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May 2022 Nominations
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Sci-Fi: The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G.K. ChestertonLove: The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard
SF and Fantasy: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr HydeI
Love:
Love for Lydia
(But what happened to Queen Lucia?)
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Darren wrote: "Christopher - Queen Lucia was a Comedy read in May'20 - have you noticed a problem?"I thought Love for Lydia was a sequel to Queen Lucia.
Er, uh...
Christopher wrote: "Darren wrote: "Christopher - Queen Lucia was a Comedy read in May'20 - have you noticed a problem?"I thought Love for Lydia was a sequel to Queen Lucia.
Er, uh...
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No problem, Christopher. But I will let you know that I just finished the sequel to "Queen Lucia." It is called "Miss Mapp" and it is so funny! You should read it, it's really cute :)
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Sci-Fi & Fantasy:
Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs (1959) 289 pages
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G.K. Chesterton (1908) 182 pages
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) 139 pages
Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner (1926) 222 pages
Erewhon by Samuel Butler (1872) 272 pages
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein (1961) 525 pages
Love:
Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell (1853) 432 pages
The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard (1980) 352 pages
Love for Lydia by H.E. Bates (1952) 319 pages
Patience & Sarah by Isabel Miller (1969) 225 pages
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton (1920) 293 pages
Atonement by Ian McEwan (2001) 351 pages
Guardian Newspaper 1000 Novels
Books mentioned in this topic
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text (other topics)The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare (other topics)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (other topics)
Lolly Willowes (other topics)
Atonement (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Ian McEwan (other topics)Robert A. Heinlein (other topics)
Edith Wharton (other topics)
Samuel Butler (other topics)
Sylvia Townsend Warner (other topics)
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Sci-Fi & Fantasy and Love
to help with choosing nominations, I have updated the threads containing the full list of books in each of these categories, showing which books have already been read - hopefully these are useful:
Sci-Fi & Fantasy List
Love List
so let's have those suggestions...