Busy reading M T Anderson's
Symphony For The City Of The Dead. What an educational read, and gripping, too. It is a Young Adult title but that is no barrier to adults because it such an intelligent and well written (and researched) page-turner. That it is a title from a previous National Book Award winner, shows.
Just finished Linda Nagata's very accomplished near-future military sci-fi trilogy,
The Red, consisting of
The Red,
The Trials, and
Going Dark. Unlike most mil-sci offerings, Nagata can actually write convincing, fleshed-out, complex human characters. You know, like a real author
On my last chapter of T H White's harrowing and personal classic,
The Goshawk. Fascinating treatise and biographical text from a quirky, brilliant, and frequently misanthopic genius.