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dustydigger
Posted 2018-12-30 7:41 AM (#19507 - in reply to #16634)
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Location: UK		Hi Engelbrecht,glad you had such good year. After decades out of the genre I have a long long way to go with the lists,so there are so many interesting books still there for me to explore,but,in your case, once you get to the ''chaff'' stage,and there is nothing new under the sun,its got to be more difficult.
I suffer from the inflexibility of old age,I think,I still prefer the old stuff (pre 1980. Cant believe that is almost 4 decades ago!) I happen to enjoy ''white hat'' protagonists,with a wide divide between the goodies and the villains,and in this post modern era everything is murky,often downbeat - and just not FUN.lol. I have the same problem with crime fiction,which used to be my main genre. Now I can hardly bear to read anything post 2000! What with flawed detectives,unreliable narrators,and graphic violence,.sex,and profanity it just doesnt cut it for me.Yep,I've turned into a grumpy old woman tut-tutting at the world. With a host of real life problems and issues,I really dont want to be reading too much dark stuff,I need action,adventure,pace,humour and fun characters
So my plans for 2019 is to try to complete the Nebulas and Hugos and at least 12 of the Locus..Then in 2020 I will finish them off and from then on will be able to pick and mix from the lists. I will consider my marathon journey of award winners as a fitting overview of the SF genre.I always like a time frame,an overview of any genres(and even music and film,) grounding individual items in their proper place illuminated and elucidated by their time and zeitgeist. Afraid it pains me in SF forums when I see people almost frothing at the mouth when they have read a 50s novel and complain vociferously about the mores and gender politics of the time.It was a different erafolks,get over it. Or better still just read books post 2010!
Anyhoo,may I thank everyone who has participated in the Pick N' Mix this year.We read a magnificent 746 books. Well done.
I'll be here again next year (only a few days away actually.) as soon as Dave starts setting up the 2019 challenges.
Getting very impatient for the unrolling of our new site incarnation too.
Here's hoping for an exciting WWEnd 2019. And as for the real world? Sorry,I have so little expectations there - its a crazy world. All the more reason to dive into our SF universe and all the wonders and marvels and great themes it holds!
Happy New Year,people!

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