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I'd like to know about the mutiny on the Bounty, but all I can find are the accounts by Bligh (he seemed to cash in big time!). Does anyone know of any books about what happened, preferably not too scholarly? A fictionalised account would be good.

Has anyone read the Earthseed novels by Octavia E Butler? I am currently reading The Parable of the Sower and it's really gripping me - it's set in the near future and the events in the novel seem all too likely. The characters are interesting and I really want to know what happens next (don't...

Hi, can I join in? I'm reading an author who is new to me - Mark Chadbourn. He's a British author with quite a number of books published, including a couple of trilogies. I've picked up Queen of Sinister, which is actually the second in a series (I didn't realise this when I started it - I was...

I am fascinated by Arthurian legend, and so are many authors. In my collection, in addition to those already mentioned, are: Gillian Bradshaw - Down the Long Wind (Hawk of May, Kingdom in Summer, In Winter's Shadow). Catherine Christian - The Pendragon Molly Cochrane/Warren Murphy - The...

I've just finished Requiem for the Sun, and I do think that the author is still coming up with original ideas, although this novel is pretty dark in tone. When I started reading the series I did think that it was just more formulaic fantasy, but I got interested and just kept on through four books!

Titus Groan is one of my favourite books. The use of language is amazing - it makes me smile with sheer pleasure when I read it. The story itself is surreal but intriguing. Gormenghast, the second book in the trilogy, is also worth reading, but Titus Alone did not have the same impact on me. Try...