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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Science fiction without social commentary is nothing.The best stuff takes important topics on society, government and human nature, wraps it up in some sort of far future setting - and sometimes a frighteningly plausible near future setting - and shows you no matter how far out things seem, the real problems are ones you're already familiar with.
Sometimes it plumbs the past for its settings. Anyone who is familiar with the French Revolution and counter-revolution will instantly recognize the plot in Paula Volsky's fantasy novel Illusion.
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Felis Concolor, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 2:56,
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