about Nalo Hopkinson

[sergebroom]

Locus's most recent issue ran an interview with Nalo Hopkinson. I must confess never having read anything by her, for some reason. Which of her novels would you recommend starting with?

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[fledgist.livejournal.com]

I would suggest Midnight Robber, though Brown Girl in the Ring isn't bad either.

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I had posted a similar request on Making Light and Midnight Robber is the title that came up the most frequently.

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

I know, I think I posted a reply to it. I think you'll find it a fascinating novel. She lives in Canada, btw.

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

You did indeed recommend that book on Making Light. As for Hopkinson living in Toronto, I had heard about that and the funny thing is that I may have crossed paths with her when I lived there (January 1986 thru January 1989), either at Bakka Bookstore or at the local con Ad Astra.

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

I am in the odd situation of never having met her, but of having met her father -- a very fine poet.

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

How did that come to happen? Let me guess. It is a small world.

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

It is a small world. I heard him read from and talk about Gerard Manley Hopkins.