FeliciaM
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« on: January 28, 2012, 10:21:07 AM » |
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Does anyone know of any good super hero novels they'd like to recommend?
Thanks! I really appreciate it. This one is a gift, and I'm really not sure how to track something like this down.
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J.R.Mooneyham
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« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2012, 10:38:44 AM » |
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KB's own Sybil Nelson writes the Priscilla the Great series, which is about a teenage girl getting superpowers; it's funny and endearing at the same time. It's probably written mostly for 12-16 year old girls, but I'm an old guy who liked it (I read it after encountering Nelson here on KB, and discovering Priscilla shares some similarities with Pippi Longstocking, which was a favorite literary character of mine as a kid; plus, I'm a comics fan from way back, too). Think Pippi Longstocking meets the X-Men. http://www.amazon.com/Priscilla-Great-Sybil-Nelson/dp/0982827334 |
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Danielle Kazemi
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« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2012, 05:11:15 PM » |
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There is Confessions of a D-list Supervillain, How to Succeed in Evil, and Ex-heroes (Ex-patriots too).
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« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2012, 06:10:20 PM » |
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I'd second  , it's a fantastic novel that grabs a lot of tropes and turns them on their head. I'd also recommend the novella  but as it's a freebie it's not much of a gift.  |
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CoraBuhlert
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« Reply #5 on: January 28, 2012, 06:11:50 PM » |
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Austin Grossman (brother of Lev Grossman of The Magicians fame) had a pretty good superhero novel called Soon I Will Be Invincible a few years ago.
Jackie Kessler and Caitlin Kittredge have a good series about a superheroine and her arch-nemesis. There are two books, Black and White and Shades of Grey.
Marjorie M. Liu's Dirk and Steele series has been described as the X-Men meet paranormal romance, plus Liu actually writes X-Men comics for Marvel.
A.J. Menden had a lovely series about superheroines at Dorchester. There were two books, Tekgrrl and Phenomenal Girl 5 with a third one planned called The Girl with the Granite Heart. I think she's gone indie now that Dorchester has gone belly-up.
Carrie Vaughn's After the Golden Age puts a somewhat different spin on superhero stories, because the protagonist is the non-superpowered daughter of a superhero couple who just wants a normal life uninterrupted by kidnapping attempts and the like.
Empire State by Adam Christopher is a brand new 1920s/1930s retro superhero novel. I haven't yet read it, but the reviews are excellent.
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« Reply #7 on: January 29, 2012, 11:41:31 PM » |
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Are you open to giving novelizations? Greg Cox for example has written the novelizations for Countdown and Final Crisis.
If you don't mind anthologies, here's some recommendations:
Wild Cards series edited by George R.R. Martin
Masked edited by Lou Anders (includes contributors who write for mainstream comics like Marjorie M. Liu, Bill Willingham, Mike Carey, etc.)
(There's also the short story collection Bad Power by Deborah Biancotti)
Here's some novels that gained some praise:
Devi's Cape by Rob Rogers (really loved this, noir + superheroes)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem
Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman
Playing For Keeps by Mur Lafferty
From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain by Minister Faust
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Todd Young
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« Reply #8 on: January 30, 2012, 12:12:46 AM » |
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On the gay superhero side of things (not that you asked), there's Perry Moore's Hero.  It's YA and (just) okay, IMO. I'm not really into superheroes. A friend of mine on Goodreads - Harper Kingsley - wrote Heroes and Villains. It's also gay. M/m romance.  |
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CoraBuhlert
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« Reply #9 on: January 30, 2012, 02:06:23 AM » |
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Seconding Flipreads' recommendations for Michael Chabon and Jonathan Lethem. Both are not your usual superhero novels, but rather stories on how superhero comics impact the lives of people in the real world, but they're excellent.
Finally, here's something I forgot: Celia Jerome a.k.s. Barbara Metzger has a lovely series about a female comic book artist whose characters have the tendency to come alive. The first book is called Trolls in the Hamptons, the second is called Nightmares in the Hamptons. Highly recommended and great fun.
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Nancy Fulda
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« Reply #10 on: January 30, 2012, 04:20:31 AM » |
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James Maxey's Nobody Gets the Girl is quite good.
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« Reply #11 on: January 30, 2012, 10:30:10 AM » |
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The Falling Stars series is pretty good.
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« Reply #12 on: January 30, 2012, 08:51:22 PM » |
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If you want a super-heroic bad boy, I suggest Confessions of a D-List Supervillain. The title pretty much says it all.  |
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« Reply #13 on: February 20, 2012, 09:28:59 PM » |
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This one was recommended on superheronovels.com: The Justice Society of Steam.
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