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imperfectletter2009-01-10 10:12 am
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3. *Sirius, the dog star by Martin H. Greenberg and Alexander Potter (eds) (310) A/SF
A collection of SF short stories with dogs. The introduction says that cats have their claws firmly in fantasy but there aren't many stories about dogs. Reading that made me think of the fantasy books I've read that do have dogs - Dogsbody by Diana Wynne Jones, A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny, Deerskin and Spindle's End and various other books by Robin McKinley.
I enjoyed many of these stories, especially the one about the color-changing puppies.
4. *Uncharted Territory by Connie Willis (149) A/SF
One of my SantaThing gifts. I've heard of the author, but never read her before.
It was an enjoyable SF book. Some humans are exploring an alien world with a native guide. There are various disasters and discoveries and miscommunications and nobody quite knows what's going on. I don't know if it's part of a series, but it reads like it is, like there are things I'm missing from before this book and more exciting adventures to come in later books.
4 / 150 total books. 3% done!
2 / 75 *new books. 3% done!
0 / 10 ^non-fiction. 0% done!
1262 / 45000 pages. 3% done!
A collection of SF short stories with dogs. The introduction says that cats have their claws firmly in fantasy but there aren't many stories about dogs. Reading that made me think of the fantasy books I've read that do have dogs - Dogsbody by Diana Wynne Jones, A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny, Deerskin and Spindle's End and various other books by Robin McKinley.
I enjoyed many of these stories, especially the one about the color-changing puppies.
4. *Uncharted Territory by Connie Willis (149) A/SF
One of my SantaThing gifts. I've heard of the author, but never read her before.
It was an enjoyable SF book. Some humans are exploring an alien world with a native guide. There are various disasters and discoveries and miscommunications and nobody quite knows what's going on. I don't know if it's part of a series, but it reads like it is, like there are things I'm missing from before this book and more exciting adventures to come in later books.