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Post by suffixedishness on Jun 11, 2011 17:29:14 GMT -5
As the title states, what are books you absolutely adore that no one else seems to have heard of?
I'm currently in love with Perdido Street Station by China Miéville. It's set in a somewhat surreal world, and I guess would be classified under urban fantasy, although it felt as though it wasn't really fantasy, but more...fiction with fantastical elements, such as science that I suppose could be classified as magic.
Also bug-people, flying things that eat your mind, and a protagonist who is fairly atypical.
I haven't had a chance to read any of Miéville's other works, but the world of PSS had a very Neil Gaiman-esque feel to it (automatic points there, because I adore Gaiman more than any other author), and the prose was gorgeous.
Sooo yeah. What have you read and loved and been unable to discuss with others? Share, so that we may discuss! Or read and then discuss, depending.
Also look I made a post of my very own! I'm proud of myself, considering I've only been here for about a day.
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Post by Dodger Thirteen on Jun 11, 2011 17:36:15 GMT -5
Up until recently, it was 13 Little Blue Envelopes, a YA novel about a high school girl who discovers her aunt has died and sends her on a quest from beyond the grave. Basically, she sends her niece thirteen envelopes with instructions to travel all over Europe and the girl - Virginia "Ginny" Blackstone - does so. Her adventure(s) are quite entertaining, and the descriptions of the places are quite vivid. I read it whenever my wanderlust starts acting up.
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Post by embonpoint on Jun 11, 2011 18:23:39 GMT -5
The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets by Eva Rice. It's my favourite book ever; my mum hates it, neither of my sister's care for it, and almost no one else I know has even heard of it, let alone read it and liked it. It's very sad because I can't enthuse about it with anybody.
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Post by Marina on Jun 11, 2011 18:35:21 GMT -5
Up until recently, it was 13 Little Blue Envelopes, a YA novel about a high school girl who discovers her aunt has died and sends her on a quest from beyond the grave.. HA! I've heard of it! ... OH NO! I'm no one! /kidding. And I actually didn't really like it at all. But that's just me. My favorite story ever was The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Most people instantly think of Michael Crichton, and while I love the guy too, I can't help but feel slightly bitter. Especially because both stories are about dinosaurs and discovering the Lost World.... wait a minute... It has the best character in the whole world too, Professor Challenger, who's so psychotic, he makes Dr. House look like a nice guy. |
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Post by suffixedishness on Jun 11, 2011 18:46:45 GMT -5
Up until recently, it was 13 Little Blue Envelopes.I've heard of this one from John Green! I haven't had a chance to read it yet, but I like the sound of it. |
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Post by thestrangewinston on Jun 11, 2011 18:49:08 GMT -5
Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank. I didn't think it was obscure or anything but I have never met another person who has even heard of it. It is a great read IMO
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Post by tastyink on Jun 11, 2011 20:28:41 GMT -5
Twilight!
Kidding, just kidding.
The Haunting Of Alaizabel Cray By Chris Wooding. I remember really loving it when I read it, but none of my friends have heard of it/read it.
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Post by Dodger Thirteen on Jun 11, 2011 21:27:13 GMT -5
Up until recently, it was 13 Little Blue Envelopes.I've heard of this one from John Green! I haven't had a chance to read it yet, but I like the sound of it. The one I'm talking of is by Maureen Johnson. I wasn't aware that there was another author with a book by the same name. Now I have to check it out.... |
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Post by suffixedishness on Jun 11, 2011 21:39:20 GMT -5
No, no, I mean that John Green (of Nerdfighter and YA lit fame) has mentioned it in his vlogs as being a good read.
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Post by Fuck Yeah Dion on Jun 12, 2011 4:26:19 GMT -5
Publish This Book by Stephan Markley. So funny, informative, and inspiring.
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Post by Umbvix on Jun 12, 2011 8:57:58 GMT -5
To bring up another Maureen Johnson book that I read in high school that none of my friends seemed interested in reading, The Bermudez Triangle.
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Post by formerlyanon on Jun 12, 2011 9:40:08 GMT -5
Too many to count (Though I admit, I only tend to lose count after I run out of fingers), yet apparently they also get rave reviews in papers and win awards. XD A friend and I recently made a deal: we give the other a book at a time, the books we love that no one else has heard of, so that we can finally have someone to be there when we need to rant and rave about them. So far it's working very well, I love the selections she's given me, and she wanted the sequels to the last one I lent to her.
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Post by Dodger Thirteen on Jun 12, 2011 11:12:05 GMT -5
No, no, I mean that John Green (of Nerdfighter and YA lit fame) has mentioned it in his vlogs as being a good read. OOOOOOOOOOOOh. This makes more sense now. I was going to say...it seems like a strange coincidence for more than one book to have that particular title.... |
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Post by iamahexagon on Jun 12, 2011 11:44:17 GMT -5
Up until recently, it was 13 Little Blue Envelopes, a YA novel about a high school girl who discovers her aunt has died and sends her on a quest from beyond the grave. Basically, she sends her niece thirteen envelopes with instructions to travel all over Europe and the girl - Virginia "Ginny" Blackstone - does so. Her adventure(s) are quite entertaining, and the descriptions of the places are quite vivid. I read it whenever my wanderlust starts acting up. I loved this book! Have you read The Last Little Blue Envelope? It just came out. It's not quite as good as the first, but it's still pretty good. |
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Post by Dodger Thirteen on Jun 12, 2011 11:55:25 GMT -5
Up until recently, it was 13 Little Blue Envelopes, a YA novel about a high school girl who discovers her aunt has died and sends her on a quest from beyond the grave. Basically, she sends her niece thirteen envelopes with instructions to travel all over Europe and the girl - Virginia "Ginny" Blackstone - does so. Her adventure(s) are quite entertaining, and the descriptions of the places are quite vivid. I read it whenever my wanderlust starts acting up. I loved this book! Have you read The Last Little Blue Envelope? It just came out. It's not quite as good as the first, but it's still pretty good. I discovered its existence, bought it, and plowed through it in the span of twenty-four hours earlier this week.  |
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