Theres a lot of solid stuff on this years Hugo ballot; I am still turning it over and over in my mind trying to figure out what to vote for.
Has anyone else here read Perdido Street Station, Chronoliths, American Gods, Passage or Cosmonaut Keep? If so, what were your favorites and why? (I havent read Cosmonaut Keep yet, but the rest I have.)
I'll start it out by saying that I just finished Chronoliths and enjoyed it quite a bit. Previously I had read Perdido Street Station; as someone else commented, "its a difficult read". Chronoliths is much more gripping; it reads more like a traditional thriller. Which is not to say its light-weight, the science is inventive and the issues raised are definitely strong. Its not as richly imagined a world as Perdido Street Station, but that would be a high bar for everyone to have to clear.
Has anyone else here read Perdido Street Station, Chronoliths, American Gods, Passage or Cosmonaut Keep? If so, what were your favorites and why? (I havent read Cosmonaut Keep yet, but the rest I have.)
I'll start it out by saying that I just finished Chronoliths and enjoyed it quite a bit. Previously I had read Perdido Street Station; as someone else commented, "its a difficult read". Chronoliths is much more gripping; it reads more like a traditional thriller. Which is not to say its light-weight, the science is inventive and the issues raised are definitely strong. Its not as richly imagined a world as Perdido Street Station, but that would be a high bar for everyone to have to clear.