Entries lost – July books 3) Newton’s Wake 4) The Human Abstract 5) Cartomancy

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Well, some of my entries from Friday seem to have been lost in the grand Chef 8 crash. One was a complaint about losing my lj’s style which had attracted comments from and , so presumably it will reappear in due course. The other was a books update, so I’ll replicate it here and delete the original if it ever rematerialises. All three books were from my infinity plus list so notes here are brief.

3) Newton’s Wake, by Ken MacLeod. ObLJ: dedicated to and . Enjoyed it, but not quite as much as I had hoped; the Balkan heat may have interfered with my concentration.

4) The Human Abstract, by George Mann. My expectations were low, but actually this is a good effort and my review will be largely positive.

5) Cartomancy by Mary Gentle. As it turns out I’d already read the two best stories here (one in another anthology and one on-line at infinity plus) but the others are at least acceptable and in some cases very good.

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  1. The beginning of Terminus, with the door appearing in the TARDIS, is delightfully frightening.

    I agree with you about Nyssa; Big Finish has really capitalized on what the show only managed to do in The Keeper of Traken and Castrovalva.

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