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  • Re: Highlights and Lowlights - May 2025

    From Titus G@21:1/5 to Tony Nance on Thu Jun 5 17:57:19 2025
    On 5/06/25 06:36, Tony Nance wrote:
    Highlights and Lowlights - May 2025

    Books are rated using a very primitive rating system:
    “+” are good, and more “+” are better
    “-” are not good, and more “-” are worse
    snip

    ( + - - - ) Rogue Star - Pohl & Williamson [Starchild Trilogy #3]
    AND
    ( + - ) Starchild - Pohl & Williamson [Starchild Trilogy #2]

    I am now pleased that I stopped after book 1. I have more often than not
    been disappointed with reading or rereading such ancient stuff which
    would have been great in its time.

    snip

    ( ++ ) Mickey7 - Ashton
    This was pretty interesting, and I’ll read the next one some time. The
    tone is reminiscent of Weir’s The Martian, and the characterizations are
    a bit hit-or-miss. It seems to take place roughly 600 years in our
    future. Mickey is the Expendable on a colonizing expedition to a cold,
    barely habitable planet. As an Expendable, when Mickey dies, he can be “reprinted”, with the most-recently-uploaded memories of his previous iteration already installed when he “wakes up”. So Mickey7 — the current
    Mickey — has died 6 times in service to the colony/mission. His job is
    to do the most hazardous stuff needed, knowing that he can be reprinted. There are some interesting takes on being an Expendable and the effects
    on the surrounding society.

    I rated this three stars also finding it interesting but I have already forgotten the resolution.

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  • From Ted Nolan @21:1/5 to tnusenet17@gmail.com on Fri Jun 6 02:22:14 2025
    In article <101q3mt$tr68$1@dont-email.me>,
    Tony Nance <tnusenet17@gmail.com> wrote:
    Highlights and Lowlights - May 2025


    Thanks, as usual!

    ( +++ 1/2 ) Cast in Atonement - Sagara [Elantra #18]

    My constant plan stated here to get back to these is once more
    reiterated!

    ( + - - - ) Rogue Star - Pohl & Williamson [Starchild Trilogy #3]

    I am glad I read these so long ago that I can't recall much more
    than liking them. Definitely sounds like a "my golden age" thing
    now.

    ( +++ 1/2 ) A Liaden Universe Constellation Vol 1 - Lee & Miller

    I don't see this one in my library folder. I need to remedy that,
    Liaden stuff is always welcome. It's interesting that sometimes
    characters will intersect with the action in a "main" Liaden book
    and I'll think: It seems like those guys have their own story going
    on, and sometimes they do...

    ( +++ ) Mistress of the Catacombs - Drake [Lord of the Isles #4]

    I believe I have one book left in this series. Another one I need
    to get back to. Cashel is possibly Drake's best character, or
    certainly the one you'd most want on your side.

    ( +++ 1/2 ) Sweep of the Heart - Andrews [Innkeeper Chronicles #5]

    Another winner. I hope we get a conclusion someday. Parent-quest
    is conspicuously not done...

    Collection - The New Hugo Winners Volume II [Presented by Isaac Asimov]

    Looking at the Toc, this is probably about where I started falling out of
    short fiction.
    --
    columbiaclosings.com
    What's not in Columbia anymore..

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