Breaking News: Vorlons and Shadows Duke It Out on Pages of Twentieth-Century Fantasy Novel
Having found myself in possession of more free time than I'm likely to have again for a good while, I am endeavoring to reduce my pile of books to read before it gets too overwhelming. It's such a luxury to have hours stretching on in which to do this, and to have the energy and focus to want to. That's one thing about school: as much as I enjoyed it, after a while, I forgot what it was like to read purely for fun.
Earlier today, I watched an episode of Babylon 5, Season 5 (coming up on the end now!). This evening, I started in on Ellen Kushner's Swordspoint. Imagine my shock when I reached this passage:
"He didn't know the man in the mirror, but he wanted to. The more he stared, the further from himself he went, asking, Who are you? What do you want?"
...
Clearly, the influence of the Vorlons and the Shadows reaches even further than we thought.
Books checked off to-read list:
- Patricia A. McKillip, The Riddle-Master of Hed
- Guy Gavriel Kay, Sailing to Sarantium
Books which revealed themselves to be part of duology or trilogy (aka "damn, why did I not see that tidbit of info on the cover" aka "on the bright side, that means there's more!")
- See above
Books added to to-read list:
- Susanna Clarke, The Ladies of Grace Adieu
- Naomi Novik, His Majesty's Dragon/Temeraire
Books still on to-read list:
- oh, where to start... I can see about a dozen from my chair, and 98% of my books are not in this room
ETA: Mini-review of Swordspoint in comments.
Earlier today, I watched an episode of Babylon 5, Season 5 (coming up on the end now!). This evening, I started in on Ellen Kushner's Swordspoint. Imagine my shock when I reached this passage:
"He didn't know the man in the mirror, but he wanted to. The more he stared, the further from himself he went, asking, Who are you? What do you want?"
...
Clearly, the influence of the Vorlons and the Shadows reaches even further than we thought.
Books checked off to-read list:
- Patricia A. McKillip, The Riddle-Master of Hed
- Guy Gavriel Kay, Sailing to Sarantium
Books which revealed themselves to be part of duology or trilogy (aka "damn, why did I not see that tidbit of info on the cover" aka "on the bright side, that means there's more!")
- See above
Books added to to-read list:
- Susanna Clarke, The Ladies of Grace Adieu
- Naomi Novik, His Majesty's Dragon/Temeraire
Books still on to-read list:
- oh, where to start... I can see about a dozen from my chair, and 98% of my books are not in this room
ETA: Mini-review of Swordspoint in comments.