Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake is awesome. I know this isn’t the review post, but another list, but it’s my blog and I make the rules, and I say that I can talk about how great Oryx and Crake is whenever I want, and I just finished it, so I want to talk about it now.
Crake was a bit a dick, wasn’t he?
Anyways, this list is all about two guys near the end of the alphabet: John Wyndham, author of The Day Of The Triffids which absolutely everyone should read right now, and The Chrysalids, which everyone who was forced to read in high school should read again because it’s actually quite good. The other guy is Kurt Vonnegut, author of Slaughterhouse Five and Timequake and a bunch of other iconic stuff. I have a bunch of unread stuff by these guys on my bookshelves, and want to read something by one of them next. Here are your choices:
The Trouble With Lichen – John Wyndham
The Kraken Wakes – John Wyndham
Cat’s Cradle – Kurt Vonnegut
Player Piano – Kurt Vonnegut
The Sirens Of Titan – Kurt Vonnegut
As always, vote in the comments. Vote as often as you want. I will give bonus points to the most enthusiastic comment. Bonus points also to anyone who can tell me why they loved The Day of the Triffids. If you didn’t love it, I’ll read about that too.
