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

[swisstone.livejournal.com]

I'm enjoying Christopher Priest's The Separation, but you probably can't get hold of a copy any more.

[coalescent.livejournal.com]

I second the recommendation, and I have a copy available to lend if needs be.

Otherwise...Ian R Macleod's The Light Ages is being compared to Mieville. I haven't read Mieville, but it's a damn fine novel. The Rediscovery Of Man by Cordwainer Smith is old but great. The Cities collection, for A Year In The Linear City alone.

[coalescent.livejournal.com]

OK, so I missed the 'no hardbacks' thing. You can get Linear City as an ebook, and the Smith is one of the SF Masterworks. The Light Ages is (I think) available as a trade paperback (same size as Light and The Separation).