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    Books where character is cut off from "collective consciousness"

    There are some of these ideas in Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm. The people who are clones (there are multiple clones from one egg who usually act as a team / social unit) get very freaked out when separated from their group. They are also very afraid of the forest.
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    Some fantasy recs please...

    I am more an SF than fantasy type, but ... The Ill-Made Mute by Cecelia Dart-Thornton first of the Bitterbynde Trilogy. Published in 2001. I really enjoyed this - great world-building that weaves in elements from celtic / faery myths. Among Others by Jo Walton. Published 2011. May not be exactly...
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    "Under the Skin" by Michel Faber

    I'd like to see it, but will wait for the DVD.
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    "Under the Skin" by Michel Faber

    I mentioned this book in the "March" thread, so apologies for repeating myself a little ... I got this book out of the library after reading about the Jonathan Glazer film. I enjoyed it (although reading reviews of the film did mean that I already knew some of what was going on from the...
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    SF/Fantasy books to read to a 9 y.o. girl

    I enjoyed that film adaptation, and I intend to read it at some point. Since this thread is a few years old now :D, maybe I can mention that my 12yr old daughter is enjoying The Last Wild by Piers Torday. I haven't read it, but based on our discussions it sounds like an interesting eco-aware SF...
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    rec for books with coherent future narratives

    I agree with chrispenycate - there are a huge number of SF works that might be of interest. Of things that I have read recently, Unquenchable Fire by Rachel Pollack stands out. A fascinating future America in which eveyone lives by mystical religion based on stories told by "The Founders".
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    March's Mystical Musings Upon Mouth-Watering Manuscripts

    After reading about the film, I read Michel Faber's Under the Skin. I enjoyed it, but I didn't think it was as great as all that. And, by the look of the clips, Jonathan Glazer has got this book mixed up with C. L. Moore's "Black Thirst". Other than that ... finished The Goldfinch at the...
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    February's Fastidious Foraging For Fabulous Fiction

    I am still on a personal mission to read more books written by women. I have just read Kelly Link's Magic For Beginners which I enjoyed for its experimental narrative strategies. (Short) review here. Currently I am reading Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch. I really enjoyed The Secret History and The...
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    Christopher Priest

    Going to pick it up today ... :cool:
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    Christopher Priest

    Thanks, I'll look at the thread. I can get "Cold Hand in Mine" through my local library's reservation system.
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    Christopher Priest

    That's very interesting FE. I have not heard of Aickman before, but what you said makes me want to learn more. I have read a few of Priest's books since I last posted on this thread (June 2011) and I have a hard-back copy of The Adjacent which I have not got around to reading yet. I've...
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    January's Jovial Jaunts and Jocular Jests

    Just read Jo Clayton's "Among Others". I really enjoyed it. One of the things I loved about it was that the main character is an SFF reader and the book mentions lots of the classics: Zelazny, Silverberg, Tolkein etc.
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    sf mistressworks

    Interesting points, Fried Egg. I'm glad you enjoyed "The Handmaid's Tale". I think it is a really great novel. Strangely, I haven't read any of her other books ... something I should put right. :)
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    sf mistressworks

    I loved it. If you like Woolf at all, don't be put off. If you have not read "Mrs. Dalloway", I suggest you read that and then read "The Hours" by Michael Cunningham. I found that a very enjoyable combination.
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    sf mistressworks

    I don't know that one, ... Just had another look at the original list: Here are some I enjoyed which def. feel like SF novels: "Grass" Sherry S. Tepper. Set on another planet, interesting alien species which interact with humans in unexpected ways ... "Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang" Kate...
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    January's Jovial Jaunts and Jocular Jests

    Reading "Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang" by Kate Wilhelm (it won the Hugo in 1977). I am enjoying it so far. Reminds me a little of "Beggars in Spain".
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    SF Masterwork series continued...

    Unquenchable Fire I've just read this and loved it. I very much enjoyed the unusual future that Pollack imagined here. I often enjoy it when an SF writer invents a religion and this had to be one of my favourites. I loved the way the spiritual events shaped the story and how Pollack weaves...
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    sf mistressworks

    Hi FriedEgg, Im sorry to hear you didn't enjoy the first book you'd chosen for this "challenge". I think you are right that "Orlando" is in no way an SF novel. My feeling was that it was a kind of magic realism and probably influenced writers such as Jeannette Winterson. I did enjoy it...
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    No Woman Born, C. L. Moore

    This is in "The Best of C. L. Moore". I am keen to read it now, after reading this thread. Currently I am reading "Black God's Kiss."
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    How influenced are you by Chronicles?

    It's a big influence on me too. When I joined, I went through the "recommendations for the unenlightened" threads and made some big lists. Since then I have read lots of stuff that I had never heard of previously. As a quick couple of examples, I'd never read any Christopher Priest before I...
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