Congrats to Seanan, P-C. I really enjoyed Feed, and I'm looking forward to the next one. It's also props to her agent Diana, whom I'm friends with--I suspect this will also be good for her career as well.
River: I didn't think you'd come for me. Simon: Well, you're a dummy.
'Serenity'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Consuela - Sep 05, 2010 9:57:06 am PDT #12332 of 28333
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Polter-Cow - Sep 05, 2010 10:33:10 am PDT #12333 of 28333
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Oh, that's cool, 'Suela! Seanan has nothing but wonderful things to say about Diana. She's her own personal superhero.
I'm currently in the middle of An Artificial Night. Each book in this series is so different. I haven't read many urban fantasy series, so I don't know if that's common. There are so many of them I kind of expect them to have the same general plot structure.
Consuela - Sep 05, 2010 3:45:51 pm PDT #12334 of 28333
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Seanan has nothing but wonderful things to say about Diana. She's her own personal superhero.
I once spent a couple of hours talking with Diana about various ficwriters we knew, and she was badgering me to write something long and original she could represent--before I figured out who she was. *grins*
If only I had something I could give her! Sigh.
sarameg - Sep 05, 2010 7:21:07 pm PDT #12335 of 28333
My brother is bored with his current reading and at drift. He challenged me : ask your friends what the best scifi book that has come out in the last 10 years was
So gimme.
Kat - Sep 05, 2010 7:24:21 pm PDT #12336 of 28333
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Well if Dystopians count, I'd say Oryx and Crake followed by the Year of the Flood, both by Atwood.
-t - Sep 05, 2010 7:26:09 pm PDT #12337 of 28333
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm usually very bad at choosing The Best Anything, but I think I'll go with Anathem.
Consuela - Sep 05, 2010 8:55:45 pm PDT #12338 of 28333
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
The book(s) I've been the most impressed with in the last ten years is probably Rosemary Kirstein's Steerswoman novels. Amazing world-building.
Strega - Sep 05, 2010 10:29:56 pm PDT #12339 of 28333
This Town Will Never Let Us Go.
It probably isn't, but I love it so much that I don't care.
Jessica - Sep 06, 2010 3:03:24 am PDT #12340 of 28333
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Anathem, no question for me.
Though Cloud Atlas is giving it a run for its money, in a very untraditional way.
brenda m - Sep 06, 2010 5:05:19 am PDT #12341 of 28333
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I haven't read Antathm, but Cryptonomicon is definitely on my list so I'll have to check it out.