Guy's bookshelf: all en-US Mon, 01 Jul 2024 04:37:23 -0700 60 Guy's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg And Then There Were None 181133 317 page edition

First, there were ten—a curious assortment of strangers summoned as weekend guests to a little private island off the coast of Devon. Their host, an eccentric millionaire unknown to all of them, is nowhere to be found. All that the guests have in common is a wicked past they're unwilling to reveal—and a secret that will seal their fate. For each has been marked for murder. A famous nursery rhyme is framed and hung in every room of the mansion:

"Ten little boys went out to dine; One choked his little self and then there were nine. Nine little boys sat up very late; One overslept himself and then there were eight. Eight little boys traveling in Devon; One said he'd stay there then there were seven. Seven little boys chopping up sticks; One chopped himself in half and then there were six. Six little boys playing with a hive; A bumblebee stung one and then there were five. Five little boys going in for law; One got in Chancery and then there were four. Four little boys going out to sea; A red herring swallowed one and then there were three. Three little boys walking in the zoo; A big bear hugged one and then there were two. Two little boys sitting in the sun; One got frizzled up and then there was one. One little boy left all alone; He went out and hanged himself and then there were none."

When they realize that murders are occurring as described in the rhyme, terror mounts. One by one they fall prey. Before the weekend is out, there will be none. Who has choreographed this dastardly scheme? And who will be left to tell the tale? Only the dead are above suspicion.]]> 250 Agatha Christie Guy 4 crime 4.31 1939 And Then There Were None
author: Agatha Christie
name: Guy
average rating: 4.31
book published: 1939
rating: 4
read at: 2011/02/07
date added: 2024/07/01
shelves: crime
review:
One of the bestselling books of all time (at around 100 million sales worldwide). Not that sales frequently point to quality. In this case I'm happy to say they do. Is it Christie's best book? No, not for me, but then it's grim and unforgiving (forget the play or movie adaptations this is a far bleaker affair) and Christie's wit is so sharp it's a shame to have it so absent. It's a hell of a read though and a book whose importance and influence in both the crime and horror genres cannot be understated.
]]> Planet Hulk 1582494 384 Greg Pak 1905239661 Guy 4 graphic-novels 4.27 Planet Hulk
author: Greg Pak
name: Guy
average rating: 4.27
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rating: 4
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date added: 2019/03/25
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]]> <![CDATA[Stardust: Being a Romance within the Realms of Faerie]]> 128946 Alternate cover edition can be found here

Young Tristran Thorn will do anything to win the cold heart of beautiful Victoria—even fetch her the star they watch fall from the night sky. But to do so, he must enter the unexplored lands on the other side of the ancient wall that gives their tiny village its name. Beyond that old stone wall, Tristran learns, lies Faerie—where nothing not even a fallen star, is what he imagined.]]> 212 Neil Gaiman 156389470X Guy 5 4.30 1999 Stardust: Being a Romance within the Realms of Faerie
author: Neil Gaiman
name: Guy
average rating: 4.30
book published: 1999
rating: 5
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date added: 2018/09/04
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]]> <![CDATA[The Casebook of Carnacki the Ghost Finder]]> 1815662 191 William Hope Hodgson 1840225297 Guy 4 horror 3.65 1913 The Casebook of Carnacki the Ghost Finder
author: William Hope Hodgson
name: Guy
average rating: 3.65
book published: 1913
rating: 4
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date added: 2015/01/19
shelves: horror
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]]> Hellblazer: London Streets 1555408 Includes Hellblazer chapters writtn by Delano, Azzarello, Gaiman, Ennis and Ellis.]]> 140 Jamie Delano 3937102272 Guy 4 graphic-novels 4.11 2005 Hellblazer: London Streets
author: Jamie Delano
name: Guy
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2005
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 2014/08/12
shelves: graphic-novels
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]]> <![CDATA[Advanced Banter: The Qi Book of Quotations.]]> 6929498 304 John Lloyd 0571233732 Guy 4 3.71 2008 Advanced Banter: The Qi Book of Quotations.
author: John Lloyd
name: Guy
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2008
rating: 4
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date added: 2013/07/23
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]]> <![CDATA[English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema]]> 6130372 272 Jonathan Rigby 1905287097 Guy 5 4.50 1999 English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema
author: Jonathan Rigby
name: Guy
average rating: 4.50
book published: 1999
rating: 5
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date added: 2012/10/26
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]]> <![CDATA[Dark Hollow (Charlie Parker, #2)]]> 905561 489 John Connolly 0340729007 Guy 4 crime 4.12 2000 Dark Hollow (Charlie Parker, #2)
author: John Connolly
name: Guy
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2000
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 2012/01/29
shelves: crime
review:

]]> <![CDATA[White Corridor (Peculiar Crimes Unit #5)]]> 2493011 340 Christopher Fowler 055358832X Guy 5 crime 3.93 2007 White Corridor (Peculiar Crimes Unit #5)
author: Christopher Fowler
name: Guy
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2007
rating: 5
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date added: 2012/01/29
shelves: crime
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]]> The Intruders 2839817
Taut, menacing, sinister, gripping, intelligent, action-packed � everything you could want from a thriller.
When ex-LAPD patrol cop Jack Whalen’s wife goes missing on a routine business trip to Seattle, his world is shaken.

Meanwhile, a ten-year-old girl vanishes from a beach in Oregon after an encounter with a sinister stranger � but it gradually becomes clear that she’s very far from defenceless.

Searching for answers in the shadowy secrets of a past that still haunts him, Jack discovers that the truth has roots deeper and darker than he ever feared.]]> 488 Michael Marshall 0007210035 Guy 4 crime 3.50 2007 The Intruders
author: Michael Marshall
name: Guy
average rating: 3.50
book published: 2007
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 2011/10/29
shelves: crime
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]]> <![CDATA[The Amazing Spider-Man: Red-Headed Stranger]]> 7961277 The Chamelion returns with a terrifying new mission that has Mayor J. Jonah Jameson squarely in his sights! Meanwhile, the Anti-Spider Squad narrows its dragnet around the Wall-Crawler, and Peter Parker gets a brand-new job - will it bring him closer to the newly-returned Mary Jane, or push her further away?

Collects Amazing Spider-Man #602-605.

]]> 144 Fred Van Lente 0785138692 Guy 3 graphic-novels 3.60 2009 The Amazing Spider-Man: Red-Headed Stranger
author: Fred Van Lente
name: Guy
average rating: 3.60
book published: 2009
rating: 3
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date added: 2011/08/23
shelves: graphic-novels
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]]> Memoirs of a Master Forger 3949458 320 William Heaney 0575082976 Guy 5 3.69 2001 Memoirs of a Master Forger
author: William Heaney
name: Guy
average rating: 3.69
book published: 2001
rating: 5
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date added: 2011/08/22
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]]> <![CDATA[The Meaning of Liff (Meaning of Liff, #1)]]> 64119 191 Douglas Adams 0330281216 Guy 5 3.96 1983 The Meaning of Liff (Meaning of Liff, #1)
author: Douglas Adams
name: Guy
average rating: 3.96
book published: 1983
rating: 5
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date added: 2011/07/20
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]]> The QI Book of the Dead 6929497
As the authors themselves say, "The first thing that strikes you about the dead is just how many of them there are." Helpfully, Lloyd and Mitchinson have employed a simple - but ruthless - criterion for inclusion: The dead person has to be interesting.

