"Have you tried any Terry Pratchett? X 
No i have not i will have a look.
All iv read so far is the harry potter books and war of the worlds.
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I feel i must warn you that his books are highly addictive! X |
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"Hitch hikers guide for a laugh
Or Dune series, fantastic"
I was looking at the dune series
Is it really good ?
And iv watched the hitch hikers guide to the gallaxy movie and enjoyed it so maybe the book will be a good idea |
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Oh okay thank you do u have a favourite?
"Have you tried any Terry Pratchett? X
No i have not i will have a look.
All iv read so far is the harry potter books and war of the worlds.
I feel i must warn you that his books are highly addictive! X "
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"Hitch hikers guide for a laugh
Or Dune series, fantastic
I was looking at the dune series
Is it really good ?
And iv watched the hitch hikers guide to the gallaxy movie and enjoyed it so maybe the book will be a good idea "
Dune is s big read but once you get into it you can’t put it down, Hitchikers books just do the first 3, the rest aren’t as good |
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Very well dune is a must 
"Hitch hikers guide for a laugh
Or Dune series, fantastic
I was looking at the dune series
Is it really good ?
And iv watched the hitch hikers guide to the gallaxy movie and enjoyed it so maybe the book will be a good idea
Dune is s big read but once you get into it you can’t put it down, Hitchikers books just do the first 3, the rest aren’t as good "
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"Oh okay thank you do u have a favourite?
Have you tried any Terry Pratchett? X
No i have not i will have a look.
All iv read so far is the harry potter books and war of the worlds.
I feel i must warn you that his books are highly addictive! X
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Good Omens and the Bromeliad would be good 1st books of his to read i think x |
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I got alot of books to go buy thank you
"I second Terry Pratchett. Tom Holt is also great, and the Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch
Ooh yes, the Rivers of London books are a great shout!"
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Good omens is that what the tv show was based off ?
"Oh okay thank you do u have a favourite?
Have you tried any Terry Pratchett? X
No i have not i will have a look.
All iv read so far is the harry potter books and war of the worlds.
I feel i must warn you that his books are highly addictive! X
Good Omens and the Bromeliad would be good 1st books of his to read i think x "
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"Anyone know any good sci fi / fantasy books im recently getting into reading / audio books recommendations needed
Thank you "
Try the Necroscope series of books by Brian Lumley.
It's epic and it's got everything horror,fantasy Sci-Fi some romance ok it's between vampires and it's twisted.
It's got time travel, werewolves.
How it's never been made into a film is beyond me, possibly the complexities of actually making it into a film.
1st book is a warm up really gets going by number 3.
And the vampire world books are fricking awesome. |
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"Anyone know any good sci fi / fantasy books im recently getting into reading / audio books recommendations needed
Thank you
Try the Necroscope series of books by Brian Lumley.
It's epic and it's got everything horror,fantasy Sci-Fi some romance ok it's between vampires and it's twisted.
It's got time travel, werewolves.
How it's never been made into a film is beyond me, possibly the complexities of actually making it into a film.
1st book is a warm up really gets going by number 3.
And the vampire world books are fricking awesome."
I second the Vampire World series - but I find it diffcult to recommend anything, as people's tastes are so different, even in a niche market like SF/Fantasy...I loved the Thieves' World anthology, for example, but never known or heard of anyone else that even read them, let alone liked them!! |
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I will take a look but what do u mean by it gets good on book 3 does that mean 1 and 2 aint that great ?
"Anyone know any good sci fi / fantasy books im recently getting into reading / audio books recommendations needed
Thank you
Try the Necroscope series of books by Brian Lumley.
It's epic and it's got everything horror,fantasy Sci-Fi some romance ok it's between vampires and it's twisted.
It's got time travel, werewolves.
How it's never been made into a film is beyond me, possibly the complexities of actually making it into a film.
1st book is a warm up really gets going by number 3.
And the vampire world books are fricking awesome."
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I will take a look at the thieves world thank you for the recommendation
"Anyone know any good sci fi / fantasy books im recently getting into reading / audio books recommendations needed
Thank you
Try the Necroscope series of books by Brian Lumley.
It's epic and it's got everything horror,fantasy Sci-Fi some romance ok it's between vampires and it's twisted.
It's got time travel, werewolves.
How it's never been made into a film is beyond me, possibly the complexities of actually making it into a film.
1st book is a warm up really gets going by number 3.
And the vampire world books are fricking awesome.
I second the Vampire World series - but I find it diffcult to recommend anything, as people's tastes are so different, even in a niche market like SF/Fantasy...I loved the Thieves' World anthology, for example, but never known or heard of anyone else that even read them, let alone liked them!!"
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Thank you i will look at these but what do you mean by retro read... can books feel dated ? Even the war of the worlds dont seem dated so didnt know it was possible
"For some fun retro reading, dig out the Stainless Steel Rat books by Harry Harrison."
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Thank you i put a list of all the recommendations together and going to go waterstones and see what i can get
"I will take a look at the thieves world thank you for the recommendation
Hope you find something that works for you!  "
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"Thank you i will look at these but what do you mean by retro read... can books feel dated ? Even the war of the worlds dont seem dated so didnt know it was possible"
It's that the main character is a real 70s-style antihero, and the books are written in an almost classy type of pulp fashion.
A hell of a lot of fun! |
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Oh right thank you will have alot of fun with this list
"Thank you i will look at these but what do you mean by retro read... can books feel dated ? Even the war of the worlds dont seem dated so didnt know it was possible
It's that the main character is a real 70s-style antihero, and the books are written in an almost classy type of pulp fashion.
A hell of a lot of fun!"
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If you like Star Trek, I’m currently reading “We Have Engaged the Borg”. It’s a fan-fiction story, done as an oral account of the events leading up to, during and the aftermath of the Wolf 359 story, from different perspectives, some well known Star Trek characters and some that were relatively minor on screen but important in the universe. I’m about 2/3 of the way through it at the moment and it’s pretty good to say it’s a free download from wolf359project. |
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For classics, go for Isaac Asimov and Arthur Clarke.
For mindfuck plots, go for Philip K.Dick and Ursula Le Guin.
For pure entertainment, try Andy Weir(Martian and Project Hail Mary) or the Expanse series if you have a lot of time. |
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If you find Terry Pratchett too whimsical, try Tom Holt. His work is more "grounded" in my opinion, and he draws a lot from real world mythology. I will caution however, he also tries to make Fantasy funny and humour is very subjective. |
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"For classics, go for Isaac Asimov and Arthur Clarke.
For mindfuck plots, go for Philip K.Dick and Ursula Le Guin.
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For pure entertainment, try Andy Weir(Martian and Project Hail Mary) or the Expanse series if you have a lot of time."
Totally agree re Philip k dick.Total mindbenders.Love the3 stigmata of Palmer eldritch |
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Alien - Alan Dean Foster.
Read the book before I saw the film as I was too young to see it. However the bookseller didn’t particularly care it would scare the me, even the cover said ‘in space nobody can hear you scream’.
No Hayes code or British Board of Classification for books.  |
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"Have you tried any Terry Pratchett? X
No i have not i will have a look.
All iv read so far is the harry potter books and war of the worlds.
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If you enjoyed War of the Worlds then you could try Wells' The Time Machine and The Island Of Dr Moreau which I think are better novels than WOTW. |
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