I didn't love Perdido St Station, but I liked it enough to add The City and The City to my TBR pile.
Harrow: You didn't have to wound that man. Mal: Yeah, I know, it was just funny.
'Shindig'
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."
Jessica - Aug 19, 2011 4:16:25 pm PDT #16107 of 28289
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
sj - Aug 19, 2011 4:29:11 pm PDT #16108 of 28289
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I didn't love Perdido St Station, but I liked it enough to add The City and The City to my TBR pile.
Perdido St Station is apparently the first novel that takes place in the same world that Scar takes place in. The third novel set there is Iron Council but apparently you don't have to read them in order. Which is good, because Scar is the one I found at the used bookstore.
Polter-Cow - Aug 19, 2011 5:06:30 pm PDT #16109 of 28289
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Has anyone here read anything by China Mieville? I just started The Scar and I'm loving it!
I did love Perdido Street Station. I haven't read any Mieville since, but I've been wanting to.
Steph L. - Aug 19, 2011 5:10:50 pm PDT #16110 of 28289
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Doesn't Mieville have a new-ish one that's octopus-related? (That's seriously all I know about it. I wanted to read it and promptly forgot the title, although I could google "Mieville + octopus." But that scares me.)
Oh. Squid, not octopus. Kraken: [link]
hippocampus - Aug 20, 2011 1:40:46 am PDT #16111 of 28289
not your mom's socks.
I have all the Mieville. The short stories, Looking for Jake, which I love. Perdido, the Scar, and Iron Council - I think the Scar started off as my favorite and Iron Council became my favorite. The City and The City is like Italo Calvino meets Milorad Pavic. Kraken - love, but he starts off very Charles Stross. And the latest one, Embassytown. Ahem. Bit of a fan, yes. He's far from a perfect writer, but I like his spicy brain. Especially when he's not pointing out how spicy his brain is.
The world of The Scar is mind-searingly fierce and crazy-beautiful.
sj - Aug 20, 2011 4:53:01 am PDT #16112 of 28289
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
The world of The Scar is mind-searingly fierce and crazy-beautiful.
Yes, that's a great description.
Typo Boy - Aug 20, 2011 11:25:30 am PDT #16113 of 28289
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
"Wolfen" and "The Hunger" were very fun reads. Guess Streiber wants to continue pretending he is a non-fiction writer and that "Communion" is fact - even though I think he admitted otherwise in interviews. (citation needed.)
Strix - Aug 21, 2011 7:06:28 am PDT #16114 of 28289
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
The Hugo Awards were given. I am sad Mira Grant didn't win for Feed.
Polter-Cow - Aug 21, 2011 7:10:20 am PDT #16115 of 28289
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Me too. Connie Willis had two books! That's unfair!
Mary Robinette Kowal won for her short story, though, and Tara won for Chicks Dig Time Lords, so that was cool.
-t - Aug 21, 2011 7:14:38 am PDT #16116 of 28289
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
My top choice was the winner in 4 categories, so I am pleased.