Only 2

Just finished the February magazine stack, not sure what I want to read next. Heading for Guadeloupe next week with my wife, we'll be there for Carnaval!

So I figure I should clear the stack of unblogged books, of which there are 2:

1. "Invisible Planets", edited and translates by Ken Liu, 2016, 415 pages. 13 Chinese short works of science fiction. There's not a bad story in the bunch. At the end there are 3 essays on how Chinese SF is different. The main differences I see are the presence of the Communist Party - kind of as the "spirit of China" maybe? - and the edginess of having developed so far and so fast recently.

2. "Agency", by William Gibson, 2020, 326 pages. My 1st book published in the 2020s! Set in the same universe as his prior novel. There's not a lot of dramatic tension in the book, which I didn't mind. The characters are likable, the pacing more leisurely than I would expect from Gibson. Still, a satisfying and enjoyable read.