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Posted by Els van Dam on June 12, 2005, 6:06 pm
It is on my book list to get from the library. Most likely a good read
for my trip to Toronto
I will let you know how I make out.
Els
> I couldn't begin to tell you which of Tepper's books I've read,
> without gathering them up from the half-dozen people I've lent them
> to. Someone who patronizes the used bookstore nearest me apparently
> has a thing for Tepper as well; initially I glommed four of her books
> at once. Since then I've been finding one or two at a time, always
> with the dogear on the left so I'm pretty sure the books are coming
> from the same reader. I think I'm pretty well up to date except for
> maybe the two most current ones.
>
> Els - don't be afraid of Tepper. She's a thinking woman's author,
> lighter than Atwood and not quite so fantastical as LeGuin.
>
> My next trip to the UBS will hopefully turn up another Greg Maguire.
> I was lent a copy of "Wicked" which I'm reading now - this guy
> definitely does NOT write for the juvenile set! The guy used to write
> kid books and he had no trouble whatsoever making the leap to adult
> fairy tales.
>
> A book that just came back to me (having made the rounds of several
> friends who kept passing it along) is "The Years of Rice and Salt" by
> Kim Stanley Robinson. Robinson's usual schtick has been the Mars
> series - "Red Mars", "Green Mars", "Blue Mars" - which follow the
> future history of Mars' development as an political unit independent
> of Earth's management structure. "The Years of Rice and Salt" is a
> future history of Earth based on the premise that Europe never
> recovered from the 14th century Black Death.
>
> I found a new John Varley at the bookstore when I was there last week.
> His Gaia series captivated me when I was in college. Varley is not a
> prolific author, but his works are worth waiting for. Think Robert
> Asprin meets Robert Heinlein and you'll be on the right track.
>
> If you like hard SF and haven't yet discovered Robert MacBride Allen I
> can recommend his books as well. He's another author who trickles
> them out, so what's on the shelves right now is what there is (a total
> of 4 or maybe 5 books).
>
> My pile of "gotta read" books currently exceeds my bookshelf's
> capacity - I have piles of books on the floor by the bed waiting for
> my attention. If I don't sleep I might get them all read this summer
> :)
>
> +++++++++++++
>
> Reply to the list as I do not publish an email address to USENET.
> This practice has cut my spam by more than 95%.
> Of course, I did have to abandon a perfectly good email account...
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