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I read a story when I was younger that involved two astronauts falling through space (maybe after their ship exploded?) and communicating through their helmet radios. They slowly drift apart and lose communication until they eventually burn up in the atmosphere. The story closes with a boy on...

A young man from backwoods Kentucky walks into the office of a New York publishing house and plops down several frayed and bulging boxes which contain the manuscript of his first novel, Alms For Oblivion. After some wrangling, the book is accepted and thus begins the meteoric rise and tumultuous...

From what I've gathered during my time on the forum, we're all a bunch of obsessed bibliophiles who spend every possible waking moment with our noses stuffed in a book. How does this affect those you live with? I'm fortunate enough to be married to a fellow bookworm and in fact, we tend to...

Anyone else chompin' at the bit for the big NFL Kickoff tonight? Not a chowderhead by any means but I'm always happy to watch the Raiders get their heads stomped in! Favorite teams? Matchups you're looking forward to this weekend? I'm a Broncos fan, not expecting too much trouble with...

I found a seemingly good stash of his works at a local used bookstore but must admit I am completely unfamiliar with his work. I have heard many people here on the forum recommend him so I was wondering if any of the works listed below are worth picking up. Basically are any of these...

The "best opening line" thread got me thinking about other great passages from novels I have read. Several of my favorites come from A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean. A few examples: In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing. We lived at the junction...

Hey everyone. I just had a question about this book. Unless I'm mistaken, it seems to be out of print (at least in the US) and the only thing I could find on Amazon was this...

Hey everyone, I had my eye on a couple of authors and was just wondering what everyone's opinions were. I've heard rave reviews of the Gormenghast books by Peake and I'm also very curious about the The Book Of The New Sun by Wolfe as well as the Wizard Knight series. Any comments are...