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I just finished Scalzi’s new book, Fuzzy Nation, last night. I picked it up Tuesday when it was released, and it was definitely a fun read. It follows Holloway, a prospector on an alien planet. He discovers a rich mineral deposit but also creatures that just might be sentient. If they are, the planet belongs to them and humans can’t exploit it. The book is a reboot of H. Beam Piper’s 1962 book, Little Fuzzy, now in the public domain.
Last week I read Carrie Vaughn’s After the Golden Age. In it the daughter of Captain Olympus and the Spark, the city’s best two superheroes, has no powers of her own. Working as an accountant, she attempts to put her parents’ arch-nemesis behind bars but finds out some interesting family history while she’s at it. The book was definitely entertaining but read like a teen novel and had quite a few errors.
About a month ago I finished Moondogs by Alexander Yates, a strange tale about a man visiting the Philippines to visit his father, a kidnapping, and superpowered soldiers. Oh, and the kidnapper had a rooster for a sidekick. It was good, but it sure left me feeling discontent with the way it ended.
Now I’m starting Little Fuzzy, and then I plan on reading the final book in the Hyperion series, The Rise of Endymion!