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    Cervantes: Don Quixote

    Just to answer the original post - I put Don Quixote in my top ten books (that I have read so far). Mostly on the strength of the first half.
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    Can you recommend a British detective

    Ruth Rendell - Wexford Colin Dexter - Morse Lovesey, Peter - Peter Diamond - I think a little weaker but I have read several anyway.
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    If I Liked Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (Fantasy Newby)

    OK, here are a few: Lttle, Big by Crowley The Last Guardian of Everness/The Mist of Everness by Wright Roger Zelazny: Amber series Roger Zelazny: Creatures of Light and Darkness and if you can find them: Herbert: The God Makers Modesitt: Hammer of Darkness
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    Recommend a very good (semi-)obscure fantasy/sf book

    Books I have enjoyed that are probably out of print: (all of these are fantasy) PC Hodgell: God Stalk Greg Frost: Lyrec Dave Smeds: The Sorcery Within Will Shetterly: Witch Blood Herbert: The God Makers (a non-Dune book) Modesitt: Hammer of Darkness Laura Resnick: In Legend Born (this...
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    P.I. books

    If you like Robert Parker's Spenser: Raymond Chandler was a major influance on Parker: Writers that were influenced by Parker include: Harlan Coben’s Myron Bolitar Robert Crais’s Elvis Cole Dennis Lehane’s Patrick Kenzie (probably the best of the bunch) Janet Evanovich - Stephanie Plum...
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    Invisible Man Novels

    I had one that was based on the TV show of the seventies. I still have Wells book on my shelf. And (unrelated) there is Invisible Man.
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    Genre Fiction: The Great Debate

    "I'd rather see shops just shelving books alphabetically by author" I totally disagree. If I am looking for a scifi book, I do not want to mess around with anything else. Likewise with mystery. If an author wants to transend a genre, there are ways they can. But I would say most do not want...
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    Literature Awards

    What literature award would you say is given to the best literature books? For example I get the feeling that the Pulizer fiction award is a little reactive to public or media opinion even though some very good books have received the award. But I am not really a good judge of that. I ask so I...
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    The Masters of Hard-Boiled Detectives

    I have just read The Lady in the Lake by Chandler (the first book by him I have read). It only took one page for me to realize that he was more than a passing influence on Robert Parker. It does not make me think any less of Parker but gives me a whole set of books to put on my to-read list.
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    Culinary Mysteries

    I actually have read a book of short stories of mysteries that had someting to do with food. There may have even been recipies. One was by Christie. I do not have it handy or I would give you the title.
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    Everything I need to know about the English, I learned from mysteries.

    As far as I can tell, English care little when their relatives get killed. They have a very class oriented society: Is it true that only nobility have a type A personality? Could it be that the entire middle class is bogged down in a humdrum life or is actively cheating on their spose? And...
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    Who are your favorite mystery writers?

    Robert Parker A. Conan Doyle Agatha Christie Ruth Rendell Colin Dexter Earle Stanley Gardner A nice mix.
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    Ayn Rand

    I agree with KristoCat. I came to the same conclusion after less than 100 pages and bailed out because I thought the book was pretty poor.
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    Large book chains vs. small indep.stores-which do you prefer?

    If everyone who said they prefer the small independent actually bought books at the small independent, those small independents would still be open. In my (mid size) city, the small independent book stores are almost history. The small independent hardware, grocery, etc. are not far behind. Even...
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    The Most overrated fiction book ever?

    Thats a popularity poll - actually for "the nation's best loved novel". Not exactly what I meant. I'm a fantasy reader and it (LOTR) is in my top ten of fantasy books. On the other hand I would not call it a great literature novel. (I guess it would come down to exactly what I mean by...
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    The Most overrated fiction book ever?

    I think both Catcher in the Rye and Catch 22 are great reads. Maybe it is a guy thing. The Lord of the Rings is not over rated (it is a ground breaking fantasy - no one says it is top 100 fiction material), maybe over hyped recently (a lot of money was to be made) but it has a 50 year track...
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    What book should be REQUIRED reading for everyone?

    The books that I remember having to read were The Crucible (plays are for watching, not reading), and The Scarlet Letter which was incredibly boring. I was the type that would blow stuff off to the last minute (just plain blow it off) but I ended up doing pretty well in school and read more...
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    What book should be REQUIRED reading for everyone?

    I read as much or more than anyone I know (except people in these forums), but I somehow managed to get through high school without reading a lot of the standards. So I was an adult (in my 30s) when I finally read The Catcher in the Rye. I wish I had read it as a young adult. It may have given...
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    July Discussion -The Diamond Throne by Eddings

    I agree with the escapism description. I agree with everything bad that has been written about the Belgarad and still like it enough to have read more than once over the years. Recently I needed some light escapist reading so I picked up this series (The Elenium?). I made it through the series...
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