[nesfa-reading-group] My choices for November or December book

David G. Grubbs dggrubbs at gmail.com
Tue Aug 16 20:00:53 EDT 2022


Shelly, I only see one thing in your message: "Morris, Brandon Q."

No titles and only one item.


On Tue, Aug 16, 2022 at 7:59 PM Shelly Thomas <yellerdoggy at gmail.com> wrote:

> Here are my three choices for books to vote on:
> Morris, Brandon Q
>
> On Sat, Aug 6, 2022 at 6:21 PM David G. Grubbs <dggrubbs at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> In the NESFA Reading Group, we have *Carter & Lovecraft* coming up for
>> September and *Growing Up Weightless* coming up for October.  I was
>> asked to select three books you all can vote on to pick for either November
>> or December.
>>
>> Here are three:  (They all have around 3.8 averages on Goodreads.)
>> Gibson,William             2003 Pattern Recognition  (356 pages)
>> Lethem,Jonathan            1994 Gun, with Occasional Music  (262 pages)
>> Moorcock,Michael           1972 An Alien Heat   (147 pages)
>>
>> I have not read the Gibson. It is the first in a series, but I don't get
>> the feeling that it is the first in a "trilogy". It should stand alone. It
>> looks like it is typical Gibson with Tech, Web activity and Spies.
>>
>> The other two are on my "reread" list of books I rated highly in the
>> past. I read the Lethem almost 30 years ago (it is a mixture of Fantasy and
>> Noir mystery) and the Moorcock almost 50 years ago (it is an odd mix of
>> Victorian fantasy, multi-universes, and humor). I would like to read them
>> again.
>>
>>
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