Third Perpetual Book Thread

[Pipilo]

I didn't know there were multiple novellas until right now. I guess the other ones will be next on the list.

Edit: Looks like both the daemon and shaman novellas are on libby without a wait.

"Penric's Demon" is where it all starts. "Penric and the Shaman" is next. Here's a page on Goodreads that sets out the (in-world) order for the whole series (11 novellas and one novel).

Enjoy!!

 

[Pipilo]

I enjoyed The Tainted Cup a lot too, and I'm glad to hear there's a "next book" coming out. It took me about half way through the book to realize that this whole world runs on biology.

 

[Pipilo]

Another recommendation for the Chronicles of Prydain here.

Diane Duane's Young Wizards series (starting with So You Want To Be a Wizard) might fit the bill too. Middle-to-high-school-age protagonists, set mostly in our world (except that magic lurks here and there), somewhat dark at times, but no sex, gore, or gutter language. Be aware that in Book Five (Wizard's Dilemma) the protagonist fights - with magic - for her mother's life, and loses. Pre-reading advised...

Edit: For Book Six (A Wizard Alone), the "New Millenium Edition" (available as an ebook on the series' website) has a much more up-to-date treatment of a character on the autism spectrum.

 

[Pipilo]

There are 2 new Penric & Desdemona stories out since the last one I read. I think I should re-read them all.

Another Pen & Des - "Testimony of Mute Things" - is due out soon per Lois Bujold's blog at GoodReads.

E-publication projected to be in mid to late October, depending as usual on a lot of currently unsettled factors.

 

[Pipilo]

This book is special to me because of where I found it on the bookshelf, and who advised me that it might be good for me to read at a particularly difficult time in our lives, and because of a connection we have, not to the book, but to the values embodied in Maclean’s writing and teaching.

The book is Young Men and Fire by Norman Maclean

It is a non-fiction account of the history of the Mann Gulch Fire of 1949 and part memoir.

I read this book a number of years ago and remember finding it very powerful.

Among other things, it's the story of loss of innocence at a new and enthusiastic organization (namely, the US Forest Service smokejumpers). MacLean moves smoothly but clearly between the account of the fire itself, the investigation right afterwards, and his own research decades later.

Second the recommendation.

 

[Pipilo]

I get a lot of books from the library. I buy books mostly to come back to. Some books (e.g. anything by Lois Bujold) I know I'll want to own so they're instant buys on release. And sometimes I'll buy a book that I've been looking for if it's hard to get from the library and the price is right (used hardcopy or low-priced ebook).

 

[Pipilo]

Lois Bujold's latest Penric & Desdemona e-novella, "Darksight Dare", was released last Thursday. See her announcement on GoodReads.

Bought it this afternoon; finished an hour or two ago. As good as usual...