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hotly anticipated sequels
Nov. 28th, 2019 10:53 pmThe Midwinter Witch, Molly Knox Ostertag, strong conclusion to the Witch Boy trilogy, previously discussed here and here. Some really good character beats. Also it was neat to get this from the library and spend the afternoon with my kids and I all reading it one after another.
Interference, Sue Burke. I thought Semiosis was outstanding - one of the best things I read last year - but unfortunately this wasn't as strong a followup. Still interesting SF, and builds to a Vernor Vingean climax I couldn't not appreciate, but I thought Semiosis was doing some really powerful stuff with literary allusions and historical parallels (here's my post about it) and Interference was simpler and less ambitious in that way. (Or maybe I just wasn't catching it.) People who were less enthusiastic about Semiosis than I was (which is basically everyone) can feel okay about skipping this one unless you were already sold at "Vingean". (I mean, you can also feel okay about reading it even if you weren't, it's not *bad*.)
Interference, Sue Burke. I thought Semiosis was outstanding - one of the best things I read last year - but unfortunately this wasn't as strong a followup. Still interesting SF, and builds to a Vernor Vingean climax I couldn't not appreciate, but I thought Semiosis was doing some really powerful stuff with literary allusions and historical parallels (here's my post about it) and Interference was simpler and less ambitious in that way. (Or maybe I just wasn't catching it.) People who were less enthusiastic about Semiosis than I was (which is basically everyone) can feel okay about skipping this one unless you were already sold at "Vingean". (I mean, you can also feel okay about reading it even if you weren't, it's not *bad*.)
