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Old 08-19-2010, 10:05 PM   #31
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GRAHAM GREENE!!! Yes, how very cool. My favorite favorite Graham Greene book - by far and away his best - is The Power and the Glory. Very cool book.

Also, here's some of my other all-time favorites. Note that I'm excluding nonfiction from this list, because nonfiction books can be fascinating for all kinds of reasons that have nothing to do with the quality of the writing

Lord of the Rings(THE SINGLE MOST AWESOME NOVEL OF ALL TIME)
1984
Ender's Game
The Time Machine
The Island of Dr. Moreau
For Whom the Bell Tolls (only thing by Hemingway I really like)
Somerset Maugham's short stories
and probably lots of others I can't think of right now, darn it...maybe I'll be back later
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Graham Greene's Travels With My Aunt was hilarious too. Maggie Smith was great as Aunt Augusta in the movie, even though she was somewhat sanitized for the movie-going audiences and the ending was a cop-out.

Aunt Augusta:Steward! More champagne.
Steward:But we're just about to land.
Aunt Augusta:Then you'll have to hurry, won't you?

Edit: Actually, that quote is from the movie. I don't remember if it's in the book or not.
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(Re: Rose and Presumed Innocent) Ah, two of my favorites. Ever read Gorky Park?
I read Gorky Park so long ago I can barely remember it now, except that it was snowy and good.

If you liked Presumed Innocent, read the recent sequel, Innocent. I really liked it a lot. It has that same tricky plot thing going on.

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If you liked Presumed Innocent, read the recent sequel, Innocent.
I really don't know about that one. I'm really leery about it. I haven't enjoyed anything he's written since Presumed Innocent, then a year or two ago he was giving praise on the back of a John Grisham novel, and now he's recycling his only good novel. When I first heard about Innocent I rolled my eyes. I really think his sales are slipping.
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I really don't know about that one. I'm really leery about it. I haven't enjoyed anything he's written since Presumed Innocent, then a year or two ago he was giving praise on the back of a John Grisham novel, and now he's recycling his only good novel. When I first heard about Innocent I rolled my eyes. I really think his sales are slipping.
I just got it from the library. I'm looking forward to re-visiting the "Presumed Innocent" folks.
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I really need to use the word 'really' less often. Sorry 'bout that, folks.
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I really need to use the word 'really' less often. Sorry 'bout that, folks.
I use quite a lot, too - and other modifiers like just, perhaps, maybe, actually - it's a bad habit, but I'm trying to weed out the words while writing. Glad to know I'm not alone
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5 Star Novel Section - 47