Here, then, is a dictionary of the dead, an encyclopedia of the embalmed. Ludicrous in scope, whimsical in its arrangement, this wildly entertaining tome presents pity and provocative biographies of the no-longer-living from the famous to the undeservedly and - until now - permanently obscure. Spades in hand, Lloyd and Mitchinson have dug up everything embarrassing, fascinating, and downright weird about their subjects' lives and added their own uniquely irreverent observations.

Organized by capricious categories - such as dead people who died virgins, who kept pet monkeys, who lost limbs, whose corpses refused to stay put - the dearly departed, from the inventor of the stove to a cross-dressing, bear-baiting female gangster, finally receive the epitaphs they truly deserve.

Discover:
- Why Freud had a lifelong fear of trains
- The one thing that really made Isaac Newton laugh
- How Catherine the Great really died (no horse was involved)

Much like the country doctor who cured smallpox (he's in here), Lloyd and Mitchinson have the perfect antidote for anyone out there dying of boredom. The Book of the Dead - like life itself - is hilarious, tragic, bizarre, and amazing. You may never pass a graveyard again without chuckling.]]> 448 John Lloyd 0571244904 Guy 3 3.97 2015 The QI Book of the Dead
author: John Lloyd
name: Guy
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2015
rating: 3
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date added: 2011/06/21
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]]> Gone South 11549
As Dan heads down into the swampland in search of his own salvation, he meets a young woman who is on a similar journey. Like Dan, Arden Halliday bears a great burden--a disfiguring purple birthmark that blankets half her face. Wounded by the stares, by the pity and revulsion, she is making her way into the bayous to search of the Bright Girl--a legendary faith healer who will rid her of her birthmark and her suffering. Though on separate missions, Arden and Dan come to respect each other's quest for freedom, for a touch of simple kindness in a world grown cruel. Thrown together by circumstance, bound by a loyalty stranger than love, they set off on a journey of relentless suspense and impassioned discovery...an odyssey over dark, twisting road and waterways into the beautiful and mysterious depths of the human heart.]]> 400 Robert McCammon 0671743074 Guy 4 crime 3.95 1992 Gone South
author: Robert McCammon
name: Guy
average rating: 3.95
book published: 1992
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 2011/06/16
shelves: crime
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]]> Doctor Who: Autonomy 6083007 243 Daniel Blythe 1846077591 Guy 3 3.84 2009 Doctor Who: Autonomy
author: Daniel Blythe
name: Guy
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2009
rating: 3
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date added: 2011/04/03
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]]> <![CDATA[In the Country of Tattooed Men]]> 780656 224 Garry Kilworth 0586214984 Guy 5 4.67 2011 In the Country of Tattooed Men
author: Garry Kilworth
name: Guy
average rating: 4.67
book published: 2011
rating: 5
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date added: 2011/03/31
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]]> <![CDATA[Doctor Who: War of the Daleks (Eighth Doctor Adventures, #5)]]> 71392
When another ship approaches and takes the Quetzel by force, the Doctor discovers that he and Sam are not the only unwitting travellers on board - there is a strangely familiar survival pod in the hold. Delani, the captain of the second ship, orders the pod to be opened. The Doctor is powerless to intervene as Davros is awakened once again.

But this is no out-and-out rescue of Davros. Delani and his crew are Thals, the sworn enemies of the Daleks. They intend to use Davros as a means to wipe out the Daleks, finally ridding the universe of the most aggressive, deadly race ever to exist. But the Doctor is still worried. For there is a signal beacon inside the pod, and even now a Dalek ship is closing in...]]> 288 John Peel 0563405732 Guy 1 3.18 1998 Doctor Who: War of the Daleks (Eighth Doctor Adventures, #5)
author: John Peel
name: Guy
average rating: 3.18
book published: 1998
rating: 1
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date added: 2011/03/29
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]]> Doctor Who: Apollo 23 10155346 258 Justin Richards Guy 3 3.88 2010 Doctor Who: Apollo 23
author: Justin Richards
name: Guy
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2010
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Doctor Who: Genocide (Eighth Doctor Adventures, #4)]]> 71391 288 Paul Leonard 0563405724 Guy 3 3.35 1998 Doctor Who: Genocide (Eighth Doctor Adventures, #4)
author: Paul Leonard
name: Guy
average rating: 3.35
book published: 1998
rating: 3
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]]> Let the Right One In 5181655 An alternate cover edition can be found here.
and here.

Twelve-year-old Oskar is an outsider; bullied at school, dreaming about his absentee father, bored with life on a dreary housing estate. One evening he meets the mysterious Eli. As a romance blossoms between them, Oskar discovers Eli's dark secret - she is a 200-year-old vampire, forever frozen in childhood, and condemned to live on a diet of fresh blood.

Now a major feature film, Let the Right One In is a disturbing and brilliant reworking of the vampire legend, and a deeply moving fable about rejection, friendship and loyalty.]]> 521 John Ajvide Lindqvist 1847248489 Guy 4 4.07 2004 Let the Right One In
author: John Ajvide Lindqvist
name: Guy
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2004
rating: 4
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date added: 2011/03/29
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]]> <![CDATA[Caught Stealing (Hank Thompson, #1)]]> 21278
It begins when Hank’s neighbor, Russ, has to leave town in a rush and hands over Bud in a carrier. But it isn’t until two Russians in tracksuits drag Hank over the bar at the joint where he works and beat him to a pulp that he starts to get the idea: Someone wants something from him. He just doesn’t know what it is, where it is, or how to make them understand he doesn’t have it.

Within twenty-four hours Hank is running over rooftops, swinging his old aluminum bat for the sweet spot of a guy’s head, playing hide and seek with the NYPD, riding the subway with a dead man at his side, and counting a whole lot of cash on a concrete floor.

All because of two cowboys, two Russian mafia men, and some of the weirdest goons ever assembled in one place. All because of Bud. All because once, in another life, in another world, the only thing Hank wanted was to take third base—without getting caught.]]> 240 Charlie Huston 0345464788 Guy 4 crime 4.05 2004 Caught Stealing (Hank Thompson, #1)
author: Charlie Huston
name: Guy
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2004
rating: 4
read at: 2011/02/18
date added: 2011/02/19
shelves: crime
review:
Charlie Huston's first novel and a clear example of his modern pulp style. Take your central character and then have their life grow worse page by page, if the reader smiles reluctantly while it's happening you have yourself a pulp winner.
]]> Crooked House 1100976 302 Agatha Christie 0007136862 Guy 4 crime 4.00 1949 Crooked House
author: Agatha Christie
name: Guy
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1949
rating: 4
read at: 2011/02/17
date added: 2011/02/19
shelves: crime
review:
Christie back on form with this tight novel of a family rubbing against one another in a bizarre old house. Balances Christie's two great skills: wit and a sense of the grotesque. Excellent stuff.
]]> <![CDATA[The Amazing Spider-Man: The Gauntlet, Vol. 1: Electro & Sandman]]> 7952224 168 Dan Slott 0785138714 Guy 3 graphic-novels 3.50 2010 The Amazing Spider-Man: The Gauntlet, Vol. 1: Electro & Sandman
author: Dan Slott
name: Guy
average rating: 3.50
book published: 2010
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 2011/02/16
shelves: graphic-novels
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #6)]]> 816129 295 Agatha Christie 0007234384 Guy 3 crime 3.76 1928 The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #6)
author: Agatha Christie
name: Guy
average rating: 3.76
book published: 1928
rating: 3
read at: 2011/02/16
date added: 2011/02/16
shelves: crime
review:
A book Christie wrote during a troubled period, her first husband's indiscretions painfully fresh. For all that it's not half bad, not perfect Christie but not an example of her just going the motions either. Some nice ideas and character interaction keep the pages turning.
]]> <![CDATA[Poirot Investigates (Hercule Poirot, #3)]]> 2075695 298 Agatha Christie 0007265204 Guy 3 crime 3.72 1924 Poirot Investigates (Hercule Poirot, #3)
author: Agatha Christie
name: Guy
average rating: 3.72
book published: 1924
rating: 3
read at: 2011/02/13
date added: 2011/02/15
shelves: crime
review:
Selection of short stories. Christie's shorts are often a little disposable. Good, but nothing that gets you really excited. That's the case here, all very jolly but takeaway pizza rather than a three-course bistro meal.
]]> <![CDATA[The Big Four (Hercule Poirot, #5)]]> 16316
Librarian's note #1: the concept of The Big Four first appeared as weekly short stories very loosely connected in 'The Sketch' in 1924. The 12 original stories were: 1) The Unexpected Guest, 2) The Adventure of the Dartmoor Bungalow, 3) The Lady on the Stairs, 4) The Radium Thieves, 5) In the House of the Enemy, 6) The Yellow Jasmine Mystery, 7) The Chess Problem, 8) The Baited Trap, 9) The Adventure of the Peroxide Blond, 10) The Terrible Catastrophe, 11) The Dying Chinaman, and 12) The Crag in the Dolomites. For her 1927 novel, Christie enhanced the linkages between the stories and shuffled them somewhat.

