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Originally Posted by AndyPittHughes

I read this new one called Turban Tan. It's strange but I like strange. Written in a codified manner to protect the secrecy of its characters, clever. http://www.amazon.com/Turban-Tan-ebo...8313607&sr=1-1

Never heard of that story or author of Turban Tan, but after reading the premise and that of The Drippy Man I can already see I will probably enjoy them both because of the underlying theme of a corrupt world run by corporations which place no value on the individual and everything on the existence of "the corporation".

I liked the book Jennifer Government a lot, Max Berry wrote it in a very whimsical and satirical style. I bet it too is like Turban Tan in it's tone.

My problem though is I have a difficult time holding books anymore, I have RA which affects my hands a great deal. But exceptions can be made and it's not impossible I would make it through in a day or two given it's a novella of about 140 pages. Maybe out used store has a copy in stock.

Originally Posted by ctol

When they all become available in ebooks or if you don't mind reading most of them in pbooks, I heartily and highly recommend Ursula K. Le Guin's Hainish Cycle novels. They are all quite good. Here is a link to a wikipedia article that will give you some good background information on the novels:

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

They should be read in the following order:

Rocannon's World, 1966
Planet of Exile, 1966
City of Illusions, 1967
The Left Hand of Darkness, 1969 (winner of the Hugo Award, 1969[21] and Nebula Award, 1970[22])
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia, 1974 (Nebula Award winner, 1974[23]; Hugo and Locus Awards winner, 1975[24])
The Word for World is Forest, 1976 (winner of the Hugo Award for best novella)
Four Ways to Forgiveness, 1995 (Four Stories of the Ekumen)
The Telling, 2000 (Locus SF Award winner, 2001[25]; Endeavour Award winner

BTW the first three novels are usually published in a omnibus edition. If memory serves me correctly (they are packed away in box somewhere) it is a Sci-Fi Book Club edition.

I really enjoy Le Guin's writing though I forget which of her books I have read over the years. The Left Hand of Darkness sure sounds familiar. Will hunt my way through your list for sure. Probably will stick with ebook versions, if they exist.

Nice list of titles which are classics and precursors of today's writers. As in stuff for us old farts!!