Weekend reading roundup

[nanila]

How did your weekend reading go? If you planned on anything specifically, did you read it?

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[nou]

Since last report, I have read:

• Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang. A re-read of this collection of short stories, partly prompted by the release of a film, Arrival, based on one of them, and partly because after a small streak of bad luck in choosing reading matter, I wanted something I knew I’d like. I don’t think I’ve ever read anything by Chiang that I didn’t enjoy on at least some level, and I wish he was more prolific.
• Glow by Ned Beauman. I met the author at a non-book-related thing, and he seemed like a nice enough chap with a good appreciation of copyeditors (we asked each other what we do for a living; he writes, I copyedit), so I downloaded samples of all three novels he’s written so far. I couldn’t get into either of the others (Boxer, Beetle and The Teleportation Accident), but this one was pretty fun — and, yes, well edited. It’s just on the right side of several lines: not quite too many similes, not quite too much explanation, and not quite too many in-jokes.

[nanila]

I have put Ted Chiang on my wish list. Thank you. (I want to see Arrival as well, but that'll probably have to wait until it's out of the cinema.)

[nou]

Hurrah! I hope you like him.