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To whom do you turn when you want to learn more about new books? Larry Send a noteboard - 10/11/2013 06:17:07 AM

I ask this after having thought about this a few days ago when I was looking for some new books to read. While these days I rarely read works marketed as SF/F, I do remember the relatively halcyon days of OF a decade ago when there were many voices recommending all sorts of relatively new authors, from China Miéville around the time his third novel was released to some then-obscure Canadian writer who had yet to have any of his fantasies published in the US.

But now, the voices are quieter, if not silenced. Very little discussion of any works, especially those published in the past year or so, occurs here (and less on other sites I've visited in the past). I wonder, besides connections on social media sites, where one would go to find new works/writers.

Where do you go? Do you still depend upon people here for book recs? Is there another site you favor? Is it Twitter, Facebook, and Goodreads the main sources for book information? Just curious.

Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

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To whom do you turn when you want to learn more about new books? - 10/11/2013 06:17:07 AM 1682 Views
This is the only place. - 10/11/2013 04:26:22 PM 1359 Views
Maybe, but I'm a bit skeptical - 11/11/2013 12:14:36 AM 1310 Views
If you want to attract NEW readers, the site needs to be reworked from scratch - 13/11/2013 01:06:41 PM 1246 Views
Preaching to the choir here - 14/11/2013 07:55:56 AM 1401 Views
Re: If you want to attract NEW readers, the site needs to be reworked from scratch - 21/11/2013 09:24:22 PM 1337 Views
That might be swimming upstream against a strong current - 22/11/2013 08:41:15 AM 1277 Views
Quite - 22/11/2013 03:34:50 PM 1158 Views
io9 - 10/11/2013 07:32:41 PM 1626 Views
Locus Online also has good lists of upcoming/new SF/F releases - 11/11/2013 12:16:18 AM 1277 Views
The Economist, NYT, and WSJ - 11/11/2013 01:05:36 PM 1216 Views
Very true - 14/11/2013 07:57:14 AM 1299 Views
I'm skeptical of the Economist. - 16/11/2013 05:02:47 PM 1277 Views
Which books were those? - 19/11/2013 03:19:59 PM 1272 Views
There were at least four or five bad reviews. - 30/11/2013 05:41:45 PM 1264 Views
I remember reading that book. I don't recall being impressed by it. *NM* - 05/12/2013 03:37:59 PM 664 Views
I've essentially stopped reading - 11/11/2013 12:36:51 AM 1427 Views
I don't think very highly of the discussions on r/fantasy - 11/11/2013 08:25:54 AM 1457 Views
I've never even been to r/fantasy - 11/11/2013 08:31:11 AM 1237 Views
I'd say this place is still the most influential for me. - 11/11/2013 10:29:19 AM 1242 Views
For some odd reason, I distrust Goodreads - 14/11/2013 07:58:29 AM 1404 Views
"Distrust"? Interesting word choice. - 14/11/2013 09:32:35 PM 1378 Views
Call me old fashioned... - 11/11/2013 02:47:37 PM 1221 Views
Old fashioned! - 14/11/2013 07:59:43 AM 1250 Views
I second that suggestion. - 14/11/2013 09:35:51 PM 1194 Views
Re: I second that suggestion. - 16/11/2013 02:10:10 AM 1102 Views
Here mostly, Goodreads, io9 - 11/11/2013 09:40:41 PM 1417 Views
Interesting - 14/11/2013 08:01:05 AM 1221 Views
Typically new is "New to me" - 14/11/2013 08:36:09 AM 1558 Views
Ah, I understand a bit more now. Thanks. - 22/11/2013 08:50:26 AM 1221 Views
Here mostly too. And bookshops over here. - 12/11/2013 06:54:05 PM 1226 Views
I have list of things to read longer than I have time to read - 13/11/2013 05:39:59 PM 1191 Views
So true - 14/11/2013 08:03:16 AM 1227 Views
here, mostly, but i also have less time to read (sort of) and a lot to read... - 19/11/2013 03:49:15 PM 1126 Views
Quick, cozy comfort zone reads, more or less? - 22/11/2013 08:52:37 AM 1075 Views
It depends on what is happening at the time - 30/11/2013 12:15:55 AM 1026 Views
I don't really care to learn about new books. - 21/11/2013 08:58:44 PM 1211 Views
I'm all BELE - 29/11/2013 07:12:03 PM 1131 Views
Book recommendations can come from the oddest places... - 07/12/2013 04:36:26 AM 1171 Views

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