Well, depends on how broadly you want to define genres, I suppose...
Larry Send a noteboard - 07/01/2013 01:09:34 AM
When I wrote a list of 25 Notable 2012 releases for The OF Blog, I had these as the top 3:
3. Lászlo Krasznahorkai, Satantango. Translated from Hungarian. It's a novel that straddles the lines between realist and supernatural fiction. Set in a dying Hungarian village where the villagers engage in inexplicable rituals that may or may not involve the Devil himself.
2. Hilary Mantel, Bring Up the Bodies. Winner of the 2012 Booker Prize for UK/Commonwealth fiction. Historical novel, second in a planned trilogy revolving around Thomas Cromwell and the court of Henry VIII. Covers the period leading up to Anne Boleyn's execution. Very well-done, even better than the first volume, Wolf Hall, which also won a Booker Prize.
1. Junot Díaz, This is How You Lose Her. Short fiction collection, finalist for the 2012 National Book Awards. These are some devastating stories revolving around one of Díaz's favorite characters, Yunior (he appears briefly in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, which deals with a Dominican SF-loving nerd). If you've ever loved a woman and wondered why she left you...well, these stories do touch upon failed relationships.
There, any of them (or the other 22 on the list provided in the link below) of any interest?
3. Lászlo Krasznahorkai, Satantango. Translated from Hungarian. It's a novel that straddles the lines between realist and supernatural fiction. Set in a dying Hungarian village where the villagers engage in inexplicable rituals that may or may not involve the Devil himself.
2. Hilary Mantel, Bring Up the Bodies. Winner of the 2012 Booker Prize for UK/Commonwealth fiction. Historical novel, second in a planned trilogy revolving around Thomas Cromwell and the court of Henry VIII. Covers the period leading up to Anne Boleyn's execution. Very well-done, even better than the first volume, Wolf Hall, which also won a Booker Prize.
1. Junot Díaz, This is How You Lose Her. Short fiction collection, finalist for the 2012 National Book Awards. These are some devastating stories revolving around one of Díaz's favorite characters, Yunior (he appears briefly in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, which deals with a Dominican SF-loving nerd). If you've ever loved a woman and wondered why she left you...well, these stories do touch upon failed relationships.
There, any of them (or the other 22 on the list provided in the link below) of any interest?
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After AMOL, I'm looking for something new, so let me ask - What was the best book you read in 2012?
- 06/01/2013 10:44:24 PM
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Someone asked this question not long ago, actually...
- 06/01/2013 11:23:24 PM
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Thanks, very good resource, but the second link isn't working.
- 07/01/2013 12:10:26 AM
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Re: Thanks, very good resource, but the second link isn't working.
- 07/01/2013 07:13:52 AM
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Speaking of Tuchman...
- 07/01/2013 02:37:31 PM
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Yes. The one I own is The Zimmermann Telegram, which is also great.
- 07/01/2013 05:48:48 PM
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Hard choice between two:
- 06/01/2013 11:33:11 PM
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Interesting....that second book doesn't even have any Amazon reviews!
- 07/01/2013 12:16:06 AM
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Well, depends on how broadly you want to define genres, I suppose...
- 07/01/2013 01:09:34 AM
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Lord of Light- has some similarities to WOT in terms of themes
- 07/01/2013 01:27:01 AM
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It's a great book, though Chronicles of Amber would seem closer to WoT
- 15/01/2013 01:01:25 AM
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For me it's a draw between Patrick Rothfuss: "The wise Man's Fear" and
- 07/01/2013 01:17:14 PM
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Check out the work by David Weber or L E Modesitt Jr if you have't already; both are excellent. *NM*
- 04/02/2013 01:06:39 PM
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