Marion: I’ve been re-reading both Greg van Eekhout and Daryl Gregory; The CALIFORNIA BONES series, and Afterparty, which I think would make a great streaming series. Now I’m finally settling in with Simon Singh’s 1999 book The Code Book, which dumbs down a lot of fascinating mathematical information enough that even I can understand it.
Bill: Amidst a lot of final papers/portfolios, since our last update I’ve read
- The Possibility of Life by Jaime Green: a fantastic look at the idea of life beyond Earth
- The Ferryman by Justin Cronin: a well-written sort-of-dystopia
- Deadly Memory by David Walton: a techno-thriller with great dinosaur characters
- The Way Home by Peter Beagle: a lovely duology from one of our best fantasists
- Odin by George O’Connor: as with his OLYMPIANS series,
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I felt just the same. The prose and character work was excellent. The larger story was unsatisfying, especially compared to…
Hmmm. I think I'll pass.
COMMENT Was I hinting that? I wasn't aware of it. But now that you mention it.... 🤔
So it sounds like you're hinting Fox may have had three or so different incomplete stories that he stitched together,…
It's hardly a private conversation, Becky. You're welcome to add your 2 cents anytime!