My reading goals for 2011 were: 1. Find 10-20 good quality science fiction/fantasy novels 2. Make a dent in my list of seminal works to read The second one was virtually ignored, so let's just forget about that. However, I promised a round-up of SFF Literature and I will deliver, although I think this will continue to be an ongoing project here. I read 16 SFF titles this year, 17 including Gloriana's Torch , which has a large alternative history element. Of these, I'm going to designate 6 books/series as part of the elusive category, "Literature." My qualifications for Literature may be slightly or even radically differently from anybody else's, but essentially I look for a distinct and effective writing style that uses language appropriately and creatively, a plot with a distinct structure (beginning, middle, and end, not necessarily in that order but present) that is appropriate to the genre/topic/characters, and characters that feel like real peop...
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