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Pretty much anything by Neil Gaiman, esp. Good Omens (w/Pratchett). More recommendations inside ... Bookwyrm Send a noteboard - 08/02/2011 05:43:22 PM
The Banned and the Banished novel series by James Clemens is pretty good. A dark/epic fantasy with a twisted ending.

The Cycle of Fire trilogy by Janny Wurts.
I would recommend her "The Wars of Light and Shadow" series but many find it exhausting to read as it gets pretty verbose and lengthy. Also it hasn't finished even after 8 books.

Otherland quadrology (sci-fi) by Tad Williams.
Shadowmarch quadrology is also excellent.

The Snow Queen Cycle by Joan D. Vinge is very good sci-fi read.

The Demon Wars saga by R.A. Salvatore was pretty good.

The Runelords series by David Farland.

Starfish by Peter Watts. Awesome sci-fi thriller. The sequels were pretty decent as well. (Rifters trilogy)

Horizon War trilogy by Robert Weinberg (Mage the Ascension/ World of Darkness book)

"The Warrior's Tale" & "The Warrior Returns" by Allan Cole - both are part of the Anteros series but do not require you to read the preceding books. The first is a fun lesbian feminist romp about a group of women warriors who battle wizards, demons, pirates and sexism on land and at sea. The 2nd book brings our heroine back for one last adventure.

The Necroscope series by Brian Lumley - sci-fi horror that redefines vampires (Wampyrie) into alien parasites from a parallel dimension. Protagonist is Harry Keogh, the Necroscope, a man born with the ability to speak with the dead.
BOHICA - Go ahead, ask me what it means.
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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 1190 Views
Zadie Smith - White Teeth. Legolas - 06/02/2011 11:31:06 AM 1031 Views
Spring Snow looks good, thanks. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/02/2011 08:32:51 PM 412 Views
The question is not what you have read, but what you enjoyed reading... jh - 06/02/2011 12:57:01 PM 991 Views
Re: The question is not what you have read, but what you enjoyed reading... Dreadlord - 12/02/2011 09:24:55 PM 901 Views
I recommend.... LiterateDog - 06/02/2011 02:41:48 PM 1099 Views
Sounds fun. I'll check it out. Thanks. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/02/2011 08:27:48 PM 375 Views
+1 random thoughts - 07/02/2011 02:10:27 PM 910 Views
Short fiction. Chas - 06/02/2011 03:49:50 PM 906 Views
Have you read Foucault's Pendulum? That's been translated into English. Tom - 06/02/2011 05:09:55 PM 815 Views
I keep starting it and having something else come up. Ghavrel - 06/02/2011 08:25:30 PM 985 Views
I am with Tom on this one Camilla - 07/02/2011 01:00:21 PM 755 Views
The Black Prism by Brent Weeks was pretty good *NM* Fox and Ravens - 06/02/2011 09:20:58 PM 366 Views
Mary Doria Russell's The Sparrow. Novo - 06/02/2011 09:52:43 PM 749 Views
Sold me on the Jesuits. I'll check it out. *NM* Ghavrel - 07/02/2011 12:25:25 AM 393 Views
Maria V Snyder - Poison Study *NM* Yunalesca - 06/02/2011 10:03:51 PM 644 Views
Different things. Decadant things. Larry - 06/02/2011 10:10:52 PM 768 Views
Haven't read any Vandermeer, actually. You recommend him? Ghavrel - 07/02/2011 12:26:35 AM 854 Views
Jeff is a friend of mine, so of course I would recommend him Larry - 07/02/2011 08:33:41 AM 952 Views
I'll put him on the list. Ghavrel - 07/02/2011 08:50:15 AM 813 Views
Good Larry - 07/02/2011 09:21:59 AM 844 Views
I've been looking for a hardcover edition of Là-Bas in French. Tom - 07/02/2011 06:05:27 AM 808 Views
I get the sense that would be very expensive if found Larry - 07/02/2011 08:38:37 AM 899 Views
Might as well ask American publishers where the obsession with hardcovers comes from. Legolas - 07/02/2011 09:32:50 PM 795 Views
Don't libraries as a rule have hardcovers? jh - 07/02/2011 09:56:07 PM 801 Views
Not really, no. Legolas - 07/02/2011 10:04:52 PM 836 Views
Huh. Belgians. *NM* jh - 08/02/2011 07:23:05 AM 354 Views
irish libraries are probably 2/3 paperback to 1/3 hardback *NM* Stephen - 09/02/2011 12:00:11 AM 405 Views
I think you have two different questions there random thoughts - 07/02/2011 10:08:40 PM 842 Views
Yes, but those are matters of what one is used to, like I said. Legolas - 07/02/2011 10:23:32 PM 832 Views
so they are buying paperbacks and turning them into hardbacks random thoughts - 09/02/2011 03:14:55 PM 848 Views
Yes, that's definitely a factor. Legolas - 09/02/2011 07:30:14 PM 852 Views
Re: Yes, that's definitely a factor. Camilla - 09/02/2011 07:39:25 PM 840 Views
Have you tried Anne of Green Gables or Middllemarch? Tashmere - 07/02/2011 01:16:51 AM 793 Views
Have you read The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss? *NM* Tashmere - 07/02/2011 01:18:30 AM 391 Views
Anything by PG Wodehouse, Douglas Adams or Terry Pratchett. Stephen - 07/02/2011 03:21:43 AM 797 Views
Or, indeed, Malcolm Pryce's Aberystwyth books Camilla - 07/02/2011 01:01:15 PM 743 Views
Julian Comstock random thoughts - 07/02/2011 02:12:39 PM 1063 Views
You might like Quicksilver. *NM* Camilla - 07/02/2011 07:09:32 PM 471 Views
Pretty much anything by Neil Gaiman, esp. Good Omens (w/Pratchett). More recommendations inside ... Bookwyrm - 08/02/2011 05:43:22 PM 1012 Views
The Man Who Was Thursday! cabbage - 18/02/2011 12:44:56 PM 742 Views
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