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Posted 2013-02-25 1:35 PM (#4751 - in reply to #4502)
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Location: Richmond, California		Oddrid, lol - I'm glad you're enjoying it. Yes, the hard part is that it has to be authors we've never read before and, having always been interested in fiction by women, it is hard for me to find any unless they are either new (started writing in the past 10 years for example) or in a sub-genre I don't usually like. Kindred by Octavia Butler is also great and, of course, Parable of the Talents follows on from Parable of the Sower and is equally good. I liked Thigpen's interpretation of Parable of the Sower so recommended that instead of Kindred, the reader being someone I didn't enjoy quite as much. I'd read all of Butler's short stories and novels previously in hardback and paperback. (!) I'm a lifelong fan and was lucky enough to meet her a few times over the years. I was really saddened by her death at a relatively young age.

Dihenydd, Thanks for the recommendations! I've read all of Sheri Tepper's adult fiction and would love it if she wrote more. My favorites of hers are probably Grass and Beauty but I really did enjoy them all. I've also read Vonda McIntyre and enjoyed that, though it was decades ago. I don't know how I'd react now. I've noticed, in recent years, that it pays me to reread things I read when I was younger because I see the world so differently now. Luckily, most of the authors I've loved hold up to repeat readings but, once in a while, I get a big (unpleasant) surprise! lol

I'll look into all of the others you've mentioned - I have kind of avoided Cherryh but, admittedly, it's been because of the book cover art and the comments on the back! Blatently unfair - I'll give her a try and then, at least, if I don't like her writing it will be that which puts me off instead of silly things like cover art and the comments of reviewers. When I was a kid, I'd read anything and everything and that's how I found the authors I love. I guess I've been pickier in the past 20 years or so because it's harder for me to find the time but, also, I get frustrated when I pay good money for books I end up hating. Luckily, a lot of books are becoming available as ebooks and audiobooks even at the public library and I may be able to get past the cost aspect that way.

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