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D.o.S. wrote:I've got Kraken queued up for when I finish the books on the previous page.
But I'm very out of the loop when it comes to science fiction, to be honest. Much more into horror & fantasy as far as that spectrum of the pulp fiction literary universe is concerned.
neonblack wrote:They say tone is in the hooks
D.o.S. wrote:I'm pretty sure moderation leads to Mustang Sally.
coldbrightsunlight wrote:Yes I am a soppy pop person at heart I think with noises round the edge
dubkitty wrote:i'm gonna be that old guy and point out that Asimov, Clarke, and McGuin in particular were excellent on a literary level. i kind of wandered off from sci-fi when it went off into five-volume series that really weren't much different to fantasy.
D.o.S. wrote:I've got Kraken queued up for when I finish the books on the previous page.
But I'm very out of the loop when it comes to science fiction, to be honest. Much more into horror & fantasy as far as that spectrum of the pulp fiction literary universe is concerned.
Paul_C wrote:D.o.S. wrote:I've got Kraken queued up for when I finish the books on the previous page.
But I'm very out of the loop when it comes to science fiction, to be honest. Much more into horror & fantasy as far as that spectrum of the pulp fiction literary universe is concerned.
I'll be interested to see what you make of Kraken. I really like it, but not all of the fans of Mieville's work agree
I'm happy to offer suggestions for sci-fi writers both old and new, should you want them, though as with Kraken, my views may not be those of the majority.
neonblack wrote:They say tone is in the hooks
D.o.S. wrote:I'm pretty sure moderation leads to Mustang Sally.
coldbrightsunlight wrote:Yes I am a soppy pop person at heart I think with noises round the edge
coldbrightsunlight wrote:dubkitty wrote:i'm gonna be that old guy and point out that Asimov, Clarke, and McGuin in particular were excellent on a literary level. i kind of wandered off from sci-fi when it went off into five-volume series that really weren't much different to fantasy.
I don't agree about Asimov in literary merit, but he still had some great ideas. There's still a lot of good sci-fi out there that isn't giant epic series. I read mostly sci-fi because I love the ideas so much but I can sometimes get ground down by not fantastic writing. But there is a lot of good quality writing out there.
TraceItalian wrote:MrNovember wrote:popvulture wrote:That said, I usually find that most of the heart of sci fi is much more in the whole storytelling / world-building sides of things, and in that sense I thought Annihilation stood out.
This is definitely what I liked about the book. The world building was amazing and definitely stood out.
And I actually really liked the fact that he didn't really use the book when writing the movie. It made it feel completely different and kind of fit in with the mutations theme. That said, I would have loved to see the Crawler and the Tower in the movie.
You ever read Harrison? He was specifically mentioned in Elmore Leonard's rules of writing for his ability at description
neonblack wrote:They say tone is in the hooks
D.o.S. wrote:I'm pretty sure moderation leads to Mustang Sally.
coldbrightsunlight wrote:Yes I am a soppy pop person at heart I think with noises round the edge
popvulture wrote:TraceItalian wrote:MrNovember wrote:popvulture wrote:That said, I usually find that most of the heart of sci fi is much more in the whole storytelling / world-building sides of things, and in that sense I thought Annihilation stood out.
This is definitely what I liked about the book. The world building was amazing and definitely stood out.
And I actually really liked the fact that he didn't really use the book when writing the movie. It made it feel completely different and kind of fit in with the mutations theme. That said, I would have loved to see the Crawler and the Tower in the movie.
You ever read Harrison? He was specifically mentioned in Elmore Leonard's rules of writing for his ability at description
Forgot to answer this! Nope, I haven't but I've long wanted to check his stuff out. What would you recommend to start?
neonblack wrote:They say tone is in the hooks
D.o.S. wrote:I'm pretty sure moderation leads to Mustang Sally.
coldbrightsunlight wrote:Yes I am a soppy pop person at heart I think with noises round the edge
Paul_C wrote:D.o.S. wrote:I've got Kraken queued up for when I finish the books on the previous page.
But I'm very out of the loop when it comes to science fiction, to be honest. Much more into horror & fantasy as far as that spectrum of the pulp fiction literary universe is concerned.
I'll be interested to see what you make of Kraken. I really like it, but not all of the fans of Mieville's work agree
I'm happy to offer suggestions for sci-fi writers both old and new, should you want them, though as with Kraken, my views may not be those of the majority.
I liked the Southern Reach trilogy, which I finished quite recently (I'd read the first book a couple of years ago but not the others), and I liked it on the whole.
A favourite for similar reasons is the Empty Space/Kefahuchi Tract Trilogy by M John Harrison - which I have read through a couple of times now with great enjoyment but very little idea what on earth it's all about. In this case I find that a very satisfying thing.
Another couple of very good trilogies (I say this despite preferring stand alone books to ones where you might finish the first one knowing full well you have only been told part of a story, which can be very annoying) are Yoon Ha Lee's Machineries' of Empire books and Hannu Rajaniemi's Jean Le Flambeur series.
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