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TalkingOctopus:
Johnathan Strange and Mr. Norrell is a very long read and much different than DaVinci Code. I think the first 2 reviews on amazon are pretty accurate so read them before picking it up.
--- Quote ---This book is hard to describe. In terms of genre, it is both fantasy and well-researched historical fiction, which makes it a rather rare bird. The writing style falls somewhere between Austen and Gaiman and Dickens. The plot is somewhat rambling and disjoint, forsaking the standard quest narratives; in some ways it is a fantastic history of England, in some ways a tale of rescue
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Unlike most of the better modern fantasy, this book is not a page-turner, and I mean that as a compliment; rather, it is a book to savor. Not that the plot isn't engaging - it is - but I frequently found myself comparing how many pages I'd read to how many I had left, deciding that I was burning through the book too quickly, and setting it down while I turned the passages I'd just read over in my head.
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Vernor Vinge is one of my favorite authors. "A Deepness in the Sky" and "A Fire Upon The Deep" are great books!
RecycledPast:
I can't believe no one has mentioned Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.
shmokes:
Orson Scott Card is a mormon who went to school not far from where I live. It's really weird cos if you read his books in the series, especially starting with Speaker for the Dead, but continuing up through Ender's Shadow, you would swear the guy is an atheist. But I've listened to him in interviews and he still claims to be devout.
ErikRuud:
Orson Scott Card is awsome. I don't think I have ever been disappointed in any of his books.
Apollo:
At the moment I am reading
"A short history of Nearly Everything" Author Bill Bryson published by Black Swan
"The Natural History of the Rich, a Field Guide" Author Richard Conniff published by Arrow Books
"The Victorians" Author A.N.Wilson published by Arrow Books
I highly recommend all three, they are excellent.