I am trying to think of the name of a book I read
where the main character is able to create people with his mind into his world (I forget if anyone else ever sees them). He brings back Alexander the Great and Picasso and a security guard and Swampy. Oh and he's gay so he fucks them. Then he meets the real swampy who is going out with his ex and I am making it sound shit but it's pretty good.

If you prefer sci-fi to gay books I suggest Ben Bova as a good author.
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 28 Jul 2010, 12:38, 3 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I read a Ben Bova recently
and I don't think we are ever going to agree on books at this rate. I found it full of stereotypes with a hackneyed plotline.

EDIT: there must be something we can agree on
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 28 Jul 2010, 12:43, Reply)

Hitchhikers?
Pratchett? Brookmyre?
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 28 Jul 2010, 12:50, Reply)

Brookmyre is great

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 28 Jul 2010, 12:51, Reply)

Yay for hitchikers
and Pratchett (in moderation). Not read any Brookmyre, though, doesn't he write for kids?
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 28 Jul 2010, 12:54, Reply)

his books are far too gory to be for kids

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 28 Jul 2010, 12:55, Reply)

I must be thinking of someone else

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 28 Jul 2010, 12:56, Reply)

One of his books is called
Fuck this for a game of soliders
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 28 Jul 2010, 12:56, Reply)

Have you read Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 28 Jul 2010, 12:57, Reply)

I've read the first half 3 times
for various reasons never got to the end
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 28 Jul 2010, 13:02, Reply)

I'm not actually sure that was the one I meant to ask about
the names are so silly and unrelated to the subject matter that I get them confused
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 28 Jul 2010, 13:04, Reply)

I haven't read a snowball in hell yet

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 28 Jul 2010, 13:09, Reply)

I've read A tale etched in blood and hard black pencil
Unsinkable rubber ducks
One fine day in the middle of the night
and another one whose name escapes me
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 28 Jul 2010, 13:25, Reply)

I shall see if there are any of his next time I
go to the library
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 28 Jul 2010, 12:58, Reply)

B D
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 28 Jul 2010, 12:47, Reply)

On a kind of related note
I once read a short story called 'Build Up Logically' where the two main characters struggle for control of the universe by taking over the narrative of the story and using it to do horrible things to each other. There was also a time machine in there too for good measure, no gayness though.
(Zoz prayed for twink on, Wed 28 Jul 2010, 13:00, Reply)

this sounds wicked!
any idea who the author was?
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 28 Jul 2010, 13:04, Reply)

Howard Schoenfeld.
It was in a Penguin sci-fi omnibus.
(Zoz prayed for twink on, Wed 28 Jul 2010, 13:10, Reply)