Woot!
I will say, I think I don't like SFF in general, but I always like the authors/series that are specifically handed to me.
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Jesse - Dec 04, 2023 1:50:02 pm PST #27825 of 28067
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
megan walker - Dec 04, 2023 2:04:23 pm PST #27826 of 28067
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I will say, I think I don't like SFF in general, but I always like the authors/series that are specifically handed to me.
The Math Greek gave me the Neuromancer trilogy for my birthday and I started it but... let's just say my current nightstand is Agatha Christie and Dorothy Hughes.
bennett - Dec 04, 2023 2:26:14 pm PST #27827 of 28067
Maybe Ursula LeGuin's Earthsea books? I don't remember how much the environment comes into play, but there's a lot of emphasis on balance and not changing things in one place that will screw up stuff elsewhere. At least that's how I remember it - it's been a Really long time.
-t - Dec 04, 2023 2:45:37 pm PST #27828 of 28067
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That makes me want to recommend The Word for World is Forest, although I do not actually remember what it was about, but the title is awfully good. So take that for what it's worth.
juliana - Dec 04, 2023 2:52:50 pm PST #27829 of 28067
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Honestly, if she's in organic agriculture, I'd give The Martian to her. SF not Fantasy, obv., but gripping.
megan walker - Dec 04, 2023 3:09:22 pm PST #27830 of 28067
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Honestly, if she's in organic agriculture, I'd give The Martian to her. SF not Fantasy, obv., but gripping.
That's an interesting idea. I think that went around her house when she was younger but I'm not sure she would have read it at the time.
Pix - Dec 04, 2023 5:01:18 pm PST #27831 of 28067
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Since 90% of what I read is sci-fi/fantasy, I have SO many recs. Here are a few:
-The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty (one of my favorite books from 2023)
-Leigh Bardugo's whole Shadow and Bone series or her Six of Crows series (both series start with the eponymous book)
-The entire Queen's Thief series, starting with The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
-Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
-Trickster's Choice by Tamora Pierce
Given what you listed, she sounds like she's into Romantasy as a genre, and Fourth Wing / Iron Flame are solidly in that category. Most of my recs above have some romance woven in, but here are a couple more focused primarily on romance: Caraval by Stephanie Garber and Victoria Aveyard's Red Queen series (starting with Red Queen).
dcp - Dec 04, 2023 5:14:20 pm PST #27832 of 28067
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Perhaps the Liaden universe? [link] I was hooked several decades ago by Agent of Change, which is more action-adventure-y, but there are more fantasy and romance-y books in there as well.
Also consider anything by Diane Duane. Lots of series to choose from, in a variety of genres.
Ooooh. Also Janet Kagan is a favorite of mine, either Hellspark or Mirabile.
DavidS - Dec 04, 2023 5:43:22 pm PST #27833 of 28067
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
and then something called the Fourth Wing series, which I presume is this?
When I was in Borderlands last, my friend Eleanor was gleebling with two customers about this series. It is White Hot among a certain demo.
Apparently there's a very spicy Zaddy.
sj - Dec 04, 2023 10:01:53 pm PST #27834 of 28067
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Megan, the ones you listed are the ones everyone is always squealing about on TikTok. I’m seconding Shadow and Bone/Six of Crows series by Leigh Bardugo. And maybe something by Lilith Saintcrow (she has a couple different series).