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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
Recommend a book as it's World Book Day.
Weaveworld, Clive Barker: a dark fantasy about parallel worlds. Not quite like Fab but I sometimes feel this is a sort of Weaveworld.
Enjoy! |
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Final Truth:Autobiography of a Serial Killer - Donald 'Pee Wee' Gaskins.
The Iceman - Philip Carlo
Mud, Sweat & Tears - Bear Grylls
The Damage Done - Warren Fellows
How to make love like a porn star - Jenna Jameson
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Any of the Discworld books by Terry Pratchett
Apocalypse Cow by Michael Logan
The Split Worlds series by Emma Newman
The Ack-Ack Macaque books by Gareth L Powell
I'm currently reading Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, not what I was expecting at all and thoroughly enjoying it  |
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By *igeiaWoman
over a year ago
Bristol |
"Recommend a book as it's World Book Day.
Weaveworld, Clive Barker: a dark fantasy about parallel worlds. Not quite like Fab but I sometimes feel this is a sort of Weaveworld.
Enjoy!"
I haven't read that in ages. It's going on the list for this weekend then once I have finished the last in the Ben Aaronovitch Peter Grant series, which I recommend because I am binging on them at the moment. |
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"Recommend a book as it's World Book Day.
Weaveworld, Clive Barker: a dark fantasy about parallel worlds. Not quite like Fab but I sometimes feel this is a sort of Weaveworld.
Enjoy!"
If you like this, try the Neil Gaiman books, such as Never where, American God's and Anansi Boys. They aren't quite as nuts, but if you are setting the opening bar at Weaveworld not much is going to come close! |
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"Recommend a book as it's World Book Day.
Weaveworld, Clive Barker: a dark fantasy about parallel worlds. Not quite like Fab but I sometimes feel this is a sort of Weaveworld.
Enjoy!"
That's a great book and so is the great and secret show by the same author. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I, Lucifer by Glen Duncan (the devil comes to earth and has fun. And is a bit of a dirty bastard!)
Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z Brite (homosexual serial killers meet and get a bit crazy! And has one of the best front covers ever)
The Felix Castor series by Mike Carey (makes London seem really dark and spooky!)
The Game of Thrones books. Really, really good!
That's enough for now, but I may come back to this thread throughout the day
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Anything by Thomas Hardy, romance, tragedy and full of fascinating details about rural life at the end of he 19th century.
Or "Goodbye to all that" Robert Graves for an autobiography.
Or anything by Antony Beevor for historical non-fiction. He makes every subject readable and full of interesting details.
I wouldn't recommend "War and Peace" as something to do before one's 50 though 
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Final Truth:Autobiography of a Serial Killer - Donald 'Pee Wee' Gaskins.
The Iceman - Philip Carlo
Mud, Sweat & Tears - Bear Grylls
The Damage Done - Warren Fellows
How to make love like a porn star - Jenna Jameson
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The Damage Done is possibly the best book I have ever read. It's stayed with me. Never met anyone else who's read it 
Red Notice - Bill Browder
The five People you meet in heaven - Mitch Albom
Gangs- Ross Kemp
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By *ee VianteWoman
over a year ago
Somewhere in North Norfolk |
"The Felix Castor series by Mike Carey"
Agreed. I've read all if them and I think they're great books.
I'm intending to read No Country For Old Men next because the teacher of my writing class recommended it. I also have The Great Gatsby on my list. Actually, I've got quite a lot of books on my list!
For any supernatural urban fantasy fans, I recommend Kelley Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld series. I enjoyed her Nadia Stafford books too, though they aren't fantasy, (they're about a disgraced police officer turned assassin).
Kim Harrison's The Hollows (Rachel Morgan) series is good too.
I enjoyed The Time Traveller's Wife for how clever the story is and how it's put together, even if the writing isn't the greatest.
Snow Crash and The Big U by Neal Stephenson are a bit bizarre but good for sci-fi/fantasy fans. |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"Anything by Thomas Hardy, romance, tragedy and full of fascinating details about rural life at the end of he 19th century.
Or "Goodbye to all that" Robert Graves for an autobiography.
Or anything by Antony Beevor for historical non-fiction. He makes every subject readable and full of interesting details.
I wouldn't recommend "War and Peace" as something to do before one's 50 though
Mr ddc"
Now I understand... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I agree with the Thomas Hardy as Far from the Madding Crowd and Tess of the D'Ubervilles are two of my favourite books.
I'm in the middle of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and really enjoying it. |
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"I agree with the Thomas Hardy as Far from the Madding Crowd and Tess of the D'Ubervilles are two of my favourite books.
I'm in the middle of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and really enjoying it. "
loved the premis of the Harold fry book, just made me wanted to slam the front door and keep going.
no spoilers, so won't comment on the ending..... |
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The Stars tennis balls by Stephen Fry,
A piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown,
Shame by Jasvinder Sanghera,
Cry silent tears but can't think for the life of me as to who the author is!!!
Apart from the first, I love a true life story! |
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