The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge - Vernor Vinge
The Crack in Space - Philip K. Dick
The Darkness that Comes Before - R. Scott Bakker
Troublemakers - Harlan Ellison
The Bakker book is a bit of a headache because after a wonderful opening, he ditches character development for a spew of political and geographic names and configurations that all have ambiguous personalities. I'm a little pissed because it started off so strong. Hopefully he quits the drive-by tagging and gives the reader a chance to look around. Right now, I'm not enjoying his linguistic orgy that really serves no purpose so far other than for him being able to say his fictitious language database trumps Tolkien's. Big #(&$%#ing deal.
The other books continue to blow my hair back.
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