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DirtyHippie:
Books: If you haven't read Dune you need to.
The Sword Of Truth Series by Terry Goodkind.
Glory Road By Robert Heinlein.
The Emperor Wears No Clothes by Jack Herer.
TimA:
Books that I've read recently that I'm comfortable recommending to total strangers:
Sun of Suns, by Kurt Schroeder - Hard to describe without giving too much away, but it's some of the best world-building I've ever seen.
The Etched City, by KJ Bishop - This is everything people say China Mieville is. It's beautiful, it's poetic, it's extravagent...just an amazing read.
Crystal Rain, by Tobias Buckell - Romp.
Spook Country, by William Gibson - If only for the phrase "Cold Civil War"
charcoal:
For those who vaguely hinted at wanting to read more Kurt Vonnegut, I much preferred Cat's Cradle to Slaughterhouse 5. It's of a different timbre (so to speak) to the latter, but still in a similar style and well worth reading.
For those who like short stories, absolutely definitely make sure you read Nine Stories by JD Salinger. Catcher in the Rye's lovely and all that, but Salinger is at his best in his short stories, both creatively and stylistically. They're mostly focused on one scene, covering trivial happenings, but each has a strong emotional undercurrent, and at its conclusion leaves you feeling that what just happened was profoundly significant in the broader context.
KvP:
I recently read Michael Chabon's The Yiddish Policeman's Union, an alternate-timeline noir homage in which the state of Israel collapses shortly after it was created, and the Jews are given a haven in Alaska. The book takes place in the present day, a few months before the land is reverted to Alaskan control. A fine, complex little novel.
The Mighty Mopdecai:
My friend sent me this the other day its some funny clips of a classic children's game show called Knightmare. My favourite Tv show when I was a kid. Where kids had to guide a blind adventurer across three levels of puzzles. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmUe4VrTzvk
The thing that is unbelieveable about Knightmare was how difficult it was I can't see it being remade because I can't see anyone now making a program when kids fail
It was ahead of its time in special effects on TV. Its look a bit creaky now through.
I believe its still being shown on Challenge TV in the UK
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