Tommy

felt a bit condensed and rushed especially nearing the end, but still a solid entertaining piece of corny 90s sci fi

deep future worldbuilding for fans of wolfe’s book of the new sun. fascinating setting in the base of a derelict space elevator. multivoiced, funny characters. worth the challenge.

murdoch’s turn of the screw. loved the dark spooky house, violet evercreech, and the undeniably fascinating hannah (about whom i def have some theories). suitably inscrutable, interior, and disorienting.

the ramblings of an insane old guy. a dickensian morality play with no moral center. nevertheless beautiful and inspiring compassion

it’s like if virginia woolf wrote an agatha christie novel