[nesfa-reading-group] Next reads?

[James Boggie]

Hello all,

I am very interested in Consider Phlebas, Red Moon, and Red Rising.
Lovecraft Country is cool too. I would try Jade City, mostly because I like
Fonda Lee. I am not especially interested in any of the other books.

James


On Fri, Jul 12, 2019, 9:42 AM David G. Grubbs <dggrubbs at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was looking at the lists of books we've read and realized that we
> haven't had that online discussion about what to read for September.
>
> We had a long list, but I think we should read Jade City by Fonda Lee.  It
> won the World Fantasy award two years ago and was near the top for the
> Nebula and the Locus awards.
>
> It is described as "The Godfather with magic and kung fu".  I gotta read
> it, so maybe we can all read it.
>
> I took the list we discussed last week, added all the other suggestions we
> haven't read from the previous two times we chose books and tossed the ones
> we have read.  The rest fall into these categories:
>
> I also wouldn't mind reading:
>
>    - Lyons,Jenn                2017 The Ruin of Kings
>    - Robinson,Kim Stanley  2018 Red Moon
>    - Brown,Pierce              2014 Red Rising
>    - Corey,James S. A.        2011 Leviathan Wakes
>    - Gladstone,Max             2019 Empress of Forever
>
>
> Wouldn't complain about, but not as interested:
>
>    - Novik,Naomi                 2018 Spinning Silver
>    - Gaiman+Pratchett         1990 Good Omens
>    - Bear,Elizabeth              2019 Ancestral Night
>    - Morgan,Richard K.        2018 Thin Air  (Though I'd want to read
>    "Black Man" first.)
>    - Faber,Michel                 2000 Under the Skin
>    - Hand,Elizabeth             2019 Curious Toys
>    - Ellison,Harlan              1975 Deathbird Stories
>    - Matheson,Richard        2019 Other Kingdoms
>    - Valente,Catherynne M.  2018 Space Opera
>    - Watts,Peter               2018 The Freeze-Frame Revolution
>    - Watts,Peter               1999 Starfish
>
>
> I don't care about these. Maybe others do, but I would give them down
> votes:
>
>    - Piserchia,Doris            1977 Earthchild
>    - Ruff,Matt                   2016 Lovecraft Country
>    - Griffith,Nicola             1993 Ammonite
>    -
>
> Of the ones we discussed, I have already read these and don't want to read
> them again:
>
>    - Doctorow,Cory                2017 Walkaway
>    - Watts,Peter                    2006 Blindsight
>    - Banks,Iain M.                1987 Consider Phlebas
>    - Egan,Greg                     1992 Quarantine
>
>
> Of the ones we discussed -- I will read these soon for the other book club:
>
>    - Roanhorse,Rebecca        2018  Trail of Lightning
>    - Bujold,Lois McMaster       2001  The Curse of Chalion
>    - Okorafor,Nnedi               2015  Binti
>    - Wells,Martha                 2017  All Systems Red
>    -
>
>
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