Reading
Woo, storm fronts in the blogosphere!
What's everybody reading today, and what do you think so far?
Me: Upstairs, Tobias Buckell's Crystal Rain. Nifty worldbuilding, and the Aztecs make great bad guys. Interesting characters. But I am puzzled why the Aztecs would take a century to dig out a tunnel under the mountain ridge when they have airships and coulda lifted their guys over to begin their conquering decades ago. Only two interesting woman characters; my favorite so far is the boy, though a promising one named Pepper briefly whirled in and out again. Cannot see where this one is going.
Downstairs: Sharpe's Havoc by Bernard Cornwell. Setup so far is, he's being sent to get a runaway nineteen year old girl, which is why I've left it for later reading. Sharpe's girls always fall in love with him, and most of them eithre die or betray him, so if this girl turns out to be the main plot, I will probably abadon it. I like the ones where he out-thinks bad guys.
What's everybody reading today, and what do you think so far?
Me: Upstairs, Tobias Buckell's Crystal Rain. Nifty worldbuilding, and the Aztecs make great bad guys. Interesting characters. But I am puzzled why the Aztecs would take a century to dig out a tunnel under the mountain ridge when they have airships and coulda lifted their guys over to begin their conquering decades ago. Only two interesting woman characters; my favorite so far is the boy, though a promising one named Pepper briefly whirled in and out again. Cannot see where this one is going.
Downstairs: Sharpe's Havoc by Bernard Cornwell. Setup so far is, he's being sent to get a runaway nineteen year old girl, which is why I've left it for later reading. Sharpe's girls always fall in love with him, and most of them eithre die or betray him, so if this girl turns out to be the main plot, I will probably abadon it. I like the ones where he out-thinks bad guys.