[geeks] books for fun?

[Kurt Mosiejczuk]

On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, alex j avriette wrote:

> been meaning to read another of his. finished _excession_ a few months
> back, followed by _the wasp factory_. TWF was ... interesting. i read a
> usenet review of his book that made the valid point "i no longer trust
> authors who kill the main characters or protagonist of the book." i'm
> not sure whether i want to get into another book where the characters
> i'm interested in keep getting offed.

Definitely will need to read TWF then.  Haven't done so yet.

> > exposure on this side of the pond now.  When my friend started reading
> > Banks, he shopped amazon.co.uk quite a lot.

> which is really the easiest/best place to get his books (and peter f
> hamilton and other uk-ish authors). i just wish amazon.com's database
> worked on amazon.co.uk.

Depending on which one I want, the local border's books is slightly easier
for me =)  I was just impressed they were stocking some of his stuff.

--Kurt