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I love reading and have always favored science fiction; especially hard sci-fi, aliens, bio-anthro themes, horror, space opera, and philosophical and cosmological themes. I will take the time to read great books in almost any genre.
Currently reading
Edge of Infinity
Blue Remembered Earth
Books of Blood, Vols. 1-3
The New Weird
Jack Glass: The Story of A Murderer (Golden Age)
Use of Weapons
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
Centennial
Blood Song (Raven's Shadow, #1)
I bumped a star off this book because it had so many great things in it and they were all running at about 90%. I think the only thing missing was a great editor. For instance, the "blood song" idea got a very slow start but once I got the idea I wanted more of it. More! And there was some kind of scary, creepy horror stuff that was just barely there but was a big deal at the end. So by the time it came at the end I was confused by it and I wanted MORE. And based on reading the other reviews, others thought all the story lines were tied up at the end. But it didn't feel that way to me at all. I was really confused at the end. A good editor would have fixed that. One thing I would have done as an editor is say: "This book has story lines with supernatural stuff going on, creepy stuff going on, secrets and other complex relationships going on. We are going to make that stuff happen from the beginning and keep it steadily going until the end."
There are many other great things in the book I haven't mentioned and many other problems I haven't mentioned. A total re-edit could make this one of the great fantasy/scifi books of all time.