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Conni

exaggerated@wyrms.de

Joined 2 years, 1 month ago

science fiction reader & writer English / Deutsch fave authors: Bujold, Le Guin, Cherryh, Terry Pratchett, Tolkien

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Review of 'Our magnificent bastard tongue the untold history of English' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

This was an entertaining read, aimed at the general public, about how English became the ridiculous language we speak today. It is not a scholarly text, but it was still informative. Because it isn't scholarly, many of his statements are uncited, so that was a little frustrating. I definitely enjoyed the book, though.

reviewed Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee (The Machineries of Empire, #1)

Yoon Ha Lee: Ninefox Gambit (2016) 4 stars

Captain Kel Cheris of the hexarchate is disgraced for using unconventional methods in a battle …

Review of 'Ninefox Gambit' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

It's hard for me to come up with words other than "OH MY GOD" and "THIS WAS AMAZING," but I'll give it a shot.

Cheris, an infantry soldier, finds herself entangled in a long and twisty plot involving a dead traitor whose consciousness is kept alive in a kind of suspended animation.

A lot of things in the book reminded me of CJ Cherryh - the programmed formation instinct in the Kel warrior class is like the azi in Cherryh's Alliance-Union universe and man'chi in the Foreigner universe. I don't know if Lee is also a fan of hers, but it wouldn't surprise me to find out.

Lee's blog profile lists the Vorkosigan series as a fannish interest, and I can see that influence, too.

If you like a lot of the books I like, you will probably like this book a lot.