This book changed my lifeThe Goat writes, "Some books have made a huge impact on my life." It's true. It wasn't until the b3ta mods read the Flashman novels that we changed from mild-mannered computer operators into heavily-whiskered copulators, poltroons and all round bastards in a well-known cavalry regiment.
What books have changed the way you think, the way you live, or just gave you a rollicking good time?
Friendly hint: A bit of background rather than just a bunch of book titles would make your stories more readable
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chthonic, Thu 15 May 2008, 15:11)
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(wince) I'm not with you there alas.Rama Returns is the only book that I've read once and then just got rid of.*
Rendevous I thought was wonderful, and an excellent example of decent Sci-Fi. Characterisation a little weak but the background and concepts are excellent. As with many of Clarke's novels it's a lot more Sci than Fi.
Rama Returns, written by Gentry Lee with A.C.Clarke stamped on the cover..
Awful, utter utter tripe from nose to tail. Poorly thought out, badly realised and with some horrible bits of "ooh that would _so_ cool" schoolboy rubbish tossed in because whoever did the editing was just phoning it in.
I refer you to the amazon entry on this piece of trash.
*Left it on a shelf at work with a sticker saying "Didn't enjoy this. Free to good home" It vanished, reappeared a week later with "nor did I" written on the sticker.
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DukeEuphoria Comes highly reccomended, Fri 16 May 2008, 17:31,
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