Fannish consumption as a form of RL avoidance
I'm feeling totally avoidant about RL, so instead, here's a smorgasbord of things that are not RL -- reading, watching, and listening roundup, such as it is:
1. Katherine Addison, The Angel of the Crows -- so, funny story: K was excited about this book just on the strength of the author's name, but then I looked it up and was like, "...are you sure ( Read more... )
1. Katherine Addison, The Angel of the Crows -- so, funny story: K was excited about this book just on the strength of the author's name, but then I looked it up and was like, "...are you sure ( Read more... )
Was it Aliette de Bodard's Xuya-set novella? I read that not too long ago, but it didn't work for me -- de Bodard's style pretty much just doesn't, so that was not a surprise, but would've been nice, as sci-fi Sherlock Holmes certainly sounds like it could be fun.
Original She-ra or new She-ra?
New She-Ra! I was a big fan of the original He-Man as a kid, but never watched the She-Ra show. I like the dynamics and humor of the new one, though.
Now I want something either hardcore sci-fi (but not Watts - I can't take this guy as hard Sf after his vampire thing in Blindsight) or some classic "sword and planet" a-la Princess of Mars.
Alas, I haven't read anything in those genres in ages, so can't think of any good recs... I mean, I assume you've read The Martian? I don't know that I would call it hard sci-fi per se, but the science was the best part? (along with the humor) so maybe it counts?
But if you liked Ancillary Justice, which I think of as social sci-fi, I did recently read and enjoy CJ Cherry's Cyteen -- my first foray into her Alliance-Union books. (It did take me a sync read and severel months to get through it; it's a very long, very dense book.) She's written a whole bunch of other books, too, which promise to be similarly dense and crunchy...
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---> Good question. Maybe? I'm not sure.
New She-Ra! I was a big fan of the original He-Man as a kid, but never watched the She-Ra show. I like the dynamics and humor of the new one, though.
----> I've seen a new one and I was disappointed. But I guess it's a case of "flavour of markers".
But if you liked Ancillary Justice, which I think of as social sci-fi, I did recently read and enjoy CJ Cherry's Cyteen -- my first foray into her Alliance-Union books. (It did take me a sync read and severel months to get through it; it's a very long, very dense book.) She's written a whole bunch of other books, too, which promise to be similarly dense and crunchy...
----> Good! That's what i need.
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