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Rhys Hughes

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Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Short Stories

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Italo Calvino, Boris Vian, Stanislaw Lem, Flann O'Brien, Donald Barthe ...more

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A writer of Speculative Fiction who uses fantasy and comedy to explore unusual concepts. Known for his original ideas, intricate plots, love of paradox, and entertaining wordplay.

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Average rating: 3.93 · 4,356 ratings · 842 reviews · 326 distinct works • Similar authors

	A New Universal History of Infamy by Rhys Hughes (Goodreads Author), John Clute (Foreword) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2004 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nowhere Near Milkwood 4.21 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Smell of Telescopes by Rhys Hughes (Goodreads Author), David Rix (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.25 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cloud Farming in Wales really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Postmodern Mariner 4.12 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Worming the Harpy and Other Bitter Pills 4.38 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1995 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yule Do Nicely 3.33 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2017 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Link Arms with Toads! 4.32 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Astral Disruptor (Sampietro Mischief #1) 4.10 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Phantom Festival 4.05 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Rhys Hughes

Castor Jenkins (2 books)
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Rhys Hughes (Goodreads Author)

4.17 avg rating — 36 ratings

Sampietro Mischief (2 books)
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Rhys Hughes (Goodreads Author) (author)

4.13 avg rating — 31 ratings

Stringent Strange (2 books)
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Rhys Hughes (Goodreads Author)

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings

Triple Obscura (2 books)
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Rhys Hughes (Goodreads Author),

Boris Glikman (Goodreads Author),

Jason E. Rolfe

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Trojan Donkey Chapbooks (25 books)
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Rhys rated a book it was amazing The Unnamable by Samuel Beckett	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This book is astounding in so many ways, yet I hesitate to casually recommend it to readers. It's certainly one of the most difficult books I have read for a long time. Difficult in terms of both form and content. I wasn't even sure what the content ...more
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Rhys rated a book really liked it Arcadia by Tom Stoppard	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A remarkable play. I would love to see it performed. It is complex and involved but also possesses a great clarity. The shuttling between centuries, followed by the interlacing of those centuries, is truly a remarkable juggling act. But it's no gimmi ...more
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Rhys rated a book liked it Changing Places (The Campus Trilogy, #1) by David Lodge	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Ultimately disappointing. When I began reading it, I thought I might be in for something special. I was hooked after only the first paragraph (to be fair, it's a substantial paragraph, the way I tend to like them.) The writing seemed to have a flavou ...more
Dec 21, 2025 06:07AM · like · see review
Rhys rated a book really liked it Rogue Trooper: The Complete Collection 1 by Gerry Finley-Day	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I borrowed this from the library for nostalgic reasons, not thinking I would actually read the whole thing. I was a big 2000 AD fan when I was young, from issue #4 (19th March 1977) to some time in the early 1980s (probably 1984). I assumed the comic ...more
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Rhys rated a book really liked it In Case of Emergency / The Little Saint by Georges Simenon	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I always pounce when I see a Simenon book in a charity shop, and because he wrote so many of the things, the chances are good it will be a volume I haven't read. When I saw this omnibus on a shelf in the Red Cross shop I immediately grabbed it. The fi ...more
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Rhys rated a book it was amazing Tiny Arrows by Rhys Hughes (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Rhys rated a book it was ok The Abbess of Crewe by Muriel Spark	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I like Muriel Spark a lot but I didn't really enjoy this slim novel (novella?) Maybe I just don't particularly care for stories about nuns. I appreciate Spark's prose style, which is wonderful, often oblique and somehow still sharp. But the story its ...more
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Rhys rated a book it was amazing Malone Dies by Samuel Beckett	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Well, that was even better than MOLLOY, which is saying a lot. Perhaps the most Kafkaesque thing I have ever read. Incredible prose. One of the few 'perfect' novels I have encountered. You know what I mean. I can't imagine how changing a single word ...more
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Rhys rated a book it was amazing Seasons In Flight by Brian W. Aldiss	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This book is as good a collection of Aldiss short stories as any I have read. Yes, it's less experimental than The Moment of Eclipse or Last Orders but I found it to be poignant, enthralling and often quietly profound. Many of these stories aren't sci ...more
Nov 13, 2025 07:48AM · 2 likes · like · see review
Rhys rated a book really liked it A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The first Arthur Miller play I have ever read. I liked it. The writing is muscular, the pacing is great. I can imagine how suspenseful this play must be when acted well in a good theatre. It also felt just a little corny to me, but that's not the fau ...more
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“During the siege of Panama, he trailed behind his comrades, picking up shreds of purple wool which had once been blue. The fighting was incredibly vicious, but there was a deeper quality to the havoc, an ineffable wiping of belief. Though he wore his name like a sealed pocket, it was picked when he passed into the Cup of Gold, city of burnished lips.”
― Rhys Hughes, The Smell of Telescopes

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“The next stop is mine. You’d better follow.” “The stop belongs to the railway, but I know what you mean.”
― Rhys Hughes, The Smell of Telescopes

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“Clearly the world wasn’t as natural as we had always assumed. Someone or something had designed it, a joker perhaps, or if geology really was responsible, then blind physical forces had no less a sense of humour than the gods, which is not implausible.”
― Rhys Hughes, Thirty Tributes to Calvino

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