[desio]

Oh I freaking LOVED the farseer trilogy. It gets better and better until a big wow. I did a lot of the booker+booker internationals in previous years but found them too hit and miss (mostly miss) for my tastes and decidedly switched to classics. Curious how they end up for you, I havent read this. I'm a big fan of Le Guin though, have you read her masterpiece short story "The ones who walk away from Omelas'"?

[joshuamorton]

Omelas is fantastic. If you enjoy it, I'd recommend NK Jemisin's broken earth if you've somehow avoided it.

And yeah Booker and Pulitzers are hit or miss, I choose carefully and don't try to do the entire shortlist.