This Year's Reading
#40 Here Lies Arthur by Philip Reeve
My dad bought this in a bookshop in Tintagel that only sold books about King Arthur. It takes a unromantic view of the mythmaking: Arthur is the strong man who Mryddin seeks to unite Britain behind in order to finally to oust the Saxons. In fact, the story is less interested in Arthur himself than in gender roles and the life chances of British people after the fall of Rome. Good stuff.
#41 The Lord of the Sands of Time by Issui Ogawa
#42 All You Need Is KILL by Hiroshi Sakurazaka
Read for review for Strange Horizons.
#43 His Illegal Self by Peter Carey
Well, what can you say? As far as I am concerned Peter Carey is the greatest living writer. This isn't quite in his top rank but it is still very good.
My dad bought this in a bookshop in Tintagel that only sold books about King Arthur. It takes a unromantic view of the mythmaking: Arthur is the strong man who Mryddin seeks to unite Britain behind in order to finally to oust the Saxons. In fact, the story is less interested in Arthur himself than in gender roles and the life chances of British people after the fall of Rome. Good stuff.
#41 The Lord of the Sands of Time by Issui Ogawa
#42 All You Need Is KILL by Hiroshi Sakurazaka
Read for review for Strange Horizons.
#43 His Illegal Self by Peter Carey
Well, what can you say? As far as I am concerned Peter Carey is the greatest living writer. This isn't quite in his top rank but it is still very good.