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I've been on a reading binge, which means I haven't been doing other things I should be doing. Although the router book was one I started quite a while ago and only had to read 5 pages to finish it this week.
This month's Asimov's was a mixed bag. I liked Jason Sanford's A Summary of Our Neighborhood's Salvation After the Storm. It was eerily close to today's reality. I also like Ray Nayler's Return to the Red Castle. It was as sweet and dark as 92% cacao chocolate. Rena in the Desert by Lia Swope Mitchell had cool streams of hope to moderate the heat of the future desert. Of the longer pieces, Mercurio D. Rivera's Beyond the Tattered Veil of Stars and Nathan Hillstrom's Opportunity Space were my favorites. The former somewhat overlapped the theme that Mr Gunn covered, only better. James Gunn's In Our Stars made me want to find a spork to remove my eyeballs with.
As I mentioned, Router Joinery took me a long time to finish, but few people read technical manuals from cover to cover. It was actually written well. I probably won't retain what I need to from it and will have to go back and look at particular parts when I'm working on projects, but I think it was good background for me.
I had avoided the Stieg Larsson trilogy intentionally because it was so popular. Generally, I don't like popular books but it read better than I expected. It should come with trigger warnings. Although the most awful scenes aren't just gratiutious they are an essential part of the plot and characters, I wonder if the book could have been written with a different catalyst. The eponym of the book reminded me of Gibson's Steppin' Razor only broken. Well, Molly Millions wasn't exactly intact, but Lisbeth is really FUBAR. But like Molly she's tough as nails and mad as hell. Yes, she does seem like a goth Mary Sue or one of Heinlein's wives from a very dark universe, but she's still more interesting than the other characters in the book.
In the next volume of Locke & Key, I really enjoyed Kinsey's new boys. The interactions between the three of them make her character much more real.
11. Joe Hill Locke & Key: Crown of Shadows
10. Stieg Larsson The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
9. Gary Rogowski Router Joinery
8. Asimov's Science Fiction Mar/Apr 2020
This month's Asimov's was a mixed bag. I liked Jason Sanford's A Summary of Our Neighborhood's Salvation After the Storm. It was eerily close to today's reality. I also like Ray Nayler's Return to the Red Castle. It was as sweet and dark as 92% cacao chocolate. Rena in the Desert by Lia Swope Mitchell had cool streams of hope to moderate the heat of the future desert. Of the longer pieces, Mercurio D. Rivera's Beyond the Tattered Veil of Stars and Nathan Hillstrom's Opportunity Space were my favorites. The former somewhat overlapped the theme that Mr Gunn covered, only better. James Gunn's In Our Stars made me want to find a spork to remove my eyeballs with.
As I mentioned, Router Joinery took me a long time to finish, but few people read technical manuals from cover to cover. It was actually written well. I probably won't retain what I need to from it and will have to go back and look at particular parts when I'm working on projects, but I think it was good background for me.
I had avoided the Stieg Larsson trilogy intentionally because it was so popular. Generally, I don't like popular books but it read better than I expected. It should come with trigger warnings. Although the most awful scenes aren't just gratiutious they are an essential part of the plot and characters, I wonder if the book could have been written with a different catalyst. The eponym of the book reminded me of Gibson's Steppin' Razor only broken. Well, Molly Millions wasn't exactly intact, but Lisbeth is really FUBAR. But like Molly she's tough as nails and mad as hell. Yes, she does seem like a goth Mary Sue or one of Heinlein's wives from a very dark universe, but she's still more interesting than the other characters in the book.
In the next volume of Locke & Key, I really enjoyed Kinsey's new boys. The interactions between the three of them make her character much more real.
11. Joe Hill Locke & Key: Crown of Shadows
10. Stieg Larsson The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
9. Gary Rogowski Router Joinery
8. Asimov's Science Fiction Mar/Apr 2020
