[Main Blog Post] [Books] Military Fiction

[jprussell]

In a comment on the last Ecosophia Post, I shared some recommendations for "military fiction," and the requester, Justin Patrick Moore, suggested it might make a good blog post. Well, what do you know, the second chapter of Seed of Yggdrasill turns out to be the length of a short book and my kids and work were a bit of a handful this week, so I expanded and edited the comment a bit and share with you now my thoughts.

As always, I'd love to hear any reactions, and for this one, I'd welcome any recommendations for stuff I missed that you've enjoyed.

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Walking Away from Doctorow

[(Anonymous)]

Hey Jeff,

I am just now catching up on your other comment/reply on Ecosophia and just thought I'd reply here since it is almost time for a new cycle of posts and comments on JMG's blog.

I have the same feelings about Cory Doctorow as you (though I never read Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom). I really loved his hacker YA novels, Little Brother and Homeland, as well as Someone Comes To Town, Someone Leaves Town and Makers. I also walked away from Walkaway, for the same reasons. I thought it was ironic that that book came out around the same as the #walkaway movement, and I always wondered how he might have felt about that. I did regain some respect for him when he walked away from Boingboing.net to do his own thing. I think they may have gotten even too out of whack for him. But I haven't tried any of his books since walkaway...

I ordered the first Glen Cook book to start and will be following up some of your other and other peoples recommendations.

Thanks again!

Justin Patrick Moore

Re: Walking Away from Doctorow

[jprussell]

Fair enough, I was veering pretty far into off-topic territory over there anyhow!

I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one - Walkaway produced one of the biggest disparities in how excited I was to read it ahead of time versus how unhappy I was with it on reading it I've ever experienced. I think I read about 2/3, and I didn't even want to finish just to see how it ended. Ugh. Anyway, I haven't read Little Brother or Homeland, but I enjoy good YA books - they're pleasantly straightforward.

Glad to hear it! Hope you enjoy it and look forward to hearing your thoughts.