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Books 'n Bagels
Jan. 2nd, 2005 04:19 pmWe went downtown to a Big Bookstore today. YAY! I browsed, and I browsed, and I read the backs of things, and wrestled with my budget vs my wants. I wound up with:
Calculating God, by Robert J. Sawyer, whose books I like very much, and whose email I have if I need clarification on anything.
Restoree, which is classic Anne McCaffrey and as such necessary. I think it must have been out of print or something - I hadn't been able to find it for a while.
Dragon's Kin, by Anne and Todd McCaffrey. The one about the miners. It's pretty good so far :) I admit to being a Pern addict.
The Grand Crusade, by Michael A. Stackpole, which finally finishes the series that I started reading in 2000, with The Dark Glory War.
I don't seem to be reading nearly as much 'high fantasy' as I used to. It's so hard to find stuff that's memorable. David Coe managed it with the Lon Tobyn books, and his current series has a lot of political intrigue to go along with the magic. I think it's the way he builds societies that make sense, and has flawed heroes. David Eddings used to be really good, but... it's the same story, over and over and over. And if anyone recommends Mercedes Lackey to me, again, I may have to scream. *twitches* I've spoken with her and she is a very cool person, but I can't read her books.
I like urban fantasy, though.
I'm still trying to figure out why Jack Whyte's "A Dream of Eagles" is in the fantasy section. It's Arthurian legend, yes, but completely historically feasible (as far as my relatively educated but hardly an expert self can tell) and well-researched, with no magic. (Highly recommend it, btw - good, meaty books!)
Then we made our way out to the Fairmount Bagel Bakery, which makes the world's best bagels. We bought six dozen, fresh out of the wood-burning ovens, and ate one each in the car on the way home. Mmm. So very delicious.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
scrunchions, I've earmarked six for you. You'll see them in February. Three cheers for deep freeze. Bagels in Newfoundland just aren't the same - huge cakey things with barely any hole. Bleh.
Calculating God, by Robert J. Sawyer, whose books I like very much, and whose email I have if I need clarification on anything.
Restoree, which is classic Anne McCaffrey and as such necessary. I think it must have been out of print or something - I hadn't been able to find it for a while.
Dragon's Kin, by Anne and Todd McCaffrey. The one about the miners. It's pretty good so far :) I admit to being a Pern addict.
The Grand Crusade, by Michael A. Stackpole, which finally finishes the series that I started reading in 2000, with The Dark Glory War.
I don't seem to be reading nearly as much 'high fantasy' as I used to. It's so hard to find stuff that's memorable. David Coe managed it with the Lon Tobyn books, and his current series has a lot of political intrigue to go along with the magic. I think it's the way he builds societies that make sense, and has flawed heroes. David Eddings used to be really good, but... it's the same story, over and over and over. And if anyone recommends Mercedes Lackey to me, again, I may have to scream. *twitches* I've spoken with her and she is a very cool person, but I can't read her books.
I like urban fantasy, though.
I'm still trying to figure out why Jack Whyte's "A Dream of Eagles" is in the fantasy section. It's Arthurian legend, yes, but completely historically feasible (as far as my relatively educated but hardly an expert self can tell) and well-researched, with no magic. (Highly recommend it, btw - good, meaty books!)
Then we made our way out to the Fairmount Bagel Bakery, which makes the world's best bagels. We bought six dozen, fresh out of the wood-burning ovens, and ate one each in the car on the way home. Mmm. So very delicious.
scrunchions, I've earmarked six for you. You'll see them in February. Three cheers for deep freeze. Bagels in Newfoundland just aren't the same - huge cakey things with barely any hole. Bleh.
