I've just finished China Meiville's The City and The City and now I'm at a loss for something to read, can any of you Ratz suggest a good book, preferably fiction, for me?
Which ones are your favourites, any hidden jems that get overlooked?
I need a recommendation
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We have no great war, no great depression.
Our great war is a spiritual war.
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Our great war is a spiritual war.
Our great depression is our lives.
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I've read a bit of it and thoroughly disagree, it's the opposite of what I want to read.
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Don't know if you'd be in the mood for a sharp satire, but I just recommended this to someone recently: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Fine_D ... _the_Night
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Never heard of The City & The City before - but it sounds amazing.
The only thing I can think of that is similar are M. John Harrison's Viriconium stories. The omnibus edition - just titled Viriconium - contains all of the novels and short stories in the series and is a brain busting read.
The only thing I can think of that is similar are M. John Harrison's Viriconium stories. The omnibus edition - just titled Viriconium - contains all of the novels and short stories in the series and is a brain busting read.
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Of course you like Brookmyre
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Night Watch. It's Pratchett (surprise!) But in my opinion it's a darker Pratchett than most of his books.
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City of Bones by Martha Wells is pretty good too.
I'm wild just like a rock, a stone, a tree
And I'm free, just like the wind the breeze that blows
And I flow, just like a brook, a stream, the rain
And I fly, just like a bird up in the sky
And I'll surely die, just like a flower plucked
And dragged away and thrown away
And then one day it turns to clay
It blows away, it finds a ray, it finds its way
And there it lays until the rain and sun
Then I breathe, just like the wind the breeze that blows
And I grow, just like a baby breastfeeding
And it's beautiful, that's life
And I'm free, just like the wind the breeze that blows
And I flow, just like a brook, a stream, the rain
And I fly, just like a bird up in the sky
And I'll surely die, just like a flower plucked
And dragged away and thrown away
And then one day it turns to clay
It blows away, it finds a ray, it finds its way
And there it lays until the rain and sun
Then I breathe, just like the wind the breeze that blows
And I grow, just like a baby breastfeeding
And it's beautiful, that's life
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Middlemarch, George Elliot.The Curious Squid wrote:I've just finished China Meiville's The City and The City and now I'm at a loss for something to read, can any of you Ratz suggest a good book, preferably fiction, for me?
Which ones are your favourites, any hidden jems that get overlooked?
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It's excellent, at first I didn't think the concept of the "crosshatched" cities would work but he manages to make the entire thing seem relatively plausible and even confronts the problems with the idea within the story itself. I'm a sucker for detective stories though so not sure if I was just easily pleased. His prose is good even when it's just everyday stuff that's happening. I recommend it.Xamonas Chegwé wrote:Never heard of The City & The City before - but it sounds amazing.
The only thing I can think of that is similar are M. John Harrison's Viriconium stories. The omnibus edition - just titled Viriconium - contains all of the novels and short stories in the series and is a brain busting read.
We have no great war, no great depression.
Our great war is a spiritual war.
Our great depression is our lives.
Our great war is a spiritual war.
Our great depression is our lives.
JimC wrote:Ratz is just beautiful...
Where else could you go from the taste of raw egg to licking marmalade off tits in such a short space of time?
Pensioner wrote:I worked for 50 years and that's long enough for anyone, luckily I worked to live not lived for work.
Lozzer wrote:You ain't Scottish unless you live off Chicken nuggets, White Lightening and speak like an incomprehensible cow.
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There's not much there on the Wiki page, what's it about?Twoflower wrote:City of Bones by Martha Wells is pretty good too.
She's a Stargate author, I didn't even know there were Stargate books!
We have no great war, no great depression.
Our great war is a spiritual war.
Our great depression is our lives.
Our great war is a spiritual war.
Our great depression is our lives.
JimC wrote:Ratz is just beautiful...
Where else could you go from the taste of raw egg to licking marmalade off tits in such a short space of time?
Pensioner wrote:I worked for 50 years and that's long enough for anyone, luckily I worked to live not lived for work.
Lozzer wrote:You ain't Scottish unless you live off Chicken nuggets, White Lightening and speak like an incomprehensible cow.
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You'll have to read it to find out! I read it back in undergrad and really liked it but I couldn't give you a good outline of the plot.The Curious Squid wrote:There's not much there on the Wiki page, what's it about?Twoflower wrote:City of Bones by Martha Wells is pretty good too.
She's a Stargate author, I didn't even know there were Stargate books!
I'm wild just like a rock, a stone, a tree
And I'm free, just like the wind the breeze that blows
And I flow, just like a brook, a stream, the rain
And I fly, just like a bird up in the sky
And I'll surely die, just like a flower plucked
And dragged away and thrown away
And then one day it turns to clay
It blows away, it finds a ray, it finds its way
And there it lays until the rain and sun
Then I breathe, just like the wind the breeze that blows
And I grow, just like a baby breastfeeding
And it's beautiful, that's life
And I'm free, just like the wind the breeze that blows
And I flow, just like a brook, a stream, the rain
And I fly, just like a bird up in the sky
And I'll surely die, just like a flower plucked
And dragged away and thrown away
And then one day it turns to clay
It blows away, it finds a ray, it finds its way
And there it lays until the rain and sun
Then I breathe, just like the wind the breeze that blows
And I grow, just like a baby breastfeeding
And it's beautiful, that's life
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Anathem or mostly anything by Neal Stephenson if you like a good romp with some thought behind it.
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