John, at Grasping for the Wind, is up to his old tricks again with another meme. Considering the success of his last one, I figure it’s better to get in on the ground floor of this one.
Here’s how it works:
Find a favorite book, movie, or videogame review (Science fiction and fantasy related) that you have written, no matter where it was posted, and add it to the following list. Make sure to repost the whole list, because in doing so, we accumulate what the reviewers themselves think is their best work, and give each other some linkages, increasing everyone’s rankings.
1. Grasping for the Wind – INFOQUAKE by David Louis Edelman
2. Age 30+ … A Lifetime of Books – A COMPANION TO WOLVES by Sarah Monette and Elizabeth Bear
3. Dragons, Heroes and Wizards – ASSASSIN’S APPRENTICE by Robin Hobb
4. Walker of Worlds – THE TEMPORAL VOID by Peter F Hamilton
5. Neth Space – TOLL THE HOUNDS by Steven Erikson
6. A Dribble of Ink – THE SHADOW OF THE WIND by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Hopefully this one turns out as successful as the last one. I’m always curious to see what people consider to be their best (or favourite) review. For me, it was a toss up between Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s The Shadow of the Wind, Joe Abercrombie’s Last Argument of Kings or Paul Kearney’s The Ten Thousand.
Since his debut novel, The Painted Man (called The Warded Man in North America) was released late last year, Peter V. Brett has been making quite a name for himself. Considered by many to be the best Fantasy debut since Patrick Rothfuss’ The Name of the Wind and right up alongside other debut’s such as Scott Lynch’s The Lies of Locke Lamora and Joe Abercrombie’s The Blade Itself, Brett’s first novel has a lot to live up to.
