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[Rowland Smith <rowland AT nc.rr.com>]

On Thursday 23 January 2003 05:03 pm, you wrote:
> But of course!  As a collaboration between two (2!) of my absolute favorite 
> authors (Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman), I do already own several copies 
of 
> this one, and I cannot rate it highly enough.  I think I've read it about 
> five times.  I intend to read it to any kid I may have when he or she gets 
> old enough, because I also believe it makes a fabulous children's novel, in 
> the grand old tradition of Roald Dahl.  I mean, what little kid wouldn't 
want 
> to hear about a gang of eleven-year-olds who bring the world to the edge of 
> Armageddon?

I cast my vote for Good Omens as well, it was a hell of a read ( no pun 
intended ;)

> Also, in my earlier post I forgot to mention a few other authors good for 
> both thinking and laughs -- Connie Willis (altho she seems more serious 
> lately - but "Bellwether" is a must for any fan of chaos theory).

Connie Willis is great - I really liked her time travel book on the plague 
during the middle ages ( The Domesday Book ).  Also, she did a time-travel 
take on Jerome Jerome's "Three Men and a Boat" called "To Say Nothing about 
the Dog"  that I really enjoyed.

> Jonathen 
> Lethem, Christopher Moore, Neil Stephenson and Christopher Brookmyre.  
> Unfortunately, Brookmyre is only available in the UK or from amazon.co.uk.  
> He writes "Scottish Noir" fiction which is truly amazing.

This is great, I've been looking for some new stuff to read.

Rowland

> I'm very excited about the suggestions so far...I'm just hoping the dinky 
> library here in Cary is able to satisfy some of these requests.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Diana
> 
> On Thursday 23 January 2003 02:22 pm, you wrote:
> > Since the request was for other authors my suggestion would only be
> > half what you asked for, since Terry Pratchett is a co-author, but the
> > book "Good Omens" is not to be missed.  It concerns itself -- with a
> > mixup at a hospital where the anti-christ accidentally is switched with
> > another baby; with special envoys sent from heaven and hell to
> > straighten things out; and with an angel and a demon, grown comfortable
> > in their postings on Earth, who conspire to foil their respective
> > bosses and avert the end of the world.
> >
> > BigLee
> >
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