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Returned a bunch of books to the library; protested two that show as checked out to me (not yet overdue) that were returned last weekend. They did a shelf check and immediately found and checked them in, apologetic. I'm glad that was nice and straightforward.
I already have three more books ready to go back. One was a book on journalling, which I copied the few questions I saw and liked out of for later reference, discovered the text itself bored me to tears, and set in the returns pile. One is a Star Trek book that has to be among the worst ever written. Sad; it listed three authors, two of whom I swear I've read before and liked. I must conclude the third, unfamiliar to me, did most of the writing. The small-detail characterizations of the main characters were just crap. Anywhere from unbelievable to inappropriate. I didn't even read a quarter of the way through, before I set it aside. Very, very badly done and not-believable if you know and love the series.
A quick page-flip to the end (and what I saw in the beginning) suggests that the plot type and flow is much better done. I suspect the authors I view favorably may have supplied premise and outline only...or maybe portions of the text. But still. Ugh.
Third book ready to go back is The Return of Santiago by Mike Resnick. Blessedly, it breaks the cycle of the other two books: it's excellent. I expected this; I like Resnick's work, and his Santiago is my favorite of his books. (It still is, but the sequel is now a very, very close second.) If you've read the original, read the Return. If you haven't read the original, read it.
(Science fiction - space setting - probably verging on science fantasy, except the focus is the characters and not the hardware.)
Two days off, that I'd forgotten I had, feels like an embarrassment of riches. I won't get any more until GenCon (I checked, this time), but I'm happy. I even got the dishes done and severely tidied the bedroom. I didn't get anything done in the yard: that's for tomorrow or the weekend, probably mostly the weekend. (There's advantages to doing other stuff tomorrow, while people are at work.)
And enough left of today still to go for a nice walk, or whatever else comes to mind as something to do.
I already have three more books ready to go back. One was a book on journalling, which I copied the few questions I saw and liked out of for later reference, discovered the text itself bored me to tears, and set in the returns pile. One is a Star Trek book that has to be among the worst ever written. Sad; it listed three authors, two of whom I swear I've read before and liked. I must conclude the third, unfamiliar to me, did most of the writing. The small-detail characterizations of the main characters were just crap. Anywhere from unbelievable to inappropriate. I didn't even read a quarter of the way through, before I set it aside. Very, very badly done and not-believable if you know and love the series.
A quick page-flip to the end (and what I saw in the beginning) suggests that the plot type and flow is much better done. I suspect the authors I view favorably may have supplied premise and outline only...or maybe portions of the text. But still. Ugh.
Third book ready to go back is The Return of Santiago by Mike Resnick. Blessedly, it breaks the cycle of the other two books: it's excellent. I expected this; I like Resnick's work, and his Santiago is my favorite of his books. (It still is, but the sequel is now a very, very close second.) If you've read the original, read the Return. If you haven't read the original, read it.
(Science fiction - space setting - probably verging on science fantasy, except the focus is the characters and not the hardware.)
Two days off, that I'd forgotten I had, feels like an embarrassment of riches. I won't get any more until GenCon (I checked, this time), but I'm happy. I even got the dishes done and severely tidied the bedroom. I didn't get anything done in the yard: that's for tomorrow or the weekend, probably mostly the weekend. (There's advantages to doing other stuff tomorrow, while people are at work.)
And enough left of today still to go for a nice walk, or whatever else comes to mind as something to do.
