2008 Tiptree impressions so far
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jinianFavoritest: I love Eon far, far more than the (admittedly quite good, and Tiptree winning) Knife of Never Letting Go, which I read a while ago at ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rachelmanija's instigation. I think Flora's Dare still beats out Eon, though. (Despite its being Alison Goodman! Singing the Dogstar Blues Alison Goodman! Eee!)
Still really great: The Alchemy of Stone, which I had thought would win. Machine intelligence, hell, we get created beings' gender and sexuality, and it is HOT. Also a bit twisted in interesting ways.
Vaguely unsatisfying: Shadowbridge has a great setup, but Lord Tophet gets meta in a way that didn't quite work for me. I think I didn't catch (probably), or there were (maybe), not enough clues to the end dropped earlier.
I am over it: "Pride and Prometheus" and the Austen pastiche genre as a whole. The crossover is pretty nifty, but the end is incredibly frustrating. Go back in your pigeonhole now, interesting person! I suppose it's no more depressing than Daughters of the North.
Non-starter: I pretty thoroughly failed to care about A Princess of Roumania so am not about to read the other books barring rave reviews from people whose taste I share.
Still to read:
Want to nominate retroactively: Jo Clayton. Currently reading her Wild Magic trilogy, which has transfolk including gods as well as her usual unusual men and women.
More info on the wonder that is the Tiptree Award: http://www.tiptree.org/ (where the current award info is in the sidebar right now)
rachelmanija's instigation. I think Flora's Dare still beats out Eon, though. (Despite its being Alison Goodman! Singing the Dogstar Blues Alison Goodman! Eee!)Still really great: The Alchemy of Stone, which I had thought would win. Machine intelligence, hell, we get created beings' gender and sexuality, and it is HOT. Also a bit twisted in interesting ways.
Vaguely unsatisfying: Shadowbridge has a great setup, but Lord Tophet gets meta in a way that didn't quite work for me. I think I didn't catch (probably), or there were (maybe), not enough clues to the end dropped earlier.
I am over it: "Pride and Prometheus" and the Austen pastiche genre as a whole. The crossover is pretty nifty, but the end is incredibly frustrating. Go back in your pigeonhole now, interesting person! I suppose it's no more depressing than Daughters of the North.
Non-starter: I pretty thoroughly failed to care about A Princess of Roumania so am not about to read the other books barring rave reviews from people whose taste I share.
Still to read:
- The other winner: Nisi Shawl, Filter House
- Christopher Barzak, The Love We Share Without Knowing
- Jenny Davidson, The Explosionist
- Margo Lanagan, Tender Morsels
- Ursula K. Le Guin, Lavinia
- John Ajvide Lindqvist, Let the Right One In
- Ali Smith, Girl Meets Boy
Want to nominate retroactively: Jo Clayton. Currently reading her Wild Magic trilogy, which has transfolk including gods as well as her usual unusual men and women.
More info on the wonder that is the Tiptree Award: http://www.tiptree.org/ (where the current award info is in the sidebar right now)
