Reading list

[tinyjo]

Ok, I'm going on holiday for 2 weeks in a month or so and my shelf is bare so I need a shopping list for a big trip to Borders (or possibly Amazon). The only things I can remember that have been recommended to me recently are Light by M. John Harrison and The Scar by China Mieville. So, recommend me stuff. It doesn't have to be genre. It doesn't have to be novels. It does have to be available in paperback in the UK. Stuff by authors I haven't read yet particularly welcome (although most of you probably don't know what I've already read so that's not particularly helpful :) ).

Comments

[phlebas.livejournal.com]

Read any Russell Hoban?

[tinyjo.livejournal.com]

Never even heard of him. Fire away :)

[phlebas.livejournal.com]

Well, most of his books are worth reading. But in particular I'd recommend Kleinzeit(rather surreal hospital drama concerning poetry addiction), Riddley Walker (assuming you're not one of these people who doesnt lyk fernetik spelin - dark, deliciously resonant post-apocalyptic stuff) and Amaryllis Night and Day(a peculiar love story).

[sdn.livejournal.com]

RIDDLEY WALKER is a great book. he is mostly known as a children's author -- his novel, THE MOUSE AND HIS CHILD, was just reissued ...