This is not a drill...

The new house has manifested its creepiness at last. It's very windy outside, and there's a draft in the attic. So the creepy half-sized attic door--located in my office--is rattling on its hinges. Hard. And Fafnir won't stop staring at it.

So, uhm, if I don't post later with wordcount or lame excuses or whatever, a rescue party armed with cricket bats might not be a bad idea.

Bookkeeping

( The list so far )

14. When Gravity Fails - George Alec Effinger

I'm sorry I didn't read more of his books sooner. I read Maureen Birnbaum in high school and loved it, but never got around to tracking down more. I am very fond of this book--low-key cyberpunk mystery, which I love, and the non-Anglo setting makes it even more interesting. It also makes me hungry, with all the talk of hummus and baklava and proper coffee. :P My greatest fondness is for all the trans characters, and the simplicity with which the book/narrator accepts them. I have A Fire in the Sun, and need to pick up Exile's Kiss.

15. Softspoken - Lucius Shepard

I read this on the plane back from Wiscon, and while the beginning totally had me, the end did not hold up for me. The writing is lovely, and I love the "ghosts", but while Sanie had all of my sympathy at the start, by the end it deteriorated to "oh, just get in the car and leave, you twit." I prefer my characters self-rescuing. It did, however, leave me craving more southern gothic horror.

16. Precious Dragon - Liz Williams

My ambivalence toward this series continues. On the one hand, the setting, and the prose, and Zhu Irzh, and Badger! Badger! And, and, and... On the other, the endings are so damn neat, and so many of the hard decisions are unmade, and the tragedy unwrought. (However, when it comes to non-permanent deaths, my house is made all of glass.) This one did make me cry at several points, though, and Singapore 3 may be my favoritest setting of all time. truepenny's Melusine is neck in neck for second place.

The sun is back out now, and the door has stopped rattling. I shall have coffee, and attempt some words.

A meme while I'm waiting to go out to dinner

( Many silly questions )

Okay, that took too long. Dinner now!