Comments | morsla: Desparately seeking story

morsla

Desparately seeking story

Dec 10, 2007 22:49

It's been ages since I read much fiction. I think it's partly due to no longer having travel time to and from work, but it's also because of a growing despair that good stories are getting harder to find.

I love Of Science and Swords, but their latest catalogue doesn't give me much hope for the state of my bookshelves. Either the store is ( Read more... )

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cookie_dreams December 11 2007, 01:58:07 UTC

Hey! No dissing the M&B! Their names are waaaaay less cringe-worthy than most of the SF&F out there. And don't get me started on pulp spec fic...

Have you read Scott Westerfeld? He's my find of '07. His books are kind of geared towards a YA/EA audience, but they're brilliant. Try 'So Yesterday' for a true-ringing account of the fucked-up-ness of our media (and getting creative with words) or the Uglies trilogy (which is four books, go figure), which is set in a dystopian world of enforced beauty standards and environmental destruction. Oh wait, that's now.

Also, if you haven't read Max Barry's 'Jennifer Government', you should. Again, society at its finest.

aurellia December 11 2007, 10:24:23 UTC

You realise that if I'd known you were between authors the other night...no, I'd still probably retreated to my room. But you would have been given a small stack of selections.

I'm a big fan of Golden Age Sci-Fi, James Schmidt and Christopher Anvil for example. I'm still trying to put my finger on what defines this area, but its hard. Plot is more important than technological details, f'r example. Spider Robinson is a good one for feeling good and thinking hard. And yes, everyone who likes to watch societies should read the Dispossessed by Ursula LeGuin.

I guess you need to work out if you want to think, be inspired, or be entertained.

virtual_munkee December 11 2007, 11:39:28 UTC

love your style! i will jot down those names for sure. i've really only explored the outer edges of the Golden Age authors.

I really enjoy their humour, satire, wit expressed in their writings. it just feels like they were more open to possibilities of not just technologies, but also the human potential.

or maybe its just me :D