Adams, Douglas - Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy,The - [science fiction]
Adams, Richard - Watership Down - [speculative]
Bacigalupi, Paolo - Windup Girl,The - [study]
Bear, Greg - Eon - [science fiction]
Boldrewood, Rolf - Robbery Under Arms - [shootist]
Brust, Steven - Jhereg - [sorcery fantasy]
Brust, Steven - Yendi - [sorcery fantasy]
Bull, Emma - War For the Oaks - [supernatural fantasy]
Card, Orson Scott - Ender's Game - [science fiction]
Cooper, Susan - Dark Is Rising,The - [supernatural fantasy superhero]
Doyle, Arthur Conan - Hound of the Baskervilles,The - [sleuth superhero]
Doyle, Arthur Conan - Valley Of Fear,The - [sleuth superhero]
Feist, Raymond - Magician - [sorcery fantasy]
Gemmell, David - Legend - [sorcery fantasy superhero]
Gibson, William - Neuromancer - [science fiction]
Herbert, Frank - Dune - [science fiction superhero]
Herbert, Frank - Illustrated Dune,The - [science fiction superhero]
Howard, Robert E. - Conan the Conqueror - [sorcery fantasy superhero]
Howard, Robert E. - Hour of the Dragon,The - [sorcery fantasy superhero]
Howard, Robert E. - Weird Works Of Robert E. Howard Volume 8 Hours Of the Dragon,The - [sorcery fantasy superhero]
Ludlum, Robert - Bourne Identity,The - [spy]
Martin, George R. R. - Jokers Wild - [superhero]
May, Julian - Golden Torc,The - [science fiction superhero]
May, Julian - Many-Coloured Land,The - [science fiction superhero]
May, Julian - Non-Born King,The - [science fiction superhero]
Mieville, China - Perdido Street Station - [sorcery fantasy]
Moorcock, Michael - Dragon in the Sword,The - [sorcery fantasy superhero]
Moorcock, Michael - Dreaming City,The - [sorcery fantasy superhero]
Moorcock, Michael - Elric of Melnibone - [sorcery fantasy superhero]
Moorcock, Michael - Eternal Champion,The - [sorcery fantasy superhero]
Moorcock, Michael - King of the Swords,The - [sorcery fantasy superhero]
Morgan, Richard - Altered Carbon - [science fiction]
Morgan, Richard - Broken Angels - [science fiction]
Newman, Kim - Anno Dracula - [scary horror superhero]
Orwell, George - 1984 - [science fiction]
Pratchett, Terry - Color Of Magic,The - [sorcery fantasy]
Reynolds, Alastair - Chasm City - [science fiction]
Reynolds, Alastair - Revelation Space - [science fiction]
Rice, Anne - Interview With the Vampire - [supernatural fantasy]
Robinson, Kim Stanley - Red Mars - [science fiction]
Simmons, Dan - Fall of Hyperion,The - [science fiction]
Simmons, Dan - Hyperion - [science fiction]
Stephenson, Neal - Snow Crash - [science fiction]
Stoker, Bram - Dracula - [scary horror superhero]
Tolkien, J. R. R. - Lord Of the Rings,The - [sorcery fantasy]
Wolverton, Dave - On My Way To Paradise - [science fiction]
Zelazny, Roger - Nine Princes In Amber - [sorcery fantasy]


