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[telophase]

And also: Name of the Wind - FINISHED. Review: Enh. Readable, but not captivating. I'll probably pick up the sequel when I'm next in the mood for big fat fantasy, but I'm not feeling the urge to immediately read it. It helped that I knew Kvothe was a Gary Stu of Stus going in, otherwise it would probably have put me off.

In the fiction queue: Scalzi's Redshirts, Van Name's Slanted Jack*, and Burgis' Renegade Magic.



* A milSF series about man and his sentient tank. I read the first one some time ago and liked it in that popcorn-reading sort of way. Tried SJ once and wandered off a short way in, but there's a couple more later in the series that sound more interesting so I'm going to give SJ another try first.

Comments

[yhlee]

...did you say sentient tank?

I may have to look for this.

[telophase]

Yup! It's been long enough (2008?) since I read the first one (One Jump Ahead) that I don't remember much other than liking it, but I enjoyed the interplay between Jon and Lobo, his sentient assault tank. :)

It's probably telling that I don't remember the "beautiful woman who's as deadly as a cobra" that the description on Amazon mentions. Because who cares when you've got a sentient tank?

[yhlee]

I would much rather date a sentient tank than a beautiful woman, but I don't think this surprises anyone who knows me. =)

[telophase]

Gotta say I'm right there with ya on that! XD

[inkstone]

I would definitely say to wait until you're in the mood for it to read Wise Man's Fear. The middle 300 pages of that book were NONSENSE.

[telophase]

I'll definitely keep that in mind!

[inkblot14.livejournal.com]

Speaking of sentient tanks, have you read anything by Charlie Stross? I initially picked Accelerando because so many people kept going on about it, but I seem to have mislaid it. I have gotten through Rule 34, Glasshouse, and just finished Halting State. Overall, pretty good...but prone to lots of techno-exposition.

I, too, am looking to grab Redshirts as soon as I can get my mitts on it.