I found @harper’s reading list and started Central Station by Lavie Tidhar
It’s lovely writing so far. A far future #scifi set in Tel Aviv. And there’s a character named Boris, which is not very common.
“Duty, assuming all tasks, can betray arrogance. The idea we can know what must be done, and do it properly. We cannot know the future, my friend. It claims so much to imagine we can. And the world is not broken any more than it always, always is” — Guy Gavriel Kay, Under Heaven
Being sick over Christmas meant that I was flat on my back with lots of time for nothing but reading.
A fantasy trilogy of politics, world building, and god and human relations. As I wrote before, it’s on sale right now.
Far future space opera with pirate semantics. I’m on book two of three.
For some days now I have physically left the room with the computer in it, and settled down somewhere to read. All the old joy came back, and I realized the internet was stealing the reading of books away from me. Reading is calming, absorbing, and refreshing for the mind after hectic surfing. Chaz and I have quiet chats where we sit close and she talks and waits for my reply and this is soothing after the online tumult. I like the internet, but I don't want to become its love slave.
You should definitely be reading Ebert's blog.
And yes, I read less. Less BOOKS. In all likelihood, I read many more words. I try and fit in reading as well, as that calmness is necessary, and lets your unconscious do its work figuring stuff out in the background.
Currently, I'm reading some Janet Morris / Thieves World fantasy stuff.