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FMK #28: MilSF
So last week's winners, 14 to 15, were Adventures of Sally for F and Breakfast at Tiffany's for K; those were probably the two best-known of the lot, so I don't know what I expected.
I haven't been reading much fmk lately between a backlog of library books, a massive pile of comic trades that fell into my hands, and finding yuletide canon to review after all, but I will get back onto it soon! (Also because the next one I need to finish is Han of Iceland but it's just. so bad.)
Also one of the trades was Kingsman, so I have been reading novel-length Kingsman fic, and it is SO WEIRD that they ship Eggsy with his mentor when the basic plot of the comic and movie seems to be otherwise pretty much the same. X|
This week: I think it's military SF? The label I used for it was smilsf, but I am not sure why the S is there. So if some of these aren't actually milsf, blame Past Me.
How FMK works, short version: I am trying to clear out my unreads. So there is a poll, in which you get to pick F, M, or K. F means I should spend a night of wild passion with the book ASAP, and then decide whether to keep it or not. M means I should continue to commit to a long-term relationship of sharing my bedroom with it. K means it should go away immediately. Anyone can vote, you don't have to actually know anything about the books.
I pick a winner on Friday night (although won't actually close the poll, people can still vote,) and report results/post the new poll on the following Tuesday, and write a response to the F winner sometime in the next week.
Link to long version of explanation (on first poll)
I haven't been reading much fmk lately between a backlog of library books, a massive pile of comic trades that fell into my hands, and finding yuletide canon to review after all, but I will get back onto it soon! (Also because the next one I need to finish is Han of Iceland but it's just. so bad.)
Also one of the trades was Kingsman, so I have been reading novel-length Kingsman fic, and it is SO WEIRD that they ship Eggsy with his mentor when the basic plot of the comic and movie seems to be otherwise pretty much the same. X|
This week: I think it's military SF? The label I used for it was smilsf, but I am not sure why the S is there. So if some of these aren't actually milsf, blame Past Me.
How FMK works, short version: I am trying to clear out my unreads. So there is a poll, in which you get to pick F, M, or K. F means I should spend a night of wild passion with the book ASAP, and then decide whether to keep it or not. M means I should continue to commit to a long-term relationship of sharing my bedroom with it. K means it should go away immediately. Anyone can vote, you don't have to actually know anything about the books.
I pick a winner on Friday night (although won't actually close the poll, people can still vote,) and report results/post the new poll on the following Tuesday, and write a response to the F winner sometime in the next week.
Link to long version of explanation (on first poll)
Poll #18981 FMK #24: Talking Animals
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 25
Battle Station by Ben Bova (1987)
Sly Mongoose by Tobias Buckell (2008)
Glory by Alfred Coppel (1993)
The Ayes of Texas by Daniel Da Cruz (1982)
Forever Free by Joe Haldeman (1999)
The Clone Sedition by Steven Kent (2012)
Space War Blues by Richard Lupoff (1978)
Star Guard by Andre Norton (1955)
Design for Great-Day by Eric Frank Russel (1995)
Better to Beg Forgiveness... by Michael Z. Williamson (2007)
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I'm afraid it's going to be horrible Texas libertarianism, but it is also supposed to be about a scrappy band of disabled veterans fixing up an old clunker of a warship and going out to save the world, which is totally my bag when it's *fanfic*, so. Also, the title makes me happy. :P
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I recall the Norton as being blatantly dystopian in a way that her other books weren't (in a way that meant that teenage me actually noticed the dystopian elements, that is).
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...I am sadly not surprised about the Texas on being bad.
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