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snurriBooks 1-10.
Books 11-20.
Books 21-30.
Books 31-40.
Books 41-50.
51. Kitty Pryde: Shadow & Flame by Akira Yoshida and Paul Smith.
52. Best Short Novels 2006, Edited by Jonathan Strahan. Really these are novellas, and "best" is of course a subjective term; some of these worked for me and some didn't. Ian McDonald's "The Little Goddess" tries to use godlike technology as a metaphor for divinity, to some success. "Audubon in Atlantis," by Harry Turtledove is sort of a charming alternate history travelogue, but ultimately it doesn't go much of anywhere. Re-reading "Magic for Beginners" was a real pleasure, since it's one of the best stories I've ever read. Steven Erikson's "Fishin' With Grandma Matchie" was the biggest revelation of this volume, for me--a writer whom I don't think I've read before, with a wildly playful approach to language, presenting a gleeful twist on tall tales. And "The Cosmology of the Wider World," by Jeff Ford, is a talking animal story with a tragic ending that's no less impactful for being expected. The other stories in the volume, by Matthew Hughes, Cory Doctorow, Wil McCarthy, and Connie Willis, I gave up on within a few pages; with the exception of McCarthy, these are all authors that I already know I don't care for, so it's possible I'm guilty of not giving them an entirely fair chance. I know, I'm a philistine for not loving Connie Willis, I've heard it before. Life's too short, is all I can say.
Books 11-20.
Books 21-30.
Books 31-40.
Books 41-50.
51. Kitty Pryde: Shadow & Flame by Akira Yoshida and Paul Smith.
52. Best Short Novels 2006, Edited by Jonathan Strahan. Really these are novellas, and "best" is of course a subjective term; some of these worked for me and some didn't. Ian McDonald's "The Little Goddess" tries to use godlike technology as a metaphor for divinity, to some success. "Audubon in Atlantis," by Harry Turtledove is sort of a charming alternate history travelogue, but ultimately it doesn't go much of anywhere. Re-reading "Magic for Beginners" was a real pleasure, since it's one of the best stories I've ever read. Steven Erikson's "Fishin' With Grandma Matchie" was the biggest revelation of this volume, for me--a writer whom I don't think I've read before, with a wildly playful approach to language, presenting a gleeful twist on tall tales. And "The Cosmology of the Wider World," by Jeff Ford, is a talking animal story with a tragic ending that's no less impactful for being expected. The other stories in the volume, by Matthew Hughes, Cory Doctorow, Wil McCarthy, and Connie Willis, I gave up on within a few pages; with the exception of McCarthy, these are all authors that I already know I don't care for, so it's possible I'm guilty of not giving them an entirely fair chance. I know, I'm a philistine for not loving Connie Willis, I've heard it before. Life's too short, is all I can say.