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newnumber6Also, for those wondering, it's exactly 7600 days until the first day of 2025! Not that that particularly means anything (and almost exactly 6 months ago it was 7777 days, which is cooler)
Anyway,
Finished: Dreamsnake, by Vonda McIntyre
Started: Double Star, by Robert A. Heinlein
Thoughts and minor spoilers behind the cut tag.
Actually, I quite liked Dreamsnake. It's one of those stories that almost might as well be fantasy (there's no magic, but the limited tech makes what science they do have play almost the same role), and normally that's not my favorite type of SF, but it worked well here. The conception of the healer and how they worked their gifts was pretty nifty, and a number of times I wasn't sure where the story was going, but in a good way.
I've literally only read a few pages into Double Star so far, so I can't really comment on it beyond the general plot: An actor hired to play the role of the Head of State of Mars, who's gone missing. Some of Heinlein I like a lot, others just leave me cold. We'll see how this one is in a bit, I suppose. I'll probably be able to finish it in one day of bus-reading, on Tuesday.
Anyway,
Finished: Dreamsnake, by Vonda McIntyre
Started: Double Star, by Robert A. Heinlein
Thoughts and minor spoilers behind the cut tag.
Actually, I quite liked Dreamsnake. It's one of those stories that almost might as well be fantasy (there's no magic, but the limited tech makes what science they do have play almost the same role), and normally that's not my favorite type of SF, but it worked well here. The conception of the healer and how they worked their gifts was pretty nifty, and a number of times I wasn't sure where the story was going, but in a good way.
I've literally only read a few pages into Double Star so far, so I can't really comment on it beyond the general plot: An actor hired to play the role of the Head of State of Mars, who's gone missing. Some of Heinlein I like a lot, others just leave me cold. We'll see how this one is in a bit, I suppose. I'll probably be able to finish it in one day of bus-reading, on Tuesday.