Librarian's note: the first fifteen novels in the Hercule Poirot series are 1) The Mysterious Affair at Styles, 1920; 2) The Murder on the Links, 1923; 3) The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, 1926; 4) The Big Four, 1927; 5) The Mystery of the Blue Train, 1928; 6) Peril at End House, 1932; 7) Lord Edgware Dies, 1933; 8) Murder on the Orient Express, 1934; 9) Three Act Tragedy, 1935; 10) Death in the Clouds, 1935; 11) The A.B.C. Murders, 1936; 12) Murder in Mesopotamia, 1936; 13) Cards on the Table, 1936; 14) Dumb Witness, 1937; and 15) Death on the Nile, 1937. These are just the novels; Poirot also appears in this period in a play, Black Coffee, 1930, and two collections of short stories, Poirot Investigates, 1924, and Murder in the Mews, 1937. Each novel, play and short story has its own entry on Ĺ·±¦ÓéŔÖ.]]> 272 Agatha Christie 0007120818 Guy 2 crime 3.54 1927 The Big Four (Hercule Poirot, #5)
author: Agatha Christie
name: Guy
average rating: 3.54
book published: 1927
rating: 2
read at: 2011/02/11
date added: 2011/02/15
shelves: crime
review:
And the Christie run continues... A novel rehashed from a series of interconnected stories sees Poirot and Hatsings re-imagined as Sax Rohmer heroes, inscrutable orientals and more false beards than an LA Scientology chapel. It's utterly ludicrous but would have worked were it written with anyone other than Poirot, a character that just seems wrong in the middle of all this froth.
]]> <![CDATA[The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)]]> 74829 here.

On a French golf course, a millionaire is found stabbed in the back�

An urgent cry for help brings Poirot to France. But he arrives too late to save his client, whose brutally stabbed body now lies face downwards in a shallow grave on a golf course.

But why is the dead man wearing his son’s overcoat? And who was the impassioned love-letter in the pocket for? Before Poirot can answer these questions, the case is turned upside down by the discovery of a second, identically murdered corpse…]]> 320 Agatha Christie 0007119283 Guy 3 crime 3.71 1923 The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)
author: Agatha Christie
name: Guy
average rating: 3.71
book published: 1923
rating: 3
read at: 2011/02/09
date added: 2011/02/10
shelves: crime
review:
The Christie marathon continues with an obsessive-compulsive Belgian and a particularly stupid Englishman investigating a convoluted murder in France. Poirot's second novel appearance is not one of Christie's best. It remains good fun throughout without ever showing off the skills that would sometimes make her work fly. Captain Hastings, as prone to falling in love and being startled by fast-moving thoughts as ever, is on particularly dense form.
]]> <![CDATA[The Mysterious Mr. Quin (Harley Quin Omnibus Short-Stories)]]> 16356
Indeed, he is Harlequin. The only consistent thing about the mysterious Mr. Quin is that his presence is always a harbinger of love .. or death.

Quin and Satterthwaite appear in a string of short stories by the incomparable Agatha Christie. She often said that some of them are among her personal favourites. They'll be yours too.

Librarian's note #1: the stories are: 1 The Coming of Mr. Quin; 2 The Shadow on the Glass; 3 At the 'Bells and Motley,' 4 The Sign in the Sky; 5 The Soul of the Croupier; 6 The Man from the Sea; 7 The Voice in the Dark; 8 The Face of Helen; 9 The Dead Harlequin; 10 The Bird with the Broken Wing; 11 The World's End; and, 12 Harlequin's Lane.

Librarian's note #2: besides those in this collection, there are two more Mr. Quin stories found in other collections: The Love Detectives, and The Harlequin Tea Set. Mr. Satterthwaite also appears in Three Act Tragedy and Dead Man's Mirror. All by Agatha Christie, of course!

Librarian's note #3: this is the entry for the collection of 12 short stories, 'The Mysterious Mr. Quin.' Entries for each of the stories are located elsewhere on Ĺ·±¦ÓéŔÖ. All 12, plus the 2 extras in Librarian's Note #2, can be found by searching Ĺ·±¦ÓéŔÖ for: 'a Harley Quin Short Story.' Details on characters and settings, etc., can be found there.]]> 396 Agatha Christie 0007154844 Guy 5 crime, fantasy 3.77 1930 The Mysterious Mr. Quin (Harley Quin Omnibus Short-Stories)
author: Agatha Christie
name: Guy
average rating: 3.77
book published: 1930
rating: 5
read at: 2011/02/07
date added: 2011/02/08
shelves: crime, fantasy
review:
The Mysterious Mr. Quin is not one of Christie's most well know books. A collection of bizarre, bittersweet tales starring Mr. Satterthwaite, an elderly observer of life. He is a refined old gent who knows all about the complexities of life and love but has never experienced them for his own. Mr. Satterthwaite is haunted, not only by his barely-realised sense of regret but also by a mysterious man known as Mr. Quin, a man who "speaks for the dead" and "comes and goes" as they need him. Mr. Quin has a skill for illuminating Mr. Satterthwaite's thought-processes, to nudge him towards details that the older man hadn't realised were important. Between the two of them they have done many a great service: curtailed suicides, reunited lost lovers, solved murder... They move through the familiar Christie lairs: society London, the country pile, the exotic holiday destination, locations all turned dream-like and unreal through the skewed, motley hue of Harley Quin's influence. A book both sweet, eerie and outright disturbing. A very fine read indeed and one that is grossly under-appreciated.
]]> <![CDATA[The Collected Ed Gorman: Out There in the Darkness & The Moving Coffin]]> 8504795 0 Ed Gorman 1905834152 Guy 5 crime 4.80 2007 The Collected Ed Gorman: Out There in the Darkness & The Moving Coffin
author: Ed Gorman
name: Guy
average rating: 4.80
book published: 2007
rating: 5
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date added: 2011/02/06
shelves: crime
review:
One of the finest -- and most underrated -- short story writers out there. I challenge anyone not to love these books.
]]> Glitz 288951 235 Elmore Leonard 0753819708 Guy 4 crime 3.76 1985 Glitz
author: Elmore Leonard
name: Guy
average rating: 3.76
book published: 1985
rating: 4
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date added: 2011/02/05
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]]> <![CDATA[They Do It With Mirrors (Miss Marple, #5)]]> 68930
Miss Marple senses danger when she visits a friend living in a Victorian mansion which doubles as a rehabilitation centre for delinquents. Her fears are confirmed when a youth fires a revolver at the administrator, Lewis Serrocold. Neither is injured. But a mysterious visitor, Mr Gulbrandsen, is less fortunate � shot dead simultaneously in another part of the building.

