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Dave Donaghy started reading Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Richard Mayhew is a plain man with a good heart—and an ordinary life that is changed forever on a day …
Dave Donaghy wants to read Excession by Iain M. Banks
Excession by Iain M. Banks
Two and a half millennia ago, the artifact appeared in a remote corner of space, beside a trillion-year-old dying sun …
Dave Donaghy wants to read Loving your doubt by Adrian Ashton
Dave Donaghy finished reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Weirdly, while the themes here are classic and a massive part of our national (and international?) sci-fi and comedy consciousness, I am not actually a fan of the writing here. The story straddles comedy and sci-fi, of course, but as the years go on, I find myself less of a fan of cross-overs there, and I enjoy my sci-fi as plain old sci-fi with no comedy.
And who knows when I actually read it?!
Dave Donaghy finished reading Magician by Raymond E. Feist
Took me a good few times to get into this, but that's true of some of the stuff that now sticks in my mind as the best fantasy I know.
That said, tho, I later tried to get into sequels etc, and really struggles there too - this whole series just didn't stick with me.
With fantasy, I sometimes struggle with character names: maybe cultural variations in readers are just too hard to make this work universally, but I could never take Pug seriously, because of his name. (Relatedly, High Lord Kevin in the Thomas Covenant series suffers similarly.)
Very much guessing when I read this.
Dave Donaghy wants to read The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay
The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay
The Summer Tree is a 1984 novel written by Canadian fantasy author Guy Gavriel Kay and the first book of …
Dave Donaghy wants to read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Roberty M. Pirsig, Robert Pirsig, Robert M. Pirsig
"The real cycle you're working on is a cycle called 'yourself.'"One of the most important and influential books of the …
Dave Donaghy finished reading The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks
The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks, Paul Boehmer
For Durzo Blint, assassination is an art. And he is the city's most accomplished artist, his talents required from alleyway …
Dave Donaghy rated The Black Prism: 4 stars
The Black Prism by Brent Weeks
Gavin Guile is the Prism, the most powerful man in the world. He is high priest and emperor, a man …
Dave Donaghy finished reading The Black Prism by Brent Weeks
The Black Prism by Brent Weeks
Gavin Guile is the Prism, the most powerful man in the world. He is high priest and emperor, a man …
Dave Donaghy finished reading The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
The Eye of the World is a fantasy novel by American writer Robert Jordan, the first book of The Wheel …
Dave Donaghy wants to read Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames
Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames
"Clay Cooper and his band were once the best of the best -- the meanest, dirtiest, most feared crew of …
Dave Donaghy wants to read Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Recommendation from @hengymrohebwlad@mstdn.social.