Some Words

So, I got over halfway through City of a Thousand Suns, by Delany, before realizing that it was the third book in a trilogy. I had thought it made little sense at the beginning, and had just powered through, but then happened to check the inside cover. It was a brilliant feeling. I finished it anyway, and I’m not sure I’ll go back and read the first two. It’s from the very start of his career, and while it isn’t bad, it’s not amazing, much the way City of Illusions would not have started me on Le Guin had I never read any of her other work first. If I read the first two, I may comment more, but probably not.