My copy of Gideon the Ninth is not in the "one day I'll get round to donating these" bags in my hallway... That means one of two things:
* For some, unknown reason I decided to keep it
* I've given it to a friend
Now, which is easier... Asking friends if I gave it to them, they still have it and can I borrow it back OR looking through books behind books on shelves and piles OR just buying a new one?
How I did not get on with lesbian space necromancers when I first read it is a mystery
We've had to swap some books around for #mcrsf meaning I've now got to reread Gideon the Ninth for next month... Which means in have to find it and it isn't in my "disliked it enough - but not evil enough to not want to let it into the wild - to stack in my hallway for donating" stacks...
Hoping I'm more receptive to it this time round - more receptive than "lesbian space necromancers? Hell yeah - inject that right into my veins" might be tricky though...
Loved Chapter 1 though...
Righteo, last volume of #Frankenstein for #mcrsf... Only about 50 pages or so, but quite dense... Actually, let me get my other text to make a couple of comparisons...
So, I am about to start the re-read for #mcrsf on Tuesday. I'm back on the 1818 text this time (but shall miss the pretty of the Folio edition)
#mcrsf read for Jan 2025. Plenty to think about
(comment on Swastika night)
I should get up so I can get some breakfast going,...
I'm likely to finish my #mcrsf (book club) read (Swastika Night) soon (it's short) leaving me pondering: what next? Dune etc.? Chuck Tingle? Other standalone things? Terra Ignota? Realm of the Elderlings? Something else?
#mcrsf read for January 2025
(comment on Swastika night)
Next week, @mcrscifi is reading Swastika Night by Murray Constantine (Katherine Burdekin)...
As this is my suggestion (this will be my first read though), I thought I should share the article which bought it to my attention - https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2009/nov/12/swastika-night-nineteen-eighty-four
At bedtime last night I started reading #mcrsf 's book for this month, so far it is a difficult read, apposite given world events, but not designed to help me sleep well at night.
https://mcrscifi.wordpress.com/2024/11/23/next-science-fiction-book-january-2025/
Added a search function to the sci-fi book club database so you can find books by title or author.
If you're looking for sci-fi books to buy for Christmas (or in the Black Friday sales), I've put together a simple website which lists all the ones we've read, suggested and rejected for @mcrscifi over the years.
Suddenly been reminded I am advocating the book tonight - I read the book a while ago and just needed to remember names... Eeek...
Finished my #HalloweenReads read of #DorianGray. I've mentioned earlier, this is the manuscript version which was edited for Lippincott's before the later novel version. This means more homosexual undercurrents than even the original publication, but a shorter narrative (including no James Vane).
And annotations.
Now I have to have a short interlude for #mcrsf reading of Winter keep by Kristin Cashore
To all the #mcrsf folks who dissed the science in A Botanist's Daughter... Vindication! Ha!
*Runs and hides*
https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/robot-mushroom-biohybrid-robotics-cornell-b2606970.html
Who invented work? Can we sack them yet?
Meant to be moderating book for #MCRSF tonight (don't worry, I will be) but I read it back in March - that's 24 and a third books ago - and this unhealthy obsession with capitalism (and my perfectly reasonable obsession with shiny new books) means I haven't re-read it so *shrug*
The Loneliest Girl in the Universe by Lauren Janes got 2.97 Meal Packet Origami Creations (out of a maximum of 5) at @mcrscifi last night. We had two new members too, one of whom I think found us via Mastodon!
If anyone wants to join us for the next book, A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock, we'll be discussing it on Tuesday 20th August from 7-9pm (UK time).
https://mcrscifi.wordpress.com/2024/07/16/next-science-fiction-book-august-2024/
I have a stack of things to watch and I am just sat here in front of my computer wondering what I should do about dinner before #mcrsf book club tonight...
In 90 minutes...
