| Nicholas ( @ 2005-10-21 08:37:00 |
| Entry tags: | library thing |
My Library Thing recommendations
1. Declare : A Novel by Tim Powers -
I like the author, and will look out for this.
2. The Kif Strike Back by C.J. Cherryh -
I have been underimpressed by the author's other books.
3. Expiration Date : A Novel by Tim Powers -
4. Heir of Sea and Fire by Patricia A. McKillip -
Have never tried this author, but maybe it's time I did.
5. Chanur's Venture by C.J. Cherryh -
6. Grass by Sheri S. Tepper -
I have read and enjoyed this book though for some reason it's not in my Library Thing catalogue.
7. The Pride of Chanur by C. J. Cherryh -
8. Harpist in the wind by Patricia A. McKillip -
9. The Sky Road by Ken MacLeod -
10. Life, the universe, and everything by Douglas Adams -
11. Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress -
I've read part of this book, and will look out for the full version.
12. The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy by Douglas Adams -
13. China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh -
14. The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson -
15. Camber the Heretic by Katherine Kurtz -
16. The tough guide to fantasyland by Diana Wynne Jones -
17. Diaspora by Greg Egan -
18. The Illearth War by Stephen R. Donaldson -
I have read this book but wasn't really overwhelmed.
19. Dragonquest by Anne Mccaffrey -
20. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams -
21. Lord Foul's Bane by Stephen R. Donaldson -
22. The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers -
23. Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds -
24. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams -
25. Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks -
26. The Telling by Ursula K. Le Guin -
27. Camber of Culdi by Katherine Kurtz -
28. Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers -
29. Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke -
30. The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper - 
31. The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip - 
32. Little, Big by John Crowley - 
33. White Gold Wielder by Stephen R. Donaldson -
34. The book of night with moon by Diane Duane - 
35. Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey -
36. Saint Camber by Katherine Kurtz - ![]()
37. Parable of the sower by Octavia E. Butler - ![]()
38. The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett - ![]()
39. Deryni checkmate by Katherine Kurtz - ![]()
40. Deryni rising by Katherine Kurtz - ![]()
41. Jingo by Terry Pratchett -
42. All the Weyrs of Pern by Anne McCaffrey - ![]()
43. The white dragon by Anne McCaffrey -
44. A swiftly tilting planet by Madeleine L'Engle -
45. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams -
46. Silver on the tree by Susan Cooper - 
47. The One Tree by Stephen R. Donaldson -
48. The hero and the crown by Robin McKinley - 
49. The amber spyglass by Philip Pullman - 
50. Soul Music by Terry Pratchett - ![]()
51. The last unicorn by Peter S. Beagle - 
52. Hogfather by Terry Pratchett - ![]()
53. Zodiac by Neal Stephenson - 
54. The Power that Preserves by Stephen R. Donaldson -
55. 2061: Odyssey Three by Arthur C. Clarke - ![]()
56. The lathe of heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin - 
57. The grey king by Susan Cooper - 
58. Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers - 
59. The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett - ![]()
60. Over sea, under stone by Susan Cooper - 
61. Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams -
62. The man in the high castle by Philip K. Dick - 
63. Dune messiah by Frank Herbert -
64. Greenwitch by Susan Cooper - 
65. Pyramids by Terry Pratchett - ![]()
66. The illustrated man by Ray Bradbury - 
67. Pawn of prophecy by David Eddings -
68. Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett - 
69. The Illuminatus! trilogy by Robert Shea - 
70. Maskerade by Terry Pratchett - ![]()
71. The fellowship of the ring by J. R. R. Tolkien - 
72. Going Postal by Terry Pratchett - ![]()
73. Dragonsinger by Anne McCaffrey - ![]()
74. Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett - ![]()
75. The name of the rose by Umberto Eco - 
76. Robots and Empire by Isaac Asimov -
77. Dandelion wine, a novel by Ray Bradbury - ![]()
78. Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey - ![]()
79. Programming Perl by Larry Wall -
it's most unlikely that I'll ever want or need to read this
80. A Brief History of Time by Stephen W. Hawking - 
81. A wind in the door by Madeleine L'Engle - 
82. Queen of Sorcery by David Eddings -
83. Watership Down by Richard Adams - 
84. The eye of the world by Robert Jordan - 
85. Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett - ![]()
86. The moon is a harsh mistress by Robert A. Heinlein - 
87. Xenocide by Orson Scott Card -
I've been advised not to bother with his novels after "Speaker for the Dead"
88. Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian - 
89. The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien - 
90. Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein - 
91. Sourcery by Terry Pratchett - 
92. The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien - 
93. The golden compass by Philip Pullman - 
94. Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone by J. K. Rowling - 
95. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke - 
Not a bad strike rate. I should get rid of books I own but don't actually like, that would certainly improve the strike rate of the recommendations!
[Edited to add: I discovered that I'd left one shelf uncatalogued - and four of these books were on it!]