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Jasper Fforde The Eyre Affair
Imagine a world where works of literature are so important and so beloved that there are Shakespeare vending machines on the corners. Fforde has tweaked reality, and given us his vision of this world, complete with literary detectives like his hero Thursday Next. It was a great book, full of blink-and-you'll-miss-them moments that show how different things might, could be. Thursday becomes involved in the search for a man so villainous that he is willing to alter the reality of beloved works like Jane Eyre. The only problem I had was that I hadn't actually read most of the books being referenced (because I'm terrible about reading the classics), so although I could tell when things were supposed to be different, I didn't know why.
Neil Gaiman Sandman: A Game of You
I'm still working through the Sandman series. This one has been one of my favourites so far, and I think that's because it told a cohesive story. I'm not much for short stories, and some of the Sandman novels have felt a little disjointed, which, of course, is because they weren't originally intended as complete works, but I enjoy the stories that have more continuity.
Sarah Zettel Fool's War
There was a story related to this in the anthology of female sci-fi writers that I read a while ago, and I felt it was one of the stronger in the compilation, so I picked up this book. And it was pretty good. Plotwise, it's about the crew of a ship, who become accidentally embroiled in fraud, guild wars, and potentially world changing intrigue. What I liked was that there were many moments that the author could have chosen to end the story, but instead new complications and new plotlines were layered on, making the end result that much richer.
Imagine a world where works of literature are so important and so beloved that there are Shakespeare vending machines on the corners. Fforde has tweaked reality, and given us his vision of this world, complete with literary detectives like his hero Thursday Next. It was a great book, full of blink-and-you'll-miss-them moments that show how different things might, could be. Thursday becomes involved in the search for a man so villainous that he is willing to alter the reality of beloved works like Jane Eyre. The only problem I had was that I hadn't actually read most of the books being referenced (because I'm terrible about reading the classics), so although I could tell when things were supposed to be different, I didn't know why.
Neil Gaiman Sandman: A Game of You
I'm still working through the Sandman series. This one has been one of my favourites so far, and I think that's because it told a cohesive story. I'm not much for short stories, and some of the Sandman novels have felt a little disjointed, which, of course, is because they weren't originally intended as complete works, but I enjoy the stories that have more continuity.
Sarah Zettel Fool's War
There was a story related to this in the anthology of female sci-fi writers that I read a while ago, and I felt it was one of the stronger in the compilation, so I picked up this book. And it was pretty good. Plotwise, it's about the crew of a ship, who become accidentally embroiled in fraud, guild wars, and potentially world changing intrigue. What I liked was that there were many moments that the author could have chosen to end the story, but instead new complications and new plotlines were layered on, making the end result that much richer.