[stylist] Genres I like

[Jacobson, Shawn D]

Bridgit

One Orson Scott Card novel that is strictly fantasy (no scifi elements at all) is Magic Street (a transferal of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" to black Los Angeles.  You might like that one.

You may want to try Catherine Asaro's Skolian Empire books to.  She mixes the science fiction and romance genres.  The first book in the series, Primary Inversion, was not quite to my taste, I thought the protagonist was something of a ditz, but the story was vary character driven (you may like it).

Shawn

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Sean,

Yes, I do enjoy Jane Yoland. I've been reading her for years.

I've read a couple of things by Orson Card Scott, but I admit I don't
read much science fiction. I prefer fantasy over scefi, which I know
Scott works with too, but most of his stuff seems to be scifi, which I
do like, but not as much as other genres.

I try to stagger my reading so will read a fantasy book then either a
different type of fiction or nonfiction, and so forth and so on. I will
go on binges where I just read one type after another, but I generally
try to stagger it.

I like to read more creative endeavors, but I also enjoy history. If it
really interest me, I will pour over history books and articles just to
learn. Historical fiction, I realize, is no way in which to learn.
Though as it states it has some historical accuracy and relevance, HF
takes creative liberties and licenses, so if I want the real scoop, I
turn to history information that has facts and not working to speculate
or use conjecture.

I enjoy the exchange of authors. I'm always looking for new books to
read.

Sincerely,
Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
Read my blog at:
http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
 
"History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan

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Bridgit

Thanks for sharing.

I also like Neil Gaimen's short work (though I bogged down on American
Gods).  I read "M is for magic and liked a lot of the stories there.

Have you read anything by Jane Yolen; you might like her stuff.

Gene Wolfe is another writer who does SF/fantasy that I like.  I found
the Book of the New Sun series to be quite good and his short work can
be excellent as well.

You might find Orson Scott Card interesting as well.  As a fledgling
writer, I appreciate that he discusses his work in his books.  He also
does a lot of memorable disabled charactors.  Note that I mentioned his
work with a federationist who goes to my church and he liked the work
but was concerned about the guy's religion.  I guess he was afraid that
if I read to much of his work I would become a Card carrying Mormon
(smile).

I also enjoyed Zenna Henderson's People stories.  The magic was great,
but the close walk with God that The People had was wonderful.  She also
is wise to be very minimalist in her description of God; she doesn't try
to bind the almighty in a procrustean lion suit (smile again).

I'm not much into historical fiction; I'm more into reading straight
history.  If I've read several science fiction books in a row and am
finding myself getting jaded, then I like to switch off onto nonfiction.

Once again, thanks for sharing.

Shawn


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