Speculative Fiction: Slipstream Literature
- Description
- This list was created at Readercon 2007. I have added some later works by the same authors that would also qualify. Thumbs up books you would recommend; thumbs down books not worth reading.
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18,785 membres
414 critiques
4.2
Rang global 4
Score 17.56
Ajouté 2014-09-17, 09:06 AM
- 5 Members
- krisa, aulsmith, krazy4katz, sturlington, ahef1963
2
10,383 membres
421 critiques
3.8
Rang global 8
Score 14.29
Ajouté 2014-09-17, 09:01 AM
- 5 Members
- krisa, aulsmith, krazy4katz, sturlington, ahef1963
4
de Geoff Ryman
864 membres
31 critiques
½ 3.7
Rang global 23
Score 6.72
Ajouté 2014-09-17, 08:22 AM
- 3 Members
- krisa, aulsmith, sturlington
5
6
11,220 membres
206 critiques
4.1
Rang global 28
Score 6.28
Ajouté 2014-09-17, 08:23 AM
- 3 Members
- krisa, aulsmith, sturlington
8
1,180 membres
53 critiques
½ 3.7
Rang global 57
Score 4.01
Ajouté 2014-09-17, 07:54 AM
- 2 Members
- aulsmith, sturlington
9
973 membres
31 critiques
½ 3.7
Rang global 85
Score 2.31
Ajouté 2014-09-17, 08:23 AM
- Member
- aulsmith
- Explications
- aulsmith: A little slow in the middle, but the end is worth it.
10
3,730 membres
74 critiques
3.8
Rang global 33
Score 5.86
Ajouté 2014-09-17, 07:48 AM
- 3 Members
- krisa, aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explications
- aulsmith: This isn't as profound as Delany wants it to be, but it does offer an entree into the hidden world of sexual minorities.
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13,824 membres
357 critiques
½ 3.7
Rang global 13
Score 10.97
Ajouté 2014-09-17, 08:38 AM
- 5 Members
- krisa, aulsmith, sturlington, andomck, ManWithAnAgenda
12
9,733 membres
431 critiques
3.9
Rang global 6
Score 16.24
Ajouté 2014-09-17, 07:54 AM
- 6 Members
- aulsmith, amanda4242, sturlington, andomck, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explications
- aulsmith: This is a good book, but I think it's fairly straight-forward horror, rather than slipstreamsturlington: This one was on the original canon list. But thinking about it, there is that sense when reading it that you're not sure what's real.
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3,638 membres
93 critiques
4
Rang global 9
Score 12.73
Ajouté 2014-09-17, 07:49 AM
- 6 Members
- krisa, aulsmith, sturlington, andomck, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
14
12,930 membres
161 critiques
3.9
Rang global 10
Score 12.42
Ajouté 2014-09-17, 07:51 AM
- 6 Members
- aulsmith, amanda4242, sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,krisa
15
de James Joyce
24,069 membres
377 critiques
4
Rang global 12
Score 11.31
Ajouté 2014-09-17, 07:56 AM
- 4 Members
- aulsmith, thecoroner, ahef1963, kara.shamy
- Explications
- aulsmith: If you don't take it too seriously or worry too much about what it all means, this is a pretty good book. I'm not sure what's slipstream about it.
16
de Franz Kafka
12,452 membres
219 critiques
3.9
Rang global 2
Score 22.57
Ajouté 2014-09-17, 07:49 AM
- 8 Members
- krisa, aulsmith, amanda4242, sturlington, thecoroner, andomck, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
17
1,424 membres
30 critiques
½ 3.7
Rang global 151
Score -0.03
Ajouté 2014-09-17, 08:00 AM
18
de Tony Kushner
1,965 membres
26 critiques
½ 4.3
Rang global 94
Score 1.94
Ajouté 2014-09-17, 08:15 AM
- Member
- aulsmith
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de Paul Auster
9,818 membres
155 critiques
3.9
Rang global 29
Score 6.22
Ajouté 2014-09-17, 08:05 AM
- 4 Members
- krisa, Tomleesteenboek, amanda4242, thecoroner,aulsmith ,ManWithAnAgenda
- Explications
- aulsmith : I couldn't get past page 10
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26,983 membres
775 critiques
3.9
Rang global 72
Score 3.36
Ajouté 2014-09-17, 08:08 AM
- 3 Members
- krisa, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith
- Explications
- aulsmith : Some good stuff here and there, but long and short on plot.sturlington: Couldn't finish this one.
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4,341 membres
73 critiques
3.9
Rang global 149
Score 1.01
Ajouté 2014-09-17, 08:38 AM
- 2 Members
- krisa, sturlington,aulsmith
- Explications
- aulsmith : I found this a bit of a slog and I wouldn't read it again.
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de John Fowles
1,457 membres
30 critiques
3.9
Rang global 162
Score -4
Ajouté 2014-09-17, 08:11 AM
- Explications
- aulsmith : Kept waiting for the protagonist to die of syphallis
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de John Gardner
6,047 membres
107 critiques
3.8
Rang global 90
Score 2.07
Ajouté 2014-09-17, 08:00 AM
- 2 Members
- sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith
- Explications
- aulsmith : Eh. Not bad, but not really engaging either.
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de James Joyce
5,333 membres
58 critiques
3.9
Rang global 51
Score 4.4
Ajouté 2014-09-17, 07:54 AM
- 3 Members
- krisa, thecoroner, kara.shamy,aulsmith
- Explications
- aulsmith : There's a movie of this, believe it or not, and I did enjoy watching the Liffey flow and hearing parts of this read, but I'd never bother to try and read it through as a novel.
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2,319 membres
65 critiques
½ 3.7
Rang global 148
Score 1.18
Ajouté 2014-09-17, 09:01 AM
- 2 Members
- sturlington, andomck,aulsmith
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296 membres
9 critiques
½ 3.4
Rang global 161
Score -2
Ajouté 2014-09-17, 08:20 AM
- Explications
- aulsmith : If you like world-building with no plot you'll love this. Otherwise, give it a miss.
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10,601 membres
174 critiques
3.9
Rang global 60
Score 3.94
Ajouté 2014-09-17, 07:50 AM
- 2 Members
- thecoroner, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith
- Explications
- aulsmith : The atmosphere-to-plot ratio was too high for me.
