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<\/a><\/p>\nSame rules as last time<\/a> (and some of those are still available for another week as well). Whatever is not claimed by mid-July will go some other way. I’m leaning toward donating them to the hospital library at this point. Post your requests, don’t email me–that way I won’t forget what you wanted and everyone can see what’s already gone.<\/p>\n This time the list is:<\/p>\n Related Reading: All Those Books<\/a> and this NYT article<\/a> that Gwenda pointed out<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" More boxes of books repacked, with similar results: Same rules as last time (and some of those are still available for another week as well). Whatever is not claimed by mid-July will go some other way. I’m leaning toward donating them to the hospital library at this point. Post your requests, don’t email me–that way I won’t forget what you… Read more →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","xfolkentry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5UQvw-eS","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.chrismclaren.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.chrismclaren.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.chrismclaren.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.chrismclaren.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.chrismclaren.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.chrismclaren.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.chrismclaren.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.chrismclaren.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.chrismclaren.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
The first two Drake Maijstral <\/a>books by Walter Jon Williams<\/a><\/del> – When the author himself classifies novels as ‘divertimenti’ you know you aren’t in for a Big Serious read–accept that and enjoy a really great romp with an Allowed Burglar in a future aristocracy, and don’t miss the scathing criticism of celebrity-for-its-own-sake<\/em><\/li>\nDiana Wynne Jones<\/a>‘ Deep Secret<\/a><\/del> – Afraid to read Diana because her stuff is usually in the kids section? Try this packaged-for-grownups multiple-worlds fantasy as a way to get over your YA phobia.<\/em><\/li>\nLord of Light<\/a> by Roger Zelanzy<\/a><\/del> – Surely one of the ten finest science fiction novels of all time<\/em><\/li>\nIsle Of The Dead<\/a> by Roger Zelazny<\/a><\/del> – Another damn fine novel<\/em><\/li>\nThe entire Lensman<\/a> series by E. E. “Doc” Smith<\/a> <\/del>– Bless the SFBC for putting this Old Skool pulp, perhaps the sine qua non of all Space Opera, into omnibi<\/em><\/li>\nThree Skylark<\/a> books by E. E. “Doc” Smith<\/a><\/del> – ditto, except with less excitement<\/em><\/li>\nDeus X<\/a> by Norman Spinrad<\/a><\/del><\/li>\nDistraction<\/a> by Bruce Sterling<\/a><\/del> – every time I read a Bruce Sterling novel it’s better than I expected it to be, even when I take into account this phenomenon<\/em><\/li>\nResurrection Man<\/a> by Sean Stewart<\/a><\/del> – an excellent contemporary fantasy<\/em><\/li>\nNight Watch<\/a> by Sean Stewart<\/a><\/del> – one of my personal ten favourite fantasy novels–among other things it exactly captures the differences between the essences of two major Canadian cities<\/em><\/li>\nLeave It To Psmith<\/a> by P. G. Wodehouse<\/a><\/del> – I don’t have to explain this do I?<\/em><\/li>\nWrapt In Crystal<\/a> by Sharon Shinn<\/a><\/del> – a science fiction murder mystery that works on issues about religion<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n