[Vision2020] Summer Reading

Andreas Schou ophite at gmail.com
Wed May 17 07:44:00 PDT 2006


On 5/16/06, Joan Opyr <joanopyr at moscow.com> wrote:
> On May 16, 2006, at 3:48 PM, Andreas Schou wrote:
>
> > Currently, I'm reading _A Brief History of the Dead_, and looking
> > forward to _Anansi Boys_. I also plan on re-reading _House of Leaves_,
> > when I get a chance.
> >
> > But my non-fiction docket is almost completely empty. Anyone have a
> > suggestion?
> >
> > -- ACS
>
> In nonfiction (well, sort of) I'm reading The Gospel of Judas.  In
> fiction, I'm reading Sarah Waters' new book, The Night Watch.  I'll be
> catching up on my Terry Pratchett this summer.  I began my
> Pratchett-ing with Thud! and have been working my way backwards through
> his novels.  I've read The Fifth Elephant, Jingo, Monstrous Regiment,
> Feet of Clay, and I'm now all the way back to the beginning with
> Guards, Guards!  (If you don't read Terry Pratchett, you don't know
> what you're missing.  The man is a comic genius.  He's also quite
> prolific.  Melynda read somewhere that he accounts for 5% of the UK's
> total book sales.)

By far, his best book is _Good Omens_, written with Neil Gaiman. Have
you read it?

-- ACS



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