The very same Horst as you've been visiting? Very cool!
Yep, that Horst. The income from the apartments is now helping to underwrite his very comfortable retirement. He is just in the process of turning the apartments over to a management company to run. Until this summer, he did all the management himself, including small repairs, supervision of big repairs, leasing, etc. Now he will start renting out his old apartment where he used to stay overnight occasionally. He says his tenants are 'a bunch of Yuppies.'
I have read a great deal of sf. I've probably read most of Isaac Asimov's fiction - I especially liked his robot series. I love C.J. Cherryh's books although her Foreigner series is definitely dragging.
I like Neal Stevenson, both his sf and his historicals, although he does sometimes have a hard time ending his books. William Gibson's "Neuromancer," is a favorite of mine and due for a reread. I have a love/hate relationship with George R.R. Martin but continue to read his "Game of Thrones" series anyway. Martin is really fantasy, anyway.
I haven't really read as much sf as I did before Walt died, however. He was my gate into sf: he'd pre-read for me, then point me to what he thought I'd like. I generally did, too. FanSee
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Re: La Brea
Date: 2013-07-12 04:53 am (UTC)Yep, that Horst. The income from the apartments is now helping to underwrite his very comfortable retirement. He is just in the process of turning the apartments over to a management company to run. Until this summer, he did all the management himself, including small repairs, supervision of big repairs, leasing, etc. Now he will start renting out his old apartment where he used to stay overnight occasionally. He says his tenants are 'a bunch of Yuppies.'
I have read a great deal of sf. I've probably read most of Isaac Asimov's fiction - I especially liked his robot series. I love C.J. Cherryh's books although her Foreigner series is definitely dragging.
I like Neal Stevenson, both his sf and his historicals, although he does sometimes have a hard time ending his books. William Gibson's "Neuromancer," is a favorite of mine and due for a reread. I have a love/hate relationship with George R.R. Martin but continue to read his "Game of Thrones" series anyway. Martin is really fantasy, anyway.
I haven't really read as much sf as I did before Walt died, however. He was my gate into sf: he'd pre-read for me, then point me to what he thought I'd like. I generally did, too. FanSee