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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: 13 participating members (show all)

All members' list: [1] 2Sort: Score | Title | Author | Date
1
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut
40,233 members, 642 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: krazy4katz (1), andomck (2), amanda4242 (2), merrystar (6), krisa (6), ahef1963 (8), ManWithAnAgenda (34)

2
The Metamorphosis
by Franz Kafka
10,492 members, 172 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: andomck (1), thecoroner (2), ahef1963 (4), amanda4242 (5), krisa (5), aulsmith (16), ManWithAnAgenda (33)

3
The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood
36,998 members, 1,060 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: krisa (1), krazy4katz (3), amanda4242 (3), ahef1963 (10), thecoroner (14), ManWithAnAgenda (32)

4
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
by Michael Chabon
17,779 members, 387 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (1), aulsmith (1), krazy4katz (2), krisa (2)

5
The Blind Assassin
by Margaret Atwood
15,448 members, 372 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (1), krisa (3), krazy4katz (4), ahef1963 (12), thecoroner (13)

6
The Haunting of Hill House
by Shirley Jackson
7,692 members, 369 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (2), andomck (3), ahef1963 (5), amanda4242 (7), aulsmith (12)

Explanations:

aulsmith (12): This is a good book, but I think it's fairly straight-forward horror, rather than slipstream

7
Neverwhere
by Neil Gaiman
23,055 members, 542 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: merrystar (1), andomck (4), amanda4242 (8), krisa (17), ManWithAnAgenda (31)

8
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
by Michael Chabon
9,719 members, 408 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (2), ahef1963 (3), krisa (4), krazy4katz (5)

9
Ulysses
by James Joyce
21,591 members, 311 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (1), kara.shamy (2), aulsmith (15), ahef1963 (19)

Explanations:

aulsmith (15): 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.… (more)

10
The Lottery and Other Stories
by Shirley Jackson
3,088 members, 80 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (6), andomck (9), aulsmith (13), krisa (28), ManWithAnAgenda (30)

11
Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts
by Samuel Beckett
11,716 members, 150 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (2), amanda4242 (6), thecoroner (7), aulsmith (14), ManWithAnAgenda (29)

Thumbs down: krisa

12
Blindness
by José Saramago
11,807 members, 365 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: krisa (10), ahef1963 (14), thecoroner (15), andomck (16), ManWithAnAgenda (28)

13
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
by Italo Calvino
11,360 members, 235 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: merrystar (3), thecoroner (4), andomck (7), krisa (34)

14
The Man in the High Castle
by Philip K. Dick
12,214 members, 319 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: andomck (5), krisa (11), aulsmith (11), ManWithAnAgenda (27)

15
Cat's Cradle
by Kurt Vonnegut
20,446 members, 266 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: amanda4242 (1), krazy4katz (6), andomck (10), ManWithAnAgenda (26)

Thumbs down: ahef1963

16
House of Leaves
by Mark Z. Danielewski
13,222 members, 338 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (4), amanda4242 (4), thecoroner (22)

17
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
by Haruki Murakami
16,559 members, 349 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: andomck (6), thecoroner (12), ahef1963 (21)

18
One Hundred Years of Solitude
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
40,295 members, 609 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: merrystar (4), andomck (11), thecoroner (17), krisa (78)

Thumbs down: kara.shamy

19
The New York Trilogy
by Paul Auster
9,131 members, 149 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: Tomleesteenboek (1), thecoroner (8), amanda4242 (11), krisa (35)

Thumbs down: ManWithAnAgenda, aulsmith

Explanations:

aulsmith (0): I couldn't get past page 10

20
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
by Shirley Jackson
6,719 members, 380 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: amanda4242 (9), andomck (17), ahef1963 (18), ManWithAnAgenda (25)

Thumbs down: merrystar

21
Dhalgren
by Samuel R. Delany
3,337 members, 71 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (10), ManWithAnAgenda (24), krisa (24)

Explanations:

aulsmith (10): This isn't as profound as Delany wants it to be, but it does offer an entree into the hidden world of sexual minorities.

