March Suggestion box

[james_davis_nicoll]

Waiting for the last few books on my to-read list to come in. Open to suggestions, particularly for more recent books.

I cannot recall who asked me to read the Rational Harry Potter but it has defeated me. May I review something else?

Comments

[bruce munro (from livejournal.com)]

If you do non-fiction, I wonder what you would think of Prisoners of Geography. http://www.amazon.com/Prisoners-Geography-Explain-Everything-About/dp/1501121464

Others:

Jack McDevitt: Thunderbird

Matt Ruff: Lovecraft Country

Ken Liu: The Paper Menagerie

Greg Bear: The "War Dogs" new series

Ben Peek: the Godless

John Honor Jacobs: The Incorruptibles

And just to enjoy your pain: Stephen Baxter's Ultima :)

[agharta75.livejournal.com]

Second for Ruff and Liu here.

(note that it helps the Liu if you have prior knowledge of the Chu-Han Conflict, just like it helps the Ruff if you know about That Guy. )

[(Anonymous)]

I know Liu's The Grace of Kings did a lot of stuff with the Chu-Han Contention (personally, I loved the epic-historical aspects of that book, but was deeply disappointed in his decisions about female characters). I haven't read The Paper Menagerie. Are its stories set in the same universe as Grace of Kings, or are they reworking that history in different ways?