Not sure what I want to read next, so...

[cimorene]

... I put a bunch of books from my to-read list on my phone:

SF:

• Asaro, Catherine. Primary Inversion.


• Engdahl, Sylvia. Enchantress from the Stars.

Fantasy:

• Crowley, John. Ka.


• Ford, Jeffrey. The Portrait of Mrs Charbuque.

High fantasy:

• Lee, Tanith. Night's Master.


• Maitland, Karen. Company of Liars.


• McKillip, Patricia A. Ombria in Shadow.

The idea is to keep picking them up and trying, and then switching to the next one whenever I get bored or annoyed or distracted or dissatisfied, until one of them catches, or until I've discarded them all. Hopefully that won't happen. I loved Crowley's Little, Big, but it is widely considered the stand-out best of his work. I haven't ever tried the others.

Comments

[princessofgeeks]

I loved Enchantress from the Stars as a teenager.

The Asaro book is SO WEIRD. I got about halfway through it and gave up.

The others are new to me. Have fun!!!

[cimorene]

I keep hearing that about Enchantress from the Stars. I think that's what the review I first read said too! Interested to see.

LOL, now I'm quite curious about Primary Inversion too...

[lotesse]

Wow I loved Engdahl's Enchantress to the Stars at one point, hadn't thought of that book in years! Recommended, I think, although it was quite long ago now ...

[cimorene]

Hear that about it a lot - it's why it's on my list! I gather it's something of an older YA sff classic that I missed.

[phosfate]

Enchantress from the Stars is great, its sequel is even better. Very much influenced by OG Star Trek, but not in the way that most Trek-influenced things are.

Engdahl is pushing 100 and still writing, so unlike a lot of her generation, her work is still readily accessible. Sadly the fab, moody Richard Cuffari illustrations aren't.

[cimorene]

That's funny, I thought that about the Star Trek influence when I read the little blurb for it.