Disappearing again

[vision-ya.livejournal.com]

Leaving on Saturday and coming back Tuesday. I'll probably be covered in bug-bites, but hopefully not sunburned.

Any recommendations for dead-tree edition reading materials?

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[not-prncss-tldr.livejournal.com]

Steampunk series:

The Mortal Engines Quarter (starting with Mortal Engines) by Phillip Reeve

The Bas Lag novels (starting with Perdido Street Station) by China Mieville

[madeofwyn.livejournal.com]

Seconding the Perdido Street Station recommendation!

The Diamond Age and Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson are also good, if a bit more cyberpunk-y (and they're very different and completely unrelated, by the way).

Hmm... the Dresden Files series, starting with Storm Front, by Jim Butcher? In a related vein, the Nightside series, starting with Something From the Nightside (or if you can find it, A Walk on the Nightside, which is an omnibus of the first three books), by Simon R. Green. I have a thing for magical private investigators.

[vision-ya.livejournal.com]

I read Snow Crash for a sci-fi class, fell in love with it, and kept it. Sci-Fi AND linguistics AND punny names AND good writing? Sign me the hell up!

I'll check those out. Thanks!

[vision-ya.livejournal.com]

I'll check those out! Thanks!