Reddit reviews The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel (P.S.)

The Yiddish Policemen's Union. I'm reading it right now, and I absolutely love it.

The Yiddish Policeman's Union

I think Chabon's The Yiddish Policemen's Union fictionalizes this alternate history.

[The Yiddish Policeman's Union] (https://www.amazon.com/Yiddish-Policemens-Union-Novel-P-S/dp/0007149832) is alternate history rather than sci-fi, but is interesting.

Altered Carbon is a popular noir styled sci-fi that you've probably already seen recommended, and has an in production Netflix adaptation.

For what it's worth, a few Jewish fantasy authors, off the top of my head:

• Avram Davidson
  
• Lev Grossman
  
• Michael Chabon
  
  I'm sure there are more but those are the ones I can think of just now.

Top 5 off those shelves would be:
The Yiddish Policemen's Union - Alt History detective novel by a Pulitzer winner
http://www.amazon.com/Yiddish-Policemens-Union-Novel-P-S/dp/0007149832
The Atrocity Archives - Lovecraftian spy thriller and IT hell
http://www.amazon.com/Atrocity-Archives-Laundry-Files-Novel/dp/0441016685/
Books of Blood - A compilation of Clive Barker's nasty little 80s horror anthologies
http://www.amazon.com/Books-Blood-Vols-Clive-Barker/dp/0425165582/
Perdido Street Station - Steampunky fantasy with excellent worldbuilding that's apparently a good example of the New Weird, whatever that is and however it differes from the Old Weird
http://www.amazon.com/Perdido-Street-Station-China-Mieville/dp/0345459407
American Gods - Gaiman's mythology based urban fantasy; a modern classic
http://www.amazon.com/American-Gods-Neil-Gaiman/dp/0380789035

As for the Weird Tales collection, it's Weird Tales: 32 Unearthed Terrors. It sets out to present the best tale from each year of the magazine's original run. Published in 1988 and edited by Stefan R. Dziemianowicz (as if the eldritch gods didn't inject enough unpronounceable names into the mix) you've got everyone from Isaac Asimov to Seabury Quinn to good ol' HPL himself with "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward"
http://www.amazon.com/Weird-Tales-32-Unearthed-Terrors/dp/0517661233
Not quite the $1 deal I got from the library sale, but not as outrageous as some of the out of print prices on Amazon.

Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon. The world-building and character development here is really thorough and very engaging. Chabon is one of my favorite writers.

http://www.amazon.com/Yiddish-Policemens-Union-Novel-P-S/dp/0007149832/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1289938003&sr=8-1

Sorta related? http://www.amazon.com/The-Yiddish-Policemens-Union-Novel/dp/0007149832

The second part reminds me of Michael Chabon's book, Yiddish Policeman's Union

The Yiddish Policemen's Union: http://www.amazon.com/The-Yiddish-Policemens-Union-Novel/dp/0007149832

Michael Chabon?

*edit: link to Amazon. Buy this book, people.

Although, I do highly recommend The Yiddish Policemen's Union.

It's The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon, and we're discussing it on February 21st.

I really enjoyed the book and finished it earlier today. It's not something I would have chosen for myself but I couldn't put it down. Can't wait to discuss it!

Perhaps you might enjoy this book.

I did, as did the Pulitzer Prize committee.

I read a book that tells it like it actually happened: [The Yiddish Policemens Union] (http://www.amazon.com/Yiddish-Policemens-Union-Novel-P-S/dp/0007149832/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1301463937&sr=8-1)

Gentlemen of the Road

Yiddish Policemen's Union

The Book of Esther (Though this one got a little weird at the end)

I'd recommend The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon. It's not a distant future sci-fi, it's more alternate history version of modern day, but enough of a difference that things feel unique.