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Have you read Foucault's Pendulum? That's been translated into English. Tom Send a noteboard - 06/02/2011 05:09:55 PM
The reason I suggest it is because you mentioned a lot of fantasy, and that's a book that walks the razor's edge between fantasy and reality and actually explores the way the two interact. It's got plenty of esoterica but it's also somewhat literary.
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ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

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I need a book. A good book. A book that I will enjoy. Ghavrel - 06/02/2011 08:25:51 AM 1333 Views
Zadie Smith - White Teeth. Legolas - 06/02/2011 11:31:06 AM 1181 Views
Spring Snow looks good, thanks. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/02/2011 08:32:51 PM 459 Views
The question is not what you have read, but what you enjoyed reading... jh - 06/02/2011 12:57:01 PM 1131 Views
Re: The question is not what you have read, but what you enjoyed reading... Dreadlord - 12/02/2011 09:24:55 PM 1036 Views
I recommend.... LiterateDog - 06/02/2011 02:41:48 PM 1243 Views
Sounds fun. I'll check it out. Thanks. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/02/2011 08:27:48 PM 435 Views
+1 random thoughts - 07/02/2011 02:10:27 PM 1055 Views
Short fiction. Chas - 06/02/2011 03:49:50 PM 1024 Views
Have you read Foucault's Pendulum? That's been translated into English. Tom - 06/02/2011 05:09:55 PM 924 Views
I keep starting it and having something else come up. Ghavrel - 06/02/2011 08:25:30 PM 1125 Views
I am with Tom on this one Camilla - 07/02/2011 01:00:21 PM 862 Views
The Black Prism by Brent Weeks was pretty good *NM* Fox and Ravens - 06/02/2011 09:20:58 PM 425 Views
Mary Doria Russell's The Sparrow. Novo - 06/02/2011 09:52:43 PM 891 Views
Sold me on the Jesuits. I'll check it out. *NM* Ghavrel - 07/02/2011 12:25:25 AM 453 Views
Maria V Snyder - Poison Study *NM* Yunalesca - 06/02/2011 10:03:51 PM 716 Views
Different things. Decadant things. Larry - 06/02/2011 10:10:52 PM 915 Views
Haven't read any Vandermeer, actually. You recommend him? Ghavrel - 07/02/2011 12:26:35 AM 998 Views
Jeff is a friend of mine, so of course I would recommend him Larry - 07/02/2011 08:33:41 AM 1097 Views
I'll put him on the list. Ghavrel - 07/02/2011 08:50:15 AM 952 Views
Good Larry - 07/02/2011 09:21:59 AM 961 Views
I've been looking for a hardcover edition of Là-Bas in French. Tom - 07/02/2011 06:05:27 AM 952 Views
I get the sense that would be very expensive if found Larry - 07/02/2011 08:38:37 AM 1048 Views
Might as well ask American publishers where the obsession with hardcovers comes from. Legolas - 07/02/2011 09:32:50 PM 938 Views
Don't libraries as a rule have hardcovers? jh - 07/02/2011 09:56:07 PM 938 Views
Not really, no. Legolas - 07/02/2011 10:04:52 PM 972 Views
Huh. Belgians. *NM* jh - 08/02/2011 07:23:05 AM 415 Views
irish libraries are probably 2/3 paperback to 1/3 hardback *NM* Stephen - 09/02/2011 12:00:11 AM 462 Views
I think you have two different questions there random thoughts - 07/02/2011 10:08:40 PM 954 Views
Yes, but those are matters of what one is used to, like I said. Legolas - 07/02/2011 10:23:32 PM 978 Views
so they are buying paperbacks and turning them into hardbacks random thoughts - 09/02/2011 03:14:55 PM 989 Views
Yes, that's definitely a factor. Legolas - 09/02/2011 07:30:14 PM 1011 Views
Re: Yes, that's definitely a factor. Camilla - 09/02/2011 07:39:25 PM 986 Views
Have you tried Anne of Green Gables or Middllemarch? Tashmere - 07/02/2011 01:16:51 AM 914 Views
Have you read The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss? *NM* Tashmere - 07/02/2011 01:18:30 AM 449 Views
Anything by PG Wodehouse, Douglas Adams or Terry Pratchett. Stephen - 07/02/2011 03:21:43 AM 932 Views
Or, indeed, Malcolm Pryce's Aberystwyth books Camilla - 07/02/2011 01:01:15 PM 897 Views
Julian Comstock random thoughts - 07/02/2011 02:12:39 PM 1198 Views
You might like Quicksilver. *NM* Camilla - 07/02/2011 07:09:32 PM 532 Views
Pretty much anything by Neil Gaiman, esp. Good Omens (w/Pratchett). More recommendations inside ... Bookwyrm - 08/02/2011 05:43:22 PM 1155 Views
The Man Who Was Thursday! cabbage - 18/02/2011 12:44:56 PM 873 Views
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