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subplotkudzu) wrote2009-07-10 09:45 pm
subplotkudzu) wrote2009-07-10 09:45 pm
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Books 59-60
59) Lisa's Story - the Other Shoe: This is a compelation of Tom Batuik's Funky Winkerbean strips, specifically those dealing with the appearance, remission, re-emergence and untilate fatility of breast cancer in Lisa Moore, one of the trip's central characters. it's incredibly moving and well done, but not an easy read towards the end given how well Batuik manages to instill his characters with real humanity. Funkey Winkerbean really is hands down the best continuity strip in syndication these days.
60) Web of Angels (reread): John M. Forts proto-Cyberpunk space opera tarot card book, it's very well done but so densly packed that I'm sure I'm still missing things. Still, it's not as good as Growing Up Weightless or Princes of the Air, so read those first if you can get them. I am impressed by how much this 1980 book predicted later aspects of the cyberpunk genre, but all SF is a genre in conversation with itself. Ford just happened to be a little ahead of the curve of conversation on this one.
Anbd this took me through the 28 weeks from Christmas to my birthday. I hope to get another 40 books read before 12/25. Squirrel loaned me a copy of Steven King's "IT", I got the new Iain Pears book from my brother (as well as a loan of Gilead, which is supposed to be excellent) and I'm sure there is yet more in my future. it's been a good reading year so far.
60) Web of Angels (reread): John M. Forts proto-Cyberpunk space opera tarot card book, it's very well done but so densly packed that I'm sure I'm still missing things. Still, it's not as good as Growing Up Weightless or Princes of the Air, so read those first if you can get them. I am impressed by how much this 1980 book predicted later aspects of the cyberpunk genre, but all SF is a genre in conversation with itself. Ford just happened to be a little ahead of the curve of conversation on this one.
Anbd this took me through the 28 weeks from Christmas to my birthday. I hope to get another 40 books read before 12/25. Squirrel loaned me a copy of Steven King's "IT", I got the new Iain Pears book from my brother (as well as a loan of Gilead, which is supposed to be excellent) and I'm sure there is yet more in my future. it's been a good reading year so far.
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