Mary Doria Russell’s “Children of God”

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Children of God was worse than The Sparrow. Sheesh.

( spoilers for Mary Doria Russell's Children of God )

I'm glad I got it out of the way before Gallifrey One so that I could bring along The Disorderly Knights, though. More on that soon. >:)

Current Mood: disappointed

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The Disorderly Knights, Take Three

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I bought another copy of The Disorderly Knights because the pages are falling out of my original.

I think the third read is the charm with these books. It’s like everything comes into focus and I suddenly understand and appreciate everything that’s happening. The first read is just about figuring out what the hell is going on, the second is figuring out what the themes and subtext and underlying meanings are, and the third read is putting it all together to make a wonderful brilliant whole.

( major spoiler for Queen's Play )

So, The Disorderly Knights. I'm only 66 pages in and already wanting to blog about it. I really need to hook up with one of these Dunnett re-reading groups so that I'll have more people to discuss this with!

( spoilers for The Disorderly Knights, and why Gabriel is like Bernie Madoff )

Current Mood: busy

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Gallifrey One: A Halfassed Con Report

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So… yeah. I went to Gallifrey One. The fact that I came home and spent three hours writing a post about a Lymond book probably says all you need to know. I’m just not that into Doctor Who anymore. It’s always sad to leave a fandom, and while I’ve had kind of a miserable experience in this one, I’m also just starting to get to know a lot of interesting people, and I’m sad to drift away so soon. But you can’t force yourself to be interested when you’re just… not.

Which is really too bad because Gallifrey is a great convention. I was so impressed by how well it was run. They had several tracks of programming, with a good mix of topics, and a great array of guests. They were the polar opposite of DragonCon in terms of being welcoming to New Who fans–I never felt out of place for being a fan of the Tenth Doctor, Simm!Master, Rose, slash fic, etc. They really did a great job providing programming for everyone, regardless of whether you’re into the old series, the new series, or both.

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Current Mood: blah

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