Books read in August
Sep. 2nd, 2024 10:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
valoiseThis month seems like it was dominated by short fiction.
Star Light, Star Bright by Alfred Bester More of Bester's short stories, plus a biographical piece on Isaac Asimov. The most interesting piece was a short autobiography that makes it clear why his work is so different from much of the so-called Golden Age stories. He detested the stuff that was cranked out methodically for most magazines and chose to be more experimental.
A Blink of the Screen: Collected Short Fiction of Terry Pratchett An interesting mix of Discworld and non-Discworld stories.
The President's Kitchen Cabinet by Adrian MIller During my time at the Eisenhower Presidential Library I became fascinated with food served at the White House. Since I retired I've spent quite a bit of time researching the subject, but it's hard to find information about the people other than the head or executive chef who actually did the work. Miller delves deep into the lives of White House African American cooks, both enslaved and free, from Washington through Obama.
Other Aether: Tales of Global Steampunk I got a review copy of the book through Librarything. Since I have been trying to read a lot more international sff, so was looking forward to this but it was not great. Unfortunately, even thought the settings were global all the writers were American.
Star Light, Star Bright by Alfred Bester More of Bester's short stories, plus a biographical piece on Isaac Asimov. The most interesting piece was a short autobiography that makes it clear why his work is so different from much of the so-called Golden Age stories. He detested the stuff that was cranked out methodically for most magazines and chose to be more experimental.
A Blink of the Screen: Collected Short Fiction of Terry Pratchett An interesting mix of Discworld and non-Discworld stories.
The President's Kitchen Cabinet by Adrian MIller During my time at the Eisenhower Presidential Library I became fascinated with food served at the White House. Since I retired I've spent quite a bit of time researching the subject, but it's hard to find information about the people other than the head or executive chef who actually did the work. Miller delves deep into the lives of White House African American cooks, both enslaved and free, from Washington through Obama.
Other Aether: Tales of Global Steampunk I got a review copy of the book through Librarything. Since I have been trying to read a lot more international sff, so was looking forward to this but it was not great. Unfortunately, even thought the settings were global all the writers were American.
