MG Reading List

[Vegetta]

Tomorrow I am Picking up Kraken by China Mieville

British fantasist MieÌüville mashes up cop drama, cults, popular culture, magic, and gods in a Lovecraftian New Weird caper sure to delight fans of Perdido Street Station and The City & the City. When a nine-meter-long dead squid is stolen, tank and all, from a London museum, curator Billy Harrow finds himself swept up in a world he didn't know existed: one of worshippers of the giant squid, animated golems, talking tattoos, and animal familiars on strike. Forced on the lam with a renegade kraken cultist and stalked by cops and crazies, Billy finds his quest to recover the squid sidelined by questions as to what force may now be unleashed on an unsuspecting world. Even MieÌüville's eloquent prose can't conceal the meandering, bewildering plot, but his fans will happily swap linearity for this dizzying whirl of outrageous details and fantastic characters.

He is an amazing author

[Chris]

I'm finishing up the last Black Company book this week (Soldiers Live), and then moving on to a Malazan novella called Crack'd Pot Trail.

After that, a break from the genre to the Grapes of Wrath.

[Vegetta]

Originally Posted by Chris

I'm finishing up the last Black Company book this week (Soldiers Live), and then moving on to a Malazan novella called Crack'd Pot Trail.

After that, a break from the genre to the Grapes of Wrath.

Tom Joad Awaits

Chris You Need to pick up Perdido Street Station BY China Mieville after you finish Wrath I know you would dig it

[DelfinoPie]

"A Long Way Gone: The True Story of a Child Soldier" - Ishmael Beah

More of a memoir of a time in Beah's life when he was recruited by the government troops during the civil war in Sierra Leone. He was around 13 at the time and bore witness to some of the horrific atrocities that befell many during the decade long war that made an entire country homeless.

Parts of the story are truly heart-breaking. Some critics have raised questions of authenticity of some of the events. Regardless, if you can look past these questions you can imagine that somewhere in Sierra Leone at that time, it was entirely possible someone - a child - could've experienced the traumatic events that unfold within the story even if it isn't Beah himself.

Wholeheartedly recommend this book to anyone.