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FMK# 31: I heard it on the internet
The mysteries F winner was the cat detectives. I am shocked, I tell you, shocked. I have already read one of the stories in it, and there were not nearly as many cats as advertised. :( The K winner was the Garrison Keillor, which is helpful because it means I don't have to keep wondering if I want to read it or not, you people have informed me I don't.
I have not read any other new FMK this week because I have been catching up on comics and other stuff. Also I saw Thor 3! That was an EPICALLY silly movie. I approve. EPICALLY silly is the only register in which Marvel Thor stuff ever works and they don't hit it nearly as often as I'd wish.
Today's is a mixed batch on the rather nebulous theme of Someone On The Internet Said I Should Read This. Will the internet contradict itself? Let's find out!
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 have not read any other new FMK this week because I have been catching up on comics and other stuff. Also I saw Thor 3! That was an EPICALLY silly movie. I approve. EPICALLY silly is the only register in which Marvel Thor stuff ever works and they don't hit it nearly as often as I'd wish.
Today's is a mixed batch on the rather nebulous theme of Someone On The Internet Said I Should Read This. Will the internet contradict itself? Let's find out!
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 #19072 FMK #31: I heard it on the internet
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 61
Dawn by Octavia Butler (1987)
Homeland by Cory Doctorow (2013)
Half Magic by Edward Eager (1954)
Black Ships by Jo Graham (2008)
The Stepsister Scheme by Jim Hines (2009)
God Stalk by P. C. Hodgell (1982)
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster (1961)
The Doom That Came to Sarnath (anthology) by H. P. Lovecraft (1971)
First Test by Tamora Pierce (1999)
The Last of the Wine by Mary Renault (1956)
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Ruseell (1996)
Old Man's War by John Scalzi (2005)
Illuminatus! Part 1: The Eye in the Pyramid by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson (1975)
The Book of Lost Tales by J. R. R. Tolkien (1983)
The Thirteenth Child by Patricia C. Wrede (2009)
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Dawn by Octavia Butler -- F
I've read multiple books by her and I haven't cared for them...but many people like her and you might, too.
Homeland by Cory Doctorow -- F
Haven't read anything of his, so he gets an F on the grounds that the book MIGHT be good.
Half Magic by Edward Eager -- M
Loved it as a kid. Can't really see it without nostalgia goggles.
Black Ships by Jo Graham -- F
I vacillated between F and M for this one. Everyone I know loves it, but I haven't read it. I went with F.
The Stepsister Scheme by Jim Hines -- F
I liked the idea of three fairy tale princesses as a team of secret agents, but I realize that it's not for everyone.
God Stalk by P.C. Hodgell -- F
Never heard of it. Since I know nothing bad about it, the book gets an F.
The Doom That Came to Sarnath (anthology) by H. P. Lovecraft -- F
I'm not crazy about Lovecraft, but I don't know anything about the stories in this anthology or how winceworthy they are. In case of ignorance, works get an F.
First Test by Tamora Pierce -- M
The first book in the Protector of the Small tetralogy! MARRY IT.
The Last of the Wine by Mary Renault -- F
Vacillated on this one, too. Finally went with F rather than M. (I have a lot of Renault fans on my F-list. I just haven't read the book.)
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Ruseell -- K
Tried to read it. HAAAAATED it. I would have thrown it in the garbage if it hadn't been a library book.
Old Man's War by John Scalzi -- F
Doesn't sound interesting to me, but it might be good.
lluminatus! Part 1: The Eye in the Pyramid by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson -- K
Everyone has told me that it's boring, pretentious and whiny. Rinkworks summarizes the entire trilogy like this:
"The Illuminati are a secret society that (DRUGS SEX DRUGS) control everything in the world (SEX DRUGS SEX) including all governments, financial institutions, and (DRUGS SEX DRUGS) intelligence agencies. No, they're not. Well, yes they are but not really. (SEX DRUGS SEX) They originated in Bavaria in 1776 (DRUGS SEX DRUGS). No, actually they go all the way back to Atlantis. No, (SEX DRUGS SEX) Atlantis never really existed. Yes it did. It's not just one society (DRUGS SEX DRUGS), it's a whole bunch of them (SEX DRUGS SEX) together. No, it's just one, and they go all the way back to Atlantis, which never (DRUGS SEX DRUGS) existed, oh yes it did. They've had an uninterrupted existence since 30,000 years ago (SEX DRUGS SEX) -- no they actually only go back as far as the 1800s (DRUGS SEX DRUGS). Fnord."
The Book of Lost Tales by J. R. R. Tolkien -- F
Haven't read it. It might be good.
The Thirteenth Child by Patricia C. Wrede -- K
Racefail 2.0 convinced me that a book that erases Native Americans from their own country isn't worth reading. (And I found more than a few problems with Wrede's worldbuilding questions, too.)
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That summary of Illuminati looks very accurate for an SF book from the late 70s!