I've been spending the vast majority of my time reading about ADD, Islam, and copywriting. Yes, it's an eclectic, informative, but incredibly non-relaxing cornucopia of nonfiction. I seriously need a break.
Any recommendations for fat fantasy that doesn't suck? I may pick up the new Daniel Abraham book, I couldn't stand the Lies of Locke Lamora book and so have no interest in the sequel, and Song of Ice and Fire 4 and Kushiel 4 have both gotten so long-winded that I can't stand the idea of picking them up again even to finish wading through them. I even tried to read Kathryn Harrison's non-genre Envy. I love a couple of her other books, but her self-absorbed characters are starting to annoy me.
Got any recommendations?
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Recommended Reading
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6 comments so far. What are your thoughts?
Terry Pratchett. Very funny and easy to read.
Heh. Sadly, I just can't read Pratchett. I've tried, and even once got through most of a book, but funny fantasy is not, in general my cup of tea :)
Try Auralia's Colors by Jeffery Overstreet. Really good book, and it's not finding the right audience because it was published by a Christian publisher. But the book is not Christian in the slightest. I loved it.
I'm also kinda digging some of the new urban fantasy out there: fun, fast reads like Rachel Caine and Lillith Saintcrow.
You know, it's funny, but as I was scrolling through bestsellers and new releases today, I really noticed that "tough female PI/hunter/buff chick in first person POV urban fantasy" genre thing.
I mean, I'd known about Hamilton, but there's, like, a shitload of these series by a *lot* of authors. This tough female PI urban fantasy genre is really interesting. It's a whole genre of Buffy-esque fantasy-adventure for women, like Westerns used to be for guys.
And, of course, I also found that very interesting cause GW has the tough female bounty hunter in the future-fantasy-desert-cities thing going on, and I can see the crossover, even if the Nyx books aren't first person and have way better settings. heh
The Aware by Glenda Larke. Great characters, including strong women, terrific world-building, and lots of action. First in a trilogy, but stands on its own and has real resolution within. And the trilogy is it -- the end. No ten-volume series, this....
P.S. Congrats on the agent representation!
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