Help me prioritize my to-read stacks! Please comment to tell me which I should read first and why, and if there's anything I should avoid and why.
Note: This is just the first poll.
Other note: I have already read and enjoyed other books by Butler, Myers, Johnson, and Liu.
[Poll #1342964]
Note: This is just the first poll.
Other note: I have already read and enjoyed other books by Butler, Myers, Johnson, and Liu.
[Poll #1342964]
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You can find an additional Gilda themed story in the anthology, Swords of the Rainbow.
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Curses! Sucking me in with another poll!
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But The Intuitionist is awesome, about two competing theories of elevators. So entertaining and inventive!
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a) The Intuitionist because it is MADE OF AWESOME
b) the Beverly Jenkins because I want to know if her other books are better than the one I tried
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I think it was just a few months ago when I was trying to remember the name of "that cool book about elevators" I read once. I don't remember many details now, but I remember liking it.
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Oh man, it was 2004 when I read it. I appear to have "really liked" it. It led to a lot of discussion. And it was funny. Thumbs up!
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This is the first novel by Liu I've read, I think.
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THE IRON HUNT had some cool ideas, but was a little murky; I think if I hadn't read the prequel novella, I might have been much more confused by it. I'm curious to see where she'll go with the sequel.
BOLLYWOOD NIGHTS sounds fun, and I want to know if I want to read it!
I liked the Jenkins historical I read years ago a lot more than the contemporary/suspense of hers I read more recently, and it was also a Western [ALWAYS AND FOREVER], so WILD SWEET LOVE could be good. I remember thinking it wasn't the best romance I'd ever read, but I liked the historical detail about the black settlers. If you end up liking it, I have TOPAZ which I can lend.
I've read a Tananarive Due and it was really creepy so I haven't tried her again. I am not a horror/creepy book reader, though, and her writing is really good.
I remember a college friend of mine really liked Jewelle Gomez, though I have not read her.
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Do you have any Nalo Hopklinson on your list? She has a new one out soon, I believe.
For YA, Barbara Caridad Ferrer's ADIOS TO MY OLD LIFE is a lot of fun--heroine is a guitarist on a "Latin Idol" show. Can lend if I can pry it away from person I lent it to already.
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Like AAM, I am inclined to see this as crackpot theories plus cultural stereotypes masquerading as social science. I've liked Gladwell's previous books, but I'm taking a pass at that one.
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(I'm the one downer who didn't like The Intuitionist; it was ambitious, but it didn't really work for me.)
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I think I got halfway through the Jenkins and didn't finish... nothing was wrong with it, but it also felt like there was no tension in the romance.
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I still need to read Whitehead's other work...
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