Offensive Squid

Think Blindsight was sci fi book of the '00s?  Now's your chance to tell Peter's publisher how you feel.  Vote for it at Tor.

I voted these. and not necessarily in order of ranking. I'd have to think a lot more to figure out what ordered they'd go in. It was random pick through my brain order.

peter watts – blindsight
greg egan – diaspora
china meiville – the city & the city
elizabeth moon – speed of dark
charles stross – halting state
gene wolfe – book of the short sun
robin hobb — mad ship (not sure which one to pick)
thomas pynchon — against the day
P C Hodgel (not sure which one to pick from the series)

I had a hard time. The recency effect would kind of screw things up. So, I skimmed wikipedia pages of authors I can remember liking to see what they've published for the past 10 years to try and kick my brain in to thinking about older stuff.

Lots of authors I like, but I tried trimming the list. Also, other people had voted on authors I would like, so I didn't feel compelled to list everyone. I'm hoping they continue the fun by picking top 20 or so and then letting people rank preferences of specific novels.

Also, wtf, American Gods? That is not a top ten book, nor Gaiman's best. I am not sure what I would count as his best work, I don't think it is that one. Maybe Anansi Boys?

Also, some books I think are top ten because of the amount of mind blown even if I don't think the writing is omg. I can't remember the reading of the Elizabeth Moon book well enough to know if I think of it as omg writing. I know it didn't suck, but the thing that makes it stick in my head even more is all the thinking it made me do. It is one of those books that I remember from time to time, and I reread.