I got a bunch of books over the last two days, thanks in part to Christmas gift cards and impulse buying at Thriftbooks.
- Grantville Gazette VI
- Rhubarb in the Catbird Seat, a memoir of his broadcasting career by Red Barber
- 1947: When All Hell Broke Loose In Baseball, a memoir of the year Jackie Robinson broke the color line in baseball, also by Red Barber. He was the play-by-play man on radio for the Brooklyn Dodgers that year.
- Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold
- Agent of Change, Book 1 of the Liaden Universe saga by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
- Conflict of Honors, Book 2 of the Liaden Universe saga by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
- The Past Through Tomorrow, twenty-one of the short stories and novellas which make up Robert A. Heinlein’s Future History
Then there are the library books I got before these books all arrived, including all three books of the Evergence trilogy by Sean Williams and Shane Dix, Bolo: the Annals of the Dinochrome Brigade by Keith Laumer, The Golem and the Jinni by Helen Wecker, and The Rape of Europa by Lynn H. Nicholas.
Where the hell do I begin?
I vote for either the Bujold or the Lee and Miller.
I agree. I love Lee and Miller, and I’m thrilled they are being republished. And you can’t go wrong with Bujold*.
*As long as you avoid the Sharing Knife books. In my opinion.
I’ve read Ivan’s story from the library, so I can hold off on it for a while. I just needed a copy to add to all my other Miles books.
So far nobody has said “read the ones from the library first because they have due dates.” 😉
Well, obviously, you’ve got a week and a half, you can read them all!
The “Evergence” books are 400 pages apiece. The Golem book is about the same. The Nicholas book is 300 pages of very dense material in very small type! The simplest is the Laumer book, since it’s six short stories.
I’m good, and I have two-plus weeks for most of ’em, but still!
Let me put in a good word for the Red Barber book. 1948 is a good and readable first person account of the Jackie Robinson story, as well as a lot of other good baseball stories. And, heck, baseball season is right around the corner.
Oh, I look forward to both of Red’s books. I’ve been a Dodgers fan since 1959 and have read a LOT of books about the team and the 20th century history of the sport; I’m looking forward to it.
I was very disappointed when I came to NPR a few years too late to hear Red’s Friday sessions talking to Bob Edwards on Morning Edition. I’ve even read Edwards’s book about that — “Fridays with Red.”
I miss Red’s radio bits on NPR, even though I don’t know much about baseball. He was never dull.
Also I’ve had the The Golem and the Jinni on my ereader for a few months because it was recommended to me by multiple people but still not gotten around to it – I’m way behind thanks to too many $1.99 ebook sales!
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