MISCELLANEOUS

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MISCELLANEOUS

Postby Ada » Tue Feb 27, 2007 9:16 am

I have posted this topic to give members a place to post authors who are obscure, relatively unknown or maybe ones who are well known but we're embarrassed to say we've read/liked! If one does receive a lot of posts, then maybe if he wants to, Matt could move them/create a separate thread.

I will start it off with Anne McCaffrey.

She is an extremely prolific writer who has also used a lot of different co-writers. Her main field is Fantasy Sci. Fi. & I've read 38 of her books - including ones from her Dragon Books, Crystal Singer Books, Talent Series, the Tower and the Hive Sequence and many more. I love the idea of sentient planets, talking dolphins and space ships with human brains. I haven't read enough Sci. Fi. to know who pinched what from whom but I have found myself watching various sci. fi. movies or TV shows & saying "Hey", I've read that idea before - Anne McCaffrey used that in one of her books!
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Postby delby » Thu Mar 01, 2007 9:22 am

Not exactly embarrassed but i own everything Catherine Cookson ever wrote, she is a very easy read with a sense of compassion and a great understanding of the people she writes about. Also i only live about twenty miles from Jarrow where most of her novels were set so its like my own history im reading.
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Postby Ada » Thu Mar 01, 2007 11:54 pm

I've just been offered Douglas Adams' 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' - has anyone else read it & what did you think of it?

(I don't think I've seen it mentioned any where on this forum - apologies if it has & please direct me to the thread if that's the case.)
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Postby Matbow » Fri Mar 02, 2007 7:42 am

Wow, it looks like Yakumo may be able to make another book related contribution!
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Postby Ada » Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:53 pm

^ Thanks Matt. Found it. (Yakumo likes them all "for a laugh".)

I keep forgetting about the "search" facility on this forum. #-o
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