BooksWe love books. Tell us about your favourite books and authors, and why they are so good. And while you're at it - having dined out for years on the time I threw Dan Brown out of a train window - tell us who to avoid.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 5 Jan 2012, 13:40)
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Russian brothers + Science Fiction + imminent peril = utter delight."A Roadside Picnic", a novel by the Russian Strugatsky brothers which was written in the late 70s is my pick. It inspired a wonderful film called Stalker as well as the PC game S.T.A.L.K.E.R and many others (Metro 2033 being one of the more modern examples to bowl people over).
I cannot really do it justice but the book is essentially about a no-man's land called "The Zone" (think Pripyat and the area surrounding Chernobyl after the disaster). mighty, massively advanced aliens used it as a pit stop (though this is left up to the reader's interpretation) and left only debris and detritus.
All I can say is please read this book when you get the chance. It is wonderful.
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Hitler's Barber Soylent Green is high in saturated fat, Fri 6 Jan 2012, 22:33,
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also a fine filmTarkovsky made an excellent film of this called Stalker.
It's actually Boris and Arkady Strugatsky for anyone on the look out for this
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:)I own the film as well - weirdly, my copy is spread over two DVDs so that you have to swap discs in the middle.
God, I gotta read that book again now :)
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Hitler's Barber Soylent Green is high in saturated fat, Fri 6 Jan 2012, 22:43,
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