Posted by Racer on August 29, 2006, at 0:28:04
In reply to Re: Oooops! » Racer, posted by Deneb on August 28, 2006, at 23:09:02
> > OK, here's another option:
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> > "B*mbos of the Death Sun." With a title like that, you *know* you gotta read it, right?
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> LOL, are you really recommending it to me?
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> Deneb*
Honestly -- it comes with one of the highest Racer Recommendations! So does its sequel: "Zombies of the Gene Pool." They even come combined in one volume: "B*mbos and Zombies." GREAT fun books, by Sharyn McCrumb.For SciFi: "Ender's Game." One of my very favorites. And then "Inferno," by Larry Niven and I think Jerry Pournelle. And "The Mote in God's Eye," by the same.
Mysteries:
Historical: Ellis Peters' Brother Cadfael series, beginning with "A Morbid Taste For Bones." Also, Anne Perry's books -- my favorites are the Monk series, starting with "The Face of a Stranger." The Charlotte and Thomas Pitt stories start with "The Cater Street Hangman," and are also good stories.
For sheer joy in storytelling, no one going right now beats Fannie Flagg, author of "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe." I think I might like "Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man" a bit better, and I highly recommend "Welcome to the World, Baby Girl." In fact, I think I'd start with that last one.
"The Eyre Affair" is brilliant, as are the other books in the series. Comic novels set in an alternate England.
For alternate Englands, Phillip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy is also great.
Then there's Jane Austen -- "Pride and Prejudice" is one of my very favorite ever books.
Edith Wharton is also on my list, probably starting with "The House of Mirth."
That's it for tonight. I'm missing Medium on TV...
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