In which I make book recommendations.
For Varenya, who asked what she could read that might prove to be as engaging as McCaffrey’s dragon books, I recommend
- Temeraire: In the Service of the King, a yummy trilogy by Naomi Novik,
…or one (or all!) of these Robin Hobbs trilogies:
- the Farseer trilogy,
- the Tawny Man trilogy (this one’s my favorite, I’ve read it through twice),
- or the Liveship Traders trilogy.
For Deboka, who wanted a list of ten books from me, here are (in no particular order) ten books (mostly sci-fi, a little fantasy, and a couple on philosophy/religion) I happen to love (which may or may not appeal to her in any way) that I think were good reads:
- Tigana, by Guy Gavriel Kay
- The Left Hand of Darkness, by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Otherland, by Tad Williams
- Daughter of Fire: A Diary of a Spiritual Training with a Sufi Master, by Irina Tweedie
- Distress, by Greg Egan
- The Myth of Male Power, by Warren Farrell
- Eon, by Greg Bear
- The Smoke Ring, by Larry Niven
- Catch 22, by Joseph Heller
- The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, by Ramakrishna
If anyone should want to know what I’ve been reading lately, they could look here or here.
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Hey, I just checked out The Left Hand of Darkness from the library yesterday!
Great book. Examines gender roles in a fascinating way. -m
Woo hoo! Just when I was ready to start pouting cuz you didn’t call me back I get my very own blog entry! Thanks, hon, I’ll check these out….
Who loves ya, baby? ME! *smoooooooooooooch!* -m
I’m in the midst of Charles Stross’ Merchant Princes trilogy. Good, so far.
I loved Bear’s Eon, too, but seriously, Blood Music or Queen of Angels is better. And Distress! You picked my all-time favorite book ever.
I should go make a post…
I didn’t love Queen of Angels, for some reason. *shrug* And I bleev you actually sent me my copy of Distress! 🙂 -m
I wish I liked sci-fi/fantasy.
Read any political non-fiction? 🙂