5 Star Story Section - 125

Aldani, Lino - Good Night Sophie - [science fiction]
Anonymous-9, Anonymous-9 - Hard Bite - [sleuth]
Bacigalupi, Paolo - Calorie Man,The - [science fiction]
Barron, Laird - Hallucigenia - [scary horror]
Bisson, Terry - Pirates Of the Somali Coast - [scary horror]
Blackford, Russell - Soldier In the Machine,The - [science fiction]
Brackett, Leigh and Ray Bradbury - Lorelei Of the Red Mist - [science fiction superhero]
Brackett, Leigh - Black Amazon Of Mars - [science fiction]
Brackett, Leigh - Empire Strikes Back Draft,The - [science fiction]
Broderick, Damien - Schrodinger's Dog - [science fiction]
Brown, Simon - Imagining Ajax - [science fiction]
Bryant, Edward and Leanne C. Harper - Down Deep - [superhero]
Cady, Jack - Night We Buried Road Dog,The - [supernatural fantasy]
Campbell, John W. - Who Goes There? - [science fiction]
Carrico, David - Quiet Man,The - [science fiction]
Chiang, Ted - Exhalation - [science fiction]
Clarke, Arthur C. - Nine Billion Names Of God,The - [science fiction]
Dahl, Roald - Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar,The - [supernatural fantasy]
Denton, Bradley - Sergeant Chip - [science fiction]
Di_Filippo, Paul and Bruce Sterling - Scab's Progress,The - [science fiction]
Dick, Philip K. - Minority Report,The - [science fiction]
Dickson, Gordon R. - Dolphin's Way - [science fiction]
Doctorow, Cory - When SysAdmins Ruled the Earth - [science fiction]
Dowling, Terry - Breaking Through To the Heroes - [science fiction]
Dowling, Terry - Colouring the Captains - [science fiction]
Dowling, Terry - Coming Down - [science fiction]
Dowling, Terry - Coyote Struck By Lightning - [science fiction]
Dowling, Terry - Doing the Line - [science fiction]
Dowling, Terry - Flashmen - [science fiction]
Dowling, Terry - Jenny Come To Play - [scary horror]
Dowling, Terry - Man Who Lost Red,The - [science fiction]
Dowling, Terry - Privateers' Moon - [science fiction]
Dowling, Terry - Rynemonn - [science fiction]
Dowling, Terry - Scaring the Train - [scary horror]
Dowling, Terry - Sewing Whole Cloth - [science fiction]
Dowling, Terry - Ship's Eye - [science fiction]
Dowling, Terry - Time of the Star - [science fiction]
Doyle, Arthur Conan - Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,The - [sleuth superhero]
Doyle, Arthur Conan - Adventure of the Copper Beeches,The - [sleuth superhero]
Doyle, Arthur Conan - Adventure of the Empty House,The - [sleuth superhero]
Doyle, Arthur Conan - Adventure of the Priory School,The - [sleuth superhero]
Doyle, Arthur Conan - Adventure of the Red Circle,The - [sleuth superhero]
Doyle, Arthur Conan - Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,The - [sleuth superhero]
Doyle, Arthur Conan - Final Problem,The - [sleuth superhero]
Doyle, Arthur Conan - Greek Interpreter,The - [sleuth superhero]
Doyle, Arthur Conan - Scandal in Bohemia,A - [sleuth superhero]
Doyle, Arthur Conan - Speckled Band,The - [sleuth superhero]
Egan, Greg - Border Guards - [science fiction superhero]
Egan, Greg - Crystal Nights - [science fiction]
Egan, Greg - Dark Integers - [science fiction]
Egan, Greg - Dust - [science fiction]
Egan, Greg - Luminous - [science fiction]
Egan, Greg - Wang's Carpets - [science fiction]
Ellison, Harlan - Jeffty Is Five - [supernatural fantasy]
Ellroy, James - Gravy Train - [sleuth]
Foster, Eugie - Body and Soul Art - [scary horror]
Frahm, Leanne - Borderline - [science fiction]
Frahm, Leanne - Rain Season - [science fiction]
Geston, Mark S. - Allies,The - [science fiction]
Godwin, Tom - Cold Equations,The - [science fiction]
Gould, Steven - Peaches For Mad Molly - [science fiction]
