What are you reading in November 2010

[Candiss]

Sandra aka Sleo wrote: "Phoenixfalls wrote: "Sandra aka Sleo wrote: "Historical fiction is a little fantasy oriented, yes?"

There does appear to be a fairly large overlap in SF/F readers and Historical Fiction readers. ...."

I'm another Spec-Fic/Hist-Fic swing reader. When I'm deep into reading one, I long for the other. (But then I'm the same way within Science Fiction and Fantasy. If I've been reading a lot of fantasy, I crave harder SF, and vice versa.)

I think that's why I so adore Historical Fantasy (as well as Mythopoeic fiction and Alternate History.) It crosses genre lines.

I've never read Dunnett. I'll have to check her out!

[Shel, Moderator]

It was a fellow fantasy fan who turned me on to Dunnett in the first place :) Candiss - she's BRILLIANT. Be prepared for a slow (at first), difficult, but incredibly rewarding read.

[Nick]

Christine wrote: "Today I finished reading The Forever War which I missed in the 70s (too busy having children and working) and really enjoyed it. I was bothered by one tiny detail (calico cat referred..."

Check out our discussions on "The Forever War" when it was our BOTM in Oct 2009. They were really interesting.

[Christine]

Nick, how do I find that discussion? I've tried wading through many postings but have not found it

[Ken]

Christine
go to this link, and go to the bottom of the page
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_...

[Christine]

I finished Crossfirewhich was okay and then read The Wee Free Menwhich was nice light reading. Now I've turned to Burndive and have Child of the Prophecy sitting on my shelf. I found the SciFi and fantasy titles through discussion here

[Stefan, Group Founder + Moderator (Retired)]

I'm finally back to reading fiction, after more than a week of not picking up a book once (mainly because I was busy with family stuff). I'm back into Surface Detail by Iain M. Banks and loving it. If The Player of Games wins the current poll for February SF BotM (and currently it looks like it will), I may re-read it again for the discussion.