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Jan. 8th, 2011 10:59 pmHaving gotten enough done on my physics applications that I can put them aside for a bit and do the next part more slowly and with care, I spent yesterday evening and most of today doing Not Very Much. Which was nice. 'Cause, I mean, this is supposed to be a break, and all.
But I read a couple of books:
White Sands, Red Menace, Klages: I liked Green Glass Sea and I liked this one. It's SF in the sense that it's fiction about science, and in the sense that it addresses thematic things like the size of the universe. And all the characters are believable, whether kids or adults. And I find myself rooting for all of them, even the ones that I wouldn't necessarily have liked in real life myself as a kid.
Unnatural Death, Sayers: I am getting closer to having read all the Wimsey novels, but I have not quite reached that sad day yet. Halfway through, I sent a text message: "I think there are stealth lesbians in this Wimsey novel!" When I'd finished it, I summed up--"Stealth lesbians remarkably un-stealth, for the times." Better yet, though some of the characters have Notions about this whole female companionship without men thing, I'd say the narrative as a whole treats it with respect. ...so basically, um, Wimsey + lesbians = yes. Why do I not own this book yet? There are some dismal bits of the novel, to be fair, which have more to do with the whole murder bit than the lesbians. Those dampened my enjoyment a bit, but they were effective, so thumbs still firmly up.
I also have started poking at A Returning Power again. Why is it that when I start thinking through the implications of possible changes, I see problems that were there in the first place and I never noticed? (Don't answer that.)
But I read a couple of books:
White Sands, Red Menace, Klages: I liked Green Glass Sea and I liked this one. It's SF in the sense that it's fiction about science, and in the sense that it addresses thematic things like the size of the universe. And all the characters are believable, whether kids or adults. And I find myself rooting for all of them, even the ones that I wouldn't necessarily have liked in real life myself as a kid.
Unnatural Death, Sayers: I am getting closer to having read all the Wimsey novels, but I have not quite reached that sad day yet. Halfway through, I sent a text message: "I think there are stealth lesbians in this Wimsey novel!" When I'd finished it, I summed up--"Stealth lesbians remarkably un-stealth, for the times." Better yet, though some of the characters have Notions about this whole female companionship without men thing, I'd say the narrative as a whole treats it with respect. ...so basically, um, Wimsey + lesbians = yes. Why do I not own this book yet? There are some dismal bits of the novel, to be fair, which have more to do with the whole murder bit than the lesbians. Those dampened my enjoyment a bit, but they were effective, so thumbs still firmly up.
I also have started poking at A Returning Power again. Why is it that when I start thinking through the implications of possible changes, I see problems that were there in the first place and I never noticed? (Don't answer that.)