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Looking at it just makes me feel some kinda way about the genre. I mean it's always like this, usually with one standout which gets the annual praise. But I don't know, everything seems like a retread.

"Contemporary Fantasy" seems to be a new thing. I think that's how The Bone Clocks would be classified but honestly nothing about the story interests me in the slightest, only mildly intrigued by *who* I've heard praising it.

But there's something awkward about contemporary fantasy. Something about the modern setting gets in the way.

William Gibson has a new one. I might grab that. I've dug his recent stuff. But reading the synopsis seems like a retread of a Charles Stross novel, who I've recently burnt out on.

There's this whole thing about being on the singularit cusp which makes writing about the future seem like a bad bet. Nobody's risking shit.

I need a new book bad. Ann Leckie can't write fast enough. I'm interested in Karen Lord's new book, but kinda ho hum on giving Best of All Possible Worlds a shot. I don't want my opinions of it (clouded by my perceptions of the theme) ruin the next one (for which the theme is really intriguing for me).

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