August 27th, 2008
The Sagan Diary, Stardust
Finished 2 short audio books:
The Sagan Diary, John Scalzi (Audio) 2.5 of 5 Stars. Eh, it was okay. Wouldn’t make any sense unless you first read Old Man’s War and The Ghost Brigades. I have a special edition hardback of The Sagan Diary that has my name in the story because I pre-ordered a limited edition from Subterranean Press, and one of the perks was having my name in a list of survivors in an ‘Appendix’. Don’t know if the mass market book has the same list.
Star Dust, Neil Gaiman (Audio) 4.5 of 5 stars. I am a big Neil Gaiman fan. I love the Sandman stories, and I already listened to Neverwhere: A Novel. I like that he is the reader. Author read books rock. This was an adult fairy tale (not x-rated, but rather had things like death with a knife in the eye, etc.) Neat story, and very well read.
[Edit: Just reread post and wondered when slavery, knives in the eye, etc. are not considered x-rated. ]