I found "Story of Your Life" so compelling that I taught it. Most of the students were nonplussed (in particular because some of them found it intriguing but had a really hard time building an essay that held their thoughts well). I've taught the mockumentary at the end of the volume, too, but in a deliberately you-need-not-write-about-this way. (These were composition courses, so it mattered.)
I have not read Voigt, Goodman, or the non-fiction. (Nor Ciardi's translation in particular.) Amusingly, I read only the Attolia books and recent Bujolds during that decade; the rest I read earlier. hmm. E.g., stumbled upon The Vor Game in 1990, read Gaudy Night in 1995....
Not sure I have a clear enough sense of your likes/dislikes to attempt (b).
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Date: 2011-01-20 06:37 am (UTC)I have not read Voigt, Goodman, or the non-fiction. (Nor Ciardi's translation in particular.) Amusingly, I read only the Attolia books and recent Bujolds during that decade; the rest I read earlier. hmm. E.g., stumbled upon The Vor Game in 1990, read Gaudy Night in 1995....
Not sure I have a clear enough sense of your likes/dislikes to attempt (b).