22
The Lathe of Heaven
by Ursula K. Le Guin
5,643 members, 172 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: krisa (13), andomck (19), ManWithAnAgenda (23)

23
The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye
by A. S. Byatt
1,291 members, 17 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: mkbird (1), krisa (31)

24
Something Wicked This Way Comes
by Ray Bradbury
10,062 members, 271 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: andomck (20), ManWithAnAgenda (22), krisa (22)

25
Pattern Recognition
by William Gibson
8,485 members, 164 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (21), krisa (21), andomck (24)

26
Perdido Street Station
by China Miéville
8,696 members, 293 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (20), andomck (22), krisa (36)

27
The City & The City
by China Miéville
5,550 members, 329 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (19), andomck (23), krisa (39)

28
Sleeping in Flame
by Jonathan Carroll
700 members, 19 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (18), andomck (25), krisa (50)

29
Sarah Canary
by Karen Joy Fowler
697 members, 21 reviews
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

Lists: mkbird (2), krisa (33)

30
Invisible Cities
by Italo Calvino
8,335 members, 184 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: merrystar (2), krisa (37)

31
Independent People
by Halldór Laxness
2,549 members, 89 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (5), thecoroner (9)

32
The Time Traveler's Wife
by Audrey Niffenegger
37,241 members, 1,228 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: krisa (7), ahef1963 (7)

33
The Wood Wife
by Terri Windling
954 members, 40 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: merrystar (5), mkbird (11)

34
Air: Or, Have Not Have
by Geoff Ryman
819 members, 29 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (4), krisa (16)

35
The House on the Borderland
by William Hope Hodgson
1,279 members, 43 reviews
3.45 stars (3.45 stars)

Lists: mkbird (4), ManWithAnAgenda (17)

36
The Child Garden
by Geoff Ryman
676 members, 16 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (7), mkbird (10)

37
The Robber Bridegroom
by Eudora Welty
462 members, 15 reviews
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)

Lists: mkbird (6), amanda4242 (14)

38
The Crying of Lot 49
by Thomas Pynchon
10,172 members, 175 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: krazy4katz (7), andomck (12)

39
Never Let Me Go
by Kazuo Ishiguro
20,499 members, 888 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: krisa (9), ahef1963 (11), ManWithAnAgenda (16)

Thumbs down: amanda4242

40
Life of Pi
by Yann Martel
40,478 members, 966 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: krazy4katz (8), kara.shamy (14), ManWithAnAgenda (15)

Thumbs down: ahef1963

41
The Diamond Age
by Neal Stephenson
10,474 members, 193 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (6), krisa (19)

42
Finnegans Wake
by James Joyce
4,775 members, 53 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (6), thecoroner (10), krisa (40)

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Explanations:

aulsmith (0): 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.… (more)

43
Was
by Geoff Ryman
857 members, 15 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (5), krisa (32)

44
The Third Policeman
by Flann O'Brien
3,888 members, 112 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: andomck (8), ahef1963 (17)

45
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
by Neil Gaiman
12,377 members, 869 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: amanda4242 (12), ManWithAnAgenda (14)

46
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters
by Mark Dunn
3,437 members, 240 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (13), amanda4242 (13)

47
The Years of Rice and Salt
by Kim Stanley Robinson
3,211 members, 95 reviews
3.65 stars (3.65 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (10), krisa (23)

48
Oryx and Crake
by Margaret Atwood
15,658 members, 504 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (13), andomck (18)

49
The Satanic Verses
by Salman Rushdie
10,808 members, 128 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (11), ahef1963 (22)

50
Gravity's Rainbow
by Thomas Pynchon
9,869 members, 131 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (12), thecoroner (20)

51
Beloved
by Toni Morrison
20,261 members, 379 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (9), ahef1963 (20), andomck (26)

Thumbs down: krisa

52
The Child in Time
by Ian McEwan
2,376 members, 43 reviews
3.6 stars (3.6 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (11), krisa (26)

53
Orlando: A Biography
by Virginia Woolf
9,365 members, 156 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (1), thecoroner (18)

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Explanations:

aulsmith (0): The atmosphere-to-plot ratio was too high for me.

