01-20-2013, 09:39 PM
I haven't taken the time to record any reading for a while, so here is a potpourri of books.
Kameron Hurley: I only read the last two books of her first trilogy (Infidel and Rapture) and they were fantastically original.
Iain Banks: Steep Approach to Garbadale - not scifi, straight fiction. His usually satisfying grand dysfunctional family saga, not quite as good as Crow Road --his finest -- but very good. Wry humor and the panoply of human frailties are displayed throughout this tale of a very large family-run gaming empire on the cusp of Big Changes.
Iain M. Banks: Hydrogen Sonata. The latest in "The Culture" series is politics, cultural ascension, quirky AI's, and Space Opera. One of the best.
Michael Connelly: The Drop. Detective Harry Bosch. If you haven't, you should. If you don't like "police procedurals", then you shouldn't.
Erik Larson: In The Garden of Beasts. One of the best non-fiction authors around. This time it is an American family in Berlin 1933. The family is the family of the US Ambassador. Personal stories and history, both big and small.
China Mieville: The City and The City. Parable on racism or urban fantasy Eastern European crime novel? Beautifully written.
Kameron Hurley: I only read the last two books of her first trilogy (Infidel and Rapture) and they were fantastically original.
Iain Banks: Steep Approach to Garbadale - not scifi, straight fiction. His usually satisfying grand dysfunctional family saga, not quite as good as Crow Road --his finest -- but very good. Wry humor and the panoply of human frailties are displayed throughout this tale of a very large family-run gaming empire on the cusp of Big Changes.
Iain M. Banks: Hydrogen Sonata. The latest in "The Culture" series is politics, cultural ascension, quirky AI's, and Space Opera. One of the best.
Michael Connelly: The Drop. Detective Harry Bosch. If you haven't, you should. If you don't like "police procedurals", then you shouldn't.
Erik Larson: In The Garden of Beasts. One of the best non-fiction authors around. This time it is an American family in Berlin 1933. The family is the family of the US Ambassador. Personal stories and history, both big and small.
China Mieville: The City and The City. Parable on racism or urban fantasy Eastern European crime novel? Beautifully written.
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