The Reading Corner.

[Rymdolov]

Good luck with the next part! We all know about the frustration of not being able to lay your paws on the next book in a series.

By the way, I'm now reading the short story collection Pretty monsters by Kelly Link and let me tell you that these stories are really, really good. Above all, Link is a genuine short story writer. You can tell that she's not using the format to use the ideas "not good enough" to fit in a novel. All the stories are pieces of art in their own right. They're horror, fantasy and sf, from most common to least. I highly recommend the collection to anyone, though. Even people who hate these genres would have to admit that Link is a great story-teller, I think.

[Buster's Uncle]

Say Rym; I heard a rumor that you're quite the SF book reviewer.  Any chance at some of that action here?  I love to see it...

[Unorthodox]

No dice.  Thought of a backup series, and nothin' doin' there either. 

[Rymdolov]

Say Rym; I heard a rumor that you're quite the SF book reviewer.  Any chance at some of that action here?  I love to see it...

Who told you that? Or have you been looking at our blog?

I haven't reviewed anything for a long time and I don't think my English is good enough for doing it in that language. It would be possible to convey a message, but I wouldn't be having as much fun. In Swedish, I can go nuts.

[Buster's Uncle]

I have my sources and know many things.  An your English is too good enough.

[cryopyre]

Say Rym; I heard a rumor that you're quite the SF book reviewer.  Any chance at some of that action here?  I love to see it...

Read The Diamond Age!

[Rymdolov]

'Tis the season of jolly and what better way to celebrate than to read a short story? China Miéville was asked to write a cozy Christmas story fitting for an extreme left-wing magazine - and he pulled it off! Is there anything that [progeny of unmarried parents] can't do? Imagine a future where all Christmas traditions are owned by corporations, so that you can't have a tree without a license...

Anyway, the story is called 'Tis the season and can be listened to for free at the StarShipSofa podcast. Episode #56 is the one you want - but of course there are many other gems to be found at that site. The podcast is also available at the iTunes store, for those who are helped by that.

[Zoid]

I'm reading Peter F Hamiltons latest behemoth "Great North Road" now, he really is my favourite sf-author. Read every book he's ever written (except "Misspent Youth", but I'll get around to that one soon I suppose). Before that I read "The Fractal Prince" by Hannu Rajaniemi and he's either a genius or completely bonkers. It's full of psychedelic technobabble (well, not exactly babble, Rajaniemi has more PhD's than you can shake a stick at) which honestly clouds the actual plot and makes reading it somewhat of a chore. He's getting rave reviews for this and the previous book "The Quantum Thief", but that's probably because the reviewers don't get it either and don't want to look stupid... Another disappointment was the collaboration between Stephen Baxter and Terry Pratchett, "The Long Earth". A bland exposé of semi-interesting ideas lacking both Baxters hard sci-fi and Pratchetts wit. I had high hopes for this, but alas...

[Lord Avalon]

I've been on a CJ Cherryh kick recently:  read 12 books in the Foreigner series.  Also a number of books in her Alliance-Union universe:  Heavy Time, Hellburner, Downbelow Station, Merchanter's Luck, Rimrunners, Tripoint; currently reading Cyteen and Finity's End.

[Buster's Uncle]

I've been a on a Larry Niven kick of late.  In the past few weeks I've reread  Juggler of Worlds, Building Harlequin's Moon, Scatterbrain, and am on Escape from Hell now.

[Alfapiomega]

So many books I have never heard about 

[Buster's Uncle]

Reading Inside Straight, a Wild Cards novel, now.

[Zoid]

So many books I have never heard about 

Then you have a lot of reading to do

[Buster's Uncle]

Mother of Storms by John Barnes. 

I dunno why Barnes isn't a much bigger name - his stuff is dense and smart, and never disappoints.

[Lord Avalon]

Finished Finity's End, now reading 40,000 in Gehenna, also by Cherryh.