wednesday books
20 December 2023 20:29![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
landofnowhereHenry VI, Part III, William Shakespeare. And we're finally done with this disaster king (who it was a lot of fun to chew the scenery with)! Also OMG this play has so much plot -- despite being part III -- and no comic relief, I think this is before Shakespeare learned to write comic relief. (OK, there are some scenes in part II which I think are intended to be comic relief, but the humor hasn't aged well, apart from the line about killing all the lawyers.)
System Collapse, Martha Wells. I'd just been remarking the other week that Murderbot would love to be a TV/movie producer, so this was great! Apart from that one bit it didn't really stand out to me, but I'm looking forward to where the series goes for me.
The Will to Battle and Perhaps the Stars, Ada Palmer. Rereads. Finally back to these after taking a break to catch up on Murderbot. it appears I still don't have that much to say about The Will to Battle, but I think that's partly because it's overshadowed by Perhaps the Stars, whose epicness I'm particularly enjoying, even in the bits that aren't as self-consciously epic. (OMG! I have so much book! I'll probably be interrupting my reading again to travel, but I'm not in a rush to get through it.)
System Collapse, Martha Wells. I'd just been remarking the other week that Murderbot would love to be a TV/movie producer, so this was great! Apart from that one bit it didn't really stand out to me, but I'm looking forward to where the series goes for me.
The Will to Battle and Perhaps the Stars, Ada Palmer. Rereads. Finally back to these after taking a break to catch up on Murderbot. it appears I still don't have that much to say about The Will to Battle, but I think that's partly because it's overshadowed by Perhaps the Stars, whose epicness I'm particularly enjoying, even in the bits that aren't as self-consciously epic. (OMG! I have so much book! I'll probably be interrupting my reading again to travel, but I'm not in a rush to get through it.)
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Date: 21 Dec 2023 13:21 (UTC)The other thing it's famous for is for introducing future Richard III, aka young Will's attempt at a supervillain, with this tale being his origin story.