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Cloud Atlas? What's that all about then?

What have I read?
These are the 25 most popular scifi books at What Should I Read Next?
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The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy - Douglas Adams
The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling
Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
Neuromancer - William Gibson
American Gods - Neil Gaiman
Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis
Dune - Frank Herbert
Good Omens - Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman
Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
The Princess Bride - William Goldman
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde
Pattern Recognition - William Gibson
A Game of Thrones - George R.R. Martin
The Diamond Age - Neal Stephenson
Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut
The Stand - Stephen King
Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein
The Colour of Magic - Terry Pratchett
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[identity profile] pshtaku.livejournal.com 2006-04-18 06:53 am (UTC)(link)
Broadband on the train again?

[identity profile] f4f3.livejournal.com 2006-04-18 06:57 am (UTC)(link)
You guessed it - since 6.30.

[identity profile] rparvaaz.livejournal.com 2006-04-18 07:18 am (UTC)(link)
I have tried reading two of Mitchell's books but I just can't make myself read them. He somehow does nothing for me. Kind of like Mieville.

I haven't read the Eyre Affair but have enjoyed all the other books in the series.

[identity profile] f4f3.livejournal.com 2006-04-18 07:29 am (UTC)(link)
Not so much that I didn't like the Eyre Affaire as that I couldn't finish it - same as Jonathon Strange.

[identity profile] rparvaaz.livejournal.com 2006-04-18 11:11 am (UTC)(link)
I can concur with regard to Fforde. IT takes me ages to finish his books - they fail to hold me and I tend to treat them as space fillers, reading a few chapters between different books. Anything else gets tedious.

Strange & Norrell didn't affect me that way. I half thought it might have something to do with me emotional tiredness as I started it right after dadaji's death.

[identity profile] f4f3.livejournal.com 2006-04-18 11:26 am (UTC)(link)
I can S&N as being comforting - I know that I turn to Flashy when things seem grey and dull.
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