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Media Roll Call
Aug. 25th, 2012 06:23 pm34) Wizards: Magical Tales from the Masters of Modern Fantasy edited by Jack Dann and Gardner R Dozois - Like most anthologies, this was a mixed bag. Most of the stories were quite good and some were even great. Only one was a true struggle to wade through, a confusing and overwrought piece of attempted meta-whosits. The rest? Pretty enjoyable. A short that would eventually become Gaiman's Graveyard Book, something from Peter S Beagle, a gorgeously atmospheric piece from Elizabeth Hand, a layered pseudo-historic tale from Garth Nix, and my first taste of Orson Scott Card (verdict - quite nice).
35) Lady Be Bad by Candice Hern - Meh. What could have been a good idea but turned out to be done with a slightly annoying heavy-handedness. Worth the quarter but it'll be going to the used book store, no question.
36) The Trunk Murderess: Winnie Ruth Judd by Jana Bommersbach - Well-researched, well-written... and it made me so very, very angry. Having a bit more knowledge and training about criminalistics than the the average layperson does that to you when you read about or research cases that violate every single basic tenet of investigation, crime scene integrity, and protocol. Not that knowing more is a requisite. Even if all you knew about such things was your common sense, this true life railroading would have you seeing red. Even if you took it all with a grain of salt, it still is fishier than the ocean. So... yeah. Time to read something fluffy to chill the mind out.
35) Lady Be Bad by Candice Hern - Meh. What could have been a good idea but turned out to be done with a slightly annoying heavy-handedness. Worth the quarter but it'll be going to the used book store, no question.
36) The Trunk Murderess: Winnie Ruth Judd by Jana Bommersbach - Well-researched, well-written... and it made me so very, very angry. Having a bit more knowledge and training about criminalistics than the the average layperson does that to you when you read about or research cases that violate every single basic tenet of investigation, crime scene integrity, and protocol. Not that knowing more is a requisite. Even if all you knew about such things was your common sense, this true life railroading would have you seeing red. Even if you took it all with a grain of salt, it still is fishier than the ocean. So... yeah. Time to read something fluffy to chill the mind out.
