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<blockquote data-quote="Gizzard" data-source="post: 235658" data-attributes="member: 527"><p>Chronoliths, American Gods and Perdido Street Station are all nominated for the Hugo this year and are all strong books in their own different ways. I'd recommend them; though, like apples and oranges, I still havent decided which is the best. </p><p></p><p>Perdido Street Station features a reference to D&D which lasts a chapter or two and its a wild and fantastic world to steal campaign ideas from; its almost [on topic] to discuss it here. ;-)</p><p></p><p>Chronoliths is, on one level, a straightforward sci-thriller with another layer of musings about time travel, free will and the ability to manipulate destiny. Very well done; it works well as either a quick read or a thought provoker.</p><p></p><p>American Gods is fantasy by Neil Gaiman; his strange and fabulous imagination. Not heroic fantasy, but instead a little bit noir with a central character making his way in a world of old gods dangerously powerful and inscrutable. </p><p></p><p>As for the rest of Undead Petes list, I generally oppose Robert Sawyer; his characters are so flat and robotic that I must puke. He's like an idea shotgun though; all sorts of weird ideas jumbled up into a big stew. Most of them unsubtle and unbelievable (ex-Nazi prison camp guards running modern HMOs that start killing patients to cut costs while meanwhile telepathic Neanderthals are being born. I'm not kidding. And thats only half the scattershot ideas in that book) and they always seem to involve the wife of the main character having an affair for no particular reason. I read two of his books and several of his short stories and vowed to never read him again.</p><p></p><p>Steele is not my style, he's a little on the space opera side of things, but his technique is decent. He has a good sized following (of course so does Sawyer, so I suppose that doesnt prove anything) and I wouldnt un-recommend giving him a spin. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> One of his short stories is posted on <a href="http://www.asimovs.com" target="_blank">www.asimovs.com</a> as are several other good shorts. ("The Dog Said Bow-Wow" by Swanwick (?) is probably my favorite this year; make sure to check that one out. Or "Old McDonald had a Farm" if you are a vegetarian.)</p><p></p><p>The rest of the novels I am not familiar with, except, of course, the Black Company, which has a loyal following as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gizzard, post: 235658, member: 527"] Chronoliths, American Gods and Perdido Street Station are all nominated for the Hugo this year and are all strong books in their own different ways. I'd recommend them; though, like apples and oranges, I still havent decided which is the best. Perdido Street Station features a reference to D&D which lasts a chapter or two and its a wild and fantastic world to steal campaign ideas from; its almost [on topic] to discuss it here. ;-) Chronoliths is, on one level, a straightforward sci-thriller with another layer of musings about time travel, free will and the ability to manipulate destiny. Very well done; it works well as either a quick read or a thought provoker. American Gods is fantasy by Neil Gaiman; his strange and fabulous imagination. Not heroic fantasy, but instead a little bit noir with a central character making his way in a world of old gods dangerously powerful and inscrutable. As for the rest of Undead Petes list, I generally oppose Robert Sawyer; his characters are so flat and robotic that I must puke. He's like an idea shotgun though; all sorts of weird ideas jumbled up into a big stew. Most of them unsubtle and unbelievable (ex-Nazi prison camp guards running modern HMOs that start killing patients to cut costs while meanwhile telepathic Neanderthals are being born. I'm not kidding. And thats only half the scattershot ideas in that book) and they always seem to involve the wife of the main character having an affair for no particular reason. I read two of his books and several of his short stories and vowed to never read him again. Steele is not my style, he's a little on the space opera side of things, but his technique is decent. He has a good sized following (of course so does Sawyer, so I suppose that doesnt prove anything) and I wouldnt un-recommend giving him a spin. :-) One of his short stories is posted on [url]www.asimovs.com[/url] as are several other good shorts. ("The Dog Said Bow-Wow" by Swanwick (?) is probably my favorite this year; make sure to check that one out. Or "Old McDonald had a Farm" if you are a vegetarian.) The rest of the novels I am not familiar with, except, of course, the Black Company, which has a loyal following as well. [/QUOTE]
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