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Looking for suggestions for a birthday gift for tomorrow. Guy's a 41 year old Trekkie/LotR/Firefly geek who also likes the Harry Potter books and Douglas Adams, but I'm not too sure if he does a lot of SF reading. I'm looking for a few paperbacks that are relatively new that he has a good chance of not having already read.
Any ideas?
Is he a heavy reader? 'Cause go with Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon or the first volume of The System Of The World trilogy (which is Quicksilver) if so.
Never mind. Didn't read the whole thing.
What about the new Bujold series? The Curse of Chalion, The Paladin of Souls, and is there one more? I might have the titles wrong. Alternatively, if he likes Tolkein, he might also like Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (which I just read recently and LOVED).
I know he doesn't own a lot of books, but he loves the ones he does have. Kate, the Jonathan Strange one, what is that about, and is it really Tolkien-esque?
Here's my short review on it. It isn't Tolkien-esque, but it's great. In fact, I point out in the review that it's better than Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle.
FAQWife liked Jonathan Strange.
That's all I got.
t pimps Discworld
Not new, but sounds right up his alley, book-wise. So, I suppose, he may well have read them already.
Well, Thud is the newest in the series, and it's newer than Jonathan Strange. I haven't read it yet, though, so I don't know how well it would work stand-alone.
That's why I'm leaning more towards relatively new stuff. I haven't been to his apartment in over a year, and really haven't talked to him in nearly that long, so I'm not too sure exactly what he's into right now. I figure he has the DVDs that he wants, and being the music geek he is, I'm sure he's got all the CDs possible, so books are about my only option.
Jonathan Strange might win the Nebula this year. I am avoiding Corwood's review, as I haven't yet finished the book. DH finished it today and was disappointed with the way it ended (NFI), but so far I can heartily recommend it myself.
The Bujold Chalion series are also really fun.