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Baxter's book The Raft was an interesting book random thoughts Send a noteboard - 21/06/2010 02:35:32 PM

I finished Magician recently, and I'm looking for something else to read. Instead of raiding the book store and looking for something, I thought I'd ask which books you consider to be spectacular.

I'm not looking for a book that has any particular outstanding single characteristic such as a contrived plot, deep philosophy or detailed world-building. I'm looking for a book that destroyed your life for the time that you read it - because you couldn't put it down, and afterwards you put it down and went 'wow'.

Thanks!


Arthur C. Clarke's "A Space Odyssey" and also his work with Stephen Baxter "A Time Odyssey". "A Time Odyssey" was left hanging since I understand Clarke died before he and Baxter could finish, but it's a great series of books.
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Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. Rebekah - 20/06/2010 08:39:11 PM 1239 Views
Replay by Ken Grimwood. *NM* Dreaded Anomaly - 20/06/2010 09:05:40 PM 634 Views
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Actually, I did better on that list than I was expecting beforehand. Legolas - 20/06/2010 11:24:17 PM 1224 Views
The main ones coming to mind are 1984, Possession and The Discovery of Heaven. Legolas - 20/06/2010 11:27:48 PM 1275 Views
sadly I have not been wowed by a book in a while random thoughts - 21/06/2010 12:07:33 AM 1323 Views
Julian Comstock was good? Aeryn - 22/06/2010 05:13:37 PM 1166 Views
I love the style it was written in random thoughts - 22/06/2010 06:13:48 PM 1237 Views
Catch 22 nossy - 21/06/2010 02:03:18 AM 1224 Views
It's that good? I have it on my shelf here but haven't read it. *NM* Tom - 21/06/2010 05:13:55 PM 575 Views
Let's just say it makes an impact. nossy - 21/06/2010 06:22:10 PM 1205 Views
It honestly had very little impact on me one way or another. Cockatiel of Doom - 22/06/2010 12:13:24 AM 1221 Views
I really don't think it's that you're stupid. nossy - 22/06/2010 02:23:50 AM 1236 Views
I enjoyed it. The absurdism--not all that unlike Vonnegut in many instances--made for a lot of fun. Vodalus - 22/06/2010 02:50:49 AM 1272 Views
<3 Vonnegut nossy - 22/06/2010 03:24:23 AM 1486 Views
Same here snoopcester - 22/06/2010 12:25:29 PM 1232 Views
I'd say... j-whitt987 - 21/06/2010 03:11:24 AM 1226 Views
Baxter's book The Raft was an interesting book random thoughts - 21/06/2010 02:35:32 PM 1207 Views
I haven't read anything else of his. Just what he did with Clarke on that series. j-whitt987 - 22/06/2010 12:08:15 AM 1209 Views
Some suggestions Maria - 21/06/2010 03:40:06 PM 1232 Views
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. It's the July Book Club selection, too. *NM* Tom - 21/06/2010 05:13:25 PM 632 Views
didn't the Russian Book Club just cover that book? *NM* random thoughts - 21/06/2010 05:17:59 PM 588 Views
Nope... The RAFO book club is joining the Russian book club to discuss it in July. Jacob - 21/06/2010 05:20:36 PM 1157 Views
Thanks for all the kind suggestions! *NM* Sidious - 21/06/2010 05:56:37 PM 736 Views
Pale Fire by Nabakov. Or Lolita for that matter. *NM* Panorphaeon - 21/06/2010 08:22:56 PM 614 Views
Pale Fire was excellent. Especially for people who enjoy when Frost is mocked. Tom - 22/06/2010 12:49:38 AM 1220 Views
It's truly an amazing work. I should revisit it. Panorphaeon - 26/06/2010 05:57:20 AM 1186 Views
i beg you, do not read silverthorn or darkness at the whatever Foxhead - 29/06/2010 12:12:33 AM 1188 Views
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