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[seekingferret]

I just made the mistake of staying up until 2:30AM because I couldn't put down The Calculating Stars until I finished it.

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[kerithwyn]

Reading that now and loving it. Cannot forgo sleep or work to binge, alas.

[seekingferret]

It was a stupid thing to do, but it was so much fun to read. I'm going to be on a panel at Philcon next month on Jewish science fiction and I wanted to make sure I read it beforehand.

[cahn]

Huh, interesting! I didn't feel this way about Calculating Stars at all -- I loved the first few chapters and found them thrilling, but was not as excited after that. But some of this may have been because Elma didn't at all jive with my lived experience of being/hanging out with (female) math geeks :P

That being said -- I am finally reading Red Mars (I know, you only mentioned it to me, like, years ago) and Nadia is AMAZING. I would probably be staying up until entirely too late reading RM if weren't for (a) it's really important for me to get sleep right now (b) John Boone and Frank Chalmers, both of whom are much MUCH less interesting than Nadia or Maya or even Michel.

[seekingferret]

I'm glad you're liking Red Mars!

[ambyr]

I'm sorry I won't be there; I'm curious what you have to say about it. (I was . . . not really convinced by this book's representation of Jewish characters.)

[kass]

I love the Lady Astronaut of Mars books SO MUCH. They are the #1 thing I am hoping to receive (or at least read) at Yuletide this year.