ππ¦ rated Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery): 3 stars
Forced and artificial, but a bravura pastiche of some main currents of SF. The sudden ending is annoying; I can't think of any non-pretentious reason for it.
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Documenting my non-work reading, and reading to my children.
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ππ¦ rated The Sun Walks Down: 4 stars
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
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ππ¦ reviewed Hyperion by Dan Simmons
impressive but sterile
4 stars
ππ¦ wants to read Specifications Grading by Linda B. Nilson
Thinking about trying this for my upper level classes
ππ¦ reviewed The Best of R. A. Lafferty by R. A. Lafferty
Tall tales
4 stars
I'd read 'Seven-Day Terror' in some anthology long ago, and had never encountered Lafferty elsewhere. I still think that story is among the best things here; but there's a lot of good stuff, and some really interesting techniques. Love the way he challenges genre conventions (how did he end up classified as SF anyway? He's closer to Pynchon than Asimov), but maybe some of the ideas are a little thin?
Alan Garner: Elidor (1965, William Collins, Sons)
Elidor by Alan Garner
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