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[wiseheart]

... so let's talk about books, shall we? After all, we who still read them belong to a proud minority, right?

Questions below as always.

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[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

What are your preferred genres?

Mine are: historic novels, science fiction, high fantasy (not just any fantasy) and murder mysteries. Especially Agatha Christie's. I used to read American crime novels when I was younger but I never really liked them. They were too brutal for my taste, and people were worrying too much about their sex life. Loved the Maigret books by Georges Simenon, though.

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

Humor, paranormal mysteries, Egyptology.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Hah! I actually like those, too! Have you ever read Joseph and his brothers by Thomas Mann? Or Sinuhe by Mika Waltari? Although they might have different titles in English, I just translated them from German and Hungarian.

Back in the Stone Age, when I was still writing original fiction, I played with ideas about novels taking place in Ancient Egypt.

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

I have not, but thanks for the suggestion. I will go check them out.

There are at least two authors that I know of who based their mysteries back in ancient Egypt.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Alas, one of my favourites was written by a Hungarian author and it's unlikely that it would have been ever translated into English. But perhaps you might get lucky. The author is called János Kodolányi, and the book is centered around Moses. A bit AU compared with the biblical story... well, more than a bit AU, and slightly depressing in parts, but very interesting nonetheless.

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

I will do some poking about.

[sammydragoncat]

My preferred genres are mysteries, fantasy and historic fiction.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I love those, too.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

I agree that some books are too focused on the sex. Which is fine if it's that sort of book, but not in the middle of my (insert other story here).

Currently I prefer apocafics, zombie pics (newer ones-after the 1950's, and I prefer an apocalypse.) Also like books with good science-eg Into the Drowning Deep by Seanan McGuire, or The Martian. Oh, and well written medical history books, especially about plagues.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Have you ever read the Cadfael Chronicles? Medieval murder mysteries, with an herbalist monk plus Welsh history - the best!

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Huh. Cool.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

You should give them a try - they are amazing! The best thing next to the Lord of the Rings I've ever read!

[meathiel]

Fantasy, urban fantasy, historical fiction, historical crime, crime, thrillers

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

Science fiction, fantasy, historical fiction (and stuff that doesn't exactly count as historical fiction as it was written at the time it is set (give or take)).

Also, history for non-fiction.

[saki101.livejournal.com]

Mine are very similar with the addition of books with a supernatural element. I didn't get into murder mysteries or spy novels very much, but I did sample them and my other serious fandom involved spies. Seems I liked it more on the screen than on the page.