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Old 22-08-2007, 12:51 AM
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Just got The Prefect by Alastair Reynolds and the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Guilty Pleasures (HC) from Marvel/Dabel Brothers.

Can't wait to start The Prefect. Alastair is a true master of the space opera, his stories are never boring!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alastair_Reynolds

Can anyone recommend other writers that are similar? I've heard of Peter F Hamilton, but have never read any of his books. Which one should I start with?

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Old 22-08-2007, 08:22 AM
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Can't wait to start The Prefect. Alastair is a true master of the space opera, his stories are never boring!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alastair_Reynolds

Can anyone recommend other writers that are similar? I've heard of Peter F Hamilton, but have never read any of his books. Which one should I start with?
If you're a big fan of space opera, I'd jump straight into The Night's Dawn Trilogy, which is huge and gobsmacking. Do bear in mind that the series as a whole tops 3000 pages, but it needs it for a story with that scope...
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'How to Make Love the Bruce Campbell Way'.

I was sold on the title alone. Hail to the king, baby.
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Old 30-08-2007, 11:57 AM
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The 2008 Doctor Who Storybook. Only £3.99 at my local indie bargain book shop!
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My copy of "Would the Vampire People Please Leave the Lobby" by Allyson Beatrice has arrived just in time for me to take away this weekend
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Visited Hay on Wye on Sunday… came back with 19 books

Since then I've also bought another three second-hand books, someone should stop me.
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Armageddon's children by Terry Brooks. love the Shannara series. :P
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During my internet free months and under duress from my buds at work when the last book was released, I finally bought Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. It was really good! Now I just have to read the rest of the books while trying to avoid any spoilers.
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Taking advantage of the last few days of Borders 'Buy one, get one half price' on SF&F, I bought Ursula Le Guin's compendium of her first three Hainish novels, Worlds of Exile and Illusion and Jack Vance's Tales of the Dying Earth. Oh, and I forgot to mention a while ago that while buying Christopher Priest's The Prestige for a friend's birthday I fortuitously also got Ian McDonald's River of Gods on the same offer.
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Charlie Higson's latest Young Bond book Hurricane Gold. I was going to wait for the paperback but I found it half price. That and I saved a bit of money by winning a copy of Mike Carey's Dead Men's Boots in one of Deornoth's little compys!
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