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October Reading
Oct. 30th, 2011 04:07 pmStarted (and finished) the month reading MZB's epic 1979 novel of gay life/circus life in the middle of the 20th century, The Catch Trap. She really nails it. This is possibly the finest thing she ever wrote, and as I've spent the last 18 months reading close to everything she ever published, I'm in a decent position to make that declaration. This should be on everyone's short list for The Great American Gay Novel. Read it.
I took some detours during the month reading a bunch of "Locas" stories by Jaime Hernandez, inspired by the publication of what might possibly be the last "Locas" story ever, in the most recent L&R: New Stories volume. **SIGH!** I love Maggie.
The Evolution of God was interesting, if a bit too insistent in its final chapters about convincing us that, even if it's all made up, religion is still "true" in some sense. Right. Ready Player One is the YA geek novel du jour. It's read by Wil Wheaton, which helps, but it's still a long, crappily written excursion into someone else's D&D campaign. If the mere presence of 80's geek culture touchstones will set your synapses a-tingle, give it a try. I was about a decade too old during the '80's to get moist over Thundercats and John Hughes movies today.
10/02/2011 The Bloom County Library Volume Four: 1986-1987 (gn) by Berkeley Breathed
10/11/2011 Love And Rockets: New Stories no.4 (gn) by The Hernandez Brothers
10/13/2011 Wigwam Bam (gn) by Jaime Hernandez
10/15/2011 Chester Square (gn) by Jaime Hernandez
10/16/2011 The Evolution of God (audiobook) by Robert Wright
10/15/2011 Whoa Nellie! (gn) by Jaime Hernandez
10/20/2011 Locas in Love (gn) by Jaime Hernandez
10/20/2011 Dicks and Deedees (gn) by Jaime Hernandez
10/21/2011 Ghost of Hoppers (gn) by Jaime Hernandez
10/23/2011 The Education of Hopey Glass (gn) by Jaime Hernandez
10/25/2011 Ready Player One (audiobook) by Ernest Cline
10/25/2011 Space: 1999 Spider’s Web (audiobook) (nv) by William Latham
10/25/2011 Diary of a Sex Addict (na) by Scott Alexander Hess
10/29/2011 The Catch Trap by Marion Zimmer Bradley
10/30/2011 The Bloom County Library Volume Five: 1987-1989 (gn) by Berkeley Breathed
Apart from some major reads, I started and ended the month with volumes of Berkeley Breathed's Bloom County Library. Volume 5 is the final volume. I'm looking forward to the Outland collection when it finally shows up. So much for not going in for '80's geek culture...
Currently casting about for something substantial to read. It just might be time to dive into MZB's "Gothics." I've got a couple of them already as e-books. I'll see how far I get trying to read them. The Star Trek: Typhon Pact miniseries is also staring me down. Haven't read any Trek for a while, so it might be time.
Currently listening to William Shatner read the latest volume of his ghostwritten memoirs, Shatner Rules. Is the fact that they're ghostwritten the reason he sometimes doesn't seem to know how to pronounce the names of people he's talking about? Anyhoo, it's somewhere between entertaining and annoying. At least it's short!
I took some detours during the month reading a bunch of "Locas" stories by Jaime Hernandez, inspired by the publication of what might possibly be the last "Locas" story ever, in the most recent L&R: New Stories volume. **SIGH!** I love Maggie.
The Evolution of God was interesting, if a bit too insistent in its final chapters about convincing us that, even if it's all made up, religion is still "true" in some sense. Right. Ready Player One is the YA geek novel du jour. It's read by Wil Wheaton, which helps, but it's still a long, crappily written excursion into someone else's D&D campaign. If the mere presence of 80's geek culture touchstones will set your synapses a-tingle, give it a try. I was about a decade too old during the '80's to get moist over Thundercats and John Hughes movies today.
10/02/2011 The Bloom County Library Volume Four: 1986-1987 (gn) by Berkeley Breathed
10/11/2011 Love And Rockets: New Stories no.4 (gn) by The Hernandez Brothers
10/13/2011 Wigwam Bam (gn) by Jaime Hernandez
10/15/2011 Chester Square (gn) by Jaime Hernandez
10/16/2011 The Evolution of God (audiobook) by Robert Wright
10/15/2011 Whoa Nellie! (gn) by Jaime Hernandez
10/20/2011 Locas in Love (gn) by Jaime Hernandez
10/20/2011 Dicks and Deedees (gn) by Jaime Hernandez
10/21/2011 Ghost of Hoppers (gn) by Jaime Hernandez
10/23/2011 The Education of Hopey Glass (gn) by Jaime Hernandez
10/25/2011 Ready Player One (audiobook) by Ernest Cline
10/25/2011 Space: 1999 Spider’s Web (audiobook) (nv) by William Latham
10/25/2011 Diary of a Sex Addict (na) by Scott Alexander Hess
10/29/2011 The Catch Trap by Marion Zimmer Bradley
10/30/2011 The Bloom County Library Volume Five: 1987-1989 (gn) by Berkeley Breathed
Apart from some major reads, I started and ended the month with volumes of Berkeley Breathed's Bloom County Library. Volume 5 is the final volume. I'm looking forward to the Outland collection when it finally shows up. So much for not going in for '80's geek culture...
Currently casting about for something substantial to read. It just might be time to dive into MZB's "Gothics." I've got a couple of them already as e-books. I'll see how far I get trying to read them. The Star Trek: Typhon Pact miniseries is also staring me down. Haven't read any Trek for a while, so it might be time.
Currently listening to William Shatner read the latest volume of his ghostwritten memoirs, Shatner Rules. Is the fact that they're ghostwritten the reason he sometimes doesn't seem to know how to pronounce the names of people he's talking about? Anyhoo, it's somewhere between entertaining and annoying. At least it's short!
