Time-travelling rogues...
Aug. 6th, 2015 04:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alobearMy latest audiobook was selected because it was read by the guy who reads all the Reacher books. This book was a very different animal - a sprawling, leisurely time travel adventure, big on detail, low on action, but very immersive. The concept is very high - time travel by self-hypnosis, but I just went along with it and very much enjoyed the ride. It was obvious that a lot of research had gone into the story, and the richness of it was the main selling point. What really surprised me was that it was actually written in 1970, as there are very few indications in the narrative as to the time period of the "present", so I assumed it was much later. There's apparently a sequel and I'll definitely be getting that, as I'd very much like to revisit this world again.
As a way to get back into text reading, I purchased a book of short stories, edited by George R R Martin - primarily because it contained a story by Patrick Rothfuss about my favourite chacter, Bast, from his Kingkiller Chronicle. That story certainly didn't disappoint - it was my favourite of the lot - but I really enjoyed most of the others too. Of the 21 stories in the collection, I put 16 in the "yay" column and only five in the "nay" column, and I now have a list of nine authors I want to investigate further. It was a fascinating array of stories - with the over-arching theme of Rogues (that's the title of the book). Some were science-fiction, some were fantasy, some were modern day crime or thriller - and nearly all were good fun. I may have to look for other such collections, as it was nice to have a selection of good quality short works to read - though it could exponentially increase my reading pile if I then want to read more books by all the authors!
As a way to get back into text reading, I purchased a book of short stories, edited by George R R Martin - primarily because it contained a story by Patrick Rothfuss about my favourite chacter, Bast, from his Kingkiller Chronicle. That story certainly didn't disappoint - it was my favourite of the lot - but I really enjoyed most of the others too. Of the 21 stories in the collection, I put 16 in the "yay" column and only five in the "nay" column, and I now have a list of nine authors I want to investigate further. It was a fascinating array of stories - with the over-arching theme of Rogues (that's the title of the book). Some were science-fiction, some were fantasy, some were modern day crime or thriller - and nearly all were good fun. I may have to look for other such collections, as it was nice to have a selection of good quality short works to read - though it could exponentially increase my reading pile if I then want to read more books by all the authors!
