The Speed of Dark<\/i> by Elizabeth Moon<\/p>\n
It took me a while to realize this was a science fiction novel. Largely because it’s not one of those SciFi novels where the Sci drives the Fi, but rather the reverse.<\/p>\n
Told mostly from the POV of an autistic person (as was The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time<\/a><\/i>), I was once again struck with the feeling of being autistic after reading it. The pattern and the rhythm of the words sink into my brain, and I have to fight off talking or thinking similarly. I can’t help but think I’m a few bad neurons away. Of course, that’s part of the theme of the book, so perhaps mission accomplished on Elizabeth Moon’s part.<\/p>\n There are four classifications of (fictional) books for me. <\/p>\n 1) Books I actively search out time to continue reading because I feel a certain amount of psychic pain at being separated from the storyline1<\/sup>. This book fell comfortably into category 1, though I thought the antagonists were a bit cartoonish at times.<\/p>\n I wonder if it is easier to write a book with an autistic narrator, since you don’t have to avoid stilted language. Perhaps, though, it is more difficult to make stilted language readable.<\/p>\n Regardless, I’m definitely off to buy some underwear at KMart. Definitely.<\/p>\n Next on the Reading list: Mere Christianity<\/i> by C.S. Lewis<\/p>\n 1<\/sup> Note that this is not necessarily<\/i> a sign of superior quality; I experienced psychic pain from having to leave in the middle of watching School of Rock<\/i>.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon It took me a while to realize this was a science fiction novel. Largely because it’s not one of those SciFi novels where the Sci drives the Fi, but rather the reverse. Told … Continue reading
\n2) Books I read when time is available and enjoy, but don’t go out of my way to make the time.
\n3) Books I want to have read<\/i>, but don’t necessarily look forward to reading.
\n4) Sucky books. May they die, die, die!<\/p>\n