In-Flight Reading

[coalescent]

I promised Martin I'd post a poll when the Strange Horizons fund drive finished, and since it now has (successfully, hooray!), here we go. I'm off on my business travels again this week, first to Belgrade, then to Brussels; and I'm on a reading-new-stuff kick. What should I take with me? I'll have two four-hour flights plus a Eurostar journey to get through, and probably some reading time in the evenings as well.

Poll #8277

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 13

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What should I take with me to read? Pick five.

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The Silver Wind by Nina Allan
3 (23.1%)

City of Bohane by Kevin Barry
0 (0.0%)

Bronze Summer by Stephen Baxter
2 (15.4%)

The Company Man by Robert Jackson Bennett
0 (0.0%)

The Illumination by Kevin Brockmeier
0 (0.0%)

Fire and Thorns by Rachael Carson
4 (30.8%)

Twilight Robbery by Frances Hardinge
5 (38.5%)

Dead Water by Simon Ings
2 (15.4%)

The Fat Years by Chan Koonchung
2 (15.4%)

Gods Without Men by Hari Kunzru
1 (7.7%)

Big Machine by Victor Lavalle
0 (0.0%)

Wake Up and Dream by Ian R MacLeod
1 (7.7%)

The Cold Commands by Richard Morgan
5 (38.5%)

America Pacifica by Anna North
2 (15.4%)

The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht
2 (15.4%)

By Light Alone by Adam Roberts
4 (30.8%)

Down to the Bone by Justina Robson
5 (38.5%)

Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
3 (23.1%)

A Long, Long Sleep by Anna Sheehan
1 (7.7%)

Osama by Lavie Tidhar
2 (15.4%)

Utopia by Ahmed Khaled Towfik
4 (30.8%)

The Submission by Amy Waldman
2 (15.4%)

Among Others by Jo Walton
7 (53.8%)

The Godless Boys by Naomi Wood
0 (0.0%)

Comments

[swisstone]

Wot, no Islanders?

[coalescent]

I'll get around to reading that one when it turns up on the BSFA Award ballot.

[abigail-n.livejournal.com]

Not much of a consensus so far, I see.

[coalescent]

Yes, you are all doing an excellent job of not being helpful.

[coalescent]

Also, shouldn't you have voted for The Company Man?

[abigail-n.livejournal.com]

Was tempted to, but in the end I just picked the books I'd like to read plus The Submission, which I'm curious to hear your thoughts about.

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[(Anonymous)]

I guess finding useful, rieallbe information on the internet isn't hopeless after all.