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.
- Members
- 14 participating members
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42,797 members
683 reviews
4.1
Score 23.87
Added 2014-09-17, 09:00 AM
- 8 Members
- krisa, krazy4katz, amanda4242, merrystar, sturlington, andomck, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
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40,818 members
1,116 reviews
4.1
Score 19.12
Added 2014-09-17, 08:04 AM
- 7 Members
- krisa, krazy4katz, amanda4242, sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
4
18,474 members
409 reviews
4.2
Score 17.56
Added 2014-09-17, 09:06 AM
- 5 Members
- krisa, aulsmith, krazy4katz, sturlington, ahef1963
5
16,249 members
379 reviews
3.9
Score 16.8
Added 2014-09-17, 08:04 AM
- 6 Members
- krisa, krazy4katz, sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963, kara.shamy
6
9,054 members
416 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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10,171 members
417 reviews
3.8
Score 14.29
Added 2014-09-17, 09:01 AM
- 5 Members
- krisa, aulsmith, krazy4katz, sturlington, ahef1963
9
3,460 members
88 reviews
4
Score 12.73
Added 2014-09-17, 07:49 AM
- 6 Members
- krisa, aulsmith, sturlington, andomck, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
10
12,544 members
156 reviews
3.9
Score 12.42
Added 2014-09-17, 07:51 AM
- 6 Members
- aulsmith, amanda4242, sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,krisa
12
- 4 Members
- aulsmith, 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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13,299 members
343 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 10.97
Added 2014-09-17, 08:38 AM
- 5 Members
- krisa, aulsmith, sturlington, andomck, ManWithAnAgenda
15
12,117 members
253 reviews
4.1
Score 9.98
Added 2014-10-17, 02:10 PM
- 4 Members
- krisa, merrystar, thecoroner, andomck
16
43,232 members
682 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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7,644 members
413 reviews
4.1
Score 8.04
Added 2014-09-17, 08:14 AM
- 5 Members
- amanda4242, sturlington, andomck, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,merrystar
18
6,222 members
187 reviews
4
Score 7.85
Added 2014-09-17, 08:39 AM
- 4 Members
- krisa, sturlington, andomck, ManWithAnAgenda
19
by Ray Bradbury
10,949 members
292 reviews
4
Score 7.56
Added 2014-09-17, 09:03 AM
- 4 Members
- krisa, sturlington, andomck, ManWithAnAgenda
20
14,805 members
359 reviews
4.1
Score 7.5
Added 2014-09-17, 08:02 AM
- 3 Members
- amanda4242, thecoroner, ManWithAnAgenda
21
8,719 members
170 reviews
3.8
Score 7.49
Added 2014-09-17, 08:02 AM
- 4 Members
- krisa, sturlington, andomck, ManWithAnAgenda
22
39,186 members
1,256 reviews
4.1
Score 6.83
Added 2014-09-17, 09:37 AM
- 3 Members
- krisa, sturlington, ahef1963
24
1,404 members
45 reviews
½ 3.4
Score 6.67
Added 2014-10-27, 10:40 AM
- 3 Members
- mkbird, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
25
17,420 members
373 reviews
4.2
Score 6.57
Added 2014-09-17, 07:56 AM
- 3 Members
- thecoroner, andomck, ahef1963
29
- 4 Members
- krisa, Tomleesteenboek, amanda4242, thecoroner,aulsmith ,ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- aulsmith : I couldn't get past page 10
31
by Neil Gaiman
14,106 members
935 reviews
4.1
Score 5.99
Added 2014-10-27, 10:29 AM
- 3 Members
- amanda4242, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
33
- 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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3,397 members
103 reviews
½ 3.6
Score 5.82
Added 2014-09-17, 09:44 AM
- 3 Members
- krisa, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
38
9,153 members
310 reviews
4
Score 5.37
Added 2014-09-17, 07:58 AM
- 3 Members
- krisa, andomck, ManWithAnAgenda
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45
47
51
- 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
6,412 members
105 reviews
3.8
Score 4.21
Added 2014-09-17, 09:42 AM
- 3 Members
- sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963,krisa
54
11,714 members
139 reviews
3.8
Score 4.04
Added 2014-09-17, 07:51 AM
- 2 Members
- ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
60
10,213 members
166 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.
63
by Michel Faber
2,126 members
132 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 3.86
Added 2015-03-10, 08:37 AM
- 2 Members
- sturlington, kara.shamy
68
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72
26,375 members
752 reviews
3.9
Score 3.36
Added 2014-09-17, 08:08 AM
- 3 Members
- krisa, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith
- Explanations
- aulsmith : Some good stuff here and there, but long and short on plot.sturlington: Couldn't finish this one.
80
7,458 members
218 reviews
4.1
Score 2.57
Added 2015-03-10, 10:23 AM
- 2 Members
- sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda,krisa
85
965 members
31 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 2.31
Added 2014-09-17, 08:23 AM
87
3,330 members
91 reviews
4.1
Score 2.2
Added 2015-03-10, 10:23 AM
- 2 Members
- sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda,krisa
90
- 2 Members
- sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith
- Explanations
- aulsmith : Eh. Not bad, but not really engaging either.
