2010 Reading #69: City of Illusions by Ursula K. Le Guin

Books 1-10.
Books 11-20.
Books 21-30.
Books 31-40.
Books 41-50.
Books 51-60.
61. Life Sucks by Jessica Abel, Gabriel Soria, and Warren Pleece.
62. JLA: Classifed: New Maps of Hell by Warren Ellis and Jackson Guice.
63. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Book One of The Inheritance Trilogy) by N. K. Jemisin.
64. Fear Itself by Walter Mosley.
65. Tongues of Serpents: A Novel of Temeraire by Naomi Novik.
66. Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes Volume 2 by Edmond Hamilton, Jim Shooter, et al.
67. The Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Charles Darwin.
68. The Love We Share Without Knowing by Christopher Barzak.

69. City of Illusions by Ursula K. Le Guin. More early Hainish stuff. I think what's odd, in reading these, is that they don't entirely read like the Le Guin I'm familiar with; they seem more representative of 1960s SF than of her work specifically. Which is to say, telepathy, brain-washing, and anxiety of identity.

2010 Reading #70: Hound by Vincent McCaffrey

Books 1-10.
Books 11-20.
Books 21-30.
Books 31-40.
Books 41-50.
Books 51-60.
61. Life Sucks by Jessica Abel, Gabriel Soria, and Warren Pleece.
62. JLA: Classifed: New Maps of Hell by Warren Ellis and Jackson Guice.
63. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Book One of The Inheritance Trilogy) by N. K. Jemisin.
64. Fear Itself by Walter Mosley.
65. Tongues of Serpents: A Novel of Temeraire by Naomi Novik.
66. Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes Volume 2 by Edmond Hamilton, Jim Shooter, et al.
67. The Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Charles Darwin.
68. The Love We Share Without Knowing by Christopher Barzak.
69. City of Illusions by Ursula K. Le Guin.

70. Hound by Vincent McCaffrey. I think I'm correct in saying that this is the first mystery novel published by Small Beer Press--not that it slots entirely into that genre, but it's more that than anything else. It's the story of Henry Sullivan, a bookseller in Boston, and that story concerns the character of Boston as much as it does that of Henry. In many ways it's the examination of a character's milieu, much like the Easy Rawlins books are a portrait of L.A. in the fifties and sixties. McCaffrey's transitions keep one on one's toes, and I suspect that some may find Henry a difficult character to like--he's a bit curmudgeonly, but that's sort of the point. The book centers on his difficulty in making connections, the ghosts of his failed relationships, and the prickliness of potential new ones. I hope there will be more of these.