[LMB] Book order Suggestions- Connie Willis

James Nicoll jdnicoll at panix.com
Fri Sep 1 22:51:38 BST 2006


On Fri, 1 Sep 2006, James Nicoll wrote:

> On Fri, 1 Sep 2006, Jenny Sessions wrote:
>
>> 
>> A couple years ago I came across _To Say Nothing of the Dog_ and fell 
>> deeply quickly and madly in love with Connie Willis' writing. Alas I am a 
>> student and my time is highly finite and so it was only last week that in 
>> desperation for a new book to read that I suddenly remembered the 
>> remarkable quality of TSNOTD and tried the Doomsday Book. Much grimmer, but 
>> still highly poignant and wonderful.
>> 
>> My question is what of hers should I read next?
>>
> 	FIRE WATCH (an anthology). Always start at the beginning and work 
> your way forward, I think,

 	Unless you are reading Robert Silverberg, in which case you might 
be better off starting around TO OPEN THE SKY, reading all the middle 
period material, then doubling back to read his pulps.


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