\nTwelve books read this month, finally starting to make a dent in my backlog, though I’m still buying books faster than I can read them #firstworldproblems.\n<\/p>\n
\nThe Dispossessed<\/a><\/cite> — Ursula K. LeGuin \nThe Normans<\/a><\/cite> — Marjorie Chibnall \nSilk<\/cite> — Caitl\u00edn R. Kiernan \nItalian Aces of World War 2<\/cite> — Giovanni Massimello & Giorgio Apostolo \nAncillary Justice<\/a><\/cite> — Ann Leckie \nCommand and Control<\/cite> — Eric Schlosser
\nLe Guin’s classic utopian novel is interesting but dated in its gender treatment, especially in the segments outside of its anarchist utopia.\n<\/p>\n
\nA short introduction to the history of the Normans.\n<\/p>\n
\nHorror fantasy by a writer who has said some very smart things in various online sexism controversies. Good enough for me to read more of her work.\n<\/p>\n
\nOne of those slim Osprey books, mostly tedious summings up of various Aces’ kills and such. But the pictures are good.\n<\/p>\n
\nIt was Ian Sales review<\/a> that got me to read this and I wasn’t disappointed. A very solid space opera debut.\n<\/p>\n
\nSchlosser, who you might know from Fastfood Nation<\/cite> dives into the history of nuclear weapons in the USA; specifically how they were controlled and by whom. Turns out that control was often illusionary and accidents with nuclear weapons happened more often than you’d like…\n<\/p>\n