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Amusing Reading Recommendation

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"Year Zero" by Rob Reid

Earth is at stake: a little mistaken identity lands a copyright lawyer in a mess of aliens, music, royalties, piracy, save-earth-from-destruction, a surprise appearance by Bill Gates and the most amazing, hilarious, and obviously true twist at the end. (a wonderful example of the issue of the Oxford comma there)
This is a hugely fun and light-hearted book in a grim time. An accidental find I wouldn't have missed for the world.
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Hitchhikers guide - Douglas Adams
The colour of magic - the first Terry Pratchett discworld
The lost continent - Bill Bryson
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A History of the World in 10½ Chapters by Julian Barnes (1989)
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The Man in the High Castle (P. Dick)
One of the best sci-fi book I've read recently.
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absque fenestris wrote: Thu May 17, 2018 7:53 am A History of the World in 10½ Chapters by Julian Barnes (1989)
Yep .... that's a good read !

I suggest -
Millroy the Magician by Paul Theroux

It's an entertaining novel with the power to change people's views on consumerism in general , and junk food in particular .
Great book for adults and kids alike !
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I must be boring, All I've been reading of late have been Perl, HTML, PHP and Java tutorials with little progress to solving my problem. :D Anyway, not a topic for this thread!
I agree "Hitchhikers" is a good read. I watched the Netflix rendition just recently which was "interesting" though the movie was a little closer to the original.
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If you find Tolkein's prose a bit too prolix, Bored of the Rings is a nice diversion. It is a proper skewering of tales where much of the storyline is about walking. I still get a giggle from: Bromosel looked up to the top of the page and winced. "At least another chapter to go," he groaned.
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Captain Brillo wrote: Wed May 16, 2018 11:42 pm "Year Zero" by Rob Reid

Earth is at stake: a little mistaken identity lands a copyright lawyer in a mess of aliens, music, royalties, piracy, save-earth-from-destruction, a surprise appearance by Bill Gates and the most amazing, hilarious, and obviously true twist at the end. (a wonderful example of the issue of the Oxford comma there)
This is a hugely fun and light-hearted book in a grim time. An accidental find I wouldn't have missed for the world.
I've got that book in my digital library waiting to be read :)
Thanks for reminding me!
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