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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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Zadie Smith - White Teeth. - 06/02/2011 11:31:06 AM 1395 Views
Spring Snow looks good, thanks. *NM* - 06/02/2011 08:32:51 PM 600 Views
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Sounds fun. I'll check it out. Thanks. *NM* - 06/02/2011 08:27:48 PM 573 Views
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Short fiction. - 06/02/2011 03:49:50 PM 1239 Views
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I keep starting it and having something else come up. - 06/02/2011 08:25:30 PM 1350 Views
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I'll put him on the list. - 07/02/2011 08:50:15 AM 1194 Views
Good - 07/02/2011 09:21:59 AM 1174 Views
I've been looking for a hardcover edition of Là-Bas in French. - 07/02/2011 06:05:27 AM 1149 Views
I get the sense that would be very expensive if found - 07/02/2011 08:38:37 AM 1269 Views
Might as well ask American publishers where the obsession with hardcovers comes from. - 07/02/2011 09:32:50 PM 1133 Views
Don't libraries as a rule have hardcovers? - 07/02/2011 09:56:07 PM 1142 Views
Not really, no. - 07/02/2011 10:04:52 PM 1194 Views
Huh. Belgians. *NM* - 08/02/2011 07:23:05 AM 544 Views
irish libraries are probably 2/3 paperback to 1/3 hardback *NM* - 09/02/2011 12:00:11 AM 587 Views
I think you have two different questions there - 07/02/2011 10:08:40 PM 1165 Views
Yes, but those are matters of what one is used to, like I said. - 07/02/2011 10:23:32 PM 1188 Views
so they are buying paperbacks and turning them into hardbacks - 09/02/2011 03:14:55 PM 1193 Views
Yes, that's definitely a factor. - 09/02/2011 07:30:14 PM 1227 Views
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