Comments on: Looking for New Authors to Read http://www.professorbeej.com/2010/01/looking-for-new-authors-to-read.html Pop Culture Commentary with an Academic Slant Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:45:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 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.

]]> By: Dan http://www.professorbeej.com/2010/01/looking-for-new-authors-to-read.html/comment-page-1#comment-3256 Dan Sun, 10 Jan 2010 13:08:58 +0000 http://www.professorbeej.com/?p=895#comment-3256 Funny stuff - B's topic on twitter made me pull dan simmons stuff out of my closet to re-read again. I agree, the ilium and olympus books are fantastic. Funny stuff – B’s topic on twitter made me pull dan simmons stuff out of my closet to re-read again. I agree, the ilium and olympus books are fantastic.

]]> By: Professor Beej http://www.professorbeej.com/2010/01/looking-for-new-authors-to-read.html/comment-page-1#comment-3244 Professor Beej Sun, 10 Jan 2010 04:39:16 +0000 http://www.professorbeej.com/?p=895#comment-3244 Max, were the Sword of Truth novels the Richard Rahl novels? I had a friend, I think, who read them and raved. I'll have to give them a good ole wishlist. And it turns out that I already have the Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb. It's free on Kindle so I downloaded it a while ago and never opened it, but it's there. So hey, free book = likely read soon. :) Thanks for the recommends! Max, were the Sword of Truth novels the Richard Rahl novels? I had a friend, I think, who read them and raved. I’ll have to give them a good ole wishlist.

And it turns out that I already have the Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb. It’s free on Kindle so I downloaded it a while ago and never opened it, but it’s there. So hey, free book = likely read soon. :) Thanks for the recommends!

]]> By: Professor Beej http://www.professorbeej.com/2010/01/looking-for-new-authors-to-read.html/comment-page-1#comment-3243 Professor Beej Sun, 10 Jan 2010 04:36:12 +0000 http://www.professorbeej.com/?p=895#comment-3243 Naithin, I just found a Kindle version of the Night's Dawn trilogy as one file that I just wishlisted. It sounds neat, and I do love me some SF/Horror. And as I read Zoe's Tale, I'm incredibly interested in multiple perspective storytelling. Even though I know how the story goes, the novel still has made me cry. Yes, cry. So when you tell me about those Temporal Void books, I'm sold! Naithin, I just found a Kindle version of the Night’s Dawn trilogy as one file that I just wishlisted. It sounds neat, and I do love me some SF/Horror.

And as I read Zoe’s Tale, I’m incredibly interested in multiple perspective storytelling. Even though I know how the story goes, the novel still has made me cry. Yes, cry. So when you tell me about those Temporal Void books, I’m sold!

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