Has anyone else read The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers? It's a sort of found-family-in-SPACE story with good world-building and characterization that I'd recommend for fans of Firefly, the Vorkosigan saga, and maybe Deep Space 9 too.
And Kaylee, what the hell's goin' on in the engine room? Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?
Mal ,'The Train Job'
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."
Susan W. - Dec 02, 2016 3:50:59 pm PST #24191 of 28261
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
lisah - Dec 02, 2016 7:06:14 pm PST #24192 of 28261
Punishingly Intricate
Omg, Susan, thank you for mentioning Vorkosigan! I was trying to remember that tonight and couldn't remember enough of the name (let alone the author or any of the books) to be able to google it!
hippocampus - Dec 03, 2016 3:58:43 am PST #24193 of 28261
not your mom's socks.
I put up a post that (also contains links to what I did this year) has a lot of short stories I've loved, and novels too. [link]
Consuela - Dec 03, 2016 9:55:17 am PST #24194 of 28261
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Susan, yes, I enjoyed it. Don't know that it belonged on the Hugo list (or was that the Nebula?), but it was fun. There's a sequel coming out next year, I think.
Susan W. - Dec 03, 2016 1:19:57 pm PST #24195 of 28261
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Omg, Susan, thank you for mentioning Vorkosigan!
You're welcome! I love that series so much.
There's a sequel coming out next year, I think.
Cool! I definitely want to visit these characters again.
Sophia Brooks - Dec 03, 2016 5:59:08 pm PST #24196 of 28261
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
My godson (age 14) has professed an interest in politics. His mom is wondering if this book [link] is a good readable overview. Does anyone have any opinions. I feel that Naomui Wolf is hardly non-partisan, but we are (although the uncles are not) left leaning, so the point may be moot.
Consuela - Dec 04, 2016 6:49:06 pm PST #24197 of 28261
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
So, has anyone read Crazy Rich Asians? I read it on the plane today, and ... I'm conflicted. It's funny and quick-witted but also kind of mean and full of stereotypes, just stereotypes I'm not familiar with. I dunno.
sj - Dec 07, 2016 12:17:01 pm PST #24198 of 28261
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I'm looking for recommendations for mystery novels preferably with female authors and the darker the better. Because that's all I seem to want to read right now.
Strix - Dec 07, 2016 1:36:22 pm PST #24199 of 28261
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Pretty much anything by Megan Abbott. Her more recent stuff is v. good but I really wish she'd write more of her 1920's-40's noir novels.
-t - Dec 07, 2016 1:45:03 pm PST #24200 of 28261
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
sj, i recently read a collection called Troubled Daughters Twisted Wives that might be up your alley. All female authors IIRC. The forewords are not great, but the actual stories are good.