{"product_id":"what-makes-this-book-so-great-paperback","title":"What Makes This Book So Great - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJo Walton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePatrick Nielsen Hayden\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs any reader of Jo Walton's \u003ci\u003eAmong Others\u003c\/i\u003e might guess, Walton is both an inveterate reader of SF and fantasy, and a chronic re-reader of books. In 2008, then-new science-fiction mega-site Tor.com asked Walton to blog regularly about her re-reading\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eabout all kinds of older fantasy and SF, ranging from acknowledged classics, to guilty pleasures, to forgotten oddities and gems. These posts have consistently been among the most popular features of Tor.com. Now this volume presents a selection of the best of them, ranging from short essays to long reassessments of some of the field's most ambitious series. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmong Walton's many subjects here are the Zones of Thought novels of Vernor Vinge; the question of what genre readers mean by mainstream; the underappreciated SF adventures of C. J. Cherryh; the field's many approaches to time travel; the masterful science fiction of Samuel R. Delany; Salman Rushdie's \u003ci\u003eMidnight's Children; \u003c\/i\u003ethe early Hainish novels of Ursula K. Le Guin; and a Robert A. Heinlein novel you have most certainly never read. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver 130 essays in all, \u003ci\u003eWhat Makes This Book So Great\u003c\/i\u003e is an immensely readable, engaging collection of provocative, opinionated thoughts about past and present-day fantasy and science fiction, from one of our best writers.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJO WALTON won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2002, and the World Fantasy Award for her novel \u003ci\u003eTooth and Claw\u003c\/i\u003e in 2004. Her several other novels include the acclaimed Small Change alternate-history trilogy, comprising \u003ci\u003eFarthing, Ha'penny, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHalf a Crown. \u003c\/i\u003eHer novel \u003ci\u003eAmong Others\u003c\/i\u003e won the Hugo and Nebula Awards in 2012. A native of Wales, she lives in Montreal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.3 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 24, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45423973761068,"sku":"9780765331946","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/6260\/8940\/files\/WEdzcURHMkgrSVRpVkZxQkU5ZXpmdz09.webp?v=1775033363","url":"https:\/\/littleredgeneralstore.com\/products\/what-makes-this-book-so-great-paperback","provider":"Little Red General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}