GenreLand discussion

Fiction and nonfiction both work for this. Just be sure you are all snug and warm before you settle in with your chilling read.

I'm going to read Snow by John Banville for this one. I need a locked room mystery for a different challenge, have found none that look interesting to me, and I'm curious about this one- if the title is any indication than it should be cold! And a blog somewhere said it was sort of like a locked room mystery, so fine. Mystery by a literary author- we'll see!

Well, I read Snow. Do not recommend unless you want to read a book with no faith in human nature that hates women and discusses children being raped by priests.

Eep. Yeah, there are Reasons I avoid genre fiction by literary authors.

Stina wrote: "Eep. Yeah, there are Reasons I avoid genre fiction by literary authors."

You're on to something there.

I just finished An Irish Country Yuletide by Patrick Taylor. This series is one to restore your faith in humanity.

Well, I had started a book but many others appeared... So finally I read a book about my city of origin (Mons, Hainaut, Belgium) at the XVII and XVIII centuries. Cold country and period of "little Ice Age", so I think the December gender is covered.

Jean-Louis Van Belle - Pierre Jean Niebes: Vivre à Mons aux XVII et XVII siècles.

Oh hey, I actually have one for this! I read Contagion, which mostly takes place on two different freezing planets that are trying to kill people. (And so are...other things...)
It's very in the vein of things like Event Horizon, Aliens, The Thing, at least one episode of every scifi show ever, where there's a remote research station where Bad Things Happened and a new crew investigating and getting into Trouble. I can't say it was breaking the mold on any of the tropes associated with that idea, but it's an idea that I am a HUGE sucker for, so I really enjoyed it.

Cold setting existential horror and in space no one will hear you scream!

I'm reading these posts while I sit in my backyard thinking I might need a hat to avoid sunburn. #coloradolife

Jacqie wrote: "Cold setting existential horror and in space no one will hear you scream!"

Weird body horror in a setting that actively wants you dead (space, ocean floor, arctic) is my Weirdly Specific JAM.