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	<title>K-Squared Ramblings &#187; Julie Czerneda</title>
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		<title>Author Catch-Up Revisited</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About a year ago I posted a list of authors I wanted to catch up with. I read quite a few books last year, but how did I do with this list? Julie E. Czerneda — I read the Trade &#8230; <a href="http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2009/02/author-catch-up-revisited/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>About a year ago I posted a list of <a href="http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2008/01/scifi-authors/">authors I wanted to catch up with</a>.  I read quite a few books last year, but how did I do with this list?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0886779995?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=hyperborea-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0886779995"><img src="http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/515tcty4vgl_sl110_.jpg" alt="In the Company of Others" title="In the Company of Others" width="72" height="110" class="alignright size-full wp-image-3750" /></a><a href="http://www.czerneda.com/"><strong>Julie E. Czerneda</strong></a> — I read the Trade Pact Universe trilogy last year, and I&#8217;m about half-way through the stand-alone novel, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0886779995?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=hyperborea-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0886779995"><i>In the Company of Others</i></a>, which means I&#8217;ve read just over half her novels.  That leaves the Web Shifters trilogy and the two books so far of <i>Stratification</i>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001T4YTRQ?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=hyperborea-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B001T4YTRQ"><img src="http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/51vfpfhtcyl_sl110_.jpg" alt="Rollback" title="Rollback" width="73" height="110" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3755" /></a><a href="http://www.sfwriter.com/"><strong>Robert J. Sawyer</strong></a> — since last year I&#8217;ve only read two of his books: <i>Rollback</i> and <i>Flashforward</i> (<a href="http://speedforce.org/2008/12/review-flashforward/">reviewed here</a>). Though I made a point of attending his panel at Comic-Con International in July.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.robertcharleswilson.com/"><strong>Robert Charles Wilson</strong></a> — Somehow managed not to read anything of his last year.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1894063090?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=hyperborea-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=1894063090"><img src="http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/51plc03toql_sl110_.jpg" alt="The Hounds of Ash" title="The Hounds of Ash" width="71" height="110" class="alignright size-full wp-image-3752" /></a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Keyes"><strong>Greg Keyes</strong></a> — Re-read the first three books of <i>The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone</i>, then read the final volume, <i>The Born Queen</i>, after it was released.  Received <i>The Hounds of Ash</i> for Christmas, a collection of short stories set in the same universe as <a href="http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2002/09/review-waterborn-blackgod/"><em>The Waterborn</em> and <em>Blackgod</em></a>, and I got two stories in before I decided I wanted to re-read the novels.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060530928?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=hyperborea-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=0060530928"><img src="http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/51mo4ysdb-l_sl110_.jpg" alt="The Graveyard Book" title="The Graveyard Book" width="73" height="110" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3756" /></a><a href="http://www.neilgaiman.com/"><strong>Neil Gaiman</strong></a> — I read <i>The Graveyard Book</i> when it came out last fall (thanks to my brother for sending a signed copy from the SF reading!), but I can&#8217;t think of anything else (other than his blog) that I&#8217;ve read <em>during</em> the past year.</p>
<p>Other authors/titles I&#8217;ve read over the past year: Connie Willis (<i>Bellwether</i>), Robert Asprin (several <i>Myth Adventures</i> books), Naomi Novik (Fifth <i>Temeraire</i> novel, <i>Victory of Eagles</i>), Larry Niven (entire <i>Ringworld</i> series), George R.R. Martin (<i>A Game of Thrones</i>, sorry, <a href="http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2009/02/game-of-thrones/">not a fan</a>), JMS (various B5 scriptbooks).  <i>Soon I Will Be Invincible</i> (<a href="http://speedforce.org/2008/10/soon-i-will-be-invincible/">reviewed</a>), <i>Gateway</i>, <i>Night in Times Past</i>, <i>The Flash Companion</i>, plus bunches of comics and tons of stuff online.</p>
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		<title>Completing the Series</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 03:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I finally had time to finish reading To Trade the Stars, the final book in Julie E. Czerneda&#8217;s &#8220;Trade Pact Universe&#8221; trilogy. Now I&#8217;m ready to pick up The Briar King again, since the final book of Greg Keyes&#8217; &#8230; <a href="http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2008/03/completing-the-series/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0756400759?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=hyperborea-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=0756400759"><img class="alignleft" alt="To Trade the Stars" width="89" height="140" border="0" src="http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/21584xkf1wl_aa_sl160_.jpg"/></a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hyperborea-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0756400759" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345440692?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=hyperborea-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=0345440692"><img class="alignright" alt="The Born Queen" width="107" height="160" border="0" src="http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/21fiakimk6l_aa_sl160_.jpg"/></a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hyperborea-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0345440692" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />Yesterday I finally had time to finish reading <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0756400759?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=hyperborea-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=0756400759"><i>To Trade the Stars</i></a>, the final book in <a href="http://www.czerneda.com/">Julie E. Czerneda&#8217;s</a> &#8220;Trade Pact Universe&#8221; trilogy.  Now I&#8217;m ready to pick up <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345440706?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=hyperborea-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0345440706"><i>The Briar King</i></a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hyperborea-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0345440706" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> again, since the final book of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Keyes">Greg Keyes&#8217;</a> fantasy quartet, <i>Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone</i>, comes out at the end of the month.  When the second book came out, I didn&#8217;t reread the first.  But when the third book came out, I found it extremely helpful to <a href="http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2006/08/offline-in-crotheny/">reread the first two books</a>.</p>
