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naathHugo nominated novels wot I have read :
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (Orbit US / Orbit UK)
I really like this. The setting, the characters, the plot. Interesting choice to use "she" throughout as translation for an assumed gender neutral 3rd person pronoun, I think I might have preferred "they" but certainly "she" is an improvement on "he" (as in Left Hand of Darkness). (2)
Neptune's Brood by Charles Stross (Ace / Orbit UK)
Like the Saturn's Children (to which this is a very loose sequel) I felt this was entertaining, but came to a rather abrupt stop; also economics just really isn't that interesting to me. (4)
Parasite by Mira Grant (Orbit US / Orbit UK)
Certainly entertaining and hard-to-put-down but the main character spends rather too much time Swimming In Egypt (or holding the stupid ball, not sure which) for my taste. (3)
Warbound, Book III of the Grimnoir Chronicles by Larry Correia (Baen Books)
Look, it's volume III of a series I'll almost certainly hate. At least Baen have given us I and II to hate first? I have yet to read this, might do so later. (6)
The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson (Tor Books / Orbit UK)
WoT is a long standing obsession of mine (that might just be what happens when you spend years waiting for the next book...), obviously I think *everyone* should read *all of it* *right now*, except not, because probably some people will hate it, and blah. Anyway I think it really is very awesome, it is now really and truly finished (there may be a "world of" type book at some point, but it is not to have New Story in it) with a proper ending and everything, and certainly well worth at least *starting* for anyone who likes seriously long-form story telling. (1)
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (Orbit US / Orbit UK)
I really like this. The setting, the characters, the plot. Interesting choice to use "she" throughout as translation for an assumed gender neutral 3rd person pronoun, I think I might have preferred "they" but certainly "she" is an improvement on "he" (as in Left Hand of Darkness). (2)
Neptune's Brood by Charles Stross (Ace / Orbit UK)
Like the Saturn's Children (to which this is a very loose sequel) I felt this was entertaining, but came to a rather abrupt stop; also economics just really isn't that interesting to me. (4)
Parasite by Mira Grant (Orbit US / Orbit UK)
Certainly entertaining and hard-to-put-down but the main character spends rather too much time Swimming In Egypt (or holding the stupid ball, not sure which) for my taste. (3)
Warbound, Book III of the Grimnoir Chronicles by Larry Correia (Baen Books)
Look, it's volume III of a series I'll almost certainly hate. At least Baen have given us I and II to hate first? I have yet to read this, might do so later. (6)
The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson (Tor Books / Orbit UK)
WoT is a long standing obsession of mine (that might just be what happens when you spend years waiting for the next book...), obviously I think *everyone* should read *all of it* *right now*, except not, because probably some people will hate it, and blah. Anyway I think it really is very awesome, it is now really and truly finished (there may be a "world of" type book at some point, but it is not to have New Story in it) with a proper ending and everything, and certainly well worth at least *starting* for anyone who likes seriously long-form story telling. (1)