Books: "Among Others"

 “Among Others” by Jo Walton has been on the list since January of this year, at least. I read the excerpt on Tor.com and was enthralled. A book with a character in love with SF. Yes, there is The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, but Walton’s character is female, is alone in the world, and feels more like the type of SF nerd that I was growing up. Perhaps, I had to swim harder in Junot Diaz’s world to understand. Sad to say, his Dominican world is more difficult for me to understand than Walton’s Wales. All of those English and Victorian novels that I grew up with, I suspect.

“Among Others” finally showed up in the library and I borrowed it from there, but I think that I will have to buy my own copy. It is so dear. At any rate, reading it, I find that it was appropriate to find it in the library. The main character checks books out of the library like I did when I was her age. Six at a time and finishing them in a week and back for the next six. She is handicapped where I was merely lousy at sports. I only am jealous that the character finds fandom so soon in her life. That she has someone to talk to and discuss books with.

I just finished the book this book so I won’t write much. I am still holding the joy of it to my heart.

References

http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/012817.html

http://www.tor.com/stories/2011/01/excerpt-among-others    

http://boingboing.net/2011/01/18/among-others-extraor.html