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jimbunny:
I was wary of Good Omens myself, but I ended up enjoying it a lot - and I've tried and failed to read other Pratchett novels.
I'm not really enthusiastic about Gaiman's short stories.
Sci-fi similar to Gaiman... Iain Banks is coming to mind; similar dry, British wit. My favorite is Against a Dark Background.
(And it's not like we're really in danger of breaking the board with a few more recommendation threads. As I think Tommy has asked in the Music forum; is there some sort of higher goal we're trying to achieve here?)
no one special:
I highly recommend Kingdom Come (the novelization of the DC graphic novel).
Kingdom Come was a graphic novel released by DC Comics in 1996 - just follow the link for its wiki page. I'm recommending the novelization, however - this is one of those rare times when the novelization outshines the graphic novel itself. The graphic novel is very good, and the art by Alex Ross is just phenomenal - but the novelization fleshes out the characters and really brings them to life in a way that the comic doesn't quite capture.
So really, I'd recommend the following:
1) First, read the novelization.
2) Second, check out the graphic novel.
I think that order is best - that you way, you can have the fully fleshed-out characters and story in your mind when you see Alex Ross' amazing art in the graphic novel.
Enjoy! :-)
Scandanavian War Machine:
science fiction?
if you ask me, those four books are a must read for anyone who like sci-fi, even a little bit. i read them when i was a kid (thanks, dad!) and got really stoked on science fiction but was incredibly disappointed when no other science fiction books even came close to being as good as those four. science fiction, as a genre, is actually pretty shitty as i've learned; but those four books are fucking fantastic. HIGHLY recommended.
Scandanavian War Machine:
indeed.
Jens, have you read his newest, Drood? it's pretty long and fairly tedious at times but it's quite good in a strange sort of way. it's definitely much better than i was expecting it to be considering it's about Charles Dickens.
E. Spaceman:
Foucault's Pendulum
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