Subject: [WSFA] Re: [wsfa-forum] Re: [WSFA] The Hugo packet
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 bsfsgeneral <bsfsgeneral at bsfs.org>
From: mark <whitroth at 5-cent.us>
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2016 07:54:54 -0400
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

On 06/30/16 23:47, Samuel Lubell samlubell at verizon.net [wsfa-forum] wrote:
> On 6/30/2016 10:12 PM, mark wrote:
>> Well, I have *no* idea why so many of the publishers gave them in .pdf format
>> - I mean, that *sucks* on anything but a real monitor, and it terrible on an
>> ereader. And no, I can't install Calibre (unless someone can point me to a
>> five year old repo for it, since I run CentOS 6, same as RHEL 6).
>>
>> Now, that being said, of the novels, I haven't started Uprooted yet,
>> Stephenson's Severneyes, the first couple hundred pages is mind-bogglingly
>> slow, and too much like not-great early SF, with lots of stop and explain for
>> non-SF fans of tech. Then I started Fifth Season.
>>
>> Ok, I have my #1 for novel. I was blown away. No spoilers here... but it
>> reminds me of early, pre-Amber Zelazny, like Creatures of Light and Darkness,
>> and Lord of Light. The writing is amazing, as is the handling of the people,
>> and the big concepts.
>>
> Yes, Fifth Season is superb. Very dark but always interesting. And
> there's a huge twist (have you gotten there yet?) that complete changes
> everything.

Not there yet. Everyone's on the road....

mark