Haldeman, Joe - Hero - [science fiction]
Haldeman, Joe - We Are Very Happy Here - [science fiction]
Howard, Robert E. - By This Axe I Rule! - [sorcery fantasy superhero]
Howard, Robert E. - Red Nails - [sorcery fantasy superhero]
Howard, Robert E. - Teeth Of Gwahlur,The - [sorcery fantasy superhero]
Isle, Sue - Doing Shadow Time - [scary horror]
Jones, Raymond F. - Person From Porlock,The - [science fiction]
Kellerman, Faye - Bonding - [sleuth]
King, Stephen - Gunslinger,The - [scary horror]
King, Stephen - Mist,The - [scary horror]
Kress, Nancy - Computer Virus - [science fiction]
Kress, Nancy - Saviour - [science fiction]
Lawson, Henry - Loaded Dog,The - [shootist]
Leiber, Fritz - Lean Times In Lankhmar - [sorcery fantasy superhero]
Leinster, Murray - Exploration Team - [science fiction]
Lethem, Jonathan - Vanilla Dunk - [science fiction]
Levinson, Paul - Chronology Protection Case,The - [science fiction]
Lovecraft, H. P. - Colour Out of Space,The - [scary horror]
Lovecraft, H. P. - Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath,The - [supernatural fantasy]
Martin, George R. R. - Appendix - [superhero]
Martin, George R. R. - Shell Games - [superhero]
McAllister, Bruce - Kin - [science fiction]
McCaffrey, Anne - Dragonrider - [science fiction]
McDevitt, Jack and Stanley Schmidt - Good Intentions - [science fiction]
McDonald, Ian - Tear,The - [science fiction]
McDonald, Ian - Verthandi's Ring - [science fiction]
Milan, Victor - Transfigurations - [superhero]
Milan, Victor - With A Little Help From His Friends - [superhero]
Miller, John J. - Beasts of Burden - [superhero]
Miller, John J. - Comes A Hunter - [superhero]
Miller, John J. - Half Past Dead - [superhero]
Moorcock, Michael - Dreaming City,The - [sorcery fantasy superhero]
Moore, C. L. - Quest Of the Starstone - [science fiction superhero]
Palmer, David R. - Emergence - [science fiction superhero]
Pratt, Tim - Cup and Table - [supernatural fantasy]
Reed, Robert - Man With the Golden Balloon,The - [science fiction]
Rex, T. - Evensong - [science fiction]
Reynolds, Alastair - Diamond Dogs - [science fiction]
Roberts, Frank - It Could Be You - [science fiction]
Robinson, Spider - Dog Day Evening - [science fiction]
Robinson, Spider - Melancholy Elephants - [science fiction]
Shea, Michael - Autopsy,The - [science fiction]
Shepard, Lucius - Radiant Green Star - [science fiction]
Shiner, Lewis - Pennies From Hell - [superhero]
Smith, Cordwainer - Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons - [science fiction]
Smith, Cordwainer - Scanners Live In Vain - [science fiction]
Snodgrass, Melinda M. - Relative Difficulties - [superhero]
Steele, Allen M. - Death of Captain Future,The - [science fiction superhero]
Stross, Charles - Antibodies - [science fiction]
Stross, Charles - Halo - [science fiction]
Stross, Charles - Lobsters - [science fiction]
Stross, Charles - Tourist - [science fiction]
Sussex, Lucy - God and Her Black Sense of Humour - [supernatural fantasy]
Sussex, Lucy - Merlusine - [science fiction]
Swanwick, Michael - Dead,The - [science fiction]
Tiptree_Jr, James - Only Neat Thing To Do,The - [science fiction]
Turner, George - Flowering Mandrake - [science fiction]
Waldrop, Howard - Thirty Minutes Over Broadway - [superhero]
Welles, Orson - War Of the Worlds,The - [science fiction]
Westerfeld, Scott - Unsportsmanlike Conduct - [science fiction]
Williams, Walter Jon - Green Leopard Plague,The - [science fiction]
Williams, Walter Jon - Witness - [superhero]
Wodhams, Jack - One Clay Foot - [science fiction]
Zelazny, Roger - Home Is the Hangman - [science fiction]


