Re: The thing about finishing stuff

On 3/01/25 09:12, Tony Nance wrote:

On 1/1/25 10:56 PM, Titus G wrote:

On 2/01/25 04:43, James Nicoll wrote:

Is that means I have space to start stuff.
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The Realized World
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A tour of the works of Walter Jon Williams.
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https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/post/the-realized-world
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Not sure if I will include his historical novels or not.

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I enjoyed his Dread Empire's Fall series with the third book the best.
The Accidental War, Praxis 1, was good but Fleet Elements disappointing
with much redundancy and similarity to Dread Empire's Fall.
Quillifer did not appeal to me at all but Metropolitan and City on Fire
were brilliant four star reads. I do not remember the poster(s) but I am
sure he was recommended to me here.

 
With the exception of Quillifer (which I have not read), my WJW
experience matches yours very well. As such, I highly recommend Aristoi
(a stand-alone).

I got a copy the last time you recommended it but didn't get very far
being annoyed with difficult names and honorifics as well as a lot
of awkward unexplained names of procedures based on multiple
personalities inclusive of demons and communications.
This time, it wasn't till I was about half way through that I started to
appreciate and understand what was going on. The already negative
attitude didn't entirely disappear but the story and the responsibility
of "gods" became a lot more interesting. I was surprised with the
completely different perspective and content compared to his space
operas and Metropolitan to the extent that they seem to be written by
different authors.
Esoteric medical terminology, (cricothyroidostomy), weird mental powers,
(swadhishatana chakra), complex musical terminology, (isorythmic
polyphony) and the nature of the oneirochronic world slowed reading and
also confused me. 3 stars but I suspect that with a reread it might hit
4 because I would have a better understanding whilst rereading the first
half. Thank you.