Kameron Hurley / Rapture / Bugpunk Satisfies!

Bel Dame Apocrypha
Rapture, book 3, continues to satisfy
Kameron Hurley, rocks my world

Why say more, When I've said enough
Book 1, God's War (blog post)
Book 2, Infidel (blog post)

Wonderful new music
Dawes
Stories Don't End

Sharon Lee & Steve Miller / The Liaden Universe / Yippie-Yi-Yay-Kai-O

I am embarrassed to say

I am a late comer to the Liaden Universe

I am happy to say

The library now has or soon will have

The entire collection

(Start reading with book 3 or greater
Go back to books 1 & 2 after you get in the groove
Books 1 & 2 were written later in the game)

Late to the game I may be

I'm catching up fast

These books often Trump other books I'm reading

The plain and simple truth; Too Much Fun!
We all need a little "Fun" in our lives

Sharon Lee, Steve Miller, take a bow
It is not often so evident
Writers not just enjoying their work
Writers having a real good time writing
Word that comes to mind when reading; Playful

Don't get me wrong
Playful they may be
This is good Space Opera
This is good Regency Romance
This is good story telling

Music to turn your head
I just posted this a few blogs ago
I'm posting it again
I want to grow her US fan base
Music with content (read the lyrics)
Selah Sue
Selah Sue (c) 2011

The Office Of Mercy / Ariel Djanikian / Intelligent Engrossing Dystopic America

Ariel Djanikian is on my watch list
The Office of Mercy, rang my bell
The language is well beyond brilliant
George Orwell, give the woman a nod

Natasha works in the Office of Mercy
She and her team mates Grant Mercy
The nomadic people are systematically "Swept"
Systematically Granted Mercy

Natasha lives in America-Five
Underground and domed
Protected from the environment
Protected from the savages

Natasha meets the savages
Natasha is conflicted
Beautifully paced
Beautifully developed

The ending
Too soon
Will there be more
One can hope

New Music
Eric Clapton
Old Sock

Blood Zero Sky / J Gabriel Gates / A Near Future Story You Do Not Want To Miss

J Gabriel Gates couldn't find a publisher in 2005
In 2012 Hyperbole became Prophetic
The book is now, too close to the truth
Blood Zero Sky cannot be denied

The book is a rewarding read
If only for the description of the decline
How the corporations took over
How the people allowed it to happen

"Baa Mr Sheep, Baa" (Randy Newman)
Thankfully, not all people are sheep
Hopefully our future will not arrive with a Blood Zero Sky
Socio-Political Junkies; A Must Read

Music
Steve Earle
The Low Highway

Earth Unaware / Orson Scott Card / Ender's Troubles And How It All Began

Orson Scott Card's, Earth Unaware
Reveals the beginning of The Formic Wars
Long before Ender Wiggin
This chronicles the arrival of the Formics

Co-Authoring the book, Aaron Johnston
I usually whine about "Co-Authors"
Not This Time
Aaron Johnston has hit a Home-Run

Life of the asteroid miners
Brilliantly depicted
Characters and culture, fully and richly human
Villainous Corporates, also human (how fresh)

I have never been able to read past Ender's Game
Not for lack of trying, just couldn't find the gear cog
Could not engage

The characters in Earth Unaware
Fully engaged me
Read it through in Four Wheel Drive

A number of authors have been releasing series prequels
L. E. Modesitt, Jr. with the Imager Portfolio Series
David Weber taking his Honor Harrington Series
Personally, I like to know how it all began

Music going back to the beginning
Aaron Neville
My True Story