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I finished Monstrous Regiment last week, one of the few Terry Pratchett Discworld novels I hadn't read yet. I wasn't ready for it. I expected a humorous take on an army with trolls and vampires in its numbers. And I got that too, but I also got a rather dark but full of hope novel that will stay with me for a long while. If you haven't read this one (or anything else by Pratchett) please PLEASE do so. It's short enough that you will get through it at most in a week.
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magic cactus posted:Pale Fire owns What's it about?
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Doctorow as an activist is great. As a writer, I tried some of his novels more than a decade ago and wasn't impressed. He may have improved since, though?
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caspergers posted:wait are we talking corey doctorow or e.l.? i have this book billy bathgate and whether i read it depends on the answer I believe we were talking about Cory. I haven't read Billy Bathgate but, looking it up, it won a bunch of awards so it's probably a good read.
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caspergers posted:I listened to the audiobook and recommend. The idiolect the narrator gives to Ignatius is so funny and perfect. I just looked this up and there's more than one version. One narrated by Barrett Whitener in 2006 and a more recent one by Reginald D. Hunter. Which one did you get?
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3D Megadoodoo posted:Dutch humour 404 Not Found
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rear end-penny posted:I'm like halfway through Guards Guards already dang Pratchett books read pretty fast That's because of how great they are 
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Finger Prince posted:I don't think I've ever had a dessert made from peas.  You aren't living the best version of your life if you are not feasting on some Pea Cake once in a while! |
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Or maybe you are. Might not be for everyone's taste. Speaking of books, I've never read anything by Dostoevsky and someone recommended me "The Idiot". I'm going to assume that person meant no particular subcontext with that one, but either way, this is huge at 600+ pages! Worth it for someone's first Dostoevsky story? Or maybe something else?
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I wasn't even aware there were Battletech novels. What's the top 2 or 3? I may check it out, always loved giant robots, but don't know squat about Battletech.
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rear end-penny posted:three of my favorite stand up comedians published books this month, really need to get my rear end to a bookstore. Who are they?
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