Beach Reading
Apr. 27th, 2009 04:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
daddytoddYesterday's beach reading: Star Trek: Mere Anarchy: It's Hour Come Round by Margaret Wander Bonanno (The Darkness Drops Again and The Blood-Dimmed Tide were airport/airplane reading on the trip down.) This was really good stuff; I thought 5 of the 6 Mere Anarchy titles were excellent; the 6th one was not-so-good. That's a damn fine batting average. Kudos to the authors and the editor, Keith RA DeCandido!
Today's beach reading: The Swordsman of Mars by Otis Adelbert Klein (Planet Stories Library #12/Paizo Publishing.) I've been collecting the "monthly" Planet Stories titles since last year; this is the first one I've had a chance to read (lucky for me they're only coming out once every two or three months these days, after the first 12 were actually monthly.) This was originally published in 1933 in Weird Tales; this is the first "complete" book version (apparently the Ace Double version in the '60's was quite heavily rewritten, by an unknown hand, as Klein died in 1946 -- for this edition, Planet Stories went back to the original serial installments for the text.
This was fast paced, with loads of action, unlikely coincidences, a moderate amount of racism -- and, of course, the Hero winds up with the gorgeous Blonde, because the luscious Brunette decides she's in love with another guy. There are no surprises here, but it's competently written, undemanding fun.
Tomorrow: Star Trek Voyager: Full Circle, By Kirsten Beyer. I've been saving this one for the beach. Yay!
Today's beach reading: The Swordsman of Mars by Otis Adelbert Klein (Planet Stories Library #12/Paizo Publishing.) I've been collecting the "monthly" Planet Stories titles since last year; this is the first one I've had a chance to read (lucky for me they're only coming out once every two or three months these days, after the first 12 were actually monthly.) This was originally published in 1933 in Weird Tales; this is the first "complete" book version (apparently the Ace Double version in the '60's was quite heavily rewritten, by an unknown hand, as Klein died in 1946 -- for this edition, Planet Stories went back to the original serial installments for the text.
This was fast paced, with loads of action, unlikely coincidences, a moderate amount of racism -- and, of course, the Hero winds up with the gorgeous Blonde, because the luscious Brunette decides she's in love with another guy. There are no surprises here, but it's competently written, undemanding fun.
Tomorrow: Star Trek Voyager: Full Circle, By Kirsten Beyer. I've been saving this one for the beach. Yay!
