Currently reading...
May. 30th, 2009 08:00 am...The anthology, Paper Cities. Two stories in, and so far I've found it filled with beautiful language and utterly tedious. Hal Duncan doesn't suit me. Here's hoping it gets better, or finishing it will be a chore and a slog.
Edit: Story by story breakdown
Andretto Walks the King's Way, by Forrest Aguirre - meh
The Tower of Morning's Bones, by Hal Duncan - bleh. See above.
Courting the Lady Scythe, by Richard Parks - I quite like this one. Enough to be curious about what else this Richard Parks fellow might have written.
The Bumblety's Marble, by Cat Rambo - meh.
Promises, by Jay Lake - part of a larger story and a larger world, and not enough to let me know what I think of it.
Ghost Market, by Greg van Eekhout - short but very intriguing. Another author to watch out for.
Sammarynda Deep, by Cat Sparks - pretty good. I didn't like it quite as much as the Parks or the Eekhout, but I did like it.
Tearjerker, by Steve Berman - a very interesting setting, marred by an unlikeable protagonist.
Edit: Story by story breakdown
Andretto Walks the King's Way, by Forrest Aguirre - meh
The Tower of Morning's Bones, by Hal Duncan - bleh. See above.
Courting the Lady Scythe, by Richard Parks - I quite like this one. Enough to be curious about what else this Richard Parks fellow might have written.
The Bumblety's Marble, by Cat Rambo - meh.
Promises, by Jay Lake - part of a larger story and a larger world, and not enough to let me know what I think of it.
Ghost Market, by Greg van Eekhout - short but very intriguing. Another author to watch out for.
Sammarynda Deep, by Cat Sparks - pretty good. I didn't like it quite as much as the Parks or the Eekhout, but I did like it.
Tearjerker, by Steve Berman - a very interesting setting, marred by an unlikeable protagonist.