eek. XD

Being Human has released their first promo pic for series two. It's not spoilery -- it's just a staged promo shot -- but kind of massively WTF. NOT THAT I AM STARING OR ANYTHING!

In other fandoms, I recommend this Dresden Files fic: Mind-Killer by Gehayi. It's a really neat look at Charity Carpenter's youth and how she met Michael, building on the various stuff we learned about her in book eight.

eek. XD

Being Human has released their first promo pic for series two. It's not spoilery -- it's just a staged promo shot -- but kind of massively WTF. NOT THAT I AM STARING OR ANYTHING!

In other fandoms, I recommend this Dresden Files fic: Mind-Killer by Gehayi. It's a really neat look at Charity Carpenter's youth and how she met Michael, building on the various stuff we learned about her in book eight.

Books I've read lately: The City & the City by China Miéville

Anyone else read this?

The core idea in the novel is really one of the most fantastically original ideas in anything I've read lately. I don't want to say what it is, specifically, because the slow reveal is very well-done and gripping.

( Oodles of spoilers! )

I do recommend the book for its lush world-building, but sometimes felt like Miéville was more interested in showing the reader this gorgeous world he'd dreamed up than in letting the story unfold. I had similar problems with Un Lun Dun, the other of his books that I've read. Un Lun Dun, at least, shifted into high gear about halfway through, and gripped me to the end. The City & The City picks up again once the climax begins to unfold, but it never quite was able to follow through on the promise of the first 1/3 or so of the book.

Books I've read lately: The City & the City by China Miéville

Anyone else read this?

The core idea in the novel is really one of the most fantastically original ideas in anything I've read lately. I don't want to say what it is, specifically, because the slow reveal is very well-done and gripping.

( Oodles of spoilers! )

I do recommend the book for its lush world-building, but sometimes felt like Miéville was more interested in showing the reader this gorgeous world he'd dreamed up than in letting the story unfold. I had similar problems with Un Lun Dun, the other of his books that I've read. Un Lun Dun, at least, shifted into high gear about halfway through, and gripped me to the end. The City & The City picks up again once the climax begins to unfold, but it never quite was able to follow through on the promise of the first 1/3 or so of the book.