Orson Scott Card

I really enjoyed his short story “the Grinning Man”. I’m definitely intrigued enough to want to read some of the rest of the Alvin Maker books. I’m still a bit leary of trying anything beyond that, but he’s definitely got my curiosity piqued.

Next up is one of Silverberg’s Majipor stories… Which is so far one of the longest pieces in the book. The synopsis he gives of the series and the world of Majipor really aren’t inspiring me to read much further. But then, like Goodkind and Card, I’m not terribly disposed to think favorably on Silverberg, because as I’ve said elsewhere, his essays are kinda whiny.

However, after Silverberg come stories by Le Guin, Williams and Martin. And I’m definitely looking forward to a few squeeing fangirl moments, since I loved Earthsea (well, the world premise and the first two books… I never finished the third), and Tad Williams and George R. R. Martin are two of my favorite authors ever.