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What Makes This Book So Great: Re-Reading the Classics of Fantasy and SF
Jo Walton
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Description for What Makes This Book So Great: Re-Reading the Classics of Fantasy and SF
Paperback. A unique book, from the incomparable Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of Among Others, Jo Walton: What Makes This Book So Great: Re-Reading the Classics of Fantasy and SF is a collection of brilliant reassessments of the classics - and the forgotten gems - of modern fantasy and SF. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: DSRC; FL; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 28. Weight in Grams: 362.
Jo Walton is an award-winning author of, inveterate reader of, and chronic re-reader of science fiction and fantasy books. What Makes This Book So Great? is a selection of the best of her musings about her prodigious reading habit. Jo Walton's many subjects range from acknowledged classics, to guilty pleasures, to forgotten oddities and gems. Among them, the Zones of Thought novels of Vernor Vinge; the question of what genre readers mean by 'mainstream'; the under-appreciated SF adventures of C. J. Cherryh; the field's many approaches to time travel; the masterful science fiction of Samuel R. Delany; Salman Rushdie's Midnight's ... Read more
Jo Walton is an award-winning author of, inveterate reader of, and chronic re-reader of science fiction and fantasy books. What Makes This Book So Great? is a selection of the best of her musings about her prodigious reading habit. Jo Walton's many subjects range from acknowledged classics, to guilty pleasures, to forgotten oddities and gems. Among them, the Zones of Thought novels of Vernor Vinge; the question of what genre readers mean by 'mainstream'; the under-appreciated SF adventures of C. J. Cherryh; the field's many approaches to time travel; the masterful science fiction of Samuel R. Delany; Salman Rushdie's Midnight's ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
362g
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472111616
SKU
V9781472111616
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Ref
99-2
About Jo Walton
Jo Walton comes from Wales but lives in Montreal, where the food and books are much better. She writes science fiction and fantasy, reads a lot, talks about books, and eats great food. She plans to live to be ninety-nine and write a book every year.
Reviews for What Makes This Book So Great: Re-Reading the Classics of Fantasy and SF
Walton's critical gift is her ability to help you love your favorites even more, and to be fascinating, at length, on books you don't give a damn about. This is a remarkable guided tour through the field
a kind of nonfiction companion to Among Others. It's very good. It's great.
Cory Doctorow BoingBoing With plenty of jokes and ... Read more
a kind of nonfiction companion to Among Others. It's very good. It's great.
Cory Doctorow BoingBoing With plenty of jokes and ... Read more