Reading Now part something

I am still reading Wireless by Charles Stross, and I have to admit that one of the short stories in the book to me was a total misfire.

So it was just a bit of a surprise when I got to the afterword by Charles that he said it was very difficult to write humour, you should have got from that statement that the story in question was supposed to be a fun piece, in the still of PG Woodhouse, I can tell you now, that there are some very good reasons why Woodhouse is so admired, as what he does in print is very very hard as Charles goes on to say in his afterword.

So out of all the short stories that I have read in the book so far one misfire can't be bad can it?

Has the book been entertaining? Yes

Reading Now 2

Have just started to read yet another book by Charles Stross, I know I seem to be reading an awful lot of his books lately, and that's because I live the ideas that he puts into his stories, and they are also great entertainment, and that is the main reason why I read his books in the first place.

Now I have to admit that the book I am reading called Wireless by the way is the first time that I have read any of his short stories.

I have so far not been disappointed, in fact because the short story allows an author the chance to play, so far the twists and turns in several of the stories have been great.

It goes with out saying, that there are a couple of stories that I think Dirk Maggs could make into great radio shows.

One thing I like about short story collections, is when the author says a few words about the story as an afterword as sometimes it brings into focus just what was or what influenced him or her at the time they wrote the story.