Comments | fahye: the SFF book meme

fahye

the SFF book meme

Aug 14, 2011 12:14

I've read a little over a third of them, I think?

Feel free to recommend any of the unread ones if you think they'd be up my alley, too.

( Bold if you've read, italicize ones you fully intend to read, underline if it's a book/series you've read part but not all of. )

memesheep, bookworm

Comments 7

schiarire August 14 2011, 02:20:37 UTC

You should definitely read Ender's Game. I had such a childhood crush on Peter Wiggin (to no one's surprise).

ladymercury_10 August 14 2011, 02:39:10 UTC

I'm impressed C.S. Lewis's Space Trilogy made the list--I didn't think anyone had actually heard of it. I read Perelandra (the second book) this winter as part of a Lewis-centric class at uni, and it was really interesting but also incredibly bizarre.

fahye August 14 2011, 03:02:28 UTC

I haven't read any non-Narnia Lewis at all!

ladymercury_10 August 14 2011, 03:17:55 UTC

I actually like his other books a lot more...I was never a big Narnia fan. If you like mythology, Till We Have Faces is pretty good. It's a retelling of Cupid and Psyche. Or if you're interested in theology at all, I really like The Screwtape Letters and The Great Divorce.

sainfoin_fields August 14 2011, 03:32:20 UTC

You should read Cat's Cradle.

cupiscent August 16 2011, 11:46:08 UTC

I am bewildered that you enjoy Patrick Rothfuss (who I find... um, well, inane) but don't even intend to read George R R Martin. But it would be a boring world if we were all alike, so rock on. :D For the record, I Am Legend is a kickass story, and I don't even like horror.

Also, high-five on the teenage Eddings (...if you were in alt.fan.eddings this just officially got too weird) and it's particularly hilarious since I just made a David Eddings joke in another comment else-journal. (Apparently people are portmanteau-ing Charles/Erik into Cherik? And I'm all, "No, Cherek, why are we writing fic about Vikings now?")

fahye August 16 2011, 12:03:55 UTC

I made a post on my bookblog about why I like Rothfuss's books, if that helps illuminate things. I think my enjoyment of him was also enhanced by the fact that it's been a VERY long time since I read anything in that genre.

My current lack of intention to read Martin is not because I've totally discarded the idea, and more because it's a long series of books and I've never heard anything about them that makes me think I, personally, would love them. Maybe one day!

Heh, I had NO IDEA online fandom existed when I was into Eddings.