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Sorry, I'm sure this has been asked before again and again. :-/ I'm looking for any sci-fi book recommendations for my daughter. She's ten but quite happily reading books a bit older than that, e.g. she's reading Phillip Pullman for about the 3rd time, read all the Percy Jacksons, Harry...

I wouldn't say that my recommendations below are "hard sci-fi", but they're certainly enjoyable sci-fi/cyberpunk. Having just read them again for the nth time I can't recommend Julian May's Exile & Galactic Milieu books highly enough. Read them in order: 1) Saga of the Exiles (4 books)...

Well, since you wrote this post a while ago I hope you've read it by now. If not, give it a shot - it's well worth reading. The first 40 or 50 pages I found quite difficult to get into and nearly gave up but for a long train journey. After that, you start sinking into the main character's...

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which caused an unfortunate

I've never been sure about the Robot books. I've not read them all, though I've read quite a lot of them, but I find them just a bit too "po-faced" for my liking. Anyone else find that about them? All except the novel(s) whose names escape me about two detectives who solve crimes...

Hmm. Sounds interesting - Simak's always been someone I've meant to read. Maybe now's the time... Logan's Run was written by George Clayton Johnson and William F. Nolan. There were also two follow up novels - "Logan's World" and "Logan's Search" which seem to be quite hard to get a hold of...

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For starters, how about: Raymond Feist - start off with the original series - Magician, Silverthorn, Darkness at Sethanon for background before going onto other series. Garth Nix - Sabriel, Lirael and Aber?? Louise Cooper - the Timemaster trilogy Julian May - the Saga of the Exiles (very...

To be honest, I'm finding it hard to think of any from adulthood (not that I'm immune to being scared or anything - as soon as I let my imagination run loose... ) :-) No doubt, someone will post up a title though and I'll remember it. A story I remember from childhood that scared me silly was...

Such a pity :-( Trainspotting is a fantastic book - still his best by far. I can only urge you to persevere. Maybe people who can understand it can make up an online Trainspotting glossary/FAQ. I'd be willing to help on it. Kev

Well, while I wouldn't argue with any of those points, I'd have to come back to one of the points made earlier - Snow Crash is more fun! Martin - go to yoiur local library and get them both. Kev

Not quite a "misreading", more of a "miswriting". My 3rd year (i.e. the class would be 14-15) English teacher once wrote, in large letters on the board in a vain attempt to impress upon us the importance of English as a subject: "The Pen is Mightier than the sword"...

Is that as in a pet name, or as a description? "Bonny" is a scots term for "pretty" - did a large number of Scots happen to migrate there for the steelworks a while back? Kev

You're reading Porno? Give us a shout if you want some translations - I lived in Edinburgh and Leith for 8+ years and picked up a lot of the local dialect during that time. Sorry if this is veering a bit OT (again), but on the subject of dialects, the thread's been talking about...