Recommendations

[tinyjo]

I figured it was time to turn this around a bit and, inspired partly by Alex's plan of lending things to people, I have decided to offer up recommendations. Comment here and tell me (a) what you'd like me to recommend - I do fiction (probably SF) or music, (b) what is your current fave genre in said field, (c) a couple of your all time fave books/albums (with links if they're obscure and/or you can be bothered). I will respond with a recommendation. Further, I will endevor to lend it to you via some means, real or electronic. And, if you want, post this in your journal.

Comments

[coalescent.livejournal.com]

Go on, then. Fiction from the sf corner of the meme pool - current raves Forty Signs of Rain by Kim Stanley Robinson or Stories of Your Life And Others by Ted Chiang - and music from the singer-songwriter and/or indie-schmindie one - current listening Ryan Adams, or Cat Power, or Calexico.

[tinyjo.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. SF for you is really hard as much of my recent reading has been recommendations from you :) I'll have to think about that. Perhaps Kurt Voneguts short stories. They weren't all SF but a lot of them were weird/odd and they're very well written. I've got Bagabo Snuff Box which I can lend to you.

For music, I'm leaning towards suggesting Nanci Griffifths. She's classified as country music but I think Flyer in particular will very much appeal to the singer songwriter side of your tastes - it's a very pretty album indeed.

Are you likely to be in Oxford in the near future, or shall I send you a parcel?

[coalescent.livejournal.com]

I've got Bagabo Snuff Box which I can lend to you.

Sounds good to me. I've been meaning to read more Vonnegut.

For music, I'm leaning towards suggesting Nanci Griffifths. She's classified as country music but I think Flyer in particular will very much appeal to the singer songwriter side of your tastes - it's a very pretty album indeed.

Country isn't necessarily a bad thing, as immortalradical has been educating me...

Are you likely to be in Oxford in the near future, or shall I send you a parcel?

Parcel would probably be the most sensible course - either that, or give them to someone who's going to Eastercon to pass on to me there.