Highlights and Lowlights - August 2023
Nowadays I post these whenever I’ve read “enough”, whatever
that is. Lately, that’s been “monthly”. August turned out to be a >pretty high quality month.
( ++++ ) Magic Claims - Andrews [Kate Daniels - Wilmington Years #2]
This is more of the same good fun stuff we had throughout the original
Kate Daniels series. I need to be a bit oblique here so as not to spoil
some big stuff. Kate & Curran are contacted by a nearby community to >remove/defeat a magical community that is demanding humans as >tribute/sacrifice. By the end of the book, Kate & Curran are well on
their way to establishing their new lives in a new type of community.
( ++ ) Alliance of Equals - Lee & Miller [Liaden #19 per >https://sharonleewriter.com/liaden-universe-correct-reading-order/
<—— 1) this is a new URL; 2) I believe there were some minor changes
to those lists too]
This was pretty good, even though roughly 1/3 to 1/2 of the book focuses
on teen Padi and her inevitable “coming of age” into her maturing
Liaden gifts.There’s a lot of Shan & Priscilla here, and lots of new >AI-oriented issues, primarily stoked by the mess Theo left behind a few
books ago and its ongoing fallout.
Now Reading:
Long work - The Empress of Earth - Scott [Silence Leigh #3]
Collection - The Best of Murray Leinster
Tony--
In article <30b35601-6bea-42bd...@googlegroups.com>,
Tony Nance <tonyn...@gmail.com> wrote:
Highlights and Lowlights - August 2023
Nowadays I post these whenever I’ve read “enough”, whatever
that is. Lately, that’s been “monthly”. August turned out to be a >pretty high quality month.
( ++++ ) Magic Claims - Andrews [Kate Daniels - Wilmington Years #2]
This is more of the same good fun stuff we had throughout the original >Kate Daniels series. I need to be a bit oblique here so as not to spoil >some big stuff. Kate & Curran are contacted by a nearby community to >remove/defeat a magical community that is demanding humans as >tribute/sacrifice. By the end of the book, Kate & Curran are well on
their way to establishing their new lives in a new type of community.
I've really enjoyed the two Wilmington books.
They are more like novellettes
and pretty much bore in on one storyline each (though
there are lots of hints about goings on elsewhere. [The news of
Jim is a bit surprising as we have had his viewpoint before, and
he seemed like a good guy if uptight]).
I like that they have
sincerely tried the domestic life before coming to the realization
that "We're superheroes, darn it!".
One thing that puzzled me a
bit is that the menace here seemed a good bit like the one Hugh
faced in his new life, but that wasn't mentioned. (Or I could be misremembering that book).
I do not see a publisher's imprint on these books, just the Literary Agency. My memory is that the Atlanta books were from a mainstream publisher.
Perhaps the Andrews are testing the indie waters with their main draw
after doing the Innkeeper stuff?
( ++ ) Alliance of Equals - Lee & Miller [Liaden #19 per >https://sharonleewriter.com/liaden-universe-correct-reading-order/
<—— 1) this is a new URL; 2) I believe there were some minor changes >to those lists too]
This was pretty good, even though roughly 1/3 to 1/2 of the book focuses >on teen Padi and her inevitable “coming of age” into her maturing >Liaden gifts.There’s a lot of Shan & Priscilla here, and lots of new >AI-oriented issues, primarily stoked by the mess Theo left behind a few >books ago and its ongoing fallout.
I like the fact that what Theo did off-handedly just to get away is having some reprecussions.
You don't just birth people and leave them in
squalor as a distraction. I'm not recalling if it were this book or
not, but I did feel things had worked out badly for the young AI T'chol(?) the last time we saw her, and I hope that gets fixed.
Now Reading:
Long work - The Empress of Earth - Scott [Silence Leigh #3]
Liked it.
Collection - The Best of Murray Leinster
I think I've read that one. Certainly he has a huge body of work, much
of it very good, almost all of it entertaining.
Does it have "Keyhole"?
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