Pure coincidence? Miss Marple thinks not, and vows to discover the real reason for Mr Gulbrandsen’s visit.

Librarian's note: this entry is for the novel, "They Do It with Mirrors." Collections and other Miss Marple stories are located elsewhere on Ĺ·±¦ÓéŔÖ. The series includes 12 novels and 20 short stories. Entries for the short stories can be found by searching Ĺ·±¦ÓéŔÖ for: "a Miss Marple Short Story."]]> 224 Agatha Christie 0451199901 Guy 2 crime 3.78 1952 They Do It With Mirrors (Miss Marple, #5)
author: Agatha Christie
name: Guy
average rating: 3.78
book published: 1952
rating: 2
read at: 2011/02/04
date added: 2011/02/04
shelves: crime
review:
The splendid James Goss puts it best by saying "It just goes CLANG and [Christie] almost never does that." Having been on an Agatha Christie binge of late I can safely say this is the first slight stinker. The methodology is too obvious and everything that should be dramatic about the denouement is told to the reader almost as an afterthought. Stylistically poor and whatever her detractors say I personally think that unusual of her.
]]> <![CDATA[Nobody's Perfect: Writings from The New Yorker]]> 54890
“Advance word on Con Air said that it was all about an airplane with an unusually dangerous and potentially lethal load. Big deal. You should try the lunches they serve out of Newark. Compared with the chicken napalm I ate on my last flight, the men in Con Air are about as dangerous as balloons.�

Anthony Lane on The Bridges of Madison County �

“I got my copy at the airport, behind a guy who was buying Playboy’s Book of Lingerie , and I think he had the better deal. He certainly looked happy with his purchase, whereas I had to ask for a paper bag.�

Anthony Lane on Martha Stewart�

“Super-skilled, free of fear, the last word in human efficiency, Martha Stewart is the woman who convinced a million Americans that they have the time, the means, the right, and—damn it—the duty to pipe a little squirt of soft cheese into the middle of a snow pea, and to continue piping until there are â€fifty to sixtyâ€� stuffed peas raring to go.â€�

For ten years, Anthony Lane has delighted New Yorker readers with his film reviews, book reviews, and profiles that range from Buster Keaton to Vladimir Nabokov to Ernest Shackleton. Nobody’s Perfect is an unforgettable collection of Lane’s trademark wit, satire, and insight that will satisfy both the long addicted and the not so familiar.]]> 784 Anthony Lane 0375714340 Guy 4 4.14 2002 Nobody's Perfect: Writings from The New Yorker
author: Anthony Lane
name: Guy
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2002
rating: 4
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date added: 2011/02/04
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]]> <![CDATA[Pure Effect: Direct Mindreading and Magical Artistry]]> 10358693 164 Derren Brown Guy 4 4.30 2000 Pure Effect: Direct Mindreading and Magical Artistry
author: Derren Brown
name: Guy
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2000
rating: 4
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date added: 2011/02/04
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]]> Portraits 5974472 144 Derren Brown 1905026560 Guy 4 4.45 2009 Portraits
author: Derren Brown
name: Guy
average rating: 4.45
book published: 2009
rating: 4
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]]> Tricks of the Mind 945683
He delves into the structure and pyschology of magic. He tells you how to read clues in people's behaviour and spot liars. He discusses the whys and wherefores of hypnosis (which he says doesn't exist) and shows how to use the powers of suggestion and massively improve the power of your memory. He also investigates the paranormal industry, exposes a few charlatans and looks at why some of us feel the need to believe in it in the first place... Woven into this are autobiographical stories about Derren's own experiences and beliefs, told with characteristic humour and engaging honesty. This extraordinary book lifts the lid on the deepest darkest secrets of magic and explores the limits of what can be achieved by the human mind. A must for Derren's legions of fans, it will amaze you, entertain you and expand your mind at the same time...]]> 400 Derren Brown 1905026382 Guy 4 4.05 2006 Tricks of the Mind
author: Derren Brown
name: Guy
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2006
rating: 4
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date added: 2011/02/04
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]]> <![CDATA[Sergio Leone: Something to Do With Death]]> 492077 570 Christopher Frayling Guy 4 4.43 2000 Sergio Leone: Something to Do With Death
author: Christopher Frayling
name: Guy
average rating: 4.43
book published: 2000
rating: 4
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date added: 2011/02/04
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]]> <![CDATA[A Vault of Horror: A Book of 80 Great (and Not So Great) British Horror Movies from 1956-1974]]> 293193 200 Keith Topping 1903889588 Guy 4 3.79 2004 A Vault of Horror: A Book of 80 Great (and Not So Great) British Horror Movies from 1956-1974
author: Keith Topping
name: Guy
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2004
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[QI: The Book of Animal Ignorance]]> 1854271 224 John Lloyd 0571233708 Guy 4 3.95 2007 QI: The Book of Animal Ignorance
author: John Lloyd
name: Guy
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2007
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Qi: the Book of General Ignorance - the Noticeably Stouter Edition]]> 8929015 416 John Lloyd 0571270972 Guy 5 3.91 2006 Qi: the Book of General Ignorance - the Noticeably Stouter Edition
author: John Lloyd
name: Guy
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2006
rating: 5
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]]> Screen Burn 701285 384 Charlie Brooker 0571227554 Guy 4 4.05 2004 Screen Burn
author: Charlie Brooker
name: Guy
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2004
rating: 4
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]]> The Painted Bride 363515 177 Stephen Gallagher 1596060719 Guy 4 crime 3.04 2006 The Painted Bride
author: Stephen Gallagher
name: Guy
average rating: 3.04
book published: 2006
rating: 4
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]]> Out of His Mind 2744297 412 Stephen Gallagher 1902880978 Guy 5 horror 4.38 2004 Out of His Mind
author: Stephen Gallagher
name: Guy
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2004
rating: 5
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]]> Down River 2255275 0 Stephen Gallagher 0312850069 Guy 4 crime 3.68 1990 Down River
author: Stephen Gallagher
name: Guy
average rating: 3.68
book published: 1990
rating: 4
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]]> Banquet for the Damned 3587238 410 Adam L.G. Nevill 0753513587 Guy 4 horror 3.58 2004 Banquet for the Damned
author: Adam L.G. Nevill
name: Guy
average rating: 3.58
book published: 2004
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Inimitable Jeeves (Jeeves, #2)]]> 200571
While solving these problems, Jeeves also manages to retrieve Aunt Agatha's pearls, keep Cyril Bassington-Bassington off the Broadway stage, fix the Girls' Egg-and-Spoon race, handle the irrepressible Claude and Eustace, and disentangle Bertie's own relationship with the fearsome Honoria. A full comic schedule, then.]]> 253 P.G. Wodehouse 1585679224 Guy 5 4.20 1923 The Inimitable Jeeves (Jeeves, #2)
author: P.G. Wodehouse
name: Guy
average rating: 4.20
book published: 1923
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Mario Bava: All the Colors of the Dark]]> 2682441
Soon available in ebook form!

