io9 is a blog that confuses me. The tag line is “We come from the future,” which is open enough to allow them to post whatever they like (and who am I to tell them how to live their lives?) but to me I think of it as a science fiction/fantasy blog.
They do, in fact, post lots of SSF stuff, which is why I subscribe, but they also post random crap which I skip. No biggie, but it does confuse me.
Now, I’m afraid, I must question their SSF taste. Today Annalee Newitz posted this intriguingly titled post: This Fall’s Must-Read Science Fiction and Fantasy Books. I love books! I love lists! I love the Fall! I dove into the list and found this:
Parasite, by Mira Grant (Orbit)
Grant is the author of the amazing zombie journalism series, Newsflesh — and now, she’s back with a new series about a biotech dystopia. In the near future, everybody is free of disease thanks to genetically modified tapeworms that live in our guts. Unfortunately, it turns out that these little creatures have an agenda of their own.
I haven’t read Parasite, since it isn’t out and all, and it might be great. I have read the Newsflesh series (here, here, and here) and I can tell you one thing it is not: amazing. Unless, of course, Annalee meant “amazingly terrible.”
I think I’ll take this list with an iceberg of salt. I am looking forward to The Republic of Thieves, though.
2 responses to “io9’s This Fall’s Must-Read Science Fiction and Fantasy Books”
You are opinionated and you don’t enjoy LOTR, though, so I sometimes have taken you with a grain of salt too.
But, I still think you’re cool, let’s not forget.