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whats the best book you've read
Jon Quixote: steaming little purple buns for tea. Posted Dec 7, 2001
May I reitterate that Simon Templar (The Saint) is THE coolest of cool people ever. 0=]
whats the best book you've read
Buff Posted Dec 25, 2001
So is Elric of Melnibourne.
(as long as cool involves having your soul eaten by your sword at the end of the world that is)
whats the best book you've read
Seagull's Lost Horizon Posted Dec 27, 2001
just to let you know, people, I have updated the list I compiled from the postings from this conversation, I have also alphabetised it, hope you like it.
whats the best book you've read
Seagull's Lost Horizon Posted Dec 27, 2001
sorry
and you can see it here
http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A589575
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Old Uncle Zarniwoop Posted Dec 28, 2001
The best plot line and itricate story I have ever encountered is in fact a little known book called The Water Spider.
What's the best book you've ever read?
Codpiece Man: Cynic and OBLPSEA Posted Jan 1, 2002
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. Shadow and Speaker, but no Game?!
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Shalom Rubenstein Posted Jan 1, 2002
Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
An Inspector Calls by JB Priestley
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r0sc0 p! Posted Jan 2, 2002
The Idiot by Dostoevski (I have seen multiple spellings of his name, which is the correct way?).
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Hieronymus, Prince of Quarkness Posted Jan 13, 2002
"The Cloister and the Hearth" by Charles Reade. Also enjoyed "Stranger in a Strange Land" by Robert A. Heinlein (three times). Also anything by John Fowles. And of course The Hitchhiker's Guide.
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Lady of the Lake {A friend to all, a lover of none} Posted Jan 13, 2002
I've got to say that the best book i've read was and still is The Changewinds written by Jack L Chalker. It's a trillogy which originally came out in 3 parts and was only available in the USA and Canada, but now it's in one book and available on the net. It's excellently written and once I got past the first few pages I couldn't put it down!
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Nora - back from the Dublin meet! Posted Feb 10, 2002
Diane Duane's Wizardry series (Book One: So You Want to be a Wizard) was very good. I think there are now five of them.
Susan Cooper's series, beginning with 'Over Sea, Under Stone' was also good. I saw one of them mentioned, but it should be noted that there are more.
Neat entry! 
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Old Uncle Zarniwoop Posted Feb 10, 2002
Along Came A Spider - James Patterson
Everytime I read this crime thriller it just gets better and better. 500 pages just goes in less than a day.
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Jon Quixote: steaming little purple buns for tea. Posted Mar 13, 2002
The author for ; Day after Tomorrow and Puppet Masters is Robert A. Heinlein
The author for ; I Robot and Prelude to Foundation is Asimov
Blade runner was based on " Do androids dream of Electric sheep" by Philip K. Dick (you've got it already.
Don Quixote is spelt like that.
The author for ; Lord of the Flies is William Goldsmith?
And wasn't moby dick by that chap that did the famous stuff, Huck Finn. Mark Twain or somebody?
Sorry, I don't mean to sound rude, I just want to help out. Thanks for the listing and stuff. Good work.
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Sick Bob. (Most recent incarnation of the Dark Lord Cyclops. Still lord and master of the Anti Squirrel League and Keeper of c Posted Mar 13, 2002
Lord of the Flies was William Golding.
I can't remember who did Moby Dick but it wasn't Twain. Wasn't it Victor Hugo?
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Bagheera: Spellchecker, Grammarian Pedant, Semiquavering Secretary and member of the Punctuation Police Posted Mar 13, 2002
I've been thinking for half an hour or so since I read the previous post, and have suddenly remembered it was Herman Melville
[Still got some of the "little gry cells" left, mon ami!!]
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Jon Quixote: steaming little purple buns for tea. Posted Mar 13, 2002
Oh yes Golding. Now I remember. Not a nice book but good if you don't have to study it.
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Bagheera: Spellchecker, Grammarian Pedant, Semiquavering Secretary and member of the Punctuation Police Posted Mar 14, 2002
. . . and further to above post 135!
Have just finished "The War of Powers" by Robert Vardeman & Victor Milàn - excellent fantasy, first in a series apparently.
Anyone know if Vol 2 ("Istu Awakened") is available/out of print/still to be published???
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Shalom Rubenstein Posted Mar 17, 2002
Moby Dick was by Herman Melville.
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Seagull's Lost Horizon Posted Mar 18, 2002
thanks St. Jon Quixote all corrections are helpfull, as i don't know a lot of the books, I'll try to ammend them when i get time
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Allende, keeper of the luck virus. Posted Mar 25, 2002
George Orwells, road to wigan pier, For a fascinating insight into 1930s life, his descriptions of mining are vivid and evocative, yet truly awful.
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- 161: Jon Quixote: steaming little purple buns for tea. (Dec 7, 2001)
- 162: Buff (Dec 25, 2001)
- 163: Seagull's Lost Horizon (Dec 27, 2001)
- 164: Seagull's Lost Horizon (Dec 27, 2001)
- 165: Old Uncle Zarniwoop (Dec 28, 2001)
- 166: Codpiece Man: Cynic and OBLPSEA (Jan 1, 2002)
- 167: Shalom Rubenstein (Jan 1, 2002)
- 168: r0sc0 p! (Jan 2, 2002)
- 169: Hieronymus, Prince of Quarkness (Jan 13, 2002)
- 170: Lady of the Lake {A friend to all, a lover of none} (Jan 13, 2002)
- 171: Nora - back from the Dublin meet! (Feb 10, 2002)
- 172: Old Uncle Zarniwoop (Feb 10, 2002)
- 173: Jon Quixote: steaming little purple buns for tea. (Mar 13, 2002)
- 174: Sick Bob. (Most recent incarnation of the Dark Lord Cyclops. Still lord and master of the Anti Squirrel League and Keeper of c (Mar 13, 2002)
- 175: Bagheera: Spellchecker, Grammarian Pedant, Semiquavering Secretary and member of the Punctuation Police (Mar 13, 2002)
- 176: Jon Quixote: steaming little purple buns for tea. (Mar 13, 2002)
- 177: Bagheera: Spellchecker, Grammarian Pedant, Semiquavering Secretary and member of the Punctuation Police (Mar 14, 2002)
- 178: Shalom Rubenstein (Mar 17, 2002)
- 179: Seagull's Lost Horizon (Mar 18, 2002)
- 180: Allende, keeper of the luck virus. (Mar 25, 2002)
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