Readout

[pasithea]

So. Lately I've somehow been hanging around online with all these insanely cool people and they make references to all these books they've read that are really thought provoking and I'm like totally here in the dark when it comes to good fiction.

One of my New Year's resolutions was 'read something other than a textbook or manual', and while 'Booru mata mata mata' may meet the letter of the resolution, it doesn't meet the spirit of it.

So... Suggest books for me to read! (Reading order determined by available time and what I find at the second-hand bookshop)

Now is the part where confess shame in my lack of fiction reading. The last sci-fi/fantasy type stuff that I can clearly remember reading are the 'Bill the Galactic Hero' series when I was in the hospital almost six years ago, and in all honesty I haven't read much more than that (in the way of sci-fi) since ~1990. I've read most of the 'great classics', but hardly any of the classics of sci-fi or fantasy. So hit me with basics and help me patch this hole before someone finds out I'm ignorant! @_@

Comments

[kensan-oni.livejournal.com]

I would like to recomend the March Books by David Weber and someone Juno (March Upcountry, March to the Sea, March to the Stars). While it IS a military journal, for the most part, it is a story about survival in a alien enviroment with cultures not quite our own. I liked it a lot, even though I don't like a lot of Weber's books.

The Ender's Shadow series is also a lot of fun, with the story of Bean growing up to be a Man, effectivly. It's a interesting look at how the world was after Ender left for space. Written by Orson Scott Card.

Children of Odin (I think that is what it was called) is a book on Norse Gods. Really well done. Always a good read.

Lackeys wrote a book, I don't remember it's name, but it's about a modern day medicine woman who has to belive in the spirits in order to save someone. Kinda spooky, really well done. Wish I could remember the name. If you find a book that she has down that is not part of a long series, that's probably is it.

Anything by James White is always good. Medicine in Space is cool.

[mercia.livejournal.com]

Probably "Medicine Woman". ^^;;

I can recall reading it from my (former) local public. Very good read. Nice, re-readable, good way to kill an hour or two. :D

[kensan-oni.livejournal.com]

Actually, I ran into my sister (Who has the book), and she said it's called Sacred Ground. If she's released a new one, that's cool. :')