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I just found out that John Le Carre's son, Nick Harkaway wrote a good sci-fi book-The Gone Away World. It would be good to have a forum to alert other readers of books like this one.
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Thanks for the suggestion. Is this a forum other readers would like to see too?
Jul 12, 2009 4:43 pm
by MaggieH (admin) -
I have a second item. Drood by Dan Simmons has Wilkie Collins (who wrote Woman in White, etc...) as a character in the novel and for all the fans of his on this site I thought I should mention it. In real life Dickens and Collins worked together on some projects, so a nice blurring of lines of the possible.
by dreamdust -
In The Age of Wonder-How the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science by Richard Holmes in Chapter 7 there is a remarkable account of Francis Burney's breast cancer operation WITHOUT anaesthetic. She lived 20 more years after that. Since she is on this site as a writer, I thought others would be interested.
by dreamdust -
Herstory Women Who Changed the World edited by Ruth Ashby and Deborah Gore Ohrn-introduction by Gloria Steinem. If you don't know the first country in the world that gave women the right to vote, you need to read this book. 1893-New Zealand and that is just the first of many things you will find that we all should be more aware of nowadays. A truly fascinating book-enjoy!
by dreamdust -
A celebration of 50 years of To Kill A Mockingbird, there is a book, Scout, Atticus & Boo by Mary McDonagh Murphy that is a must for fans. This is one you might want to preview on your site.
by dreamdust -
Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker's War by Leo Marks is a wonderful memoir of WWII. His poem was used by Chelsea Clinton at her wedding. His poems were used as codes in the war. His memoir is as entertaining, as it is informative.
by dreamdust -
A Secret Gift-How one man's kindness-and a trove of letters-revealed the hidden history of the Great Depression by Ted Gup. I stumbled across this book and it is a keeper.
by dreamdust -
Madame Tussaud, a novel of the French Revolution by Michelle Moran. I got this book for my summer read and it was so good I finished today. An easy read that you can not put down, plus you learn so much. It is a little unnerving that some of the themes in politics that were prevalent then are still with us, but perhaps that says more about human nature.
by dreamdust -
3 books: Incognito; the secret lives of the brain by David M. Eagleton-truly fascinating! 33 Revolutions per minute by Dorian Lynsky if you enjoy music and finally American Eden by Wade Graham for an unexpected history of gardens.
by dreamdust