Jon Sparks

Six books to get to know me:
Pigeon Post by Arthur Ransome
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K le Guin
Clear Waters Rising by Nicholas Crane
How I Won the Yellow Jumper by Ned Boulting
The Algebraist by Iain M Banks
Mountain Light by Galen Rowell

Ask me again tomorrow and three or four of these might be different.

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Nov 25, 2022 at 7:22amWeb
Show threadRik LonsdaleNov 25, 2022
@JonSparks Only read two of these, but they've sparked my curiosity.
Show threadJon SparksNov 25, 2022
@rik_lonsdale Now wondering which two!
Show threadRik LonsdaleNov 25, 2022
@JonSparks The Iain M Banks and the Le Guin.
Banks is very neglected, I think.
Show threadKatmaNov 27, 2022
@JonSparks Oh, The Left Hand of Darkness! I forgot that one. And the Dispossessed. And the Earthsea books. Not sure how I’d pick among those
Show threadJon SparksNov 27, 2022
@KatMA I could practically have picked my whole list from UKLG. From the early books which were my introduction to her, like Rocannon’s World and Planet of Exile, to Malafrena which I love dearly. And I recently bought the collected novellas, which is a fat volume full of glorious stuff.
Show threadKatmaNov 27, 2022
@JonSparks You have just helped me pick something for my holiday gift list! I didn’t really want/need anything but some family members like giving. If I’m not specific with options, the gifts can get…odd. In contrast, her collected shorter works would be wonderful. Thank you!
Show threadJon SparksNov 28, 2022
@KatMA for some reason I couldn’t immediately recall the name of the collect last night; it’s The Found and The Lost.