So What Are you Reading?: Generations

[Commander Troi]

an historical horror saga about the legendary Beast of Gevaudun.

Have you seen Brotherhood of the Wolf? It's one of my hubby's favorite movies.

 

[Greg Cox]

Have you seen Brotherhood of the Wolf? It's one of my hubby's favorite movies.

Many, many years ago. I'll probably want to revisit it once I finish The Red Winter.

 

[KRAD]

Finished Keigh's Supernatural Crime Unit novel, which was much fun and so authentic when it comes to New York City, which is very much a character in the book.

Thank you so much, @Greg Cox, greatly appreciated!

I've been enjoying my Jeeves stories a bit too much, so now I'm seeing what's being reused every story. However, what I'm seeing being reused hasn't made reading them less enjoyable.

There was a certain formula to Wodehouse's work, but it was a good formula, dammit, and it worked.

 

[bdub76]

There was a certain formula to Wodehouse's work, but it was a good formula, dammit, and it worked.

Every story Wooster makes a bad fashion decision that Jeeves doesn't really approve of. And every story by the end, Wooster ends up agreeing with Jeeves.

The reason this doesn't really bother me is because the narrative and voice is so well done that I can overlook it and still enjoy the story. There aren't that many authors that can do this without me giving up on them. Dan Brown comes to mind with his repetitive plots, where the the only reason to continue reading is for the historical info dumps. Of course, I can get the same thing from a Erik Larson book, and I enjoy those much more.

 

[JD]

I went to the Tucson Festival of Books and discovered that Martha Wells used to write Star Wars fan fiction for Star Wars fanzines before the Internet blew up. Now, I have to track those time. Gotta love writers that start off writing fan fiction.

Have you read her official stuff?

 

[bdub76]

Have you read her official stuff?

Yes. I have read a couple of her Murderbot Diaries books and short stories. I do want to read her Stargate novelization.

She was put with TJ Klune for the panel I went to. I've read them both. They're very different, so the dynamics for the panel were great. If you haven't read TJ Klune, I recommend his stuff too.

 

[bdub76]

Read the short story, The Happy Breed, at lunch today. It's one of many stories in Dangerous Visions.

This one is especially chilling in the new world we have with chatbots that I now use at work. This is definitely one of the standouts from this collection, and I highly recommend it. One of the best short stories I have read this year.

You do get a little bit of Brave New World in that story, but it's focus on the machines is really spot on.