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Elizabeth Bear Short Pieces
Over the past couple of weeks I have gradually read Elizabeth Bear's Live Journal. All of it. By tags. In reverse alphabetical order. With all of the comments.
I really like her writing, but I have somehow gotten out of the habit and mood for reading long narratives. So yesterday evening I read most of the online short fiction pieces that are linked to from her website.
It was interesting to recognise different bits of research that were mentioned in the LJ entries, and I liked all of the stories. We seem to have a lot of historical and literary interests in common.
After reading the first novella in it, I'm looking forward to the reissue of New Amsterdam this year. Vampire detectives and dirigibles are hard to beat.
I think I'm looking forward to the publication of the 'Edda of Burdens' books, beginning with All the Windwracked Stars in the fall, even more. (I've been a fan of Norse myth since I was about 10.) "Norse periapocalyptic noir steampunk cyberfantasy WITH A GIANT TELEPATHIC METAL HORSE!" The horse was introduced/created in one of the short pieces. (It seems natural that E Bear books and stories should include the Fimbulwinter. It's a side effect of the overload of cool stuff. :-) )
And I think the next book of hers I read will be Blood and Iron rather than the sequel to her first novel (which I read one weekend while I was sick last month). The short pieces set in the Promethean Age world have put me in the mood for Faerie and literature. Besdies, what ex-librarian and cat-lover could resist a book where one of the New York Public Library lions comes to life? That's not a spoiler: it is ilustrated on the cover.
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