{"id":3353,"date":"2009-12-30T23:23:09","date_gmt":"2009-12-31T04:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chrismclaren.com\/blog\/?p=3353"},"modified":"2009-12-30T23:31:22","modified_gmt":"2009-12-31T04:31:22","slug":"best-of-lists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.chrismclaren.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/30\/best-of-lists\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Of Lists"},"content":{"rendered":"

Generally speaking I hate this time of year on the Internet–I am so<\/em> tired of year-end wrapups, best of lists, etc. It’s even worst this year, since it’s also the end of a decade. Enough with the lists.<\/p>\n

Having said that, I did see one list that actually got my attention: Paul Witcover<\/a>‘s list of his ten favourite F\/SF novels of the year<\/a>. (The list should be expanded on in his year-end piece in Locus, also something I exempt from my humbuggery about year-end wrapups–maybe even in that Locus that came in the mail today which I haven’t looked at yet…)<\/p>\n

Since I quite like Witcover’s novelsIf you haven’t read these, and don’t believe me that they’re great… well check out what Rick Bowes<\/a>, himself no slouch in the great writing department, says about Witcover’s second novel<\/a>.<\/footnote> and stories, and I appreciate his critical writing, I was already disposed to be interested. When I looked over the list and found that about half of what he listed were things I’ve read and liked this year… well, let’s just say that I now have a strong motivation to seek out information on the other items.<\/p>\n

Here are the items from Witcover’s lists, with some annotations by me:<\/p>\n