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4th Street
May. 20th, 2011 09:37 pmSeeing as how I have, in fact, had a dedicated portion of my allowance savings put aside to pay for 4th Street since last year when I couldn't make it (silly buying a house), it seemed *ahem* a bit overdue, but I finally registered for 4th Street.
Which I think means I should probably spend some significant time reading books by people who will be there who I'm behind on reading. I in fact just read the first book I'd ever read by Doris Egan (Guilt-Edged Ivory, which I picked up because it was at the tiny $1 section of used books at Barnes and Noble and I had a dollar in my pocket) and I really rather liked it. Sometimes starting me on the middle book of a series is much more successful than trying to start me on the beginning. The first Amber book I read was Courts of Chaos, for instance, and I thought it was a great first book to read. All the history in a series just becomes Really Great Backstory, and I always admire how subtly the author weaves in all these background-plot-threads. Then by the time I read the rest of the series chronologically and realize those bits weren't subtle background but reminders of previous volumes, I'm hooked on the characters and we're good to go. I do realize this reading approach does not work for everyone.
Sherwood Smith I know I like a lot, but I haven't read any of the big fantasy series because the volumes are so thick. So I've read things like Crown Duel and Court Duel and A Posse of Princesses and Coronets and Steel. But not Inda etc. Probably I should catch up a bit.
Which I think means I should probably spend some significant time reading books by people who will be there who I'm behind on reading. I in fact just read the first book I'd ever read by Doris Egan (Guilt-Edged Ivory, which I picked up because it was at the tiny $1 section of used books at Barnes and Noble and I had a dollar in my pocket) and I really rather liked it. Sometimes starting me on the middle book of a series is much more successful than trying to start me on the beginning. The first Amber book I read was Courts of Chaos, for instance, and I thought it was a great first book to read. All the history in a series just becomes Really Great Backstory, and I always admire how subtly the author weaves in all these background-plot-threads. Then by the time I read the rest of the series chronologically and realize those bits weren't subtle background but reminders of previous volumes, I'm hooked on the characters and we're good to go. I do realize this reading approach does not work for everyone.
Sherwood Smith I know I like a lot, but I haven't read any of the big fantasy series because the volumes are so thick. So I've read things like Crown Duel and Court Duel and A Posse of Princesses and Coronets and Steel. But not Inda etc. Probably I should catch up a bit.
