New Review: Mary Doria Russell's The Sparrow
July 9, 2003 (1:23 AM) ( link )

ADDED a much-belated review of Mary Doria Russell's The Sparrow. Pretty good book. Read a much better review by Kate Nepveu here: Kate touches on the themes behind the book, something that didn't impress me deeply enough to write about (I mostly focus on entertainment value). Kate, by the way, also strongly recommends against Children of God, the sequel to The Sparrow.

I'm still chugging through Darwin's Radio. It's ok, if a little workmanlike (and therefore boring); its ideas are far better than its story, which sometimes feels a bit remote and even off-hand. Iain M Banks's Excession is much better: so far it's still as exciting as it was on the first page, and it seems to be getting even better.

The pace of my reading this summer is abominable. I should be devouring books left and right. Unfortunately, work, exploring D.C., and the electronic cocaine known as SSX Tricky have conspired to limit how much I can read. Never fear! Once I slog through the last few pages of Darwin’s Radio, I will be reading many more exciting books.