By Mark Ferrari. Similar to Good Omens by Neil Gaiman ( I think. I never read much of it), but less aware of itself. The book is based more on the biblical book of Job, just set in modern times. It even throws in King Arthur, camelot, and the roundtable knights. What I have read of it is very sweet, and even at times funny. Now, you ask yourse;ves, why is she recommending this book here? well because in trawling through the author's site, I found an FAQ in which he says that Mr. Fforde was an inspiration to him. Try it out. What I have read of this book so far is really excellent.
Here's a link to the site and FAQ. The question is about halfway down.

[markferrari.com]

I will check it out. You MUST read "Good Omens", though. If you like TP or NG.

sadly, I have tried many, many times to read good Omens, and have never, ever, gotten past the first few chapters. Just as I have tried to read TP's stuff, and never goteen through any of it. I did manage to read American Gods and anansi Boys and enjoyed those (american gods more than the other) I skipped to the end of Neverwhere, and didn;t make it through stardust. It's not for lack of trying, though.

Did you every try Job by Heinlein, good, but it's been a while since I read anything by him. Hum seems to be getting a face lift on his books.
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I'll check it out, thanks!

Yay numbers for mentioning The Great Robert!

I was massively into him as a teenager till I read 'Number Of The Beast', I got bored with that one and never went back to him. Maybe time to give him another go.

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Heinlein is interesting. Do not always agree with his ideas though....

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'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

No that is true, some of it is impossible to accept. Still interesting, tho'.

You have confused me, SLIGHTCAP. (Not difficult, I know.)

You are recommending a book because it is like a book you haven't read by two authors you don't like?

I am going out to get a copy right now. You have got me intrigued as well as confused.

Lol. I understand. But, just because I don;t like something, doesn;t mean that I don;t understand that others do like it, and can see similarities in other stuff and recommend new stuff based on the old stuff that I don;t like but others do. Make sense, now? There's a mop in the closet over there to clean up your brain if it exploded.

And, for the record, I liked American Gods.



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Have you tried Wyrd Sisters by Pterry, Sarah? Or Johnny and the /carpet people/ Dead/ bomb?

wyrd sisters, yes. Johnny and the carpet people. no.

I've never heard of "Johnny and the Carpet People". Are you thinking of "Only You Can Save Mankind"?

I've got both versions of "The Carpet People", though. (The rewrite is a lot better than the original.)

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OK. I have decided to try Terry Pratchett one more time. This time, I bought Reaper Man. So far so good.
And I finished the Book of Joby, and it was very, very good.

I recently read "Only You can Save Mankind" and I confess, I was very disappointed. I know it was written for children, but so was The Amazing Maurice… and that doesn't seem to have diminished its quality.

Well... yes. Its not his best... but it was written around the same time as books like Eric, Moving Pictures, Small Gods and Lords and Ladies - just when he was really getting into his stride, IMO. And *I* like it. Possibly because I'm Johnny's age (that is I was born at about the same time Johny was.. ie I was the same age during Gulf War I)

Both versions of the Carpet People? One of those must shirley be worth loadsamoney. I've always wanted to see Terry's artwork.

Incidently, a bit of research on publishing dates turned up this which I haven't spotted before.

Rob

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That statement is either so deep it would take a lifetime to fully comprehend every particle of its meaning, or it is a load of absolute tosh. Which is it, I wonder?
Terry Pratchett, Hogfather

lol, My bad. Too many books, not enough sleep!

Yes the original version of The Carpet People is worth a lot of money.

There are two versions of the Carpet people?
I have an old copy, was the first time I read Terry- must be at least 14 years ago!