New Reviews: Three of them
October 17, 2003 (3:54 PM) ( link )

ADDED reviews of Alastair Reynolds's Revelation Space and Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days, and M John Harrison's Light.

Reynolds is a real find: so far I've read all of his books (I think), though I'm still waiting to write up the review for Redemption Ark. Those who like science fiction: read Reynolds now.

Still up, aside from Reynolds's Redemption Ark, is Daniel Keys Moran's The Long Run, another superb novel. For some reason I've been reading good novel after good novel at the start of this, my third year reviewing books. (With some exceptions, of course.) Let's hope my luck continues.

Currently in my hands: Murakami's The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles, another of my daring (and often ill-advised) trips into mainstream fiction. Calling Murakami's novel "mainstream" might, of course, be inaccurate: so far it is a very unusual and often bizarre novel. The stilted translation (common among all Japanese translations I've ever read) doesn't help. But too many people I know love the book; it's big, but I'm going to stick with it while I can.