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davidgillonJust read the kindle sample for Elizabeth Bear's Karen Memory. OMG, the narrative voice is gorgeous. Steampunk Seattle, the turn of the century Underground, with the narrator an, ahem, seamstress.
But at nearly £10 I'll be waiting for the price to drop when the paperback appears..
And in other Kindle news, it looks like the entire rest of Seanan McGuire's Toby Day books are out on the 5th. This is going to be expensive (especially as they're pricing them significantly over £7).
If I finish Feet of Clay today, I'll either pick up something cheaper of Bear's (I'm well behind in reading her stuff) or go for Seanan's Velveteen vs the Multiverse.
And now to get a drink and head out to the garden.
(ETA corrected the name to Karen Memory, d'oh!)
We’d just settled in with after-dinner tea and biscuits when there was a crash down the ladder out front and the sound of somebody crying like her leg was broke. Given the loudness of the thump, I reckoned that might not be too far from the truth of it.
Crispin and Miss Francina gave each other The Look, and while Beatrice put the ribbon in her book they both got up and moved toward the front door. Crispin I already said about, and the thing about Miss Francina is that Miss Francina’s got a pecker under her dress. But that ain’t nothing but God’s rude joke. She’s one of us girls every way that matters, and handy for a bouncer besides.
I followed along just behind them, and so did Effie. We’re the sturdiest girls, and Effie can shoot well enough that Madame Damnable lets her keep a gun in her room. Miss Bethel hides a pump shotgun under the bar, too, but she was upstairs in bed already, so while Crispin was unlocking the door I went over and got it, working the breech to make sure it was loaded.
Crispin and Miss Francina gave each other The Look, and while Beatrice put the ribbon in her book they both got up and moved toward the front door. Crispin I already said about, and the thing about Miss Francina is that Miss Francina’s got a pecker under her dress. But that ain’t nothing but God’s rude joke. She’s one of us girls every way that matters, and handy for a bouncer besides.
I followed along just behind them, and so did Effie. We’re the sturdiest girls, and Effie can shoot well enough that Madame Damnable lets her keep a gun in her room. Miss Bethel hides a pump shotgun under the bar, too, but she was upstairs in bed already, so while Crispin was unlocking the door I went over and got it, working the breech to make sure it was loaded.
But at nearly £10 I'll be waiting for the price to drop when the paperback appears..
And in other Kindle news, it looks like the entire rest of Seanan McGuire's Toby Day books are out on the 5th. This is going to be expensive (especially as they're pricing them significantly over £7).
If I finish Feet of Clay today, I'll either pick up something cheaper of Bear's (I'm well behind in reading her stuff) or go for Seanan's Velveteen vs the Multiverse.
And now to get a drink and head out to the garden.
(ETA corrected the name to Karen Memory, d'oh!)
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Date: 2015-04-15 08:33 pm (UTC)Also, I'd already got Annie Bellet on my wishlist thanks to favourable reviews by you previously, but have you seen her very gracious withdrawal from the Hugo ballot?
Anyway, that and the fact that Justice Calling is currently 99p means I bought it and hope to read it soon.
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Date: 2015-04-15 08:55 pm (UTC)And I'd literally just seen that Annie Bellet has withdrawn, as has Marko Kloos.
Hope you enjoy Justice Calling!
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Date: 2015-04-16 08:51 pm (UTC)