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A semi-obscure list. Werthead Send a noteboard - 05/11/2010 09:21:43 AM
#1 - The Golden Age by Michal Ajvaz, translated by Andrew Oakland (Dalkey Archive Press)
#2 - How to Live in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu (Pantheon)
#3 - Redemption in Indigo by Karen Lord (Small Beer Press)
#4 - The Half-Made World by Felix Gilman (Tor)
#5 - The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)
#6 - The Orange Eats Creeps by Grace Krilanovich (Two Dollar Radio)
#7 - The Dream of Perpetual Motion by Dexter Palmer (St. Martin's Press)
#8 - Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor (DAW)
#9 - The Fixed Stars by Brian Conn (Fiction Collective 2)
#10 - Kill the Dead by Richard Kadrey (Eos)


Not necessarily a bad thing, but of the books on the list I've only heard of Yu, Gilman and Jemisin, which in fairness have all been received very-well. The rest weren't even blips on my radar, which is strange. Maybe they're all vastly superior to THE DERVISH HOUSE, THE QUANTUM THIEF, TERMINAL WORLD and THE SILENT LAND, but I very much doubt it.
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Two Amazon Best of 2010 lists: Top 10 (out of 100) and Top SF/Fantasy Larry - 04/11/2010 11:40:33 PM 713 Views
I haven't read any of those. Chas - 05/11/2010 12:04:56 AM 548 Views
I enjoyed each of those Larry - 05/11/2010 03:48:29 PM 487 Views
I just finished the Skloot. Cockatiel of Doom - 05/11/2010 04:37:26 AM 594 Views
Haven't read it Larry - 05/11/2010 03:46:31 PM 480 Views
Ah. Cockatiel of Doom - 06/11/2010 01:46:25 AM 600 Views
Yeah, Amazong rating is not what I go by. Camilla - 05/11/2010 08:34:19 AM 509 Views
The majority of the Amazon SF/Fantasy list is comprised on non-genre marketed works Larry - 05/11/2010 03:47:40 PM 1015 Views
A semi-obscure list. Werthead - 05/11/2010 09:21:43 AM 510 Views
I believe McDonald was considered at least Larry - 05/11/2010 03:46:00 PM 758 Views
I really liked Terminal World random thoughts - 05/11/2010 08:10:42 PM 507 Views
Agreed. Werthead - 06/11/2010 12:12:55 AM 484 Views
Patti Smith! Anyone here read it? *NM* (beat.) - 08/11/2010 07:55:17 PM 234 Views
Is it the Patti Smith? *NM* Camilla - 08/11/2010 08:04:51 PM 210 Views
Uhm, I just kind of. . . assumed so. She does write poetry. (beat.) - 08/11/2010 08:20:25 PM 570 Views
Re: Uhm, I just kind of. . . assumed so. She does write poetry. Camilla - 08/11/2010 08:21:55 PM 517 Views
No, but of course you had to rub it in my face sooner or later. *NM* (beat.) - 08/11/2010 08:26:16 PM 210 Views
Indeed Camilla - 08/11/2010 08:28:00 PM 519 Views
Well of course she was! Your blasphemous insinuation that she could be otherwise offends me. (beat.) - 08/11/2010 08:37:31 PM 510 Views
Re: Well of course she was! Your blasphemous insinuation that she could be otherwise offends me. Camilla - 08/11/2010 09:02:27 PM 493 Views
Right, so, instead of speculating, I went and checked. 'Cause I'm smart! (beat.) - 08/11/2010 08:24:42 PM 501 Views
Re: Right, so, instead of speculating, I went and checked. 'Cause I'm smart! ->and not lazy. Camilla - 08/11/2010 08:28:28 PM 525 Views
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