Speculative Fiction: Slipstream Literature
- Description
- This list was created at Readercon 2007. I have added some later works by the same authors that would also qualify. Thumbs up books you would recommend; thumbs down books not worth reading.
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49,147 members
775 reviews
4.1
Score 27.87
Added 2014-09-17, 09:00 AM
- 9 Members
- hipdeep, krisa, krazy4katz, amanda4242, merrystar, sturlington, andomck, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
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by Franz Kafka
15,133 members
275 reviews
3.9
Score 24.64
Added 2014-09-17, 07:49 AM
- 9 Members
- krisa, aulsmith, amanda4242, sturlington, TonkoKordic, thecoroner, andomck, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
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- 8 Members
- hipdeep, krisa, amanda4242, merrystar, sturlington, TonkoKordic, andomck, ManWithAnAgenda
4
48,209 members
1,233 reviews
4.1
Score 22.48
Added 2014-09-17, 08:04 AM
- 8 Members
- krisa, krazy4katz, amanda4242, sturlington, TonkoKordic, thecoroner, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
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20,346 members
428 reviews
4.2
Score 20.23
Added 2014-09-17, 09:06 AM
- 6 Members
- hipdeep, krisa, aulsmith, krazy4katz, sturlington, ahef1963
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4,457 members
106 reviews
4
Score 18.76
Added 2014-09-17, 07:49 AM
- 8 Members
- krisa, craso, aulsmith, sturlington, TonkoKordic, andomck, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
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14,650 members
189 reviews
3.9
Score 16.98
Added 2014-09-17, 07:51 AM
- 8 Members
- hipdeep, aulsmith, amanda4242, sturlington, TonkoKordic, thecoroner, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,krisa
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17,738 members
392 reviews
3.9
Score 16.8
Added 2014-09-17, 08:04 AM
- 6 Members
- krisa, krazy4katz, sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963, kara.shamy
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12,711 members
516 reviews
3.9
Score 16.24
Added 2014-09-17, 07:54 AM
- 6 Members
- aulsmith, amanda4242, sturlington, andomck, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- aulsmith: This is a good book, but I think it's fairly straight-forward horror, rather than slipstreamsturlington: This one was on the original canon list. But thinking about it, there is that sense when reading it that you're not sure what's real.
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11,373 members
443 reviews
3.8
Score 14.29
Added 2014-09-17, 09:01 AM
- 5 Members
- krisa, aulsmith, krazy4katz, sturlington, ahef1963
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- 5 Members
- aulsmith, TonkoKordic, thecoroner, ahef1963, kara.shamy
- Explanations
- aulsmith: If you don't take it too seriously or worry too much about what it all means, this is a pretty good book. I'm not sure what's slipstream about it.
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15,964 members
399 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 14.01
Added 2014-09-17, 08:38 AM
- 6 Members
- krisa, aulsmith, sturlington, TonkoKordic, andomck, ManWithAnAgenda
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14,206 members
283 reviews
4
Score 13.02
Added 2014-10-17, 02:10 PM
- 5 Members
- krisa, craso, merrystar, thecoroner, andomck
15
10,250 members
503 reviews
4.1
Score 10.72
Added 2014-09-17, 08:14 AM
- 6 Members
- amanda4242, sturlington, TonkoKordic, andomck, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,merrystar
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by Ray Bradbury
13,235 members
335 reviews
3.9
Score 10.6
Added 2014-09-17, 09:03 AM
- 5 Members
- hipdeep, krisa, sturlington, andomck, ManWithAnAgenda
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49,565 members
779 reviews
4.2
Score 8.41
Added 2014-09-17, 07:48 AM
- 5 Members
- krisa, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, andomck,kara.shamy
- Explanations
- sturlington: Magical realism as a forerunner to slipstream.
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10,248 members
337 reviews
4
Score 7.93
Added 2014-09-17, 07:58 AM
- 4 Members
- krisa, TonkoKordic, andomck, ManWithAnAgenda
21
7,737 members
227 reviews
4
Score 7.85
Added 2014-09-17, 08:39 AM
- 4 Members
- krisa, sturlington, andomck, ManWithAnAgenda
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19,160 members
433 reviews
4.1
Score 7.5
Added 2014-09-17, 08:02 AM
- 3 Members
- amanda4242, thecoroner, ManWithAnAgenda
25
9,435 members
179 reviews
3.8
Score 7.49
Added 2014-09-17, 08:02 AM
- 4 Members
- krisa, sturlington, andomck, ManWithAnAgenda
27
42,061 members
1,313 reviews
4.1
Score 6.83
Added 2014-09-17, 09:37 AM
- 3 Members
- krisa, sturlington, ahef1963
29
by Michel Faber
2,464 members
143 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 6.69
Added 2015-03-10, 08:37 AM
- 3 Members
- craso, sturlington, kara.shamy
30
1,784 members
56 reviews
½ 3.5
Score 6.67
Added 2014-10-27, 10:40 AM
- 3 Members
- mkbird, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
31
19,650 members
405 reviews
4.2
Score 6.57
Added 2014-09-17, 07:56 AM
- 3 Members
- thecoroner, andomck, ahef1963
36
- 4 Members
- krisa, Tomleesteenboek, amanda4242, thecoroner,aulsmith ,ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- aulsmith : I couldn't get past page 10
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by Neil Gaiman
17,260 members
1,034 reviews
4.1
Score 5.99
Added 2014-10-27, 10:29 AM
- 3 Members
- amanda4242, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
40
- 3 Members
- krisa, aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- aulsmith: This isn't as profound as Delany wants it to be, but it does offer an entree into the hidden world of sexual minorities.
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3,782 members
118 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 5.82
Added 2014-09-17, 09:44 AM
- 3 Members
- krisa, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
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29,723 members
837 reviews
3.9
Score 5.67
Added 2014-09-17, 08:08 AM
- 4 Members
- hipdeep, krisa, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith
- Explanations
- aulsmith : Some good stuff here and there, but long and short on plot.sturlington: Couldn't finish this one.
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49
50
11,433 members
316 reviews
4.1
Score 4.76
Added 2015-03-10, 10:23 AM
- 3 Members
- hipdeep, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda,krisa
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- 3 Members
- krisa, thecoroner, kara.shamy,aulsmith
- Explanations
- aulsmith : There's a movie of this, believe it or not, and I did enjoy watching the Liffey flow and hearing parts of this read, but I'd never bother to try and read it through as a novel.
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by John Fowles
7,067 members
109 reviews
3.8
Score 4.21
Added 2014-09-17, 09:42 AM
- 3 Members
- sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963,krisa
60
13,519 members
154 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 4.04
Added 2014-09-17, 07:51 AM
- 2 Members
- ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
64
12,336 members
203 reviews
3.9
Score 3.94
Added 2014-09-17, 07:50 AM
- 2 Members
- thecoroner, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith
- Explanations
- aulsmith : The atmosphere-to-plot ratio was too high for me.
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2,491 members
68 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 3.29
Added 2014-09-17, 09:01 AM
- 3 Members
- sturlington, TonkoKordic, andomck,aulsmith
94
1,048 members
35 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 2.31
Added 2014-09-17, 08:23 AM
96
4,834 members
125 reviews
4.1
Score 2.2
Added 2015-03-10, 10:23 AM
- 2 Members
- sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda,krisa
99
- 2 Members
- sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith
- Explanations
- aulsmith : Eh. Not bad, but not really engaging either.
