Thank you for this list. I finally got to exploring this, and it just says Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, … 51. No other description of what’s in each chapter, so I bookmarked your post. I wanted to see how Aesop’s fables read now as an adult, and whether they’d be good to read to my son, so I turned to Chapter 17 and then there’s three things listed there, so you can jump to Aesop’s Fables, Grimm’s tales or Anderson’s fables. I read a story from each, and they are nice stores. Aesop’s fables are way shorter than I remember, probably good for little kids. And Grimm and Anderson are considerably longer. I can see myself reading those out loud as he gets older.
Different topic:
New Free Tor book is up. Book 1 in a series by John Scalzi (sp?). Worth reading anyone?
Scalzi’s books are light, easy reads. Relatively hard military sci-fi. The main problem with his stuff is that his ventriloquism is pretty poor and all of his characters are the same kind of funny, sarcastic, wisecracking nerd. This makes his novels kind of run together after awhile. As @divedivedive said, though, they’re great beach reads.
I read The Collapsing Empire and I liked it. Its definitely a Scalzi novel but it does have an interesting story to tell and has a bit more depth than some of his other work.
A classic sci-fi/fantasy series by Jack Vance is on sale today. The 4 novel compilation of Vance’s Dying Earth series is only $3 today. Its been decades since I read this, so I am looking forward to revisiting this classic.
For people unaware, Gene Wolfe considers Vance one of his primary influences, particularly for the Book of the New Sun (i.e. the Severian the Torturer books).