]]> 1128 Tim Lucas 096337561X Guy 5 4.74 2007 Mario Bava: All the Colors of the Dark
author: Tim Lucas
name: Guy
average rating: 4.74
book published: 2007
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Forms of Heaven: Three Plays by Clive Barker]]> 216343 378 Clive Barker 0061052701 Guy 4 3.80 1996 Forms of Heaven: Three Plays by Clive Barker
author: Clive Barker
name: Guy
average rating: 3.80
book published: 1996
rating: 4
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]]> Visions of Heaven and Hell 32625 352 Clive Barker 0847827372 Guy 5 4.32 2005 Visions of Heaven and Hell
author: Clive Barker
name: Guy
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2005
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Books of Blood: Volume One (Books of Blood, #1)]]> 761023
Never one to shy away from the unimaginable or the unspeakable, Clive Barker breathes life into our deepest, darkest nightmares, creating visions that are at once terrifying, tender, and witty.

The Books of Blood confirm what horror fans everywhere have known for a long time: We will be hearing from Clive Barker for many years to come. This first volume contains the short stories : "The Book of Blood," "The Midnight Meat Train," "The Yattering and Jack," "Sex, Death, and Starshine," and "In the Hills, the Cities."]]> 210 Clive Barker 0425083896 Guy 4 horror 4.06 1984 Books of Blood: Volume One (Books of Blood, #1)
author: Clive Barker
name: Guy
average rating: 4.06
book published: 1984
rating: 4
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]]> Sacrament 32639 this world. In a sequence of well-executed stories within stories (comparable to Russian dolls), Barker unfolds a compelling examination of what it means to be human, to be a man, and to be a gay man--on a planet where aging, disease, and death bring "the passing of things, of days and beasts and men he'd loved." A satisfying long novel packed with vivid images, memorable characters, and a melancholy mood that reaches for hope.]]> 594 Clive Barker 0006482643 Guy 3 3.80 1996 Sacrament
author: Clive Barker
name: Guy
average rating: 3.80
book published: 1996
rating: 3
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]]> Galilee 52639 When Galilee, prodigal prince of the Barbarossa clan, meets Rachel, the young bride of the Gearys' own scion Mitchell, they fall in love, consumed by a passion that unleashes long-simmering hatred. Old insanities arise, old adulteries are uncovered, and a seemingly invincible family will begin to wither, exposing its unholy roots...]]> 637 Clive Barker 0061092002 Guy 4 3.80 1998 Galilee
author: Clive Barker
name: Guy
average rating: 3.80
book published: 1998
rating: 4
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]]> Clive Barker's A-Z of Horror 52636 256 Stephen Jones 0061053678 Guy 4 4.07 1997 Clive Barker's A-Z of Horror
author: Stephen Jones
name: Guy
average rating: 4.07
book published: 1997
rating: 4
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]]> Coldheart Canyon 108051
As Todd settles into a mansion in Coldheart Canyon--a corner of the city so secret it doesn't even appear on any map--Tammy Lauper, the president of his fan club, comes to the City of Angels determined to solve the mystery of Todd's disappearance. Her journey will not be an easy one. The closer she gets to Todd the more of Coldheart Canyon's secrets she uncovers: the ghosts of the A-list stars who came to the Canyon for wild parties; Katya Lupi, the cold-hearted, now-forgotten star for whom the Canyon was named, who is alive and exquisite after a hundred years; and, finally, the door in the bowels of Katya's dream palace that reputedly open up to another world, the Devil's Country. No one who has ever ventured to this dark, barbaric corner of hell has returned without their sould shadowed by what they'd seen and done.

Mingling an insider's view of modern Hollywood with a wild streak of visionary fantasy, Coldheart Canyon is a book without parallel: an irresistible and unmerciful picture of Hollywood and its demons, told with all the style and raw narrative power that have made Clive Barker's books and films a phenomenon worldwide.]]> 686 Clive Barker 006103018X Guy 3 horror 3.72 2001 Coldheart Canyon
author: Clive Barker
name: Guy
average rating: 3.72
book published: 2001
rating: 3
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]]> Mister B. Gone 1011632 248 Clive Barker 0060182989 Guy 3 horror 3.37 2007 Mister B. Gone
author: Clive Barker
name: Guy
average rating: 3.37
book published: 2007
rating: 3
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]]> The Damnation Game 34605 433 Clive Barker 0425188930 Guy 3 horror 3.84 1985 The Damnation Game
author: Clive Barker
name: Guy
average rating: 3.84
book published: 1985
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Everville (Book of the Art #2)]]> 32627 697 Clive Barker Guy 4 4.05 1994 Everville (Book of the Art #2)
author: Clive Barker
name: Guy
average rating: 4.05
book published: 1994
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War]]> 32636
Candy Quackenbush's adventures in the Abarat are getting stranger by the hour. Why has the Lord of Midnight sent his henchman after her? Why can she suddenly speak words of magic? Why is this world familiar?

Candy and her companions must solve the mystery of her past before the forces of Night and Day clash and Absolute Midnight descends upon the islands.

A final war is about to begin. . . .]]> 569 Clive Barker 0060596384 Guy 3 4.22 2004 Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War
author: Clive Barker
name: Guy
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2004
rating: 3
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]]> The Hellbound Heart 52635 164 Clive Barker 0061002828 Guy 3 horror 4.08 1986 The Hellbound Heart
author: Clive Barker
name: Guy
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1986
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Incarnations: Three Plays by Clive Barker]]> 103030
Incarnations is a cross-disciplinary marvel, a great, glorious feast of the imagination taking us on a journey through wildly varied theatrical and emotional terrains, from the pain and intrigue of domestic transgressions to the monstrous horrors wrought by war; from lustful garden liasons to subterranean cannibalism. Barker uses unpredictable rhythms that draw less from theatrical convention and more from life itself, with apocalyptic spectacle and intimate reality sharing the stage as equal and sometimes indistinguishable partners.

The three works that make up Incarnations - Colossus; Frankenstein in Love, or the Life of Death; and The History of the Devil, or Scenes from a Pretended Life -- combine the shock and magic and heartbreak that has made Barker's unique vision a compelling force in all the media he has touched.]]> 384 Clive Barker 0061053295 Guy 3 3.87 1995 Incarnations: Three Plays by Clive Barker
author: Clive Barker
name: Guy
average rating: 3.87
book published: 1995
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Great and Secret Show (Book of the Art #1)]]> 32628 Weaveworld astonished readers with his visionary range, establishing him as a master of fabulist literature. Now, with The Great and Secret Show he rises to new heights. In this unforgettable epic he wields the full power and sweep of his talents. "Succinctly put," says Barker, "it's about Hollywood, sex and Armageddon."

Memory, prophecy and fantasy; the past, the future, and the dreaming moment between are all one country living one immortal day. To know that is Wisdom. To use it is the Art.
Armageddon begins with a murder in the Dead Letter Office in Omaha. A lake that has never existed falls from the clouds over Palomo Grove, CA. Young passion blossoms, as the world withers with war. The Great and Secret Show has begun on the stage of the world. Soon the final curtain must fall.

