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posted by [personal profile] owlfish at 10:59pm on 01/12/2007 under


I had a novel experience this week. For the first time, I read a book with a matching mug. The mug - won in a mailing list contest, courtesy of the author - arrived a week before The Down Home Zombie Blues. Linnea Sinclair's latest novel came out on November 29th. Her novels were the ones which got me started on my romance science fiction project last year.

This one's a lighthearted combination of science fiction, romance, and police procedural novel, set in contemporary Florida. While there is a mystery, the romance and science fiction are the novel's strongest elements. (Sinclair used to work as a PI, but this is the first time she's written a full mystery novel. The elements are all there, and I suspect she'll get better with practice in future ones.) Because my hopes were high, I came away with some minor criticisms of it - inconsistent pacing in the second half; inconsistent use of several of the secondary characters - but on the whole, it was a fun piece of escapism.

Best of all, it's an excellent piece of introductory science fiction. It's meant to be. It plays with tropes and references to Star Trek, for example, without being heavy-handed about it. For SF movie watchers who've not moved on to reading in the genre, this is a good place to start.
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posted by [identity profile] taldragon.livejournal.com at 12:12am on 02/12/2007
i'd like to borrow it, if you dont mind, next time we meet
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posted by [personal profile] owlfish at 09:30pm on 02/12/2007
You're welcome to!
 
posted by [identity profile] marzapane.livejournal.com at 03:36am on 02/12/2007
I think it's funny that we both posted a picture of reading material with a complementary mug this week.
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posted by [personal profile] owlfish at 09:31pm on 02/12/2007
It is! There's a drinking glass, but no mug in [livejournal.com profile] printperson's drawing last week here.
 
posted by [identity profile] noncalorsedumor.livejournal.com at 03:42am on 03/12/2007
Hee, "a novel experience."

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