Poems, many, no fandom

In related news, I'm still alive.


Splat.
Splat. Splat.
Splat-splat-splat-splat-splat
A steady koshhhh
Drumming on the roof
Insistent. Jealous.
Hoping to soak you.
Not wanting to stop.
But eventually-
everything stops.



Take a step towards
What you don't know, so you can
Once more be surprised



Dark nights have returned
A reprieve from the blaze
Preventing sleep
A land of the sleepless.

The air has changed
No more pressing heat
Or cracking thunder
Rain has returned.

The cycle goes on
Summer's heat turns
Points again to autumn
Yet the Sun always rises.

So I read Alastair Reynolds' Revelation Space trilogy.

It's decent hard-ish SF space opera (yes, I know). The plot was good, but he didn't wrap it up well.

Revelation Space: Reynolds introduces two (two!!) awesome female viewpoint characters (Ilia Volyova, Ana Khouri) plus one annoying male one (Dan Sylveste, annoying entitled bore #1). Of the plot-important other characters, most are male. Works perfectly well on its own, closes introduced plot lines decently. Apparently considered 'ponderous' by SF critics.

Redemption Ark: Another awesome female viewpoint character!! (Skade) Back-to-back badassery and sisterhood with Ana and Ilia!! Then come two annoying viewpoint dudes (Nevil Clavain, annoying self-righteous bore, and Scorpio, annoying murderous pig - literally) and a meh-to-annoying female viewpoint character (Antoinette Bax, why didn't you ever speak to other women or, um, acquire a personality beyond "plucky-ish hero personality(TM)"?)

Absolution Gap: Two viewpoint guys (Quaiche and Grelier). I kind of liked Grelier. Rashmika Els is introduced; her POV is okay until the plot hits her. Then the archetypical whiny entitled dude, Vasko Malinin comes onstage. Ugh.

( The spoilery stuff )

Well, I guess Mr. Reynolds did something right, seeing as I'm so motivated to fix everything :P