by Shannon Fox
Went to down to Pennywise books in Pacific Beach today and traded some old books for these. Some of these authors I’ve read before and others I have not. Have you read any of these?
The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson.
Chromosome 6 by Robin Cook
Subterranean by James Rollins
Baudolino by Umberto Eco
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
SHANNON FOX
Shannon is a multi-genre writer of stories spanning past, present, and future. Her work has appeared in DreamForge Anvil, Air & Nothingness Press, and Third Flatiron, among others. She has a B.A. in Literature-Writing from UC-San Diego. When not writing, she spends her time dancing with horses which she’s found is significantly easier to do with four feet instead of two. She lives in San Diego, CA, with her husband and three cats – one of whom may or may not be a demon in disguise.
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Hey Shannon,
Oryx and Crake is a good, if strange, book. Have you read any of Margaret Atwood’s other books? I found this one to be one of the more enjoyable ones (although I do generally enjoy most of her work) and the characters in this book have been picked up by Atwood in some of her other, more recent, offerings.
Good luck, I hope you enjoy them all,
xx GnG xx
I’ve only read the Handmaid’s Tale. But I also have The Year of the Flood at home (still haven’t read it!)
Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale was very important in my progress as reader and writer, but I haven’t read her other works. Perhaps it is time I did….
The Year of the Flood is good too… It does overlap with Oryx and Crake though so I’d read that first. I quite liked The Handmaid’s Tale but I studied it SO vigourously at A-Level that I don’t think I could read it again!!
Wonderful books! Umberto Eco is awesome! I loved his book ‘The Name of the Rose’. Many of my friends whose literary taste I admire have recommended Dodie Smith’s ‘I Capture the Castle’ to me many times. It is a book that I definitely want to read. Happy Reading!