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kaberettTo be added to as I go along...
Best Novel (Stross yet to go):
1. Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie -- it is a very long time since I last had to immediately reread a book because I couldn't settle to anything else. So so SO good. SO GOOD.
2. the Mira Grant: I thought anything written under than name would be too creepy for me, but (1) apparently not and (2) adoradog. To the extent that, slightly to my surprise, I appear to be intending to purchase the full work. Having read the whole thing - yes, it's kind of predictable, but I still like what it's doing with ethics & identity.
3. Neptune's Brood, Charles Stross -- not sufficiently grabbed to want to read the whole thing, but enjoyed as far as I got. Peut-etre it becomes more interesting as you go along? But I am not inclined to buy the rest...
4. Wheel of Time, Robert Jordan etc -- kind of pulpy in a way I am thoroughly not in the mood for. I appear prone to be irritated by inaccurate geology, so I suppose it's a pity that it pretty much starts with implausible geology.
4. No award
Unranked: The White Supremacist -- nope nope nope nope nope [i.e. I got two pages into the first book of the trilogy before I decided I didn't want my face getting stuck that way, and also I liked lower heart rates than I was experiencing).
Best Novel (Stross yet to go):
1. Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie -- it is a very long time since I last had to immediately reread a book because I couldn't settle to anything else. So so SO good. SO GOOD.
2. the Mira Grant: I thought anything written under than name would be too creepy for me, but (1) apparently not and (2) adoradog. To the extent that, slightly to my surprise, I appear to be intending to purchase the full work. Having read the whole thing - yes, it's kind of predictable, but I still like what it's doing with ethics & identity.
3. Neptune's Brood, Charles Stross -- not sufficiently grabbed to want to read the whole thing, but enjoyed as far as I got. Peut-etre it becomes more interesting as you go along? But I am not inclined to buy the rest...
4. Wheel of Time, Robert Jordan etc -- kind of pulpy in a way I am thoroughly not in the mood for. I appear prone to be irritated by inaccurate geology, so I suppose it's a pity that it pretty much starts with implausible geology.
4. No award
Unranked: The White Supremacist -- nope nope nope nope nope [i.e. I got two pages into the first book of the trilogy before I decided I didn't want my face getting stuck that way, and also I liked lower heart rates than I was experiencing).
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Date: 2014-06-23 10:42 am (UTC)I've not worked out what to do about WoT: there's clearly not time to read it all before the voting deadline (and I'd like to have a go at the shorter categories).
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Date: 2014-06-23 07:53 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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