Deborah Pickett finished reading All Systems Red by Martha Wells
"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."
In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, …
Yeah, that was enjoyable, I’ll be back.
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Deborah Pickett commented on All Systems Red by Martha Wells
"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."
In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, …
Having an epiphany: I suspect this book deeply resonates with a lot of people I follow on the Fediverse, because I can see a lot of you in Murderbot in how you react to social situations.
Deborah Pickett started reading All Systems Red by Martha Wells
"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."
In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, …
Taking a break from the pile of blokey sf dead-tree book pile to try out this acclaimed series.
Deborah Pickett stopped reading Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton
Critics have compared the engrossing space operas of Peter F. Hamilton to the classic sagas …
Nope, it is not grabbing me. Stopping at page 120 of 1138 (!). It feels like older, straight-man-written sf of the 1970s, not from its actual 2002. I’d probably have devoured this as a youngster but now my expectations are higher.
Deborah Pickett started reading Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes by Daina Taimina
This richly illustrated book discusses non-Euclidean geometry and the hyperbolic plane in an accessible way. …
A well-targeted birthday present. Not a pattern book, but contains history, geometry, and strategies for making your own crochet that just won't lie flat.
Deborah Pickett started reading Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton
Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton
Critics have compared the engrossing space operas of Peter F. Hamilton to the classic sagas of such sf giants as …
Deborah Pickett rated JPod: 3 stars
Deborah Pickett finished reading JPod by Douglas Coupland
A most peculiar story, if you can call it that. It’s more a series of vignettes about some quite dysfunctional people. Coupland lets slip ever so quietly that he knows a great deal about technology. I suspect more than I do.
Deborah Pickett started reading JPod by Douglas Coupland
I know Doug Coupland from his earlier nonfiction work such as Souvenir of Canada. Guess I’m about to find out what his fiction is like.
Deborah Pickett wants to read The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older
The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older
The Mimicking of Known Successes presents a cozy Holmesian murder mystery and sapphic romance, set on Jupiter, by Malka Older, …
Deborah Pickett reviewed Thank You, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse
It’s classic Jeeves but marred by racism of the time
2 stars
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I’ll come right out and say it: blackface is a central part of this story. This novel is from 1934 when white people didn’t blink at blacking up and performing music as “n****r minstrels”. There’s simply no way to edit this story to exclude this fact without greatly changing the story.
I’ve only read Jeeves short stories to now; this is the first novel (and Wodehouse’s first Jeeves novel too). It hangs together, the plot is clever and of course Jeeves saves the day. Satisfying, but hold your nose.
Deborah Pickett finished reading Thank You, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse
Deborah Pickett commented on Thank You, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse
Oh my, this appears to be an edition with the n-word in it intact; wasn’t expecting that at all.
Deborah Pickett started reading Thank You, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse
Deborah Pickett stopped reading Debatable Space by Philip Palmer
It’s not grabbing me. The Lena character is insufferable and shallow and irritating. The diary excerpts are especially cringeworthy.
I don’t know if it’s Palmer trying to write women or something else, because there’s only one other woman in the book and she is a very minor character.
Putting it down.