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jazzfishWhat are you reading?
The Dark World, by Henry Kuttner and (probably) C.L. Moore, because there was a free ebook, it was a strong influence on the early Amber books, and, most importantly, it takes little brain. It's... I am not sure if 'quite good' is appropriate, but it's very readable, in an overwrought kind of way.
What did you recently finish reading?
Lloyd Alexander's last book, The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio. It may be Alexander's only first-person novel apart from the Vesper Holly books. The Alexandrine hero is not the kind of character who should be written in the first person. The book itself is deeply uneven, nowhere near as tightly plotted as Alexander's others, and draws on a folklore he's tapped once already, in the far superior First Two Lives of Lukas-Kasha. Not recommended except for the completist (ahem).
Before that... I reread Donaldson's Mordant's Need duology, because I needed something brainless. I read the heck out of the first volume when I was much younger. I couldn't remember why I didn't do that with the second. Now I do: the second isn't nearly as good. Rather, it doesn't fulfil the promise of the first book. Still and all, they're imaginative fantasy, with nicely twisty plots and an intriguing method of magic.
What do you think you'll read next?
Damned if I know. Everything on the To Be Read shelf wants more brain than I feel like giving it, with the possible exception of Voice of the Whirlwind.
The Dark World, by Henry Kuttner and (probably) C.L. Moore, because there was a free ebook, it was a strong influence on the early Amber books, and, most importantly, it takes little brain. It's... I am not sure if 'quite good' is appropriate, but it's very readable, in an overwrought kind of way.
What did you recently finish reading?
Lloyd Alexander's last book, The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio. It may be Alexander's only first-person novel apart from the Vesper Holly books. The Alexandrine hero is not the kind of character who should be written in the first person. The book itself is deeply uneven, nowhere near as tightly plotted as Alexander's others, and draws on a folklore he's tapped once already, in the far superior First Two Lives of Lukas-Kasha. Not recommended except for the completist (ahem).
Before that... I reread Donaldson's Mordant's Need duology, because I needed something brainless. I read the heck out of the first volume when I was much younger. I couldn't remember why I didn't do that with the second. Now I do: the second isn't nearly as good. Rather, it doesn't fulfil the promise of the first book. Still and all, they're imaginative fantasy, with nicely twisty plots and an intriguing method of magic.
What do you think you'll read next?
Damned if I know. Everything on the To Be Read shelf wants more brain than I feel like giving it, with the possible exception of Voice of the Whirlwind.
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