I've been MIA here since last week because my computer was attacked by
a nasty virus of some type, a trojan the techies think, and it is in
the intensive care.. but will recover.. So I'm using a borrowed
computer to post here. The computer problems are fixable, though it
was looking rather grim at first and - whew- data recovery's been
successful. I thought I'd done it all right with virus protection from
Norton, firewalls, etc. But evidently not. (So it's Firefox here I
come .. thanks, Elf!)
But this lack of online access has given me more time to read, which
is not a bad thing at all.

Currently reading Michael Stanley's "A Carrion Death".. set in
Botswana (and in very few ways is it like A McCall Smith's Mma
Ramotswe series, except for the setting.) Wonderful writing so far,
compelling story that zips along..... The 2nd in series by this
writing team is out now, and I hope to make the local signing on
Friday. BBL
Take care and be careful out there!!

cheers,

Annie

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But this lack of online access has given me more time to read, which
is not a bad thing at all.

Currently reading Michael Stanley's "A Carrion Death".. set in
Botswana (and in very few ways is it like  A McCall Smith's Mma
Ramotswe series, except for the setting.) Wonderful writing so far,
compelling story that zips along..... The 2nd in series by this
writing team is out now, and I hope to make the local signing  on
Friday. BBL
Take care and be careful out there!!

cheers,

Annie

Did you notice he has Kubu track down a lead at Speedy Motors?  The gas
station with a huge electrical tower in the back?

There's a second one out later in June.  I hope it on Kindle or Audible..  I
asked at Dot-L (they hang out there or used to) but no one responded.

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halfway through Stieg Larsson's The Girl Who Played With Fire; Knopf
sent me a free copy the week before it goes on sale, nice of them.

Up next will be A Bad Day for Sorry by Sophie Littlefield which came a
few hours after UPS delivered the Larsson.

A good day for books.

I'm still debating whether to read Larsson's books. Let me know what
you think of them.

Mike Burke wrote:

I'm still debating whether to read Larsson's books. Let me know what
you think of them.

I think they're good, but I'm a little surprised by the way they've
taken the world by storm. The reason most people cite is the character
of Lizbeth Salander, one of two protagonists. She's a tiny but fierce
and very angry young woman who has been maltreated; she is also a genius
hacker and able to control her anger just enough to plot out revenge.
(That sounds worse than it is ... on the page, particularly when we're
seeing things from her pov, it works quite well.) The original Swedish
title of the first book was Men Who Hate Women. I'm not sure what
exactly is going on with Men Who Write Angry Kick-Ass Women, but it's an
interesting development in the genre.

Greg Rucka and Tim Maleeny both have heroines who are smart, principled,
and deadly. Are there other men who write these martial-arts-armed and
powerful women characters? I suppose Robert Ellis's Lena Gamble might
qualify as smart and powerful, though she's not designed as the
transformed and re-gendered psycho sidekick that some of these other
characters are.

Thanks, I'll go looking for them.

On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:27:35 -0500, barbara fister
bfister@hickorytech.net> wrote:

Mike Burke wrote:

I'm still debating whether to read Larsson's books. Let me know what
you think of them.
I think they're good, but I'm a little surprised by the way they've
taken the world by storm. The reason most people cite is the character
of Lizbeth Salander, one of two protagonists. She's a tiny but fierce
and very angry young woman who has been maltreated; she is also a genius
hacker and able to control her anger just enough to plot out revenge.
(That sounds worse than it is ... on the page, particularly when we're
seeing things from her pov, it works quite well.) The original Swedish
title of the first book was Men Who Hate Women. I'm not sure what
exactly is going on with Men Who Write Angry Kick-Ass Women, but it's an
interesting development in the genre.

Greg Rucka and Tim Maleeny both have heroines who are smart, principled,
and deadly. Are there other men who write these martial-arts-armed and
powerful women characters? I suppose Robert Ellis's Lena Gamble might
qualify as smart and powerful, though she's not designed as the
transformed and re-gendered psycho sidekick that some of these other
characters are.

Thanks, I'll go looking for them.

Mique

Mike Burke wrote:

I'm still debating whether to read Larsson's books. Let me know what
you think of them.

I think they're good, but I'm a little surprised by the way they've
taken the world by storm. The reason most people cite is the character
of Lizbeth Salander, one of two protagonists. She's a tiny but fierce
and very angry young woman who has been maltreated; she is also a genius
hacker and able to control her anger just enough to plot out revenge.
(That sounds worse than it is ... on the page, particularly when we're
seeing things from her pov, it works quite well.) The original Swedish
title of the first book was Men Who Hate Women. I'm not sure what
exactly is going on with Men Who Write Angry Kick-Ass Women, but it's an
interesting development in the genre.

Greg Rucka and Tim Maleeny both have heroines who are smart, principled,
and deadly. Are there other men who write these martial-arts-armed and
powerful women characters? I suppose Robert Ellis's Lena Gamble might
qualify as smart and powerful, though she's not designed as the
transformed and re-gendered psycho sidekick that some of these other
characters are.

barfly
I tried his first book, but felt weighted down with too much information