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dustydigger
Posted 2015-06-01 12:30 PM (#10681 - in reply to #9182)
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Location: UK		I completed Vonnegut's Sirens of Titan,another of his works excoriating religion and war. Miles better than his Player Piano I read earlier in the year for the 1950s SF challenge. This was full of the most savage irony. Unlikeable characters meant I couldnt feel an emotional attachment to it,but it was well-written,often blackly humorous,and quite poignant at times. I much preferred it to Slaughterhouse Five. Sirens was the final book for my 1950s challenge,which was great fun. I have come across a few clunkers,but for the most part I found the fifties books great fun,and came across some new authors I would read more of (Edmond Hamilton,Leigh Brackett,Ted Sturgeon in particular) I will now be reading for the 60s SF challenge. Got to get a move on. My knee op has been moved up to beginning of October,so I would like to get as many of my challenge books read before that. Last year after my first op I couldnt read for many weeks. The pain killers kept me dozy for weeks,and the almost unbearable pain lasted for the best part of 3 months,so concentration on reading was difficult. Better get cracking as I still have about 25 WWEnd challenge books to read,and another 40 from other genres for a Shelfari challenge....help!....Around 70 books to read in 4 months? Just about feasible if I work at it

Status report for end of May.
participants - 15
books read - 161
books reviewed - 91.
That's two new participants (welcome!),41 books read,and 21 new reviews this month.Excellent

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