Still slogging through "Spitfire: The History". Getting very near to the final variants, I think. I'm ignoring the lists of every serial number of Spitfire produced, most with notes of where they served and their final fate.
Read "Breed To Come" by C.J. Cherryh while I was traveling. Older book by an SF master, about a post-Human Earth and several of the various forms of life that inhabit it. I won't spoil the reveal, but the cover kind of does some of that.
I also read Mercedes Lackey's "Arrows of the Queen", about the Heralds of Valdemar. She is another master-level author of mass-market fantasy. This is a decent coming-of-age-with-a-special-magic-talent story, not quite a "the chosen one" story, set in the familiar world of Valdemar. Familiar, at least, to Lackey's fans. The heroine is a horse-girl, and the Heralds are Extra Special Horse People whose Companions (like horses, but much smarter and magical to boot) choose them. It feels a bit of a Mary Sue in places, but is still an enjoyable read. Some elements are pretty progressive for the mid-80s when it was written, as well.
Hopefully I'll finish the Spitfire book soon...
Read "Breed To Come" by C.J. Cherryh while I was traveling. Older book by an SF master, about a post-Human Earth and several of the various forms of life that inhabit it. I won't spoil the reveal, but the cover kind of does some of that.
I also read Mercedes Lackey's "Arrows of the Queen", about the Heralds of Valdemar. She is another master-level author of mass-market fantasy. This is a decent coming-of-age-with-a-special-magic-talent story, not quite a "the chosen one" story, set in the familiar world of Valdemar. Familiar, at least, to Lackey's fans. The heroine is a horse-girl, and the Heralds are Extra Special Horse People whose Companions (like horses, but much smarter and magical to boot) choose them. It feels a bit of a Mary Sue in places, but is still an enjoyable read. Some elements are pretty progressive for the mid-80s when it was written, as well.
Hopefully I'll finish the Spitfire book soon...
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