The Empress of Earth

So last night I finished reading Melissa Scott's The Empress of Earth, the conclusion to the Silence Leigh trilogy.

Now while I'm sure I did read it once many years ago, although I had to wait years to get my grubby little paws on it, I must admit I couldn't remember anything.

I enjoyed but there were parts where I did feel as if I were just wading through the technical explanations of her system for space travel etc. Went on and on and on.

Sucker for a reread

Man, am I a sucker for a reread. :)

Yesterday I was over at my SO and found his brother - who is a member of SFSA, btw - had the Melissa Scott "Silence Leigh" trilogy, which made a huge impact on me sometime in high school. A few years ago, I bought the middle book secondhand from Grant's shop.

So the Harry Turtledove has been interrupted (which is fine, because it's actually an omnibus of two books and I'd just started the second one late on Friday night [well, Saturday morning by that stage]).

Grant has said to me a couple of times, and recently, that he doesn't understand how someone can reread books. Well, sometimes it's a lack of access to new material (which Grant doesn't suffer from - I'll take photos sometime) and sometimes books, like music, need to be revisited to discover all the nuances. And sometimes, it's just a comfort read, liking eating chocolate. :)