Interesting and overall well written short story noir with supernatural themes. Since it is an anthology there is a mix of quality and strict adherence to "noir", but it was overall enjoyable to me. I read the anthology because it included a story by Elizabeth Bear (The Romance) and I really enjoy her writing. Her story was well written and interesting but a little less noir than some of the stories.
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Roy Adams rated Doomsday Book: 5 stars
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
Somewhere in the future, ordinary history students must travel back in time as part of their university degree. An award-winning …
Roy Adams reviewed Supernatural Noir
Supernatural Noir (2011)
Good anthology overall
4 stars
Roy Adams started reading The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes by Arnold Rampersad
I bought this in June 2022 after reading Tired somewhere. I keep it on my nightstand and open it somewhat randomly every so often to read some poems. Most of the poems I read have an impact. Sometimes positive, sometimes negative and often a mix of both. All in all, this is a very good book to have in your life and near at hand to read.
Roy Adams rated Falling Bodies: 5 stars
Falling Bodies by Rebecca Roanhorse (The Far Reaches, #3)
A young man caught between two disparate worlds searches for his place in the universe in a wrenching short story …
Roy Adams rated How It Unfolds: 5 stars
How It Unfolds by James S.A. Corey (The Far Reaches, #1)
An astronaut’s interstellar mission is a personal journey of a thousand second chances in an exhilarating short story by James …
Roy Adams rated Just Out of Jupiter’s Reach: 5 stars
Just Out of Jupiter’s Reach by Nnedi Okorafor (The Far Reaches, #5)
A revolutionary experiment in space opens a woman’s eyes to the meaning of solitude in a thought-provoking short story by …
Roy Adams rated The Long Game: 5 stars
The Long Game by Ann Leckie (The Far Reaches, #4)
An inquisitive life-form finds there’s more to existence than they ever dreamed in an imaginative short story by New York …
Void by Veronica Roth (The Far Reaches, #2)
Roy Adams reviewed Neon lotus by Marc Laidlaw (A Bantam Spectra book)
Interesting story of future Tibet
4 stars
Neon Lotus was an interesting story about future Tibet. I know very little about Tibetian Buddhism so I have no idea how accurate some of the plot might be.
Couldn't finish
I read about 70% but could not finish this book. The story was odd but somewhat engaging until around halfway. Then for me it rapidly went downhill and wasn't worth finishing.
Roy Adams rated The dark lady: 4 stars
Roy Adams reviewed Mort: a novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett (Discworld (4))
Death takes on an apprentice who's an individual thinker.
Death is likable anthropomorphic personification
5 stars
The interaction between Mort and Death is very engaging. I really like Pratchett's description of Death's voice.l and the usage of a different font for his voice
Roy Adams reviewed Galactic Empires by Neil Clarke
A good collection of stories and galactic empire
4 stars
Good blend of stories around the theme is galactic empire.
Roy Adams reviewed Madame Restell by Jennifer Wright
A life fairly well lived and inspirational
5 stars
An informative, engaging read about 19th century abortionist Madam Restell (Ann Trow) and the historical context of abortion. I learned a -lot- reading this book but the most surprising thing to me was that abortion via various means was very common in the past. Mainly because birth control wasn't available so pregnancies were more frequent.
There is much to both hearten (a smart but poor immigrant woman from England works hard to overcome adversity and do well financially while helping lots of women) and discourage (just because she is a woman she has horrible obstacles to overcome and she appears to give into despair at the end).
I also see that the puritanical, regressive impulses of the past are still with us today.
As the saying goes: History doesn't repeat itself but it often rhymes.
Hopefully with hard work this rhyme with the puritanical times will be short and we …
An informative, engaging read about 19th century abortionist Madam Restell (Ann Trow) and the historical context of abortion. I learned a -lot- reading this book but the most surprising thing to me was that abortion via various means was very common in the past. Mainly because birth control wasn't available so pregnancies were more frequent.
There is much to both hearten (a smart but poor immigrant woman from England works hard to overcome adversity and do well financially while helping lots of women) and discourage (just because she is a woman she has horrible obstacles to overcome and she appears to give into despair at the end).
I also see that the puritanical, regressive impulses of the past are still with us today.
As the saying goes: History doesn't repeat itself but it often rhymes.
Hopefully with hard work this rhyme with the puritanical times will be short and we will be back to more open and liberal minded times.