Comments on: Your recommendations please!

By: Talia

Talia — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 20:31:28 +0000

I second Ender’s Game, and also nominate Larry Nivens “Known Space” stories, particularly the Ringworld series.

Regarding graphic novels: can’t get into them. Love comic books, both newspaper strip collections and stand-alone stories. Call it a graphic novel, make the text too small and dense and the story too serious and it’s hard for me to maintain interest.

By: Meghan

Meghan — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 04:53:35 +0000

Hey Brenda!

I like your book categories. I would choose ‘Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood’ for your graphic novel. (It’s about an Iranian girl growing up in the Islamic Revolution). And I second ‘A Fire Upon the Deep’ by Vernor Vinge. Let us know what you choose!

By: Biki

Biki — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 09:19:22 +0000

I don’t read graphic novels, I read manga. If you’d like to try this genre here are a few titles that are top notch.

“The Color of Heaven” by Kim Dong Hwa. It’s a coming of age story in a small Korean town a long time ago. A young girl falls in love for the first time, and as she grows up begins to see what’s going on around her.

“Ooku” by Fumi Yoshinaga. This is a what if story in the form of a plague that comes to feudal Japan killing 3/4’s of men and boys. The story revolves around the shoguns palace and how women now have to do the work once considered “men’s” work. Men now are treated like the rare commodity they are, they don’t work and are married off to the highest bidder. This one makes you think about gender roles and mores.

“After School Nightmare” by Setona Mizushiro. Ichijo is born intersexed. He is a boy on top and a girl below. His greatest fear is that someone will discover his secret. While he hides his true form, he realizes that something odd is going on in his school. And then one day he is invited to take part in a special after scool class, and the mystery gets going!

As for space opera’s? One can’t go wrong with the master Asimov.

By: omly

omly — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 23:12:54 +0000

Our household has been enjoying the Girl Genius series by the Foglios.

By: Patricia Egan

Patricia Egan — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:55:24 +0000

Our college chooses a campus-wide read every year and this year we’ve chosen a graphic novel, “Maus”. I admit I’m dragging my feet into the genre but my colleagues have responded enthusiastically to the selection. My son absolutely devoured the book.

By: Kym

Kym — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:48:39 +0000

Although I read a lot, I don’t have any books to recommend in your chosen categories. 🙁 I will say, though, that I love Georgette Heyer!

By: Ida a.k.a. KnittingGranny (Ravelry)

Ida a.k.a. KnittingGranny (Ravelry) — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:40:46 +0000

I love Guy Gavriel Kay’s fantasy/historical novels – especially “A Song for Arbonne” and “The Lions of Al-Rassan”. His earlier Fionavar trilogy is great, too. Happy knitting and reading.

By: Carrie#K

Carrie#K — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:42:41 +0000

As Found Poems, those stacks are even better. I have some of those same books! Love my Bruno Bettelheim and Georgette Heyer.

Eh, I’m no good on the graphic novels, unless they’re the old comic books. Space operas, hmmm. Old Man’s War by John Scalzi is good.

By: frankie

frankie — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:37:02 +0000

What you are really doing with those books is creating a Found Poem. It was the first writing lesson in my creative writing classes at Lourdes. We used things like titles with Blue in them or red. Also, you need to read Ursula LeGuin’s The Left Hand of Darkness.

By: swingbug

swingbug — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 03:31:03 +0000

In the category of graphic novel, I recommend “The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite” (DarkHorse Publishing). But you’re a Davisite, right? Go downtown to Bizarro World and browse. There are entire wonderful worlds in there.