i09's "All the New Scifi and Fantasy Books You Absolutely Must Read This Fall"

[Nokomis.FL]

Clear some space in your schedule, and on your shelves—you’re going to need it.

http://io9.gizmodo.com/all-the-new-sc...

[Fresno Bob]

there is absolutely no way I need to read any of the Brian Herbert Dune books, they are an Alia-level corpse-fucking abomination!

[Brendan]

Fresno Bob wrote: "there is absolutely no way I need to read any of the Brian Herbert Dune books, they are an Alia-level corpse-fucking abomination!"

Io9 used to be a good website :/

[Nokomis.FL]

Well, it is a Gawker site.

[Silvana]

What's wrong with Gawker?

Pirate Utopia is available in Netgalley.
Time Travel: A History by James Gleick looks interesting.

[Sean]

Silvana wrote: "What's wrong with Gawker?"

Besides being muckraking, privacy invading, trash journalism? Nothing really.

Now that Nick Denton's been sued into penury and the company's been bought out by Univision, maybe it'll turn around and I won't feel dirty any time I accidentally click a link to the Gawker Empire. But I'm not holding my breath.

[Silvana]

Sean wrote: "Silvana wrote: "What's wrong with Gawker?"

Besides being muckraking, privacy invading, trash journalism? Nothing really.

Now that Nick Denton's been sued into penury and the company's been bought..."

Great and interesting reading, thanks!

[Scott]

Fresno Bob wrote: "there is absolutely no way I need to read any of the Brian Herbert Dune books, they are an Alia-level corpse-fucking abomination!"

This++. I'm not wired to stop reading series in the middle, but as much as I wanted to know more about Herbert's universe, I started to feel like I was contributing to the ransacking of his legacy.
Question - is Anderson actually a decent writer? I haven't read any of his other stuff, and these books do nothing to persuade me to try it.

[Sean]

Kevin J. Anderson once wrote a book called Dean Koontz's Frankenstein: Book 1: Prodigal Son. I think that pretty much sums him up.

[Nokomis.FL]

Fresno Bob wrote: "there is absolutely no way I need to read any of the Brian Herbert Dune books, they are an Alia-level corpse-fucking abomination!"

There were other books on that list, BTW.

[Brendan]

Nokomis.FL wrote: "There were other books on that list, BTW."

That is true. I was just so horrified by Kevin Anderson that my brain shut down. I'll definitely be grabbing that Le Guin collection, and a new Kai Ashante Wilson novella is a day one buy for me. Laurie Penny is a heck of a journalist and I'd be very interested to read her (I think?) fiction debut.

[John (Nevets)]

For KJA, there are some things of his I've very much enjoyed, but there is other stuff that is just bad. I think he did a great job editing the "Tales of..." series for Star Wars in the mid to late 90's (although I've not read them again in the last 20+ years). And I honestly thought The Last Days of Krypton was a good book. I don't remember hating the first couple Dune prequels, but that was probably because I had such fond memories of the universe, and wanted more. But after the first couple, I had no desire to keep up with the series. The first "Saga of Seven Suns" book was bad story telling, plain and simple, I tried a little bit of the second just to see if it got better, and it was not good either.

[Melanti]

For KJA, it depends on how much effort he wants to put into the writing.

He famously compared writing in the Star Wars universe to getting a job flipping hamburgers and that lack of enthusiasm kind of showed in his writing quality.

So, with the Dune books - does he see them as a serious writing project, or is it just another way to get a paycheck? I'd bet on the latter with him.

[Trike]

I noticed earlier that I have Ill Wind by Anderson and Beason in my TBR pile, and I remembered that it was Anderson's Star Wars novels that turned me off of the EU. Kinda hope Ill Wind doesn't suck.

[Andy]

Last year's Best Sci-fi and Fantasy was really fantastic. I plan on picking this year's as well. Also Ken Liu and Daniel Polansky are always welcome.

I have been meaning to pick up Sorcerer of the Wildeeps, maybe the sequel coming out will make me commit.

Jerusalem might be something I pick up from the library... Alan Moore may have gone too far afield for me to really enjoy his work anymore.

[Andy]

oh and IO9 is and always has been one of my favorite sites. I like to pretend that the excesses and grossness of Gawker was just an excuse to pay for IO9 and Lifehacker. please leave me this dillusion, I need it.

[Noomninam]

Andy wrote: "... I like to pretend that the excesses and grossness of Gawker was just an excuse to pay for IO9 and Lifehacker. please leave me this dillusion, I need it."

I think you meant 'delusion', but I like your version of the word!