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Top Ten Fiction - General |
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19/06/08 (136 review reads) |
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TOP TEN BOOKS.
OK I am a bookworm.
I enjoy reading and have done for many, many years.
Listed below are the first 10 books that came to mind and so are most memorable to me.
The blurb on them came straight off the top of my head, enjoy.
1. HOTHOUSE
Author - Brian Aldiss
A wonderful romp in the VERY distant future where humans are 1 foot tall and kilometre sized spiders spin webs between the Earth and the Moon. The plant life is terrifying and enjoys human flesh, to survive here takes nerve and a keen eye. A novel that is sometimes dark but always inventive.
This is a book you WILL read again.
My rating - 10/10
2. SENTENCED TO PRISM
Author - Alan Dean Foster.
In the not to distant future, giant corporations hunt for virgin worlds to exploit. Keeping any planets they find secret for as long as they can so as to gain an advantage once the opposition moves in also to exploit the planet. Prism, where life is silicon based, has lost communication with a secret station placed there. A problem sorter is sent in but what he finds and what happens to him are incredible to read. The imagination of Foster is superb and this is a brilliant book.
This is a book you WILL ALSO read again.
My rating - 10/10
3. THE HOBBIT
Author - J.R.R.Tolkien.
In a hole in the ground..............
Surely everyone knows this story?
A wizard, A Hobbit, Bilbo and 11 Dwarves go treasure hunting. Along the way they will battle Ogres, Wood Elves, Huge spiders, Dragons and a few humans. This is a simply well written and eternal book.
Sorry for being repetitive but his is a book you WILL ALSO read again.
My rating - 10/10
4. WEAVEWORLD
Author - Clive Barker.
The novel starts in Liverpool and involves wizardry, hidden worlds and evil spirits. The carpet is the secret path to the Fugue, a hidden world peopled by the 'Seerkind', who being hunted by an evil presence named Shadwell. It is a large novel which will hold you spell bound, no pun intended.
A superb page turner, you will be unable to put down.
My rating - 9/10
5. CELL
Author - Stephen King.
Sci-Fi meets the zombie genre. Excellent story and King at his best. A virus gets into the phone systems throughout the world and enters the human brain upon answering your phone.
This novel reminded me a little of Quatermass and ringstone round.
A great novel and you will enjoy this book.
My rating - 9/10
6. THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS
Author - John Wyndham
I wonder, should a meteor storm light up the night skies, how many people would avoid watching it after reading this book. The meteor shower ends up burning out peoples eyes, permanently, rendering nearly all the human are blind. At the same time triffids have been being farmed for their oils, triffids are walking plants that can kill whith their stingers.
Once the Triffids escape, the humans become hunted, slayed and eaten.
A classic apocalyptic novel.
My rating - 9/10
7. FEET OF CLAY
Author - Terry Pratchett.
A series of mysterious deaths comes to the attention of Commander Vimes who with the help of the 'watch' is trolls and Dwarfs sets out to solve these peculiar deaths. Enter a strange Golum who has begun to think independently, throw into this the exotic backdrop of Ankh-Morpok and the threat of civil unrest and this is my favourite pratchett story of all. Coming a close second is 'Going Postal'
An excellent page turner.
My rating - 9/10
8. MID FLINX
Author - Alan Dean Foster
This book is one of a series starring Flinx and his pet mini dragon, pip. This novel finds them running from the bad guys on a planet with carnivorous plants and evil alien race called the 'Ann'.
It's basically an enjoyable adventure through wonderfully thoughtout landscapes whilst trying to avoid being eaten by the local flaura and fauna.
An enjoyable read that might enspire you to read more Alan Dean Foster.
Rating 9/10
9. THE GREEN BRAIN
Author - Frank Herbert
Set in the not to distant future mankind has successfully managed to poison mother earth. From atomic bomb testing, pollution spills and attempting to kill off insects, the human race know faces payback time.
The insects have learned to work together but who or what is directing them?
Rating 9/10
10. FORREST GUMP
Author - Winston Groom
Well what can I say about Forrest? Simply brilliant book. His adventures in the book are slightly different than the film but non the less hilarious and beautifully written.
Rating 8/10
Greg.
Summary: You will enjoy them.
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