<p>I was hoping to time things so that I&#8217;d be done with <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345440722?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=hyperborea-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0345440722"><i>The Blood Knight</i></a> just in time to pick up <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345440692?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=hyperborea-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=0345440692"><i>The Born Queen</i></a>, but I was in the middle of the Trade Pact books and didn&#8217;t want to break up the trilogy.  Then there was the <a href="http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2008/02/ca-500-miles/">trip to San Francisco</a>, WonderCon, and <i>New Frontier</i>, and I&#8217;ve spent the last two weeks trying to post things while they&#8217;re still current.</p>
<p>On a related note, I stumbled across <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0765341026?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=hyperborea-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0765341026"><i>Ringworld&#8217;s Children</i></a> in Borders the other day.  I read a lot of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Niven">Larry Niven</a> in college, mostly the classics plus a few from the 1990s, but after <i>The Burning City</i> bored me to tears&#8212;I never finished it, which is rare for me&#8212;I stopped following his new releases. I&#8217;m going to have to return to <i>Ringworld</i> at some point, though.</p>
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		<title>Authors I Need to Catch Up On</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Julie E. Czerneda &#8212; read the Species Imperative trilogy in October and was very impressed. To read: 2 trilogies, 1 stand-alone, start of a new series. I think I&#8217;ll pick up the first book in the Trade Pact Universe next. &#8230; <a href="http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2008/01/scifi-authors/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007XWN0U?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=hyperborea-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B0007XWN0U"><img border="0" class="alignright" alt="Species Imperative: Survival" width="72" height="110" src="http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/211awz60bgl_aa_sl110_.jpeg"/></a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hyperborea-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B0007XWN0U" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /><a href="http://www.czerneda.com/"><strong>Julie E. Czerneda</strong></a> &#8212; read the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&#038;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D21%26ref_%3Dnb%255Fss%26y%3D14%26field-keywords%3DJulie%2520E.%2520Czerneda%2520Species%2520Imperative%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Dstripbooks&#038;tag=hyperborea-20&#038;linkCode=ur2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957"><i>Species Imperative</i></a> trilogy in October and was very impressed.  To read: 2 trilogies, 1 stand-alone, start of a new series.  I think I&#8217;ll pick up the first book in the Trade Pact Universe next.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0765349752?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=hyperborea-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=0765349752"><img class="alignleft" border="0" alt="Mindscan."  width="68" height="110" src="http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/21q758yspyl_aa_sl110_.jpeg"/></a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hyperborea-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0765349752" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /><a href="http://www.sfwriter.com/"><strong>Robert J. Sawyer</strong></a> &#8212; read the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&#038;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D7%26ref_%3Dnb%255Fss%26y%3D18%26field-keywords%3DRobert%2520J%2520Sawyer%2520Neanderthal%2520Parallax%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Dstripbooks&#038;tag=hyperborea-20&#038;linkCode=ur2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957"><i>Neanderthal Parallax</i></a> trilogy a year or two ago, and more recently <i>Calculating God</i>. Currently reading <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0765349752?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=hyperborea-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=0765349752"><i>Mindscan</i></a>. His work tends to be social science-fiction: if X technological advance occurs, or Y scientific principle is discovered, what impact will that have on society?  To read: 9 more stand-alone novels and a trilogy.  Could take a while.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312873840?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=hyperborea-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=0312873840"><img class="alignright" alt="Chronoliths" border="0"  width="74" height="110" src="http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/2103jvgk5al_aa_sl110_.jpeg"/></a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hyperborea-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0312873840" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /><a href="http://www.robertcharleswilson.com/"><strong>Robert Charles Wilson</strong></a> &#8212; read <i>Chronoliths</i>, <i>Darwinia</i> and <i>Bios</i> within the space of a few months of each other, maybe around 5 years ago.  To read: 10 novels.</p>
<p>Strangely enough, looking them up I&#8217;ve discovered that all 3 of them are Canadian.</p>
<p><strong>Also: Two authors I&#8217;d really like to see more from:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345440706?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=hyperborea-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=0345440706"><img class="alignleft" alt="The Briar King" title="Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone 1: The Briar King" border="0"  width="67" height="110" src="http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/21m7pjcve1l_aa_sl110_.jpeg"/></a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hyperborea-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0345440706" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Keyes"><strong>Greg Keyes</strong></a> &#8212; I was introduced to his work through his <i>Babylon 5</i> novels (back when he was writing as J. Gregory Keyes), then went on to track down his own work.  The <i>Age of Unreason</i> cycle is also quite good, and I&#8217;ve previously <a href="http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2002/09/review-waterborn-blackgod/">reviewed <i>The Waterborn</i> and <i>Blackgod</i></a>.  At this point, I&#8217;ve read every novel he&#8217;s published.  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345440692?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=hyperborea-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=0345440692"><i>The Born Queen</i></a> comes out in March, finishing the 4-book <i>Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone</i> cycle, which means I need to start re-reading the first three books next month.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060558121?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=hyperborea-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=0060558121"><img class="alignright" alt="American Gods" border="0" src="http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/21wf1z6kzfl_aa_sl110_.jpeg" width="73" height="110"/></a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=hyperborea-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0060558121" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /><a href="http://www.neilgaiman.com/"><strong>Neil Gaiman</strong></a> &#8212; dark fantasy, mythic fantasy, whatever you want to call it.  Discovered through <i>Sandman</i> (yeah, big surprise).  My favorite of his novels is probably either <i>American Gods</i> or <i>Neverwhere</i>.  Need to track down more of his short stories, though.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve previously mentioned that Gaiman and Keyes are the only authors whose work I&#8217;ll immediately pick up in hardcover, no questions asked.</p>
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