Well, I'll confess to a fondness for space opera (among a bunch of other things--people talking about Adams should also read Good Omens by Pratchett and Gaiman!); anyway, having finished all of Lois M. Bujold's Miles V. books and several by Elizabeth Moon, I finally discovered the Liaden Universe books by Steve Miller and Sharon Lee. I bring them up here because many of the books feature Clan Korval, a group of people with a strong streak of Gen-like deviousness and invincibility in a pinch.
Plus, after belatedly discovering Dorothy L. Sayers last summer, this year I came across a series of mysteries by Bruce Alexander that I quite like. They're set in Georgian London, and they feature a blind magistrate named John Fielding who is based on the actual brother of writer Henry Fielding. Apparently John Fielding tended to get involved in investigation and founded the Bow Street Runners. The books give him a young "apprentice," and they're quite well written.
Read Mockingjay the day it came out--wow! Grim, but good!
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Date: 9/14/10 04:43 am (UTC)Plus, after belatedly discovering Dorothy L. Sayers last summer, this year I came across a series of mysteries by Bruce Alexander that I quite like. They're set in Georgian London, and they feature a blind magistrate named John Fielding who is based on the actual brother of writer Henry Fielding. Apparently John Fielding tended to get involved in investigation and founded the Bow Street Runners. The books give him a young "apprentice," and they're quite well written.
Read Mockingjay the day it came out--wow! Grim, but good!