54
Bones of the Moon
by Jonathan Carroll
813 members, 19 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (8), krisa (47)

55
The Accidental
by Ali Smith
2,684 members, 105 reviews
3.23 stars (3.23 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (24), krisa (25)

56
The Female Man
by Joanna Russ
1,932 members, 48 reviews
3.49 stars (3.49 stars)

Lists: andomck (21), krisa (30)

57
The Double
by José Saramago
2,222 members, 53 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (25), krisa (27)

58
The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard
by J. G. Ballard
648 members, 10 reviews
4.25 stars (4.25 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (16), krisa (55)

59
Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle
by Vladimir Nabokov
3,710 members, 63 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (3)

60
Tenth of December: Stories
by George Saunders
3,296 members, 165 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (3)

61
The House on the Strand
by Daphne Du Maurier
2,134 members, 56 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: mkbird (3)

62
Lust
by Geoff Ryman
211 members, 8 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (3)

63
Sula
by Toni Morrison
6,802 members, 83 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (4)

64
The Waves
by Virginia Woolf
4,650 members, 65 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (5)

65
Landscape Painted with Tea
by Milorad Pavić
486 members, 6 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

Lists: mkbird (5)

66
The French Lieutenant's Woman
by John Fowles
6,089 members, 98 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (6), ahef1963 (16)

Thumbs down: krisa

67
The Four-Gated City
by Doris Lessing
653 members, 6 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (7)

68
The Two of Them
by Joanna Russ
292 members, 1 review
3.4 stars (3.4 stars)

Lists: mkbird (7)

69
The Road
by Cormac McCarthy
30,986 members, 1,346 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: krisa (8)

70
Brown Girl In The Ring
by Nalo Hopkinson
1,029 members, 44 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (8)

71
A Haunted House and Other Short Stories
by Virginia Woolf
600 members, 5 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (8)

72
Moonwise
by Greer Ilene Gilman
255 members, 6 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: mkbird (8)

73
Life After Life
by Kate Atkinson
7,403 members, 561 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (9)

74
Troll: A Love Story
by Johanna Sinisalo
933 members, 32 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (9)

Explanations:

aulsmith (9): A little slow in the middle, but the end is worth it.

75
The Labyrinth
by Catherynne M. Valente
179 members, 9 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: mkbird (9)

76
The Book of Strange New Things
by Michel Faber
1,935 members, 127 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (10)

77
Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights
by Salman Rushdie
1,129 members, 67 reviews
3.47 stars (3.47 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (11)

78
The Year of the Flood
by Margaret Atwood
6,660 members, 348 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: krisa (12)

79
After Alice
by Gregory Maguire
1,096 members, 65 reviews
2.85 stars (2.85 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (12)

80
Sputnik Sweetheart
by Haruki Murakami
6,244 members, 130 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: andomck (13)

81
Cobweb Bride
by Vera Nazarian
279 members, 30 reviews
3.6 stars (3.6 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (13)

82
MaddAddam
by Margaret Atwood
3,050 members, 148 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: krisa (15)

83
Time's Arrow, or The Nature of the Offence
by Martin Amis
2,857 members, 47 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: amanda4242 (15)

84
Confessions of a Pagan Nun: A Novel
by Kate Horsley
573 members, 20 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: amanda4242 (16)

87
The Night Circus
by Erin Morgenstern
15,046 members, 1,170 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: krisa (20)

88
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
by G. K. Chesterton
6,284 members, 159 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (23)

89
V.
by Thomas Pynchon
4,791 members, 33 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (23)

90
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
by Susanna Clarke
24,976 members, 729 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (7), krisa (77)

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Explanations:

aulsmith (0): Some good stuff here and there, but long and short on plot.

91
Transition
by Iain M. Banks
1,769 members, 64 reviews
3.61 stars (3.61 stars)

Lists: krisa (29)

92
The Scar
by China Miéville
4,676 members, 120 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: krisa (38)

93
Little, Big
by John Crowley
3,843 members, 106 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: krisa (41)

94
Anathem
by Neal Stephenson
7,615 members, 273 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: krisa (43)

95
Aegypt
by John Crowley
1,072 members, 20 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: krisa (44)

96
Pretty Monsters: Stories
by Kelly Link
1,134 members, 62 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: krisa (45)

97
The Wooden Sea
by Jonathan Carroll
796 members, 20 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: krisa (46)

98
Only Begotten Daughter
by James Morrow
809 members, 16 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: krisa (48)

99
White Apples
by Jonathan Carroll
728 members, 17 reviews
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)

Lists: krisa (49)

100
Outside the Dog Museum
by Jonathan Carroll
580 members, 15 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: krisa (51)

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