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Roy Adams

roytoo@ramblingreaders.org

Joined 2 years, 2 months ago

I mainly read sci-fi, mystery, some suspense/horror and the occasional non-fiction.

Mastodon: mstdn.social/@roytoo

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2025 Reading Goal

88% complete! Roy Adams has read 46 of 52 books.

reviewed Going Postal by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #33)

Terry Pratchett: Going Postal (Paperback, 2005, HarperTorch) 5 stars

Suddenly, condemned arch-swindler Moist von Lipwig found himself with a noose around his neck and …

Good tale with a critique of extractive capitalism

5 stars

Con artist Moist von Lipwig gets a second chance at life if he'll be the postmaster of Ankh-Morpork's ailing postal service. Along the way he grows and does the "better thing" instead of what would be immediately satisfying.

reviewed The Last Dangerous Visions by Harlan Ellison (Dangerous Visions, #3)

Harlan Ellison: The Last Dangerous Visions (EBook, 2024, Blackstone Publishing) 4 stars

An anthology more than half a century in the making, The Last Dangerous Visions is …

A very good ending to the Dangerous Visions books.

5 stars

It was a very long time coming, but well worth the wait. J. Michael Straczynski's intro explains why the book was delayed and provides a clear-eyed but loving epitaph for Harlan Ellison.

Manly Wade Wellman: John the Balladeer (Paperback, Baen Books) 5 stars

In John the Balladeer, the late Manly Wade Wellman gave us one of the most …

Appalachian tales with some magic

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Interesting tales of Appalachian folk tales and life from the perspective of traveling balladeer John with the silver stringed guitar. The stories were written in the y1950s so to me there is an interesting blend old ways (John walks on his travels) and more modern life (automobiles, railroad and even planes).

Manly Wade Wellman: John the Balladeer (Paperback, Baen Books) 5 stars

In John the Balladeer, the late Manly Wade Wellman gave us one of the most …

Good stories

5 stars

Interesting tales of Appalachian folk tales and life from the perspective of traveling balladeer John with the silver stringed guitar. The stories were written in the 1950s so to me there is an interesting blend old ways (John walks on his travels) and more modern life (automobiles, railroad and even planes).

reviewed The Folded Sky by Elizabeth Bear (White Space, #3)

Elizabeth Bear: The Folded Sky (EBook, 2025, Gollancz) 5 stars

Information doesn’t want to be free. Information wants to vanish without a trace.

Sunya Song’s …

Excellent continuation of White Space series

5 stars

(Read this early as an ebook ARC from Goodreads giveaway.) An excellent continuation of the White Space series. Sunya and her research are the main contributors to the story progression but many other characters have important roles and contributions. Also, a little discussion about functioning societies and the obligations they entail.