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urthlvr

just stuff

Sep 10, 2007 11:40

been pretty uneventful around here. mellow weekend-cooked a whole chicken and froze broth and shredded meat for later. ran to town by myself sat. afternoon after thebcman got home from work. that was weird not having to worry about the baby ( Read more... )

rosalind, books, sci/fi-fantasy

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books! rosalux September 10 2007, 18:34:01 UTC

I'm a big fan of Octavia Butler, any of her books are good if you like SF.

I've also read every single one of Lois McMaster Bujold's books since last October, she has a nice long SF series that starts with a book called Cordelia's Honor. The overall theme is parenting which you might dig, the format is pure space opera.

Barbara Hambly also has several great fantasy books (My favorite is The Ladies of Mandrigyn) but her historical mystery series that starts with A Free Man of Color and is set in New Orleans not long after it became American is really wonderful.

And a nonfiction book that I think you might like is Janisse Ray's memoir "Ecology of A Cracker Childhood." It's one of the most beautiful books I've ever read, it's short, and it's about longleaf pine forest ecosystem and the culture of poor southerners in the US with an emphasis on celtic heritage.

Re: books! urthlvr September 10 2007, 18:52:09 UTC

thanks for octavia's last name and book recommendations.

books rosalux September 11 2007, 14:21:51 UTC

Well, if you were local I'd just give you a bunch of paperbacks. Our bookshelf is overflowing again. I just took a sack of romance novels to the thrift store last night.

riverheart September 10 2007, 21:28:29 UTC

Octavia Butler. And she is good.

gardenpriestess September 10 2007, 23:00:50 UTC

Try Elizabeth Bear - I've just read Hammered and am reading Scardown and Worldwired - very good stuff.

Ursula LeGuin.

Joan Vinge.

Eleanor Arneson.

Mary Doria Russell.

Elizabeth Cunningham.

(just to name a few . . . )

urthlvr September 13 2007, 16:11:18 UTC

i've read several LeGuin's books. i'll check out the others. thanks for the suggestions.

Golden Compass aengus909 September 11 2007, 01:22:35 UTC

If you've read it, you might want to re-read before the movie comes out this winter. I've got the books if you need to borrow. Phillip Pullman, the trilogy is called 'His Dark Materials'.

Another books-to-movie coming soon is Susan Cooper's series 'The Dark is Rising'.

Re: Golden Compass urthlvr September 13 2007, 16:10:29 UTC

bring them by some time.

cynthiaweb September 11 2007, 18:10:26 UTC

I have also been thinking of re-reading A Wrinkle in Time in honor of the author.

urthlvr September 13 2007, 16:09:58 UTC

that series was an important one during adolescence for me.