5 Star Anthology Section - 62

Adams, John Joseph - Wastelands - [science fiction]
Anders, Lou - Fast Forward 2 - [science fiction]
Ashley, Mike - Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction,The - [science fiction]
Asimov, Isaac - Hugo Winners 1968-1970,The - [science fiction]
Asimov, Isaac - Hugo Winners Volume 2,The - [science fiction]
Asimov, Isaac - Hugo Winners Volume 3,The - [science fiction]
Asimov, Isaac - Hugo Winners Volume 4,The - [science fiction]
Bova, Ben - Best of the Nebulas,The - [science fiction]
Broderick, Damien and David Hartwell - Centaurus The Best of Australian Science Fiction - [science fiction]
Carr, Terry - Best Science Fiction of the Year 09,The - [science fiction]
Datlow, Ellen and Kelly Link and Gavin Grant - Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 20th Annual Collection,The - [scary horror]
Dozois, Gardner and Jonathan Strahan - New Space Opera,The - [science fiction]
Dozois, Gardner - Galactic Empires - [science fiction]
Dozois, Gardner - Good New Stuff,The - [science fiction]
Dozois, Gardner - Good Old Stuff,The - [science fiction]
Dozois, Gardner - Mammoth Book Of Best New SF 12,The - [science fiction]
Dozois, Gardner - Mammoth Book Of Best New SF 13,The - [science fiction]
Dozois, Gardner - Mammoth Book Of Best New SF 14,The - [science fiction]
Dozois, Gardner - Mammoth Book Of Best New SF 15,The - [science fiction]
Dozois, Gardner - Mammoth Book Of Best New SF 16,The - [science fiction]
Dozois, Gardner - Mammoth Book Of Best New SF 17,The - [science fiction]
Dozois, Gardner - Mammoth Book Of Best New SF 18,The - [science fiction]
Dozois, Gardner - Mammoth Book Of Best New SF 19,The - [science fiction]
Dozois, Gardner - Mammoth Book Of Best New SF 20,The - [science fiction]
Dozois, Gardner - Mammoth Book Of Best New SF 21,The - [science fiction]
Dozois, Gardner - Mammoth Book Of Best New SF 22,The - [science fiction]
Dozois, Gardner - Year's Best Science Fiction 03rd Annual Collection,The - [science fiction]
Dozois, Gardner - Year's Best Science Fiction 06th Annual Collection,The - [science fiction]
Dozois, Gardner - Year's Best Science Fiction 11th Annual Collection,The - [science fiction]
Dozois, Gardner - Year's Best Science Fiction 12th Annual Collection,The - [science fiction]
Dozois, Gardner - Year's Best Science Fiction 13th Annual Collection,The - [science fiction]
Dozois, Gardner - Year's Best Science Fiction 14th Annual Collection,The - [science fiction]
Dozois, Gardner - Year's Best Science Fiction 16th Annual Collection,The - [science fiction]
Dozois, Gardner - Year's Best Science Fiction 17th Annual Collection,The - [science fiction]
Dozois, Gardner - Year's Best Science Fiction 18th Annual Collection,The - [science fiction]
Dozois, Gardner - Year's Best Science Fiction 19th Annual Collection,The - [science fiction]
Dozois, Gardner - Year's Best Science Fiction 20th Annual Collection,The - [science fiction]
Dozois, Gardner - Year's Best Science Fiction 21st Annual Collection,The - [science fiction]
Dozois, Gardner - Year's Best Science Fiction 22nd Annual Collection,The - [science fiction]
Dozois, Gardner - Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection,The - [science fiction]
Dozois, Gardner - Year's Best Science Fiction 24th Annual Collection,The - [science fiction]
Dozois, Gardner - Year's Best Science Fiction 25th Annual Collection,The - [science fiction]
Dozois, Gardner - Year's Best Science Fiction 26th Annual Collection,The - [science fiction]
Greenberg, Martin H. and Frederik Pohl and Joseph D. Olander - Galaxy 2 - [science fiction]
Greenberg, Martin H. and Robert Silverberg - Horror Hall Of Fame,The - [scary horror]
Hartwell, David G. and Kathryn Cramer - Ascent of Wonder The Evolution of Hard SF,The - [science fiction]
Hartwell, David G. and Kathryn Cramer - Hard SF Renaissance,The - [science fiction]
Hartwell, David G. and Kathryn Cramer - Year's Best SF 07 - [science fiction]
Hartwell, David G. and Kathryn Cramer - Year's Best SF 10 - [science fiction]
Hartwell, David G. and Kathryn Cramer - Year's Best SF 11 - [science fiction]
Hartwell, David G. and Kathryn Cramer - Year's Best SF 12 - [science fiction]
Ikin, Van - Australian Science Fiction - [science fiction]
Laumer, Keith and Gordon R. Dickson - Planet Run - [science fiction]
Martin, George R. R. - Aces High - [superhero]
Martin, George R. R. - Aces High - [superhero]
Martin, George R. R. - Wild Cards - [superhero]
Pronzini, Bill and Jack Adrian - Hard-Boiled - [sleuth]
Shippey, Tom - Oxford Book Of Science Fiction Stories,The - [science fiction]
Strahan, Jonathan - Science Fiction the Very Best of 2005 - [science fiction]
Van_Gelder, Gordon - In Lands That Never Were Tales of Swords and Sorcery From the Magazine Of Fantasy and Science Fiction -

[sorcery fantasy]
Wagner, Karl Edward - Echoes Of Valor II - [sorcery fantasy superhero]
Wollheim, Donald A. - 1989 Annual World's Best SF,The - [science fiction]


