Books I MUST READ or Nikki will do me bodily harm

[x_los]

george rr martin
philip k dick
china mieville -- perdido street station
neal stephenson -- cryptonomicon
song of solomon -- toni morrison
wally lamb
ursula le guin esp. left hand of darkness
ford -- last hot time
brian greene -- fabric of the cosmos and his elegant universe
hiroshima diary (don't know the author)
arthur clarke -- fountains of paradise
connie willis -- doomsday book
Kitcher - Lives to Come

Comments

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[scallopfyodor.livejournal.com]

Erin, where are you going to school?! You told me that I would be the first to know, and yet, here I am in the dark still. By the way, I love Song of Solomon, absolutely awesome. -Kayta

[clio-the-muse.livejournal.com]

George Martin -- He totally rocks...I promise you that you will adore his characters. Read him definitely.

Mieville - I adore him as well, and his books are very, very addictive. Read Perdido first, then The Scar.

Stephenson -- Good, and Cryptonomicon is perhaps the coolest book. Not the best stylist though. Read Martin and Mieville first.

Morrison - I hate her writing. Had to read Beloved for class. Hate it, hate it, hate it.

Ford - OMG, it's a book about gangster/flapper elves living in Chicago. How can you not love it? Recommended to me originally by my favorite teacher, though, and I got very weirded out by the sex scene in it as a result.

Willis - Again, like Martin, her characters are so wonderful. Doomsday is especially great, because it's kind of sad, but it's still such a wonderful adventure story. Also read To Say Nothing of the Dog, based on the Jerome K. Jerome book of the same name.

Add, Books you must read or Sarah will also do you bodily harm.

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[x-los.livejournal.com]

University of Iowa, you knowledge whore!

Love, Erin

[schizoauthoress.livejournal.com]

"Left Hand of Darkness" rocks! Ursula K. LeGuin is a very talented writer, even though I've only read Book One of the Earthsea series and "Left Hand of Darkness".

I recommend Vonda McIntyre as well. The librarian who pointed me to LeGuin also likes her, as do I.

~~Schiz

[heather-macleod.livejournal.com]

read The Salmon of Doubt by Douglas Adams, as well.
It's files that were pulled from his computer and published in various newspapers and magazines.
His humor is as great as always... it's not anything amazing, but it gives insight into his life and personality- it's almost a diary.