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dhampyresaWhat did you finish reading
La fabrique des corps: Des premières prothèses à l'humain augmenté by Héloïse Chochois: This was a re-read. I enjoyed it. It's very well-done, interweaving the personal journey of a man who loses his arm at the start of the book and how he adapts to life with a prosthetic and the historical journey of prosthetics as a part of medicine. I'm not sure fond of the 'future' part. Also Ambroise Paré is in it! I like Ambroise Paré.
Plutona by Jeff Lemire (scenario + backup art) and Emi Lenox (art): I picked this up at the library (so I read it in French translation) because I liked Lemire's work on Justice League Dark, way back when. This was an enjoyable read and Lenox's art is very nice, but I expected a bit more. The superheroes feel like a gimmick and not an integrated part of the story. Furthermore, I feel like there's not much there there, if you know what I mean? Do not regret reading it or borrowing it.
What are you currently reading
Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson: Haven't touched since last time. It's really dense and I don't have the barinpower in the evenings.
What are you reading next
Fuck if I know.
La fabrique des corps: Des premières prothèses à l'humain augmenté by Héloïse Chochois: This was a re-read. I enjoyed it. It's very well-done, interweaving the personal journey of a man who loses his arm at the start of the book and how he adapts to life with a prosthetic and the historical journey of prosthetics as a part of medicine. I'm not sure fond of the 'future' part. Also Ambroise Paré is in it! I like Ambroise Paré.
Plutona by Jeff Lemire (scenario + backup art) and Emi Lenox (art): I picked this up at the library (so I read it in French translation) because I liked Lemire's work on Justice League Dark, way back when. This was an enjoyable read and Lenox's art is very nice, but I expected a bit more. The superheroes feel like a gimmick and not an integrated part of the story. Furthermore, I feel like there's not much there there, if you know what I mean? Do not regret reading it or borrowing it.
What are you currently reading
Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson: Haven't touched since last time. It's really dense and I don't have the barinpower in the evenings.
What are you reading next
Fuck if I know.
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Date: 2018-01-17 03:07 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2018-01-17 03:50 am (UTC)His hilarious sf parody (mostly a Star Trek parody, but with bits and bobs of other things) Willful Child is completely different. I of course have no privileged access to his thought processes and haven't read interviews with him or anything, but I can only imagine him thinking to himself, I HAVE SPENT TEN YEARS WRITING FANTASY EPIC SAGA TIME FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. Anyway, there's one chapter of Willful Child that manages the bravura feat of simultaneously parodying "The City on the Edge of Forever," "The Trouble with Tribbles," and lolcat memes. I got whiplash reading it.