Comments on: Paul Levinson’s 7 Best Recent First Novels

By: Paul Levinson

Paul Levinson — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 00:45:38 +0000

Quickie to point out that although that list is mine, the order is not (I at least have a shred of modesty – The Silk Code doesn’t appear at all on my Amazon list and I added it last to my list on Squidoo.)

The Squidoo list has a great feature – readers can change the order of the list (but not add to or subtract from it). And, just below my picks, I created the second list which consists completely of reader’s choices (though I did put in one novel there just to start the ball rolling).

These “plexo” lists that you can put up on Squidoo are lots of fun – thanks for posting your announcement – and Happy New Year!

PS 1 – Red Moon was (and is) my first on the list.

PS 2 – Good point, too, about the list and choices being for recent science fictin – I’ll make that more clear in the posting

By: PapayaSF

PapayaSF — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 21:30:14 +0000

Not to seem unfriendly, but “PapayaSF” was meant to be a unitary name, like “Bono” or “Cher”, even though it is a combination of a word related to my fannish past plus my current location. I created it to be a unique pseudonym and search term, without thinking anyone would want to shorten it.

Happy New Year!

By: John

John — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 23:56:13 +0000

That was a silly omission to make, eh? Thanks, Papaya (May I call you Papaya?)…I’ve updated the post.

By: PapayaSF

PapayaSF — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 21:03:31 +0000

This list of unknowns (to me) seemed insane until I read the original post: he’s listing the best “first” science fiction novels of recent years! An important distinction.

In that case, Old Man’s War by John Scalzi belongs on the list.