I highly recommend Fair Coin and Quantum Coin (spoilers for Fair Coin in review), by E.C. Myers. It takes the "wishing coin" idea and crafts a really cool world out of it. The books are ACTUALLY about parallel universes and the idea of the multiverse, and the second book especially is great YA sci-fi.
I'm a vision of hotliness, and how weird is that? Mystical comas. You know, if you can stand the horror of a higher power hijacking your mind and body so that it can give birth to itself, I really recommend 'em.
Cordelia ,'You're Welcome'
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."
Polter-Cow - Aug 03, 2013 5:32:33 pm PDT #21213 of 28404
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Amy - Aug 03, 2013 5:39:37 pm PDT #21214 of 28404
Because books.
Plus Eugene is a really great guy. I'm glad you found the books -- if I remember right, a amaller press published them. Soz knows him, too.
Polter-Cow - Aug 03, 2013 6:07:36 pm PDT #21215 of 28404
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Yeah, I first heard about the book from Charlie Jane at Comic-Con last year, and it sounded really cool. And then Eugene retweeted the submission call for my sci-fi Theater Pub, so I thanked him for that when I met him at the Nebula signing. I said I was waiting for the books to come out on paperback, but he said that wasn't happening, which was sad. So since he had supported me, I supported him by buying the books right there. No regrets!
Ginger - Aug 03, 2013 6:17:18 pm PDT #21216 of 28404
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I tried to like Fair Coin, but for me the characters didn't resemble actual humans, plus I was busy throwing things through the holes in the logic.
Typo Boy - Aug 03, 2013 9:00:03 pm PDT #21217 of 28404
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.
Steve Brust just drove from Minnesota to Alaska and back. On the way, he sampled a certain Canadian agricultural product and apparently thinks -er highly of it:
BC buds are damn fine buds
They give me a stoner erection
BC buds are such good buds that–
Sorry, what was the question?
My buddy rolled a BC blunt
He wanted me to try
I took a hit last December
I don’t remember
Anything until July.
Cause…
repeat first verse.
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meara - Aug 03, 2013 9:34:36 pm PDT #21218 of 28404
I tried to like Fair Coin, but for me the characters didn't resemble actual humans, plus I was busy throwing things through the holes in the logic.
Yeah, I couldn't get into the characters, though I liked the concept once it was revealed
Strix - Aug 04, 2013 7:19:00 am PDT #21219 of 28404
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Of interest to many here. SF/F Authors of Color and their books (it's a Pinterest page):
ETA: Dammit, the link won't link properly. Y'all know to add the http stuff ahead of pinterest DOT com, then /gracestellame/nancy-heard-a-who-39-authors-of-color-105-science-/
Polter-Cow - Aug 04, 2013 8:18:11 am PDT #21220 of 28404
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I thought the characterization in Fair Coin was one of its strong points.
flea - Aug 08, 2013 2:39:32 pm PDT #21221 of 28404
information libertarian
Barbara Mertz (Elizabeth Peters) died today: [link] Her kids were named Elizabeth and Peter!
-t - Aug 08, 2013 2:49:35 pm PDT #21222 of 28404
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Aw, sad. I really liked some of her Barbara Michaels books, as well as Amelia Peabody. Shattered Silk was the first thing I read by her and is probably still my favorite.
That's sweet how she got her pen name from her kids' names.