SF/Fantasy:

Tim Powers, The Anubis Gates
Phillip K Dick, [anything]
Neal Stephenson, [anything]
Greg Bear, The Forge of God [anything, really]

Not SF, but really fun:

Carl Hiassen, [anything]
Christopher Moore, The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove
Christopher Buckley, [anything]

On Wed, 26 Jun 2002, Jim Sharkey wrote:

>
> Hello all,
>
> As some of you may know from recent posts I've made, I have a new job.  With that 
>job comes a long commute on the train from Trenton to Newark, then the PATH from 
>Newark to Jersey City.
>
> What I need is some good book recommendations.  One to five books you'd heartily 
>recommend would be good.  They don't have to be great literature or deep and thought 
>provoking, just entertaining reads. (I just finished the Harry Potter books, and 
>truly enjoyed them.  Maybe that makes me a literary Philistine, I dunno. :) )  If 
>they're all of the above, of course, all the better!  :)
>
> Any genre is great; I am partial to SF and Fantasy, but I'll read anything good.
>
> You can send them to me privately, if you prefer and don't want to spam the list.  
>OTOH, maybe your choices will spur some discussion that will be close to...*Jim 
>ponders if it's wise to say this*...on topic?  *Runs from the anger of the mob.*  :)
>
> Thanks all!
> Jim
>
> PS: Brin books are welcome, as I've only read the Uplift books and Kiln People.
>
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