[nesfa-reading-group] Three Body Problem

[David G. Grubbs]

I'd read any of these three too. I may read them anyway.


On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 2:11 PM, Boogalouis <boogalouis at gmail.com> wrote:

> I don’t know about spooky, but I’m told I can get a little kooky from time
> to time,
>
> Let’s hope this isn’t one of those times.
>
> The three books I’m tossing into the ring are new books, released in 2017.
>
> • Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
> • The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi
> • Dragon Teeth by Michael Crichton
>
> Neil is hit or miss for me, but lots of people find him to be as striking
> as Czernobog’s hammer to the head. But I digress, Another book about
> Norse gods..
> Scalzi, well it’s Scalzi, ‘Nuf Said!
> And Crichton, again hit or miss for me, but dino hunting in America’s wild
> west? Could be fun.
>
> Louis
>
> On Jun 18, 2017, at 8:48 PM, Chip Hitchcock <cjhi at newcastle2.com> wrote:
>
> No, just clean-up people and other security types.
>
> /CHip
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [nesfa-reading-group] Three Body Problem
> From: "R. Luoma" <malkin8244 at pobox.com>
> Date: Sun, June 18, 2017 9:10 am
> To: NESFA Reading Group <reading-group at lists.nesfa.org>
>
> 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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