a nice turn of phrase

"those little magic shops you read about where it appears and disappears as the plot demands"


--HopefulNebula

Reading Wednesday has been on the road

I am now in the middle of three books in hardcopy, and one or two on the kindle (the "or two" is an anthology, but I was in mid-story when the 88 bus came this evening).

Finished during my most recent trip to Montreal:

Ursula Le Guin, No Time to Lose: a collection of nonfiction, and a little bit of poetry, about her life, writing, politics, music, travel, her cat Pard, whatever caught her eye.

I also reread her collection The Birthday of the World: this time I was particularly pleased by "Coming of Age in Karhide," "Mountain Ways," and "Solitude." I borrowed the ebook from the library for travel; there are a few "extras" in the ebook edition, and I found a nice quote in there: my husband never questioned my right to write. This is fairly rare, especially in husbands. My advice to young writers is, if you can't marry money, at least don't marry envy.

I also finished reading the Scintillation collection ebook, edited by Alter Reiss and Naomi Libicki; this was a kickstarter premium for backers of the con Jo Walton is running this fall, and may not be otherwise available. I had put it down a while ago; looking at what was on my kindle this afternoon, I noticed this, and was amused by the one bit I hadn't already read, Ada Palmer's "Library Advice" (which is not just what it says on the tin, and then reread mrissa's time travel story "The Stuff We Don't Do."