5 Star Collection Section - 78

Anderson, Poul - Flandry Of Terra - [science fiction]
Asher, Neal - Gabble and Other Stories,The - [science fiction]
Bacigalupi, Paolo - Pump Six and Other Stories - [science fiction]
Barron, Laird - Imago Sequence and Other Stories,The - [scary horror]
Barron, Laird - Occultation - [scary horror]
Brackett, Leigh - Best Of Leigh Brackett,The - [science fiction]
Brackett, Leigh - Halfling and Other Stories,The - [science fiction]
Brackett, Leigh - No Good From A Corpse - [sleuth]
Brackett, Leigh - Sea-Kings Of Mars and Otherworldly Stories - [science fiction superhero]
Brackett, Leigh - Secret Of Sinharat,The - [science fiction superhero]
Brackett, Leigh - Swamps Of Venus - [science fiction]
Chiang, Ted - Stories Of Your Life and Others - [science fiction]
Doctorow, Cory - Overclocked - [science fiction]
Dowling, Terry - Blue Tyson - [science fiction]
Dowling, Terry - Rynemonn: Leopard Dreaming - [science fiction]
Dowling, Terry - Rynosseros - [science fiction]
Dowling, Terry - Twilight Beach - [science fiction]
Doyle, Arthur Conan - Adventures of Sherlock Holmes,The - [sleuth superhero]
Doyle, Arthur Conan - Complete Sherlock Holmes,The - [sleuth superhero]
Doyle, Arthur Conan - His Last Bow - [sleuth superhero]
Doyle, Arthur Conan - Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes,The - [sleuth superhero]
Doyle, Arthur Conan - Return of Sherlock Holmes,The - [sleuth superhero]
Doyle, Arthur Conan - Six Great Sherlock Holmes Stories - [sleuth superhero]
Eckert, Win Scott - Myths For the Modern Age - [science fiction superhero]
Egan, Greg - Axiomatic - [science fiction]
Egan, Greg - Oceanic - [science fiction]
Farmer, Philip Jose - Doc Savage : His Apocalyptic Life - [superhero]
Farmer, Philip Jose - Tarzan Alive - [science fiction superhero]
Haldeman, Joe - Forever War,The - [science fiction]
Howard, Robert E. - Bloody Crown of Conan,The - [sorcery fantasy superhero]
Howard, Robert E. - Coming of Conan the Cimmerian,The - [sorcery fantasy superhero]
Howard, Robert E. - Complete Chronicles of Conan,The - [sorcery fantasy superhero]
Howard, Robert E. - Conan Chronicles 1 (The People of the Black Circle),The - [sorcery fantasy superhero]
Howard, Robert E. - Conan Chronicles Volume 2 : The Hour of the Dragon,The - [sorcery fantasy superhero]
Howard, Robert E. - Conan the Barbarian - [sorcery fantasy superhero]
Howard, Robert E. - Conquering Sword of Conan,The - [sorcery fantasy superhero]
Howard, Robert E. - Kull Exile Of Atlantis - [sorcery fantasy superhero]
King, Stephen - Dark Tower The Gunslinger,The - [scary horror]
King, Stephen - Different Seasons - [scary horror]
King, Stephen - Nightmares and Dreamscapes - [scary horror]
King, Stephen - Shawshank Redemption,The - [scary horror]
Kress, Nancy - Nano Comes to Clifford Falls and Other Stories - [science fiction]
Lovecraft, H. P. - Collected Stories - [scary horror]
Lovecraft, H. P. - Necronomicon - [scary horror]
Martin, George R. R. - Dreamsongs 1 - [science fiction]
Martin, George R. R. - Dreamsongs 2 - [science fiction]
Martin, George R. R. - Dreamsongs - [science fiction]
Martin, George R. R. - Nightflyers - [science fiction]
McDonald, Ian - Cyberabad Days - [science fiction]
Moorcock, Michael - Bane of the Black Sword,The - [sorcery fantasy superhero]
Moorcock, Michael - Duke Elric - [sorcery fantasy superhero]
Moorcock, Michael - Sailor On the Seas of Fate,The - [sorcery fantasy superhero]
Moorcock, Michael - Stealer Of Souls,The - [sorcery fantasy superhero]
Moorcock, Michael - Stormbringer - [sorcery fantasy superhero]
Moorcock, Michael - Weird of the White Wolf,The - [sorcery fantasy superhero]
Moore, C. L. - Shambleau - [science fiction superhero]
O'Donnell, Peter - Cobra Trap - [spy superhero]
O'Donnell, Peter - Pieces Of Modesty - [spy superhero]
Palmer, David R. - Emergence - [science fiction superhero]
Reynolds, Alastair - Deep Navigation - [science fiction]
Reynolds, Alastair - Galactic North - [science fiction]
Reynolds, Alastair - Zima Blue and Other Stories - [science fiction]
Saunders, Charles R. - Quest For Cush,The - [sorcery fantasy superhero]
Schmitz, James H. - Telzey Toy and Other Stories,The - [science fiction superhero]
Schmitz, James H. - Telzey Toy,The - [science fiction superhero]
Schmitz, James H. - Universe Against Her,The - [science fiction superhero]
Shepard, Lucius - Best Of Lucius Shepard,The - [science fiction]
Shepard, Lucius - Jaguar Hunter,The - [science fiction]
Simmons, Dan - Worlds Enough and Time - [science fiction]
Smith, Cordwainer - Best of Cordwainer Smith,The - [science fiction]
Smith, Cordwainer - Rediscovery Of Man,The - [science fiction]
Smith, Cordwainer - Space Lords - [science fiction]
Smith, Cordwainer - We the Underpeople - [science fiction]
Steele, Allen M. - Coyote Rising - [science fiction]
Sterling, Bruce - Schismatrix Plus - [science fiction]
Stross, Charles - Accelerando - [science fiction]
Swanwick, Michael - Best Of Michael Swanwick,The - [science fiction]
Van_Vogt, A. E. - Empire Of Isher,The - [science fiction]
Zelazny, Roger - My Name Is Legion - [science fiction]


