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dustydigger
Posted 2021-01-24 10:53 AM (#22865 - in reply to #22864)
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Location: UK		YAY! FINALLY finished Boneshaker. I get the feeling that I was supposed to be bowled over by a big denouement,but since I never connected with the heroine(?) it left me totally cold,shrugging ''so what?'' :0) Will not be continuing the series.
Rest of the month I am reading other genres,though perhaps another couple of short stories from Mark R Kelly's list will be squeezed in.Such as Game of Rat and Dragon.
For pure fun and indulgence and celebrating the inauguration I did a reread of Heinlein's All You Zombies.No one like Bob for making time travel understandable (well,fairly......)
All You Zombies is still a good read. Not as shocking or mindblowing as when first encountered,naturally, but brilliantly executed. OK,its harder today to deal with the dodgy sexism and very strange reationships (to say the least) - typical later Heinlein - but the story still has great impact.
Here are the time travellers byelaws which he has above his bed

Never Do Yesterday What Should Be Done Tomorrow.
If at Last You Do Succeed, Never Try Again.
A Stitch in Time Saves Nine Billion.
A Paradox May Be Paradoctored.
It Is Earlier When You Think.
Ancestors Are Just People.
Even Jove Nods.





Edited by dustydigger 2021-01-24 10:56 AM

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