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Originally Posted by CommanderROR
Hi folks,
I'm just starting into the newest volume of the "Thursday Next" series by Jasper Fforde. I'm not too far into the story yet, but already enjoying it vastly.
The book is called "Best among Sequels" and is (as usual) funny as hell.
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The "Thursday Next" books are just wonderful. Nice to see another convert.
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Jasper Fforde is the only author I have found so far that comes pretty close to Terry Pratchett in my personal ranking. The amount of weirdness that his books contain, the interesting stories, unexpected plot-twists and especially the huge amount of humour that he pours into all his books are just great.
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I actually like Fforde better than Pratchett. Terry is a lovely chap, but Discworld never connected with me.
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For some reason Jasper Fforde is not as popular as Pratchett and Douglas Adams yet, but I'm sure it's only a matter of time...and the good this is that he's still quite young and might still be writing for quite a few years...
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I don't see him becoming more than a cult figure, alas. His stuff is wonderful, but requires you to know various things and love literature to really appreciate it. I fear most readers simply won't get his work.
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Dennis