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Xankrys posted:I'm looking for good light humor in the vein of Wodehouse for things like reading while waiting for oil changes and the ilk-something that's real easy to pick up and put down, and is incredibly light and doesn't require a lot of thought to get through. I've read all of Wodehouse, all of Douglas Adams, a good bit of Pratchett, but Pratchett requires a bit too much thought for it to get classed into the "books I chuck into my purse to read while waiting for things" Christopher Moore. He writes absurd little books with good characters, surreal plots and lots of humor. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal is exactly what it sounds like - Jesus learning Kung-Fu and so forth - and a good introductory novel to the author's work.
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AberrantBassist posted:I'm looking for a book where the main character does something destructive to his/her body to forget a painful even in his/her own life. I hope I'm not giving away the twists, but you might want to read Chuck Palahniuk's Invisible Monsters. I don't know if it counts as a quality story, though. Hello Pity posted:Can anyone recommend any good "elaborate revenge plot" type novels. I'm thinking stuff like The Count of Monte Cristo and recently Joe Abercombie's Best Served Cold. The more elaborate the revenge the better. If you're into sci-fi you should check out Alfred Bester's The Stars My Destination; it's a futuristic retelling of Monte Cristo with a bunch of interesting teleportation intrigue.
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