Recently Read, part II

Why yes, I do feel a little self-conscious posting reviews after the discussions of the past few days. How did you guess?

( the blue girl by charles de lint )

( set this house in order by matt ruff )

( planetes vol 1 by makoto yukimura )

The Alien ... Offline

Ariel has announced, in a lengthy post in which he explains his reasons in some detail, that he's going to wind down and eventually close The Alien Online as a reviews outlet. It's not just due to the reaction to That Review, although I get the impression it was a straw breaking the camel's back. The news section of the site will continue, and he'll be blogging his own stuff (both good things), and I wish all the best to those endeavours, but I can't deny that I'm sad to see the reviews go.