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Gay Warriors: a Documentary History from the Ancient World to the Present
This was - kind of disappointing. I mean, I understand the difficulty finding written documentary for homosexuals in the military throughout history must pose, but still - spending an entire chapter on Amazons? Also, the books definition of history is very - narrow. As in it starts with ancient Greece, strolls past western European middle ages and heads straight for the British Napoleon Age before crossing the Atlantic to settle firmly in the US. As in, it has that whole "western civilization" thing going on, and dammit, surely China or Japan or somewhere had something worth including? I mean, some of the stuff in the book is interesting - who knew one of Franklin Roosevelt's earlier exploits involved catching evil gay people by basically telling fresh, young (in some cases under-age) navy recruits to go forth and have sex with men (yes, I'm grossly over-simplifying) - but still. Far too narrow a view of the world, this book.
Anne Petersen: Fankultur og fanfiktion
The less said, the better. I've already said too much, really. It doesn't deserve that many words.
Brian J. Robb: Steampunk
Gorgeous and interesting - also, not half as much annoying mecha-ostrich injoke-ness as in the last book about steampunk I read.
J.D. Robb: Naked in Death
Hmmm. Jury's still out on this one - will have to read one or two more.
Charles Stross: The Family Trade & The Hidden Family
Quite good. Admittedly, I can't help but think it fortunate that Miriam is such a tough, smart person and had time to live a life before reuniting with her family - imagine some teenage girl going up against the Clan and it's medieval social mores? I find it perhaps a bit too convenient how Miriam has just the skill-set to be able to succeed in transforming the world-travelling business empire - except, I suppose one could argue that Miriam is smart and tough and would succeed anyways, and so her skill set merely determines how she succeeds - or something.
Mark Waid: Captain America: Man Out of Time
I must confess one thing: I am not particularly fond of comic!Captain America. I like Steve in the MCU, but in the comics? Not so much. Anyway, I mostly picked this up because of my fondness for fish-out-of-temporal-waters plots of the past-to-present variety, and it's good enough at that - showing a Steve Rogers freshly thawed in a 21st century Marvel-verse adjusting (not always smoothly) to his new place. It's good - not great, but okay.
Total number of books and comics read this month: 26
Currently reading: You Gotta Sin to Get Saved by Jason Aaron, Joseph Anton by Salman Rushdie and The Map of the Sky by Felix J. Palma.
This was - kind of disappointing. I mean, I understand the difficulty finding written documentary for homosexuals in the military throughout history must pose, but still - spending an entire chapter on Amazons? Also, the books definition of history is very - narrow. As in it starts with ancient Greece, strolls past western European middle ages and heads straight for the British Napoleon Age before crossing the Atlantic to settle firmly in the US. As in, it has that whole "western civilization" thing going on, and dammit, surely China or Japan or somewhere had something worth including? I mean, some of the stuff in the book is interesting - who knew one of Franklin Roosevelt's earlier exploits involved catching evil gay people by basically telling fresh, young (in some cases under-age) navy recruits to go forth and have sex with men (yes, I'm grossly over-simplifying) - but still. Far too narrow a view of the world, this book.
Anne Petersen: Fankultur og fanfiktion
The less said, the better. I've already said too much, really. It doesn't deserve that many words.
Brian J. Robb: Steampunk
Gorgeous and interesting - also, not half as much annoying mecha-ostrich injoke-ness as in the last book about steampunk I read.
J.D. Robb: Naked in Death
Hmmm. Jury's still out on this one - will have to read one or two more.
Charles Stross: The Family Trade & The Hidden Family
Quite good. Admittedly, I can't help but think it fortunate that Miriam is such a tough, smart person and had time to live a life before reuniting with her family - imagine some teenage girl going up against the Clan and it's medieval social mores? I find it perhaps a bit too convenient how Miriam has just the skill-set to be able to succeed in transforming the world-travelling business empire - except, I suppose one could argue that Miriam is smart and tough and would succeed anyways, and so her skill set merely determines how she succeeds - or something.
Mark Waid: Captain America: Man Out of Time
I must confess one thing: I am not particularly fond of comic!Captain America. I like Steve in the MCU, but in the comics? Not so much. Anyway, I mostly picked this up because of my fondness for fish-out-of-temporal-waters plots of the past-to-present variety, and it's good enough at that - showing a Steve Rogers freshly thawed in a 21st century Marvel-verse adjusting (not always smoothly) to his new place. It's good - not great, but okay.
Total number of books and comics read this month: 26
Currently reading: You Gotta Sin to Get Saved by Jason Aaron, Joseph Anton by Salman Rushdie and The Map of the Sky by Felix J. Palma.
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