Another Star Went Out

[drcpunk]

Arthur C. Clarke died today. So far, my favorite tribute was the one Patrick wrote on Making Light.

I've read so little of his work -- Childhood's End, "The Star", 2001, 2010, maybe another story or two. What I'm reading about him now sounds a lot like what people said about Madeleine L'Engle at Lunacon this past weekend. I've not read enough of her stuff.

Sometimes, I think I should just stop getting books and read a lot of the classics -- libraries have many of these books that I should have read, I'm sure.

It won't happen. That is, I will try to fill in the gaps, and I'll succeed to a degree, but I doubt I'll stop buying books. There is good stuff that was published this year and last.

But, I am so not in the mood for the book I'm currently reading, and I will be relieved to be finished with it.

Poor book. It's not deep enough to be moving, but not shallow enough to be pleasantly mindless trash, and it really wasn't intended to be either.

Comments

[viktor-haag.livejournal.com]

I suppose you could try getting the best of both worlds: use alibris or abebooks or something to use your book-buying urges to go after old classics instead of new stuff. You might find in the end that you get more bang for your buck. Old bookclub editions are especially thrifty ways to get good, inexpensive, "readers copies" of some classics... I got a nice hard cover edition of Crowley's Little, Big that way, and an omnibus of Llyod Alexander's fantasy series, and hardcover editions of Vance's Lyonesse trilogy: all favourite "comfort books" of mine.

[drcpunk.livejournal.com]

I've got the Prydain books and a couple of copies of Little, Big, thanks. And a huge reading list of recent stuff, of which, thankfully, I'm on something more to my taste than the last book.