I bought "Summer in Orcus" book on your excellent, (no plot hints) review. I'm 1/2 way through and enjoying it... I've read other books by the same author so not a real surprise. We should not have favorite book lists, but favorite author lists. Oh my.. list your 50 (or 100) favorite authors. Hmm, how to define a favorite author, maybe someone who you have read all the stuff they have written? Which leaves out many of my fav's (I've never read the "Gulag Archipelago".) And let's Harper Lee make almost everyone's list.
Listing favorite authors is a fun idea! I'm thinking my two favorite of all time are probably J. R. R. Tolkien and Dorothy Sayers (as you might've guessed by how frequently I mention them in my posts). I haven't read quite everything by them, but close to everything. Not sure about my other favorite authors, though...
Oh good I've read nothing by Dorothy Sayers, what should I try first? Two favorites for me would be Robert Heinlein and C. S. Forester, but then many others... Maybe Lois McMaster Bujold next in line. (I guess I really just love a good story.)
I've read Heinlein and enjoyed him! I think I like his "juveniles" the best, but everything I've read from him is good except for "The Number of the Beast." I've tried a couple of Forester's Hornblower books, but that was a while ago - and nothing by Bujold, though I've heard very good things about her writing! Maybe I'll check them out.
For Sayers, I'd recommend starting with her Lord Peter Wimsey series, but skip the first ("Whose Body?"), and start with the second ("Clouds of Witness"). Or if you want to read her theological writing, her "Man Born To Be King" is also very good.
Great, "Clouds of Witness" is now on my kindle. Yeah Heinlein's juveniles are some of my favorites. I also love "Double Star", which I think of as a tight Shakespearian tragedy. The Hornblower books should be read in order starting with the 'trilogy' "Beat to Quarters", "Ship of the Line" and "Flying Colours". But I think I might rate "The Good Shepherd" as my favorite by Forester. "The Curse of Chalion" is my fav by Bujold.
Yes, "Double Star" is definitely fun. I didn't think of it as a Shakespearean tragedy... but now that you mention it, it does fit. And "Good Shepherd" is now on my To Read list!
I like the mix of fiction and nonfiction, though if always having exactly two-and-two gets too rigid I think changing it up would also be good.
I bought "Summer in Orcus" book on your excellent, (no plot hints) review. I'm 1/2 way through and enjoying it... I've read other books by the same author so not a real surprise. We should not have favorite book lists, but favorite author lists. Oh my.. list your 50 (or 100) favorite authors. Hmm, how to define a favorite author, maybe someone who you have read all the stuff they have written? Which leaves out many of my fav's (I've never read the "Gulag Archipelago".) And let's Harper Lee make almost everyone's list.
Listing favorite authors is a fun idea! I'm thinking my two favorite of all time are probably J. R. R. Tolkien and Dorothy Sayers (as you might've guessed by how frequently I mention them in my posts). I haven't read quite everything by them, but close to everything. Not sure about my other favorite authors, though...
Oh good I've read nothing by Dorothy Sayers, what should I try first? Two favorites for me would be Robert Heinlein and C. S. Forester, but then many others... Maybe Lois McMaster Bujold next in line. (I guess I really just love a good story.)
I've read Heinlein and enjoyed him! I think I like his "juveniles" the best, but everything I've read from him is good except for "The Number of the Beast." I've tried a couple of Forester's Hornblower books, but that was a while ago - and nothing by Bujold, though I've heard very good things about her writing! Maybe I'll check them out.
For Sayers, I'd recommend starting with her Lord Peter Wimsey series, but skip the first ("Whose Body?"), and start with the second ("Clouds of Witness"). Or if you want to read her theological writing, her "Man Born To Be King" is also very good.
Great, "Clouds of Witness" is now on my kindle. Yeah Heinlein's juveniles are some of my favorites. I also love "Double Star", which I think of as a tight Shakespearian tragedy. The Hornblower books should be read in order starting with the 'trilogy' "Beat to Quarters", "Ship of the Line" and "Flying Colours". But I think I might rate "The Good Shepherd" as my favorite by Forester. "The Curse of Chalion" is my fav by Bujold.
Yes, "Double Star" is definitely fun. I didn't think of it as a Shakespearean tragedy... but now that you mention it, it does fit. And "Good Shepherd" is now on my To Read list!