Carrie is still a good read, longtime SK favorite Dog Soldiers is a trip, and Wanderers is great lots of good shit here
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 05:27 (two years ago) link
the hearing trumpet without a moment's hesitation
― no lime tangier, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 07:13 (two years ago) link
This is another one where realisation of who's a contemporary really hits: imagine a world with Stephen King, Leonora Carrington, Ishmael Reed, Vladimir Nabokov and John Le Carré co-existing.
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 10:02 (two years ago) link
Yeah--and Ballard and Delany and Le Guin and Highsmith and---
― dow, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 18:22 (two years ago) link
Another favourite from this year: Butcher's Moon by Richard Stark, the epic and bloody finale of the original Parker series.
― jmm, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 18:26 (two years ago) link
This is maybe the strongest year yet (personally speaking)? No idea what to go for. Potentially: Baldwin, Dick, King, Ballard, Le Guin, Herbert...
I've always meant to read the Carrington. These threads are costing me a fortune.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 18:27 (two years ago) link
just realised this list is missing The Hawkline Monster: A Gothic Western, tsk.
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 18:28 (two years ago) link
Butcher's Moon by Richard Stark, the epic and bloody finale of the original Parker series. Yeah--- and he did come back, in Comeback(1997), and I recently read the last one, Dirty Money(2008), my first. What an asshole, but a number of striking (not always literally) moments, and he gets more interesting as he comes back into my head---oh and now I see John D. MacDonald is on here too--tough year.
― dow, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 21:00 (two years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 10 June 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link
Happy to see at least two other people itt have read "Alphabetical Africa"!
― Are Animated Dads Getting Hotter? (Tom D.), Thursday, 10 June 2021 07:59 (two years ago) link
I read it just recently - I enjoyed it enough to want to read more abish but emil.y is otm about the colonialist aspect (& some other stuff that is a bit iffy)This should prob be dhalgren just over carrington & le carré but voting for the last days of Louisiana red as I haven’t voted for Reed yet, it’s as good as mumbo jumbo & I read it first
― The 💨 that shook the barlow (wins), Thursday, 10 June 2021 09:37 (two years ago) link
Dog Soldiers is a cracking read
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Thursday, 10 June 2021 13:25 (two years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 11 June 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link
HI FIVE whoever else voted for Inverted World
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 11 June 2021 00:35 (two years ago) link
Can I honestly say it is as good a novel as The Dispossessed? I cannot. But it's so weird and individual and I'm so glad it exists!
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 11 June 2021 00:36 (two years ago) link
Wait Carrie shutout, are you kidding me??? That's a grave injustice.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 11 June 2021 00:37 (two years ago) link
Ditto The Forever War, pretty major year for SF though
― I gave it my all and my all wasn't enough (Matt #2), Friday, 11 June 2021 09:10 (two years ago) link
Would watch a 1974 in lit doc or book like they do with years in music.
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 11 June 2021 09:43 (two years ago) link
Wherein We Elect Our Favourite Novels of 1975
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 11 June 2021 10:27 (two years ago) link
Damn, I had a suspicion that Dhalgren would win this despite more talk about Carrington. Maybe I'll get round to reading it sometime, then.
― emil.y, Friday, 11 June 2021 15:03 (two years ago) link