Re: F&SF that I Read in 2007: V

On 1 May 2008 12:33:24 -0400, jdnicoll@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (James Nicoll) wrote:

>
>Title                             Author                 Publication
>                                                            Date
>
>SLAN HUNTER                       Van Vogt, A.E. &        7/1/2007
>                                  Kevin J. Anderson
>
>
>	Why does Anderson get so much work?
>
>	If I recall correctly, Van Vogt outlined this novel but was 
>prevented from actually writing it by the onset of Alzheimer's disease. 
>Years later Van Vogt's widow Lydia gave the first draft and outline
>to Kevin J. Anderson.
>
>
>THE NEW WEIRD                     Vandermeer, Ann & Jeff  1/1/2008
>
>	I am not entirely certain what makes something "New Weird"
>but this includes a fair sampling of the current state of the art.
>
>	
>KITTY TAKES A HOLIDAY             Vaughn, Carrie	
>
>	One of Kitty's friends has to deal with an unwanted life-style
>change while another is forced to deal with the startling revelation 
>that killing helpless people is illegal in several jurisdictions in USA
[1].
>
>	I love the Kitty novels but her friend****p with a couple of the
>sup****ting characters is as odd as Barak Obama having a Grand Wizard of
>the Klu Klux Klan as a close personal friend. I'm all for having a wide
>variety of friends but I draw the line at people whose lifestyle seems to
>depend on shooting people like me. 

Well, the nice thing about the Kitty Norville books is that Vaughn
actually
addresses that.  Unlike, say, Edward in the Anita Blake books, Cormac does
not get a free pass.

-- 
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.  I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.  Only I will remain.
(Bene Gesserit)