In this, the First Book of the Art, Barker has created a masterpiece of the imagination that explores the uncharted territory within our secret lives and most private hearts. Sprawling, ambitious, triumphantly magical and satisfying, The Great and Secret Show is what the rest of life is all about.]]> 658 Clive Barker 006093316X Guy 4 4.07 1989 The Great and Secret Show (Book of the Art #1)
author: Clive Barker
name: Guy
average rating: 4.07
book published: 1989
rating: 4
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]]> Imajica 567704
That dimension is one of five in the great system called Imajica. They are worlds that are utterly unlike our own, but are ruled, peopled, and haunted by species whose lives are intricately connected with ours. As Gentle, Judith, and Pie 'oh' pah travel the Imajica, they uncover a trail of crimes and intimate betrayals, leading them to a revelation so startling that it changes reality forever.]]> 832 Clive Barker 0061053716 Guy 5 4.17 1991 Imajica
author: Clive Barker
name: Guy
average rating: 4.17
book published: 1991
rating: 5
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]]> Weaveworld 52640
Barker turns from his usual horror to epic-length fantasy for this account of the Fugue, a magical land inhabited by descendants of supernatural beings who once shared the earth with humans. The Fugue has been woven into a carpet for protection against those who would destroy it; the death of its guardian occasions a battle between good and particularly repulsive evil forces for control of the Fugue. Weaveworld is rich with memorable characters, exciting situations, and pockets of Barker's trademark horror.]]> 721 Clive Barker 0007117140 Guy 5 4.14 1987 Weaveworld
author: Clive Barker
name: Guy
average rating: 4.14
book published: 1987
rating: 5
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]]> Abarat 768878
The Abarat: a vast archipelago where every island is a different hour of the day, from the sunlit wonders of Three in the Afternoon, where dragons roam, to the dark terrors of the island of Midnight, ruled by Christopher Carrion.

Candy has a place in this extraordinary world: she has been brought here to help save the Abarat from the dark forces that are stirring at its heart. Forces older than time itself, and more evil than anything Candy has ever encountered.]]> 393 Clive Barker 0064407330 Guy 4 4.10 2002 Abarat
author: Clive Barker
name: Guy
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2002
rating: 4
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]]> The Thief of Always 32638 225 Clive Barker 0060177241 Guy 5 4.22 1992 The Thief of Always
author: Clive Barker
name: Guy
average rating: 4.22
book published: 1992
rating: 5
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]]> Last Chance to See 8696 222 Douglas Adams 0345371984 Guy 5 4.30 1990 Last Chance to See
author: Douglas Adams
name: Guy
average rating: 4.30
book published: 1990
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time]]> 359 The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and its classic sequels. Sadly for his countless admirers, he hitched his own ride to the great beyond much too soon. Culled posthumously from Adams’s fleet of beloved Macintosh computers, this selection of essays, articles, anecdotes, and stories offers a fascinating and intimate portrait of the multifaceted artist and absurdist wordsmith.

Join Adams on an excursion to climb Kilimanjaro…dressed in a rhino costume; peek into the private life of Genghis Khan—warrior and world-class neurotic; root for the harried author’s efforts to get a Hitchhiker movie off the ground in Hollywood; thrill to the further exploits of private eye Dirk Gently and two-headed alien Zaphod Beeblebrox. Though Douglas Adams is gone, he’s left us something very special to remember him by. Without a doubt.]]> 298 Douglas Adams 0345455290 Guy 5 3.93 2002 The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
author: Douglas Adams
name: Guy
average rating: 3.93
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]]> <![CDATA[The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1-5)]]> 13
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"

Seconds before the Earth is demolished for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is saved by Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised Guide. Together they stick out their thumbs to the stars and begin a wild journey through time and space.

"The Restaurant at the End of the Universe"

Facing annihilation at the hands of warmongers is a curious time to crave tea. It could only happen to the cosmically displaced Arthur Dent and his comrades as they hurtle across the galaxy in a desperate search for a place to eat.

"Life, the Universe and Everything"

The unhappy inhabitants of planet Krikkit are sick of looking at the night sky- so they plan to destroy it. The universe, that is. Now only five individuals can avert Armageddon: mild-mannered Arthur Dent and his stalwart crew.

"So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish"

Back on Earth, Arthur Dent is ready to believe that the past eight years were all just a figment of his stressed-out imagination. But a gift-wrapped fishbowl with a cryptic inscription conspires to thrust him back to reality. So to speak.

"Mostly Harmless"

Just when Arthur Dent makes the terrible mistake of starting to enjoy life, all hell breaks loose. Can he save the Earth from total obliteration? Can he save the Guide from a hostile alien takeover? Can he save his daughter from herself?

Also includes the short story "Young Zaphod Plays It Safe".]]> 815 Douglas Adams 0345453743 Guy 5 4.38 1996 The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1-5)
author: Douglas Adams
name: Guy
average rating: 4.38
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]]> <![CDATA[The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2)]]> 8695 alternate edition for ISBN 0345418921/9780345418920

Facing annihilation at the hands of the warlike Vogons is a curious time to have a cosmically displaced Arthur Dent and his curious comrades in arms as they hurtle through space powered by pure improbability - and desperately in search of a place to eat. Among Arthur's motley shipmates are Ford Prefect, a long-time friend and contributor to the The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy; Zaphod Beeblebrox, the three-armed, two-headed ex-president of the galaxy; Tricia McMilan, a fellow Earth refuge who's gone native (her name is Trillian now); and Marvin, who suffers nothing and no one gladly.

Source: douglasadams.com]]> 250 Douglas Adams Guy 5 4.22 1980 The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2)
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name: Guy
average rating: 4.22
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]]> <![CDATA[Life, the Universe and Everything (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #3)]]> 8694
“Wild satire . . . The feckless protagonist, Arthur Dent, is reminiscent of Vonnegut heroes.”� Chicago Tribune

The unhappy inhabitants of planet Krikkit are sick of looking at the night sky above their heads—so they plan to destroy it. The universe, that is. Now only five individuals stand between the killer robots of Krikkit and their goal of total annihilation.

They are Arthur Dent, a mild-mannered space and time traveler who tries to learn how to fly by throwing himself at the ground and missing; Ford Prefect, his best friend, who decides to go insane to see if he likes it; Slartibartfast, the indomitable vice president of the Campaign for Real Time, who travels in a ship powered by irrational behavior; Zaphod Beeblebrox, the two-headed, three-armed ex-president of the galaxy; and Trillian, the sexy space cadet who is torn between a persistent Thunder God and a very depressed Beeblebrox.

How will it all end? Will it end? Only this stalwart crew knows as they try to avert “universal� Armageddon and save life as we know it—and don’t know it!

“Adams is one of those rare an author who, one senses, has as much fun writing as one has reading.”� Arizona Daily Star]]> 224 Douglas Adams 0345418905 Guy 5 4.20 1982 Life, the Universe and Everything (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #3)
author: Douglas Adams
name: Guy
average rating: 4.20
book published: 1982
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #4)]]> 8698
"HE LOST ALL FAITH IN THE STRAIGHTFORWARD OPERATION OF CAUSE AND EFFECT THE DAY HE GOT UP INTENDING TO CATCH UP WITH SOME READING AND ENDED UP ON A PREHISTORIC EARTH WITH A MAN FROM BETELGEUSE AND A SPACESHIP-LOAD OF ALIEN TELEPHONE SANITISERS...".

