Finished: Solaris Rising: The new Solaris Book of Science Fiction Edited by Ian Whates
Well, this was an interesting collection of short SF stories. And I unfortunately don't mean it in a good way. There were some stellar authors in this collection - among them my personal favourite Alastair Reynolds, which was one of the best stories in the collection (bias may be a factor). But in all seriousness, there were stories that literally made my head spin.. and not in a good way. I actually ended up skipping one story because it literally made me feel like I was on the recieving end of one of Antonio Cesaro's spinny thingos and he wasn't ever going to stop! Not good.
Having said that, there were several excellent stories and those, I enjoyed immensely. Hats off to you, Alastair Reynolds, Dave Hutchinson, Richard Salter & Paul di Fillipo!
Started: The Yellowstone Conundrum by John D Randall
Let me just say, despite some clunky writing (did we really need the name of EVERY drug that US vetrans may be given?!) However, in the space of a few pages the author has completely out written Harry Turtledove in his descriptions of the eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano. THIS is what disaster geeks (like me) want when reading these types of books.. not the drivel pumped out by Mr Turtledove. Looking forward to the rest of the book!!
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