#666

The Book Hive are doing free P&P and also some curated stuff/lucky dip: https://www.thebookhive.co.uk/important-announcement-covid-19/.

#667

It may have been asked before (sorry, I haven’t read the thread) but can someone recommend any ‘essential’ fantasy works?

It’s not a genre that I’d really explored before - but I recently read all of the Earthsea novels, and now I’m keen to get stuck into some other stuff.

#668

There’s a few recommendations here:

:slight_smile:

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#669

Thanks!

#670

Thanks :blush:

#671

Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe is essential fantasy imho!

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#672

Brick Lane Books and Burley Fisher Books are doing deliveries. Ordered from Brick Lane the other day and my order arrived just a few days later.

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#673

Yep, this looks good. Assuming that it’s what is now part of a book titled Book of the New Sun Vol 1, that is?

#674

Yup, certainly is! I’d read the whole thing myself!

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#675

think the easiest way to get them is with parts 1+2 together and 3+4

this does not clarify things does it?

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#676

Just finished The City & The City, and didn’t think it was particularly great. Should I try anything else by Mieville?

#677

:exploding_head::exploding_head::exploding_head:

I think it’s pretty much a perfect book and one of my all time favs. Given that my thoughts might not be that useful but still - I really enjoyed Embassytown earlier this year (sci fi philosophy language stuff), whereas Unlondon was a decent romp but a bit too YA

#678

I was expecting to be exactly my sort of thing too. Thought the prose was functional at best, no real character development and barely any attempt at world building other than continuously labouring this novel concept of the two cities, which became really, really tedious after a while. There didn’t really seem like there was any hidden complexity or ambiguity to ponder, perhaps I am missing something completely.

#679

What almanacs or annuals should I buy

#680

Beano.

#681

jordo thread almanac

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#682

For me it was just a modern, sci fi twist on a classic noir detective thing - twisty plot, nefarious criminals, hardened anti hero etc. And for me, on that front, it was a total success

#683

Is this commercially available yet

#684

only on the dark web

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#685

Recommendations please!

I have recently got into trees which is odd because I haven’t paid them any mind for 42 years up to this point. I think it must be all this State Mandated Exercise walking about I’m doing.

I would like cool non fiction books about how awesome trees are please.

Thank you