Books read February
March 3rd, 2010
Still not up to speed, due to external factors like work and S.’s stay in hospital. Lots of science fiction read this month.
Altered Carbon — Richard Morgan
Morgan’s first novel, a Chandleresque science fiction thriller.
Good Omens — Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
The Apocalypse was never so funny. Reread for the umpteenth time and still funny.
Tiger Force — Michael Sallah & Mitch Weiss
Proof that US joualists could still do investigative reporting, this is the book version of a series of articles the authors had originally written for the Toledo Blade about the specialised recon unit Tiger Force went on a rampage through Vietnam.
The Quiet War — Paul J. McAuley
McAuley’s first proper science fiction novel in years, as good or better than any of his classic works.
Black Man — Richard Morgan
Another Morgan s.f. detective novel set in a future which though only written in 2006 already feels outdated.
The other Log of Phileas Fogg — Philip José Farmer
The real story behind Jule Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days.
Categories: books and books review, posts interesting only to me
Black Man felt dated when it came out. A caricature of the future of the US sketched by someone who seems to only have heard about it from the news.
Or worse: some of the more …emotional… liberal blogs of the time.