Because I care

[james_davis_nicoll]

As mentioned in comments, Dan Simmons has a dystopic novel coming out.

Canada, used to dividing itself into smaller parts to appease ethnic groups, languages, and claims to prior ownership, [...]

Is that a snipe at Nunavut?

Comments

[jazzfish]

A few months ago, I thought to re-read all the Hyperion Cantos.

Yeah, that's a common mistake. I only avoided it myself by the knowledge that I needed to unburden myself of unwanted books quickly (impending cross-country move) and it would take too long to read them before deciding they weren't worth the price of hauling them.

I didn't do anything nearly so useful as using them to fertilize a tree. I think they went in the 'donate' pile, because I hate [sick children / soldiers deployed overseas / whoever that particular pile of 'donate' went to].

[viktor-haag.livejournal.com]

I'm at the point where I'm not sure I want anyone else encountering these. Damn brain-sucker.

[jazzfish]

I hung onto the first one, on the grounds that ISTR it being a pretty good example of several kinds of stories I enjoy. So whoever it is is stuck with #2-4, which should be enough to put whoever it is off Simmons's writing forever. On balance I consider this to be of the "cruel to be kind" class of action.