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Thread #61410 Message #987573
Posted By: lady penelope
21-Jul-03 - 01:56 PM
Thread Name: BS: A different kind of 'GREAT BOOK' thread.
Subject: RE: BS: A different kind of 'GREAT BOOK' thread.
I dunno about anyone else, but I'm taking notes from this thread.
Marion Zimmer Bradley - Mists of Avalon, this is now the last book in a trilogy ( she wrote it kind of backwards, or they decided that Mists.. was the only commercially viable book or something )
Anything by Lois Mcmaster Bujold, but I thoroughly recommend the Barryar books.
Terry Pratchet - again anything but I found "the science of Discworld" a nice mind warper.
Neil Gaiman - American gods (read it in two days)
Lindsey Davis - the Marcus Didius Falco series starting with The Silver Pigs.
The Moon Riders - Theresa Thomlinson
Wilkie Collins - The Woman in White, but the one that got me was The Moonstone
Dreams of Trespass - Fatima Mernissi, a fascinating memoir of a woman who grew up in a traditional Morrocan harem.
Anne McCaffrey - again anything, but I tend to prefer her earlier stuff.
The books about Don Camillo ( an italian preist with a difference ) but I can't for the life of me remember who wrote them. I must raid my mothers attic.
Nightlife of the Gods, The citadel & The stars look down. Again - I'm sorry - I can't remember who wrote them.
Good luck with everything Rick, including your booklist!
TTFN Lady P.