Comments on: Looking for New Authors to Read http://www.professorbeej.com/2010/01/looking-for-new-authors-to-read.html Reading Pop Culture Like an English Teacher Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:08:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bukiety ślubne http://www.professorbeej.com/2010/01/looking-for-new-authors-to-read.html/comment-page-1#comment-42672 bukiety ślubne Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:30:39 +0000 http://www.professorbeej.com/?p=895#comment-42672 "The Passage" by Justin Cronin is an incredible book that really sucks! I could not get away:) “The Passage” by Justin Cronin is an incredible book that really sucks! I could not get away:)

]]> By: Jess http://www.professorbeej.com/2010/01/looking-for-new-authors-to-read.html/comment-page-1#comment-34463 Jess Thu, 01 Sep 2011 06:55:39 +0000 http://www.professorbeej.com/?p=895#comment-34463 i recomend "The Passage" by Justin Cronin. I have not been able to put it down, it is a little slow from time to time but the twists are amazing and the fact that Justin portrays vampires as being bad is even better, was so bored of book where vampires are handsome and fall in love with humans. its definately a good read for long trips! i recomend “The Passage” by Justin Cronin. I have not been able to put it down, it is a little slow from time to time but the twists are amazing and the fact that Justin portrays vampires as being bad is even better, was so bored of book where vampires are handsome and fall in love with humans. its definately a good read for long trips!

]]> By: Rebecca K. http://www.professorbeej.com/2010/01/looking-for-new-authors-to-read.html/comment-page-1#comment-30987 Rebecca K. Wed, 27 Jul 2011 05:21:03 +0000 http://www.professorbeej.com/?p=895#comment-30987 I've seen your great blog a couple times now (also a new-ish writer with overlapping interests and spending the summer in a similar way to you), and I know this is an old post, but I just have to comment: A must-read fantasy for teens that posters haven't yet mentioned is Nancy Farmer's The Sea of Trolls Trilogy. (Her other stuff is great too, very imaginative with first-rate writing style, as well.) Sci-Fi for grownups you haven't mentioned is (sorry, not a novel, but wonderful nonetheless) Michael Burstein's anthology I Remember the Future: The Award-Nominated Stories of Michael A. Burstein. I’ve seen your great blog a couple times now (also a new-ish writer with overlapping interests and spending the summer in a similar way to you), and I know this is an old post, but I just have to comment:

A must-read fantasy for teens that posters haven’t yet mentioned is Nancy Farmer’s The Sea of Trolls Trilogy. (Her other stuff is great too, very imaginative with first-rate writing style, as well.)

Sci-Fi for grownups you haven’t mentioned is (sorry, not a novel, but wonderful nonetheless) Michael Burstein’s anthology I Remember the Future: The Award-Nominated Stories of Michael A. Burstein.

]]> By: Professor Beej http://www.professorbeej.com/2010/01/looking-for-new-authors-to-read.html/comment-page-1#comment-8875 Professor Beej Mon, 28 Jun 2010 02:46:29 +0000 http://www.professorbeej.com/?p=895#comment-8875 Hah. No, it's not. I wish it were mine, though. The ones in my bedroom are nowhere near as nice as that one. :) Hah. No, it’s not. I wish it were mine, though. The ones in my bedroom are nowhere near as nice as that one. :)

]]> By: krisin http://www.professorbeej.com/2010/01/looking-for-new-authors-to-read.html/comment-page-1#comment-8873 krisin Mon, 28 Jun 2010 02:36:09 +0000 http://www.professorbeej.com/?p=895#comment-8873 Is that really your bookshelf!? If so, it's amazing! Is that really your bookshelf!? If so, it’s amazing!

]]> By: Professor Beej http://www.professorbeej.com/2010/01/looking-for-new-authors-to-read.html/comment-page-1#comment-4978 Professor Beej Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:52:31 +0000 http://www.professorbeej.com/?p=895#comment-4978 Thank you all for the recommendations! Please, keep them coming, and I will be adding them to my Amazon Wish List. :) My current choice is "The Lies of Locke Lamora" and then I'll move into "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" (it was lent to me by a student who really thinks I'll enjoy it) and then perhaps into Scalzi's "The God Engines" if there is a Kindle version available. I am also looking heavily at the "Mistborn" series, though it's still up in the air about the order in which I get to these. I am pretty much playing roulette with my Wish List as I browse it. So keep those recommends coming! And thank you! Thank you all for the recommendations! Please, keep them coming, and I will be adding them to my Amazon Wish List. :)

My current choice is “The Lies of Locke Lamora” and then I’ll move into “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” (it was lent to me by a student who really thinks I’ll enjoy it) and then perhaps into Scalzi’s “The God Engines” if there is a Kindle version available. I am also looking heavily at the “Mistborn” series, though it’s still up in the air about the order in which I get to these. I am pretty much playing roulette with my Wish List as I browse it. So keep those recommends coming! And thank you!