Left at the end of LIFE, THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING with the address for God's Final Message To His Creation, Arthur Dent let this crucial information slip his mind. He tries everything to jog his memory - meditation, mind-reading, hitting himself about the head with blunt objects. But none of it works. Of course, as everyone knows, the answer lies in making life flash before your eyes...
Source: douglasadams.com]]> 167 Douglas Adams 0330491237 Guy 5 4.09 1984 So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #4)
author: Douglas Adams
name: Guy
average rating: 4.09
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Mostly Harmless (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #5)]]> 360
Hell takes a number of forms: there’s the usual Ford Prefect form of hell, fresh hell in the form of an all-new version of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and a totally unexpected hell in the form of a teenage girl who startles Arthur Dent by being his daughter when he didn’t even know he had one.

Can Arthur save the Earth from total multidimensional obliteration? Can he save the Guide from a hostile alien takeover? Can he save his daughter, Random, from herself?

Of course not. He never works out what is going on, exactly. Will you?]]> 240 Douglas Adams Guy 5 3.98 1992 Mostly Harmless (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #5)
author: Douglas Adams
name: Guy
average rating: 3.98
book published: 1992
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently, #1)]]> 365
Apparently not much; until Dirk Gently, self-styled private investigator, sets out to prove the fundamental interconnectedness of all things by solving a mysterious murder, assisting a mysterious professor, unravelling a mysterious mystery, and eating a lot of pizza � not to mention saving the entire human race from extinction along the way (at no extra charge).

To find out more, read this book (better still, buy it, then read it) â€� or contact Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. â€A thumping good detective-ghost-horror-whodunnit-time travel-romantic-musical-comedy epic.â€� The author]]> 306 Douglas Adams Guy 5 3.98 1987 Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently, #1)
author: Douglas Adams
name: Guy
average rating: 3.98
book published: 1987
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (Dirk Gently, #2)]]> 357 307 Douglas Adams 0671742515 Guy 5 4.05 1988 The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (Dirk Gently, #2)
author: Douglas Adams
name: Guy
average rating: 4.05
book published: 1988
rating: 5
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]]> Nowhere Near an Angel 6705300
Over quarter of a century later, Rob is a man with a colourful past. Ex-punk, drug addict, gangster and jailbird, he has finally put his troubled life behind him and is enjoying a settled, law-abiding, carefree existence. Then one day he meets and befriends the enigmatic Suzi - at which point everything begins to unravel.]]> 400 Mark Morris 1902880226 Guy 5 crime 4.00 2005 Nowhere Near an Angel
author: Mark Morris
name: Guy
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2005
rating: 5
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]]> Cinema Macabre 2986437 360 Mark Morris 1904619452 Guy 4 4.00 2006 Cinema Macabre
author: Mark Morris
name: Guy
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2006
rating: 4
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]]> Stitch 502631
Dan Latcher is a nerdy young college student until Stitch discovers him. Now Dan can work wonders and weave magic: Charismatic, he stands before a room full of adoring followers, turning his fingers into flames, immolating a fellow student before their eyes. Is it hallucination, or truth?

Through Dan they shed their old lives and pass into a world of darkness. Through Dan, they take joy in acts of bloody self-mutilation, share rapt visions of death and pain and ecstasy. For Dan has blessed them with his charisma, taught them to sate the hunger of their weaknesses, and to discover the kingdom and the power and the glory of...Stitch.]]> 518 Mark Morris 0440212596 Guy 4 horror 3.79 1991 Stitch
author: Mark Morris
name: Guy
average rating: 3.79
book published: 1991
rating: 4
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]]> Toady 1352822 416 Mark Morris 1905532415 Guy 5 horror 3.87 1989 Toady
author: Mark Morris
name: Guy
average rating: 3.87
book published: 1989
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Doctor Who: The Bodysnatchers (Eighth Doctor Adventures, #3)]]> 71384
When the Eighth Doctor and Sam arrive, they are witness to a horrifying scene in the evil-smelling fog: something rises up from the filthy waters of the Thames and devours a man - a man terrified for his life and on the run from the devil himself...

Teaming up with an old friend, pathologist Professor George Litefoot, the Doctor is determined to get to the bottom of the mystery. Together with Sam, they discover there is a far graver threat facing London then just earthly grave robbers. Deadly alien beings the Doctor has encountered before are at work, and they bring a whole new twist to the word bodysnatchers...]]> 280 Mark Morris 0563405686 Guy 4 3.45 1998 Doctor Who: The Bodysnatchers (Eighth Doctor Adventures, #3)
author: Mark Morris
name: Guy
average rating: 3.45
book published: 1998
rating: 4
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]]> The Deluge 2212581
Will the isolated survivors be able to rebuild their lives, their civilization, when nearly all they knew has been wiped out? It seems hopeless. But what lurks beneath the swirling water, waiting to emerge, is far worse. When the floodwaters finally recede, the true horror will be revealed.]]> 342 Mark Morris 0843958936 Guy 4 horror 3.49 2007 The Deluge
author: Mark Morris
name: Guy
average rating: 3.49
book published: 2007
rating: 4
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]]> For a Few Stories More 358975 326 Joe R. Lansdale 1931081301 Guy 3 3.82 2002 For a Few Stories More
author: Joe R. Lansdale
name: Guy
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2002
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Jonah Hex - Riders of the Worm and Such]]> 8614629
Collects JONAH TWO-GUN MOJO #1-5, JONAH SHADOWS WEST #1-3 and JONAH RIDERS OF THE WORM AND SUCH #1-5.]]> Joe R. Lansdale Guy 4 graphic-novels 4.02 1995 Jonah Hex - Riders of the Worm and Such
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name: Guy
average rating: 4.02
book published: 1995
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[A Fist Full of Stories (And Articles)]]> 1807107 Book by Joe R. Lansdale 337 Joe R. Lansdale 1881475190 Guy 4 crime 4.02 1996 A Fist Full of Stories (And Articles)
author: Joe R. Lansdale
name: Guy
average rating: 4.02
book published: 1996
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Something Lumber This Way Comes (The Lost Lansdale Series)]]> 219733 The Lost Lansdale, Nacogdoches Texas 75961-9161: Vol. 2

