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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Apparently people aren't Zinn fans around here after all :P I'm gunna say Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente because we've just had five months in a row of male authors, last year there was only two women authors, and the year before that, fuckin' none. Deathless is Valente's postmodern attempt at writing Russian folklore, and from what I hear, she succeeds like crazy, although I haven't read it yet. Alternatively, either Kindred or Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler because she's one of the best fuckin' authors ever, but I've already read most of her entire catalog.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:I really like the idea of picking a female author, but Deathless looks like it's fantasy -- is it? I'll probably add it to my personal list regardless, just to see how it compares to Jurgen. How about The Secret History by Donna Tartt, a murder-mystery with no actual mystery, about a group of arrogant intellectual snobs who just hate modern life. Or what about The Accidental by Ali Smith, a book that hundreds of people absolutely loathe because it is written with deliberate affectations, about a family of miserable shits learning to take a step back and look at what they actually have. Or maybe The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing, a quick story about a child that might not be human but this might be a little too "genre" for what you're doing with book of the month.
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