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The Scepter's Return by Harry Turtledove
I'm currently in the middle of The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson and The Etched City by K.J. Bishop. 9 Sci-Fi & Fantasy:
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Candidates:
The Etched City by KJ Bishop
Vellum by Hal Duncan
Living next door to the god of love by Justina Robson
Veniss Underground by Jeff VanderMeer
Flow my tears, the policeman said by Philip K. Dick
The Thacker ... ... or at least don't pay attention to them.
11) What book would you most like to see made into a movie?
K.J. Bishop's The Etched City, though possibly as an anime.
12) What book would you least like to see made into a movie?
Having recently read Toda Mafalda and then watched ... ... Life of Puppets by Victoria Nelson - whatever its flaws, it was a lot of fun
Horror & Horror-slash - Another Tie: The Etched City by KJ Bishop and The Other by Thomas Tryon
Longtime TBR - For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway ... I was in brutal, bloodthirsty Ambergris in City of Saints and Madmen, and before that in decadent, crumbling Ashamoil in The Etched City. ... knows about if they are a fan of the author or genre, and pick several that I only learned about somewhat by accident:
The Etched City by K.J. Bishop - Dreamy, atmospheric steampunk/new weird. Her first novel, and I'll definitely check out her next effort.
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Set ... ... Fear by Karin Slaughter. Mystery 3*/5
79. The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril by Paul Malmont. Thriller 3*/5
80. The Etched City by K.J. Bishop. Dark Fantasy 3*/5 ... a great love for the morbidity and style of new weird. Not enough people read Jeff Vandermeer and co.! Steampunk a la K.J. Bishop may quickly be passe, but I love hallucinogenic invention, things that make emotional but not logical sense. It helps that these authors often deal with the ... ... pacing on the story is perfect. The rather conventional set up actually made the violence all the more shocking.
82. The Etched City
Wonderful New Weird novel about two mercenaries who hide out in a city and have some rather ... ... odd(er) aside, today I finished two books that both featured a woman dying after having her tongue cut out. (The other was The Etched City.) I'm not sure I want to think about what that means... 
49. The Etched City by K.J. Bishop - finished 10/23/08
In a word: awesome! It's almost hard to believe that this is Bishop's first novel, as it is so powerful, so accomplished. It resonates with the power ...
And from the old weird to the New Weird: I finished Melmoth the Wanderer (which was quite good!) and am now reading The Etched City now. It reminds me of M. John Harrison's Viriconium, though the writing's definitely less baroque. ... and Melmoth the Wanderer, both of which I enjoyed. I'm still working on The Mysteries of Udolpho and have now started The Etched City. ... Down the Long Wind series.
Tarod from Louise Cooper's Time Master Trilogy.
Gwynn from dunno-who's Etched City... didn't like the book much, did like Gwynn. He does seem awfully like a more laid-back Elric though.
Tristen from C.J. Cherryh's Fortress series. He ... ... Moore
Invincible by Troy Denning
Opera and the Undoing of Women by Catherine Clement
Otherwise by John Crowley
Etched City by K.J. Bishop
Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay
Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name by Vendele Vida
House of Meetings by Martin Amis
Atonement by Ian Mc ... ...
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (love the book but it is so HUGE, and taking me forever)
Heartsick by Chelsea Cain
The Etched City by K.J Bishop
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (my one requisite classic)
and I'm about to start Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton as well.
Phew.
A couple of local bookstore buys:
The Weather Makers from Treehorn Books.
The Etched City from Mysterios Future.
From the Friends of the Library Cart, a couple of horror paperbacks:
The Keeper by Sara Langan
The House by Bentley Little (touchstones not working for either)
And I ... ... Underground from the challenge. I'm still eager to read more Jeff Vandermeer, but I lucked into a cheaep copy of The Etched City yesterday. And I've been intrigued about reading that work for ages. Ooh!
I need the Space Opera Renaissance anthology, the Etched City or anything by K.J. Bishop, really, and I lost my copy of Kalpa Imperial some time ago, so I'd really like it back. :( ... n
Bigot Hall by Steve Aylett
The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
The Innkeeper 's Song by Peter S. Beagle
The Etched City by J. K. Bishop
Homunculus by James P. Blaylock
Kai Lung's Golden Hours by Ernest Bramah
Jurgen by James Branch Cabell
The Cream ... ... Baby
2 Carrie
3 The Hollow Man
4 The Other
5 The Etched City
6 Ring
7 The Exorcist
8 Shadowland
Extra Credit
9 Jack Ketchum's Off Season< ... ... especially Perdido Street Station and The Scar. King Rat is also great as a debut novel and not as widely known.
The Etched City by K.J. Bishop is also excellent if you enjoy Mieville's work.
Viriconium by M. John Harrison is awesome, as is Veniss Underground by Jeff ... ... Egan, Peter Carey, Christos Tsiolkas, John Marsden and more), I'd also recommend K.J. Bishop. Her novel The Etched City is extraordinary.
Another possibility is Nick Cave's And the Ass Saw the Angel.
David C ... the secret life of breasts by Fiona Giles
Brother Nature by Robert Llewellyn
The Turning by Tim Winton
The Etched City by K.J. Bishop I have The Etched City and plan on reading it sometime next year. I also have The Nomad of Time omnibus. I read the Land Leviathan but I remember not liking it all that much. I have it listed as the 2nd novel in the trilogy, so I'm not sure why I read that one. Maybe I should try the first ... ... Some people love "Little, Big," some people hate it, but all fantasy fans should try it.
I also rather enjoyed The Etched City by K.J. Bishop. Epic(ish) fantasy with a dark twist.
I agree with above poster about Brust and Bull's "Freedom and Necessity" and Bull's "War for the Oak ... ... about (maybe this group will prove me wrong) is Black Wine by Candas Jane Dorsey.
Another one would be the book The Etched City which I enjoyed.
Are these too well-knowm?
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