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Old 3rd-July-2004, 10:26 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Re: Guilty Reading Pleasures

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Originally Posted by philsmove
The Gormengast Trilogy by Mervyn Peake
or Glory Road by Robert Heinlein
The fist rings a bell, the second I'm sure I've read some of his... obviously made an impact
I'll need to check my library, but 90% is packed in boxes while I'm building a study to house them

Terry Pratchett was very good for the first 8-9 books, but it all started to get a bit predictable. I have found that authors tend to produce exclent first books, good follow-ups but you can tell when the publishing house has said "we want another one...by then" - just looses some polish and dosn't feel as "rounded" as previous novels. Robbin Hobb, Craig Shaw Gardener, David Eddings, JK Rowling, ... add to the list.
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