Fifty pages in and it's so different than I expected it to be. Loving it!

"Dark…" were my favorite books as a kid, and now my boss at the bookstore is an older lady named Susan Cooper. Luckily, I like her or that would be a weird "worlds collide" moment.

Well, aren't you a fancy little owl!

I can, and I appreciate the recommendations, it's always daunting just jumping in when there's so much material.

Okay, that makes sense. I don't remember Pratchett's name on the little mass market paperback, maybe he got shorter shrift, or I just missed it.

Dammit! You're my favorite little diversion! Thank you for everything, you magnificent bastard.

Wait, I read "Good Omens" and thought it was by Neil Gaiman. Am I remembering this wrong or are we talking about two different books?

I was thinking that exactly!

As someone who works in a used bookstore you would not believe how prolific Wells was! We see his nonfiction and period romances in practically every buy we do, he must have written north of a hundred books.

Thanks, appreciated!

I'm not much of a SciFi/Fantasy reader but I do love Douglas Adams, who Pratchett seems to be compared to most; what's a good starting point or highlight(s) of his work?

I finished "Atlas" just to be able to better debate Shruggalos and it was the worst, most turgid writing I've ever had to deal with. You did the correct thing.

He's one of those writers who are slow going, but so good in reflection, if that makes sense. I read "Rainbow" and "Women in Love" back to back about a year ago, and there's still parts that sneak up and haunt me.

But has the interloper's mother received her sympathy letter from RTJ yet? We'll need an update.

Time, or start drinking again. Only real cures.

"Lamb" by Christopher Moore, "Hitchhiker's Guide…" by Adams, and "Good Omens" by Gaiman. For weightier themes "Slaughterhouse Five" and "Breakfast of Champions" by Vonnegut.

I'm reading "The Annotated Boris" by Reverend Norb, which is exactly what it sounds like: every song by Boris the Sprinkler, annotated. If you know what I'm talking about you understand, if not, I'm not entirely sure it's worth explaining. 😄 Also starting "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by McCullers which I'm very…

He's the only one I see keeping the old school Friars thing alive, when they were super mean lifetime achievement awards.

The latter with a rusty kitana, hopefully.

Goddam. That is epically mean! That's why it's idiotic to police this shit. It's the Dozens, saying the worst shit possible is part of the game, hell, Gottfried made a 9/11 joke in NY a week or two after it happened.