Of books, pitfalls, recommendations and an age-old addiction to SF&F
Have you ever eaten oysters? Ever had the experience where three bad ones in a row turned you off the species entirely and maybe even permanently?
( General ramble about the death of my book addiction (and not, as the prologue may have suggested, a ramble about oysters) )
( General ramble about the death of my book addiction (and not, as the prologue may have suggested, a ramble about oysters) )
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Yes, as a matter of fact, the first Vorkosigan book IS one of the other two books I'd read in the past ten years of drought whose name had escaped me. I did like it (I finished it, that's saying enough), though I didn't have the impetus to rush out and buy the rest. The style didn't quite hit my buttons and the female character in that one annoyed me. But that was just the first. If it gets better...maybe I need to pop back into my bookstore for volume 2 *makes a note*
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Do you remember if you read Cordelia's Honor or the Young Miles collection? People start the series either place, but I find that the series gets stronger as it goes (Young Miles is technically the second book, although it's actually three novels in one, and it gets much better even from there. :D).
And as sircosmos recced, the Chalion series is really good too!
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--Cast in Shadow, by Michelle Sagara, and sequels.
--A Fistful of Sky, by Nina Kiriki Hoffman.
--Sunshine, by Robin McKinley.
--Magic Bites, by Ilona Andrews, and sequels.
--Feed, by Mira Grant.
--Paladin of Souls, by Lois McMaster Bujold.
--The Complete Ivory (The Gate of Ivory, Two-Bit Heroes, Guilt-Edged Ivory), by Doris Egan.
--Grasp the Stars, by Jennifer Wingert.
That's all I can think of now- I hope it helps!
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Awesome series entirely.
I also want to second that Sunshine by Robin McKinley. I have whole-heartedly wished for a sequel, but alas not only has her writing quality degraded... her proclivity for sequels is non-existent (although she managed a prequel once).
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I have been stalking the forums of the company making Witcher 2, and so far the trailers make me want to cry at the thought of waiting until next year to get my grubby mitts on it ;_;
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I like your analysis of why you don't read books anymore. At first I refused to read books with female main characters, because I discovered that in almost all cases I think they are written "wrong". Either there are the "standard issues", like, too Mary Sue-ish, too dependent, too stupid to be a main character, too 'obviously the author either hates or doesn't know women', and/or the books make me too angry with them (and the authors) to continue reading. So I usually avoid books with female main characters.
After that it was only a small step to the realisation that most characters act stupid and are badly written, and I simply didn't see it, because I don't get angry with male characters that fast.
I didn't stop reading books, but I buy few, maybe 10 a year, and I read even less, but instead focus more on online fiction and heavily on non-fiction and on ( ... )
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Also, since this is a bit of a delurking...hi! I'd been starting to lose faith in slash as a genre, but your writing is refreshingly original and intelligent. Thanks for making me want to rejoin the fold. :)
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Thank you. <3
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