Recs Sought!

[jij]

I'll be travelling a lot this summer, and I need to stock my ebook reader!  At the moment I have only seven books left to read in it, and I live in terror of running out (seriously, it's a phobia;  I've been known to INSIST on going book shopping because I only had a few hundred pages left and couldn't bear the prospect of running out).  So I

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Scott Westerfeld - The Midnighter Series

Have you tried Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden Series? Though I admit to absolutely adoring the Codex. Romanesque era with fantasy adventure!

Hmmmm droool inducing.

Anyway, I second Misty Lackey as well. I'm very found of her co-write with James Mallory - The Obsidian Trilogy. And it's got a sequel set 500 yrs in the future. So that's technically 5 books. I think the second is out already.

*sighs* This is just really making me want an ebook reader.

[jij]

I really like by ebook reader, I have to admit. It becomes very intuitive quite quickly, and for long trips where I'd need between five and ten books it's just a life-saver.

Obviously I MUST get my hands on Butcher, by hook or crook. And the Codex sounds super-awesome. *takes notes*

[loqia]

Michael Marshall Smith! He can be a little bit grim (watch out for Spares in particular) but, man, he spins a good tale. He also publishes thriller novels as Michael Marshall; I'm not as enamoured with them as I am with his sci-fi, but I still adore his writing style, so...

Also, I'd recommend Black House by Stephen King and Peter Straub. Coraline by Neil Gaiman. Eight Days of Luke by Diana Wynne Jones. The Thief of Always by Clive Baker. And (of course) absolutely anything by Terry Pratchett. :D

[jij]

I haven't read Coraline yet! This will have to be fixed. And I've heard really good things about "Thief of Always" as well...hmmm...*takes a lot of notes* Thank you!

[anonymous]

I'd recommend Perdido Street Station by China Mieville. I'm not sure if it's available, but it's wonderful, and suitably long for the holidays!

[jij]

Someone else has seconded that; I'll definitely go looking! :) Sounds involving...*licks lips*

[bengleman]

Not fantasy of Sci-fi but fantastic none the less, two of my favourite books are Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and Joseph Heller's Catch 22.

But more in the fantasy and Sci-fi vein- Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake is brilliant, it's a very surreal, posy apocalyptic dystopian novel- it's seriously good.

[jij]

You know, I've been meaning to re-read "The Great Gatsby" for a while! This is a good opportunity for it...

I read Oryx and Crake last summer! Man, that was creepy and cool, wasn't it? And oddly plausible as well...

[bengleman]

I do love the Great Gatsby :)

Yeah it was- I only picked it up a few weeks ago on a whim- I knew nothing about it before then and it was just SO good!

[northernwalker]

There are several e-book sites out there- I like Etext and Project Gutenberg.
http://etext.teamnesbitt.com/index.html

I also join the throng of suggesting Bujold. I'd skip her current romantic series and go with Miles (my literary crush) or the Five Gods series.

I don't know how you feel about Catholicism, but In This House Of Brede by Rumer Godden is a wonderful novel set in a cloistered convent. It's a very meditative book.

[jij]

Ooooh. *takes notes* Bujold is obviously a must-try, and the last one looks really fascinating, thanks!