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Jackie Blue:
Good Omens, writing-wise, is far more Pratchett. Gaiman mainly helped with the story, as his prose writing chops weren't really developed yet.
Basically around 25-30 of the Discworld books are as awesome as Good Omens, if that tells you anything. Some are better.
Nodaisho:
Yeah, the writing seemed largely Pratchett, though I think the horsemen had more of Gaiman's style to them. I think Agnes Nutter's story is Pratchett through and through.
edit: Oh, the Bartimaeus books by Johnathan Stroud are pretty good, a sort of magepunk England, not sure what time period exactly, I read the last one a couple years ago. The narrator character is funny, and the story is told well.
akashacatbat:
Timoleon Vieta Come Home: A Sentimental Journey by Dan Rhodes is awesome in every sense of the word. It's sorta like Lassie, Come Home but much, MUCH darker. It's about this old gay British guy living in exile in Italy. His only companion for the longest time is this ugly mongrel of a dog with beautiful brown eyes, Timoleon Vieta. Circumstances cause the two to be separated, so the second half of the book is about the dog making his way home and of all the people he meets along the way.
If I could only read one book for the rest of my life, this would be the book.
Krina:
I agree on Haruki Murakami and House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski.
I recently bought Johnathan Strange & Mr Norrell and Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell and am looking forward to reading them.
Another of my favourite books is What I Loved by Siri Hustvedt, wife of Paul Auster. Her novel is set in New York and is about love and friendship and life and lots of art. Really a great book.
Jackie Blue:
After re-reading The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle it's not as good as I had thought. It made me think of Tom Robbins on Prozac.
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