Sleeping in Flame, Jonathan Carroll
Wow. Jonathan Carroll is really a great writer - i've read a stack of his books, and he still manages to surprise and floor me. Sleeping in Flame is on par with The Marraige of Sticks in my estimation. Too much of the summary & i'll give away the secret of the story; but trust me when i say that the device is one of my favorites: done with style, and the unfolding is quite graceful. Just go read it, ok?
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Vitals, Greg Bear
Silly biotech thriller sci-fi from Greg Bear. Today, the topic is how to live forever. I confess that i liked the beginning, with the descriptions of deep sub exploration far better than the silly conspiracy-theory ending. Do be sure to take the biology with a grain of salt. All that said? Fun. The right sort of thing for bedtime reading during a few super-stressed weeks at work.
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Chasm City, Alastair Reynolds
I finally get to see how the next one turned out - and quite a wait. With moving, this took well over a month to read - but it was good clean space opera to hold me over. Chasm City is set in the same universe as Revelation Space, and nice nods and bits and bobs to tie the two together, but is definitely not a "show me more of the same" sequel. In summary, two stories woven together, with a lovely trick in the winding that i won't give away here. Highly recommended.
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