5 Star Omnibus Section - 13

Brackett, Leigh - Book Of Skaith,The - [science fiction superhero]
Brackett, Leigh - Eric John Stark Outlaw Of Mars - [science fiction]
Brackett, Leigh - Eric John Stark Saga,The - [science fiction superhero]
Brackett, Leigh - People Of the Talisman and The Secret Of Sinharat,The - [science fiction superhero]
Brackett, Leigh - Solar System,The - [science fiction superhero]
Brust, Steven - Book of Jhereg,The - [sorcery fantasy]
Howard, Robert E. and Leigh Brackett - Conan the Conqueror and The Sword Of Rhiannon - [sorcery fantasy]
Leiber, Fritz - Lean Times In Lankhmar - [sorcery fantasy superhero]
Moorcock, Michael - Elric Saga Part I,The - [sorcery fantasy superhero]
Moorcock, Michael - Eternal Champion : Tale of the Eternal Champion Volume 2,The - [sorcery fantasy superhero]
Moorcock, Michael - Stealer Of Souls,The - [sorcery fantasy superhero]
Simmons, Dan - Hyperion Cantos - [science fiction]
Zelazny, Roger - Great Book of Amber,The - [sorcery fantasy]
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5-star books... I guess they are the ones I recall most fondly for one or more reasons. Here goes...and in no particular order...

David Guterson's Snow Falling on Cedars
A. C. Clarke's Rendezvous With Rama
Frank Herbert's Dune
H. G. Wells' Time Machine, Invisible Man, and War of the Worlds
Greg Bear's Anvil of Stars and Forge of God
Caleb Carr's The Alienist
Iain Pears' An Instance of the Fingerpost
Stephen Donaldson's Lord Foul's Bane Trilogy

- and from my badly misspent youth, The Golden Keel by Desmond Bagley (why it was never made into a film is beyond me - it is a great caper story), Night Without End by Alistair MacLean, and for a plot that is near-impossible to explain, Barkley Mather's The Springers.

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I really don't know about that one. I'm really leery about it. I haven't enjoyed anything he's written since Presumed Innocent, then a year or two ago he was giving praise on the back of a John Grisham novel, and now he's recycling his only good novel. When I first heard about Innocent I rolled my eyes. I really think his sales are slipping.
That may be, but it was still a page-turner for me. I definitely recommend it is you liked Presumed Innocent.
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100 Years of Solitude by GG Marquez
American Pastoral & Human Stain by Phillip Roth
The Collected Fictions of Jorge Luis Borges
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Human Stain by Phillip Roth
A very good novel. one of my four-and-a-half-star books, in fact.
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