Something Lumber This Way Comes is a children's book influenced by Ray Bradbury's classic novel (Something Wicked This Way Comes). It's inspired by, and set on the scene of, Lansdale's classic horror novel, The Nightrunners. While it shares that graphic novel's milieu, the focus here is on the atmospheric and spooky, making this truly a tale for all ages!]]> 80 Joe R. Lansdale 1892284332 Guy 3 3.65 1999 Something Lumber This Way Comes (The Lost Lansdale Series)
author: Joe R. Lansdale
name: Guy
average rating: 3.65
book published: 1999
rating: 3
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]]> The King and Other Stories 1807109 98 Joe R. Lansdale 1931081980 Guy 3 3.54 2005 The King and Other Stories
author: Joe R. Lansdale
name: Guy
average rating: 3.54
book published: 2005
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Blood Dance (The Lost Lansdale #3)]]> 219729 Book by Lansdale, Joe R. 203 Joe R. Lansdale 1892284669 Guy 4 3.56 2000 Blood Dance (The Lost Lansdale #3)
author: Joe R. Lansdale
name: Guy
average rating: 3.56
book published: 2000
rating: 4
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]]> Dead in the West 102136
Skyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of titles for readers interested in science fiction (space opera, time travel, hard SF, alien invasion, near-future dystopia), fantasy (grimdark, sword and sorcery, contemporary urban fantasy, steampunk, alternative history), and horror (zombies, vampires, and the occult and supernatural), and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller, a national bestseller, or a Hugo or Nebula award-winner, we are committed to publishing quality books from a diverse group of authors.]]> 148 Joe R. Lansdale 1597800147 Guy 4 3.91 1986 Dead in the West
author: Joe R. Lansdale
name: Guy
average rating: 3.91
book published: 1986
rating: 4
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]]> The Boar 219730
Skyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of titles for readers interested in science fiction (space opera, time travel, hard SF, alien invasion, near-future dystopia), fantasy (grimdark, sword and sorcery, contemporary urban fantasy, steampunk, alternative history), and horror (zombies, vampires, and the occult and supernatural), and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller, a national bestseller, or a Hugo or Nebula award-winner, we are committed to publishing quality books from a diverse group of authors.]]> 121 Joe R. Lansdale 1597800163 Guy 3 4.00 1998 The Boar
author: Joe R. Lansdale
name: Guy
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1998
rating: 3
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]]> The Big Blow 1794007 153 Joe R. Lansdale 1892284987 Guy 5 crime 4.08 2000 The Big Blow
author: Joe R. Lansdale
name: Guy
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2000
rating: 5
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]]> The Drive-in 2 1794004 179 Joe R. Lansdale 055327905X Guy 3 horror 3.54 1989 The Drive-in 2
author: Joe R. Lansdale
name: Guy
average rating: 3.54
book published: 1989
rating: 3
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]]> Waltz of Shadows 219728 The Lost Lansdale, Nacogdoches Texas 75961-9161: Vol. 1

Bill, who's 24, hooks up with the Disaster Club, four hedonistic youths obsessed with sex and death who plan to throw a scare into a philandering doctor. While they stake out the doctor, they stumble into a hit on his wife. The hired assassins are Fat Boy and Cobra Man, both major-league psycho killers. The wife is butchered, as are Bill's companions; he escapes and turns to his Uncle Hank for help. Reluctantly, Hank gets involved, recruiting his long-estranged brother Arnold and going up against the gruesome twosome. This launches The Lost Lansdale, Subterranean's issue of older, unpublished work from the much-admired noir crime writer (Bad Chili, Freezer Burn, etc.). The author's longtime readers will note his trademark deluge of salty profanity, stark East Texas settings, casual violence and graphic excess. They will also encounter an uncharacteristic lack of humor and a tedious predictability: the characters that wise readers expect to survive generally do, the remainder are far less fortunate. Of the many violent scenes, only one featuring a rape manages to truly shock. While not without raw power and some stylistic flourishes, this novel, written in 1991, is inferior to Lansdale's more recent work and will appeal mostly to collectors and the most dedicated fans.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.]]> 271 Joe R. Lansdale 1892284294 Guy 3 crime 3.77 1999 Waltz of Shadows
author: Joe R. Lansdale
name: Guy
average rating: 3.77
book published: 1999
rating: 3
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]]> Bubba Ho-Tep 358978
Skyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of titles for readers interested in science fiction (space opera, time travel, hard SF, alien invasion, near-future dystopia), fantasy (grimdark, sword and sorcery, contemporary urban fantasy, steampunk, alternative history), and horror (zombies, vampires, and the occult and supernatural), and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller, a national bestseller, or a Hugo or Nebula award-winner, we are committed to publishing quality books from a diverse group of authors.]]> 159 Joe R. Lansdale 1597800333 Guy 4 horror 4.10 2002 Bubba Ho-Tep
author: Joe R. Lansdale
name: Guy
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2002
rating: 4
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]]> Jonah Hex: Two-Gun Mojo 577707 157 Joe R. Lansdale 156389162X Guy 4 graphic-novels 3.98 1994 Jonah Hex: Two-Gun Mojo
author: Joe R. Lansdale
name: Guy
average rating: 3.98
book published: 1994
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Zeppelins West (Ned the Seal #1)]]> 882557
And then things get weird.]]> 170 Joe R. Lansdale 193108100X Guy 5 3.67 2001 Zeppelins West (Ned the Seal #1)
author: Joe R. Lansdale
name: Guy
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2001
rating: 5
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]]> Writer of the Purple Rage 219713 Containing stories from the dark side, the light side, and all shades in between, this is a masterful collection by one of America's rising storytellers. Storylines include that of a woman who discovers grisly horror on a mountain road, a plastic love doll who becomes liberated, and a baby's diaper that is possessed by aliens.
Contents:
Mister Weed-Eater (1993)
Steppin' Out, Summer, '68 (1991)
Love Doll: A Fable (1991)
Bubba Ho-Tep (1994)
Man with Two Lives (1994)
Pilots (1989)
The Phone Woman (1990)
The Diaper, or The Adventure of the Little Rounder (1990)
Everybody Plays the Fool (1993)
In the Cold, Dark Time (1990)
Incident On and Off a Mountain Road (1991)
By Bizzare Hands: The Play (1991)
Godzilla's Twelve-Step Program (1994)
Drive-In Date (1991)]]> 304 Joe R. Lansdale 078670389X Guy 4 crime 4.16 1994 Writer of the Purple Rage
author: Joe R. Lansdale
name: Guy
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1994
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[High Cotton: Selected Stories of Joe R. Lansdale]]> 102131
In “The Pit,� modern gladiators square off against one another using Roman methods. An alternate-history tale called “Trains Not Taken� shows Buffalo Bill as an ambassador and Wild Bill Hickok as a clerk. Lansdale’s love of large lizards and humor are evident in the stories “Godzilla’s Twelve Step Program� and “Bob the Dinosaur Goes to Disneyland.�


The pit
Not from Detroit
Booty and the beast
Steppin' out, summer, '68
Incident on and off a mountain road
My dead dog, Bobby
Trains not taken
Tight little stitches in a dead man's back
Dog, cat, and baby
Mister weed-eater
By bizarre hands
The fat man and the elephant
The phone woman
Letter from the South, two moons west of Nacogdoches
By the hair of the head
The job
Godzilla's twelve step program
Drive-in date
Bob the dinosaur goes to Disneyland
The steel Valentine
Night they missed the horror show]]> 267 Joe R. Lansdale 1930846177 Guy 4 4.16 2000 High Cotton: Selected Stories of Joe R. Lansdale
author: Joe R. Lansdale
name: Guy
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2000
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Bad Chili (Hap and Leonard #4)]]> 102132 329 Joe R. Lansdale 2070498549 Guy 5 crime 4.08 1997 Bad Chili (Hap and Leonard #4)
author: Joe R. Lansdale
name: Guy
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1997
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Savage Season (Hap and Leonard, #1)]]> 102114 178 Joe R. Lansdale 0753814382 Guy 4 3.88 1990 Savage Season (Hap and Leonard, #1)
author: Joe R. Lansdale
name: Guy
average rating: 3.88
book published: 1990
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Two-Bear Mambo (Hap and Leonard #3)]]> 102117 Joe R. Lansdale 0575400374 Guy 5 crime 4.16 1995 The Two-Bear Mambo (Hap and Leonard #3)
author: Joe R. Lansdale
name: Guy
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1995
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Mucho Mojo (Hap and Leonard, #2)]]> 102119
It is one thing to renovate a house to sell it. It is another to cut down the walls and risk discovering hidden skeletons...]]> 308 Joe R. Lansdale 0753816695 Guy 4 crime 4.14 1994 Mucho Mojo (Hap and Leonard, #2)
author: Joe R. Lansdale
name: Guy
average rating: 4.14
book published: 1994
rating: 4
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