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newnumber6First, happy birthday ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
darthshoes!!!
Second, let's do a bit of Book Foo...
Finished: Voices of Hope, by David Feintuch (reread)
Started: Patriarch's Hope, by David Feintuch (reread)
Voices of Hopes was the weakest of the Seafort saga, with lots of shifting viewpoints, most of whom were outright annoying to read if I cared about them at all, and a plot that wasn't especially engaging. Picked up towards the end, but a lot of it was just blah. Next one's better at least.
Finished: Revelation Space, by Alastair Reynolds (reread)
Started: Singularity Sky, by Charles Stross (reread)
I wanted to give Revelation Space a try again because I didn't much like it the first time, but I liked the nextbook I read by the author in the universe a little more. I wondered if perhaps I was being too harsh on it, in a bad mood when I read it.
Nope. Still didn't care for it at all. Some of the SF elements were intriguing, but mostly it's the 8 deadly words: "I don't care about any of these characters." Even the few that I liked more than others, I wouldn't have shed a tear if they got thrown in an airlock and spaced, so long as they were replaced by people I could give a damn about.
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Also, Mother's Day was this weekend, and although I didn't do anything that day, I did see my Mother on Friday, for thefirst time in a couple years. She came to town. Anyway, we (my brother, his gf, and I) just went out to lunch with her and her husband, and a couple of family friends. Didn't get too much time to talk to my Mom directly, due to the seating arrangements, but a bit, and I talked to her husband msotly. He's a nice guy, and we discussed Science Fiction, both novels and TV, a bit which was at least enjoyable.
The food was also fairly good. It was actually lunch, really, but I ate so much I pretty much didn't eat anything else for 24 hours. I had Saganaki, a sort of greek flambeed cheese which I'd never had before. It tasted like cheese. With pita bread. Mostly, though I had a 8oz steak with mushrooms on top, rice, and vegetables. The steak was incredibly thick and juicy. Man, my mouth still waters just thinking about it. Also had a plate of onion rings,a slice of garlic bread, and to top it off, some cheeeeesecake. Good stuff.
Nothing really dramatic on the family front, and at least no awkward 'so you have a girlfriend yet?' questions (the closest was the reminder that I'm "the only hope for grandchildren", which pretty much means no hope for grandchildren). The biggest surprise (not much of one, really), was the revelation that my Mom had read some of my writing. It was the writer's workshop stuff I posted, probably justfound by googling my name. Like I said, not totally unexpected since I put my name up there, but it still threw me a bit. She said she thought it was good, but, well, you can't trust what family say for things like that (and, being writer's workshop stuff, it wasn't anything I spent a lot of time on).
darthshoes!!!Second, let's do a bit of Book Foo...
Finished: Voices of Hope, by David Feintuch (reread)
Started: Patriarch's Hope, by David Feintuch (reread)
Voices of Hopes was the weakest of the Seafort saga, with lots of shifting viewpoints, most of whom were outright annoying to read if I cared about them at all, and a plot that wasn't especially engaging. Picked up towards the end, but a lot of it was just blah. Next one's better at least.
Finished: Revelation Space, by Alastair Reynolds (reread)
Started: Singularity Sky, by Charles Stross (reread)
I wanted to give Revelation Space a try again because I didn't much like it the first time, but I liked the nextbook I read by the author in the universe a little more. I wondered if perhaps I was being too harsh on it, in a bad mood when I read it.
Nope. Still didn't care for it at all. Some of the SF elements were intriguing, but mostly it's the 8 deadly words: "I don't care about any of these characters." Even the few that I liked more than others, I wouldn't have shed a tear if they got thrown in an airlock and spaced, so long as they were replaced by people I could give a damn about.
-
Also, Mother's Day was this weekend, and although I didn't do anything that day, I did see my Mother on Friday, for thefirst time in a couple years. She came to town. Anyway, we (my brother, his gf, and I) just went out to lunch with her and her husband, and a couple of family friends. Didn't get too much time to talk to my Mom directly, due to the seating arrangements, but a bit, and I talked to her husband msotly. He's a nice guy, and we discussed Science Fiction, both novels and TV, a bit which was at least enjoyable.
The food was also fairly good. It was actually lunch, really, but I ate so much I pretty much didn't eat anything else for 24 hours. I had Saganaki, a sort of greek flambeed cheese which I'd never had before. It tasted like cheese. With pita bread. Mostly, though I had a 8oz steak with mushrooms on top, rice, and vegetables. The steak was incredibly thick and juicy. Man, my mouth still waters just thinking about it. Also had a plate of onion rings,a slice of garlic bread, and to top it off, some cheeeeesecake. Good stuff.
Nothing really dramatic on the family front, and at least no awkward 'so you have a girlfriend yet?' questions (the closest was the reminder that I'm "the only hope for grandchildren", which pretty much means no hope for grandchildren). The biggest surprise (not much of one, really), was the revelation that my Mom had read some of my writing. It was the writer's workshop stuff I posted, probably justfound by googling my name. Like I said, not totally unexpected since I put my name up there, but it still threw me a bit. She said she thought it was good, but, well, you can't trust what family say for things like that (and, being writer's workshop stuff, it wasn't anything I spent a lot of time on).
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Date: 2010-05-12 09:03 am (UTC)