Highlights and Lowlights - February 2024
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( ++++ ) Neogenesis - Lee & Miller [Liaden #21] NOTE: Steve Miller
passed away less than a week before I read this. It truly was the next
thing on the short stack, but I would have picked it next anyway given
the circumstances.
Holy cow, this was great - one of my very favorite entries in the entire >series (a high bar indeed). The last several chapters are superb, as
many different plot threads that have been brewing over several books
come to a head, and Val Con and Miri have quite a day dealing with them
in their co-position as delm of Clan Korval. Subtract the very last
chapter, and this could function as a serviceable series-ender, though
there are many many directions the series could go forward. The last
chapter is clearly a stepping off point to one specific direction, but
I’m sure they’ll fold some of the other ones in along the way.
Tony Nance <[email protected]> writes:
Highlights and Lowlights - February 2024
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( ++++ ) Neogenesis - Lee & Miller [Liaden #21] NOTE: Steve Miller
passed away less than a week before I read this. It truly was the next >>thing on the short stack, but I would have picked it next anyway given
the circumstances.
Holy cow, this was great - one of my very favorite entries in the entire >>series (a high bar indeed). The last several chapters are superb, as
many different plot threads that have been brewing over several books
come to a head, and Val Con and Miri have quite a day dealing with them
in their co-position as delm of Clan Korval. Subtract the very last >>chapter, and this could function as a serviceable series-ender, though >>there are many many directions the series could go forward. The last >>chapter is clearly a stepping off point to one specific direction, but >>I’m sure they’ll fold some of the other ones in along the way.
_Salvage Right_, as the follow-on to Neogenesis closes out those threads
that come to a head in Neogenesis. It's more fun even than Neogenesis.
We'll have to see how the upcoming _Ribbon Dance_ does at closing out the >Shan and Padi sequence.
On 3/2/24 1:38 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
In article <TmHEN.137629$[email protected]>,
Scott Lurndal <[email protected]> wrote:
Tony Nance <[email protected]> writes:
Highlights and Lowlights - February 2024
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( ++++ ) Neogenesis - Lee & Miller [Liaden #21] NOTE: Steve Miller
passed away less than a week before I read this. It truly was the next >>>> thing on the short stack, but I would have picked it next anyway given >>>> the circumstances.
Holy cow, this was great - one of my very favorite entries in the entire >>>> series (a high bar indeed). The last several chapters are superb, as
many different plot threads that have been brewing over several books
come to a head, and Val Con and Miri have quite a day dealing with them >>>> in their co-position as delm of Clan Korval. Subtract the very last
chapter, and this could function as a serviceable series-ender, though >>>> there are many many directions the series could go forward. The last
chapter is clearly a stepping off point to one specific direction, but >>>> I’m sure they’ll fold some of the other ones in along the way.
_Salvage Right_, as the follow-on to Neogenesis closes out those threads >>> that come to a head in Neogenesis. It's more fun even than Neogenesis.
We'll have to see how the upcoming _Ribbon Dance_ does at closing out the >>> Shan and Padi sequence.
I'll have to get back to the main sequence. I think I read one of the
short story collections most recently.
So -- from a plot/significance perspective -- how are the short story >collections? (I know the writing will be excellent.) I think I've only
read 1-2 short stories in the Liaden Universe total.
On 3/2/24 10:13 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote:<SNIP>
Tony Nance <[email protected]> writes:
Highlights and Lowlights - February 2024
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( ++++ ) Neogenesis - Lee & Miller [Liaden #21] NOTE: Steve Miller
passed away less than a week before I read this. It truly was the next
thing on the short stack, but I would have picked it next anyway given
the circumstances.
That is all awesome to know - thank you. I believe publication order
puts Accepting the Lance[1] and Trader's Leap as the next two before
Salvage Right. Very much looking forward to all of them.
Tony
[1] Not sure what happened with Accepting the Lance, but it doesn't
look like it was ever released in a softcover format.
On 3/2/24 1:38 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
In article <TmHEN.137629$[email protected]>,
Scott Lurndal <[email protected]> wrote:
Tony Nance <[email protected]> writes:
Highlights and Lowlights - February 2024
===========================================
( ++++ ) Neogenesis - Lee & Miller [Liaden #21] NOTE: Steve Miller
passed away less than a week before I read this. It truly was the next >>>> thing on the short stack, but I would have picked it next anyway given >>>> the circumstances.
Holy cow, this was great - one of my very favorite entries in the entire >>>> series (a high bar indeed). The last several chapters are superb, as
many different plot threads that have been brewing over several books
come to a head, and Val Con and Miri have quite a day dealing with them >>>> in their co-position as delm of Clan Korval. Subtract the very last
chapter, and this could function as a serviceable series-ender, though >>>> there are many many directions the series could go forward. The last
chapter is clearly a stepping off point to one specific direction, but >>>> I’m sure they’ll fold some of the other ones in along the way.
_Salvage Right_, as the follow-on to Neogenesis closes out those threads >>> that come to a head in Neogenesis. It's more fun even than Neogenesis.
We'll have to see how the upcoming _Ribbon Dance_ does at closing out the >>> Shan and Padi sequence.
I'll have to get back to the main sequence. I think I read one of the
short story collections most recently.
So -- from a plot/significance perspective -- how are the short story >collections? (I know the writing will be excellent.) I think I've only
read 1-2 short stories in the Liaden Universe total.
Sad to think there might not be any more.
Very sad indeed.
- Tony
Highlights and Lowlights - February 2024snip
( +++ ) Slow Bullets - Reynolds (novella)
Very good. Short, swift, neat ideas, dark, even vicious in spots. A vast interstellar war is ending, complete with an official cease fire; a
female soldier gets captured by a sadistic male opponent, who tortures
her and leaves her to die when peacekeepers show up to enforce the cease fire. She passes out and wakes up in a hibernation chamber on a ship
that is clearly malfunctioning. The ship’s dying computer is waking some
of its passengers, many of whom are soldiers from both sides of the war…including her nemesis (of course!).
On 2/03/24 11:06, Tony Nance wrote:
snip
Highlights and Lowlights - February 2024
( +++ ) Slow Bullets - Reynolds (novella)
Very good. Short, swift, neat ideas, dark, even vicious in spots. A vast
interstellar war is ending, complete with an official cease fire; a
female soldier gets captured by a sadistic male opponent, who tortures
her and leaves her to die when peacekeepers show up to enforce the cease
fire. She passes out and wakes up in a hibernation chamber on a ship
that is clearly malfunctioning. The ship’s dying computer is waking some >> of its passengers, many of whom are soldiers from both sides of the
war…including her nemesis (of course!).
A good teaser of a summary. Three stars. I enjoyed this but nowhere near
as much as his short five star masterpieces of dark vicious ideas,
Diamond Dogs and A Spy in Europa.
From the list of his other books, The Prefect, (originally Aurora
Uprising), is listed as being in the Revelation Space series though it
is not listed as such in Fantastic Fiction so I now have a copy. Has
anyone read it?
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