• Artemis Fowl and The Lost Colony

by Eoin Colfer

The 5th in the Artemis Fowl Series. Artemis has almost completely forgotten about the fairies and members of a violent, supernatural race keep randomly popping out of thin air. Read this great book for the rest of this dramatic story.

The Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul

by Douglas Adams

I love the way this book begins:
It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on earth has ever produced the expression "As pretty as an airport.

It shows you right off the bat that this'll be a funny book, because it goes on to explain how the architecture of airports is an expression of all the horrible feelings one experiences in those horrible places. One thing I found remarkable was the I Ching calculator. I'll let you read about that.

  • Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

by Douglas Adams

I finally bought this from Amazon.com, rather than the omnibus. My favorite character in this is, of course, the electric monk. To paraphrase: It is, like a dish washer or VCR, a labor-saving device. While a dishwasher washes dishes for you and a VCR watches TV for you so you don't have to, an electric monk believes things for you so you don't have to.

At one point, the monk believed that 85% of all tables are hermaphrodites! I shouldn't give away too much off this great novel. It's really IS worth buying despite it's lack of availability. The reason why it's so unavailable: The solution to saving the world is very hard to understand. But I maintain the comedy and intrigue of this novel is very much worth of it all.

  • The Da Vinci Code

by Dan Brown

This amazing thriller seems to be the only way to get a controversial belief out into the main stream media. In fact, the book and the movie both act as tasty envelopes to deliver the strange message: Jesus was married. Using much historical evidence and jaw-dropping facts, the characters prove the point to reader. You'll never guess the surprise ending of this "Quest for the Holy Grail."

  • Feet of Clay

by Terry Pratchett

An exciting and humorous murder mystery set in Ankh Morpork involving the ceramic robots called golems and all of the Watch (police force).

Basic plot: A couple of old guys are found dead and the good despot Lord Vetinary appears to be sick for no reason. How can the Watch fix this mess?

by Daniel Wilson, a roboticist,

and illustrated by Richard Horne


Both humurous and informative; I don't know about you, but I found this quite interesting. (Plus, its' shiny!) Did I mention that it's extremely cool?

  • The Last Hero

by Terry Pratchett and illustrated by Paul Kidby

Beautifully illustrated and hilariously written! A wonderful addition to the DiskWorld DiskWorld which, judging from your blank expression, you haven't heard of. Three words: British, fantasy, comedy

  • The Illustrated Man


by Ray Bradbury

A collection of sci-fi short stories, most of which end sadly, but most are really good. My favorite was the one about the "dead" city.

  • The Martian Chronicles

by Ray Bradbury


Connected short stories. My favorite was There Shall Come Soft Rains. My least favorite was the story about the priests and the one about the Martian murderer.

  • His Dark Materials

by Philip Pullman

This book series is kinda sci-fi, but not especially since it doesn't have any aliens or advanced technology in it. It's a trilogy with a sad, but not too sad, end. These are books that portray the predominant religious organization as evil, which I like, muchly.