]]> By: nugget http://www.professorbeej.com/2010/01/looking-for-new-authors-to-read.html/comment-page-1#comment-4470 nugget Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:50:36 +0000 http://www.professorbeej.com/?p=895#comment-4470 Book of All Hours 1 & 2 (Vellum: 1, Ink: 2), by Hal Duncan http://www.amazon.com/Vellum-Book-Hours-Hal-Duncan/dp/0345487311 http://www.amazon.com/Ink-Book-Hours-Hal-Duncan/dp/0345487338/ref=bxgy_cc_b_img_b Very interesting use of the Inanna myth, amongst (many, many) others. -- Moonwise by Greer Ilene Gilman http://www.amazon.com/Moonwise-Greer-Ilene-Gilman/dp/080955061X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267112759&sr=1-1 Hard going at first, (for this nugget, anyway), but one of the most beautifully written books I've read. If prose were poetry, that's Gilman's writing. --- Down the Long Wind trilogy (Hawk of May, Kingdom of Summer, In Winter's Shadow), by Gillian Bradshaw http://www.amazon.com/Hawk-May-Gillian-Bradshaw/dp/1402240708/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267112858&sr=1-1 Retelling of the Gawain & Arthurian legends. This series is one I wave at people saying, if you only ever read ONE Arthurian retelling - make it this one. Be warned, it's heartbreaking. --- >.> I think I'll stop spamming up your blog now, and just point you at Librarything.com... it's a great place to find new books to read, based on what other people whose tastes you share, read. This is my Librarything catalogue - if you haven't tried Librarything, do. It rocks. =) http://www.librarything.com/catalog/nugget Book of All Hours 1 & 2 (Vellum: 1, Ink: 2), by Hal Duncan
http://www.amazon.com/Vellum-Book-Hours-Hal-Duncan/dp/0345487311

http://www.amazon.com/Ink-Book-Hours-Hal-Duncan/dp/0345487338/ref=bxgy_cc_b_img_b

Very interesting use of the Inanna myth, amongst (many, many) others.

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Moonwise by Greer Ilene Gilman

http://www.amazon.com/Moonwise-Greer-Ilene-Gilman/dp/080955061X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267112759&sr=1-1

Hard going at first, (for this nugget, anyway), but one of the most beautifully written books I’ve read. If prose were poetry, that’s Gilman’s writing.

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Down the Long Wind trilogy (Hawk of May, Kingdom of Summer, In Winter’s Shadow), by Gillian Bradshaw
http://www.amazon.com/Hawk-May-Gillian-Bradshaw/dp/1402240708/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267112858&sr=1-1

Retelling of the Gawain & Arthurian legends. This series is one I wave at people saying, if you only ever read ONE Arthurian retelling – make it this one. Be warned, it’s heartbreaking.

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>.> I think I’ll stop spamming up your blog now, and just point you at Librarything.com… it’s a great place to find new books to read, based on what other people whose tastes you share, read.

This is my Librarything catalogue – if you haven’t tried Librarything, do. It rocks. =)
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/nugget

]]> By: Nosferatu http://www.professorbeej.com/2010/01/looking-for-new-authors-to-read.html/comment-page-1#comment-3348 Nosferatu Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:32:37 +0000 http://www.professorbeej.com/?p=895#comment-3348 I keep pushing you to try Anne Rice...I think that you would like her. I keep pushing you to try Anne Rice…I think that you would like her.

]]> By: Max http://www.professorbeej.com/2010/01/looking-for-new-authors-to-read.html/comment-page-1#comment-3306 Max Mon, 11 Jan 2010 05:26:14 +0000 http://www.professorbeej.com/?p=895#comment-3306 Yes, those are the same books. The first book is Wizard's First Rule. That's exactly how I got in to Hobb as well, I downloaded the first one and couldn't stop. Enjoy! Yes, those are the same books. The first book is Wizard’s First Rule.

That’s exactly how I got in to Hobb as well, I downloaded the first one and couldn’t stop. Enjoy!

]]> By: Kristi http://www.professorbeej.com/2010/01/looking-for-new-authors-to-read.html/comment-page-1#comment-3296 Kristi Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:42:48 +0000 http://www.professorbeej.com/?p=895#comment-3296 Liveship Traders has the most remarkable character arcs I have ever come across in a fantasy series. Don't like one of the characters in Book 1? Don't worry, you will barely recognise them by the end of Book 3! I don't know if that makes the story more or less believable than one with stock characters, but it's certainly different and memorable. Liveship Traders has the most remarkable character arcs I have ever come across in a fantasy series. Don’t like one of the characters in Book 1? Don’t worry, you will barely recognise them by the end of Book 3! I don’t know if that makes the story more or less believable than one with stock characters, but it’s certainly different and memorable.

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