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[chelseagirl]

Gail Carriger posted this, via SF Signal, but I shall do it here.

A SF/F/H author whose books I will buy sight unseen is: China Mieville

My favorite book by that author is: Perdido Street Station. (I know a lot of my friends prefer The Scar, but I really like the city of Bas Lag.)

The most recent new-to-me SF/F/H author I discovered was: Charles Stross

The book that helped me discover that author is: um, a lit crit book called Singularities by Joshua Raulerson

One of my favorite SF/F/H authors is: Elizabeth Hand

They are one of my favorites because: I just always enjoy what she writes? (My book group was pretty down on her when we read something by her over the winter, but they are wrong! I say, wrong! ;-) )

The most coveted SF/F/H book I own is: a hardback of Good Omens signed by both Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

Comments

[nutmeg3.livejournal.com]

ITA about China Mieville on both counts.I'd have to do some thinking on the others.

[chelseagirl.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm finishing up an academic piece where one of the texts I'm writing about is Perdido Street Station and I'm in love with it all over again.

I found this oddly hard to answer -- I don't necessarily have a lot of favorite genre writers, more favorite texts, I think. I would totally call Susanna Clarke a favorite *if* she ever comes out with another book . . .

Looking forward to seeing who else you might be considering a favorite. (GRRM is a given, of course. I have promised myself I'm not rereading the series until it's finished, though.)

[bethynyc.livejournal.com]

Coolness! I'm definitely going to go for this one!

[chelseagirl.livejournal.com]

;-)

[mortalwombat731.livejournal.com]

My first two answers are the same as yours. :)

[chelseagirl.livejournal.com]

Great minds . . .

Always nice to see your bat-userpic popping up in these parts!

[mortalwombat731.livejournal.com]

I read pretty regularly, although I haven't posted in years :)