Librarian by day, aspiring science fiction and fantasy author by night. I also review books at epinions.com.
Five Favorite Fantasies (outside of Tolkien):
• Assassin’s Apprentice, by Robin Hobb
• The Curse of Chalion, by Lois McMaster Bujold
• The Briar King, by Greg Keyes
• Red Prophet, by Orson Scott Card
• The Runelords: The Sum of All Men, by David Farland
I also quite like The One Kingdom, by Sean Russell, and Mistborn: The Final Empire, by Brandon Sanderson
Five Favorites in Science Fiction
• Dune, by Frank Herbert
• Speaker for the Dead, by Orson Scott Card
• A Canticle for Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
• The Left Hand of Darkness, by Ursula K. Le Guin
• The Mote in God’s Eye, by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
I also quite like Startide Rising, by David Brin
Five Favorite Shorts
• “West,” by Orson Scott Card
• “Goddesses,” by Linda Nagata
• “Flowers for Algernon,” by Daniel Keyes
• “Lost Boys,” by Orson Scott Card
• “In the House of the Worm,” by George R. R. Martin
I also quite like “The Dragonbone Flute,” by Lois Tilton, and “The Thief With Two Deaths,” by Chris Willrich
Outside of speculative fiction? Mikhail Lermontov’s A Hero of Our Time. I also like dark chocolate and egg nog. Just for the record.
