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Oprah's New Pick: A Science Fiction Novel

OK, it's not officially a SF novel. But the new Selection of Oprah's book club is Cormac McCarthy's The Road, a novel set in the near-future after an unspecified apocalypse, and it's hard to see that as anything but science fiction.

Welcome to the dark side, Oprah; we hope you like it here. If you're looking for more things to read over in our neck of the woods, may I recommend Ray Bradbury, Octavia E. Butler, James Tiptree, Jr., and Patricia A. McKillip?

The Road

Posted by Andrew Wheeler on March 28, 2007 12:34 PM |

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Wow -- that's surprising. Not only that Oprah picked an SF novel, but one that's so damn bleak. Didn't figure she'd go for something like The Road.

I thought she'd quit doing recent novels and was only selecting "classic" novels. She went back to the new stuff, I guess?

Posted by: John Joseph Adams | March 28, 2007 05:24 PM

If Butler was still living, I could see Oprah picking Kindred and having a fantastic conversation. I'd tune in for that one!

Posted by: Joe Sherry | March 29, 2007 12:56 PM

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