[nesfa-reading-group] Three Body Problem

David G. Grubbs dggrubbs at gmail.com
Fri Jun 23 13:02:36 EDT 2017


I've never read any of your suggestions, so I would mind any of them. I
generally like Tim Powers and I'll trust you on the others.


On Sun, Jun 18, 2017 at 9:10 AM, R. Luoma <malkin8244 at pobox.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 17 Jun 2017 23:15:36 -0400
> "David G. Grubbs" <dggrubbs at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > October is not for spooks, it is for opening portals into alternate
> > dimensions, traveling through the multiverse, or worshipping the Great
> > Pumpkin.
> >
> > So I suggest either The Jennifer Morgue (sequel to The Atrocity
> Archives),
>
> Wait, does not any Laundry novel necessarily involve spooks?
>
> > a recent Michael Moorcock book in the Eternal Champion series (maybe the
> > first in the most recent trilogy: A Dreamthief's Daughter),
>
> Did not Stormbringer drink a lot of souls?
> That seems pretty spooky to me.
>
> > or a big collection of Charles Schulz cartoons.
>
> I found the Great Pumpkin rather spooky.
> While Snoopy's Red Baron episodes might be considered
> slipstream fiction, I am not aware of any science fiction
> or fantasy specific strips.
>
> However, I will also offer some October suggestions
> even though I have not read any of the following --
>
>  Tim Powers _Medusa' Web_
>  Nick Mamatas _I Am Providence_
>  Alan Moore _Providence_  (cartoon)
>  Tim Powers _Hide Me Among the Graves_
> --
> R. Luoma     malkin8244 [at] pobox [dot] com
>
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