game, Lois McMaster Bujold (reread)
10. The Lost Child of Lychford, Paul Cornell (novella)
11. Runtime, S.B. Divya (novella)