100 Feelings Books Gave Me • 02| we can always cut and run

[igrab]

So like, I've mentioned this mythical Cut and Run series a few times, but always glossed over it because I wanted to make a big giant post about how awesome it is and just a throwaway wouldn't do it justice

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[pax_athena]

Oh ... On my wishlist with it, as if it weren't far too long already ;D

[igrab]

my wishlist is surprisingly short right now. i need some recs.

[pax_athena]

I'm usually glad to recommend books, but I don't have a good grasp onto which kind of books you like yet ... :O

[igrab]

Doesn't matter. What are your three favorite standalone books and three favorite authors in general? .... Fiction, though. But in fiction, anything goes.

[pax_athena]

Three authors I can do - Ursula K. LeGuin, Neil Gaiman, Anton Chekhov (the list will change in five minutes or so XD).

Three books are not do-able, too many good ones! Give me a direction: SF? Fantasy? Classics? Contemporary?

Or rather let's try this:

Fantasy:
* Good Omens by Gaiman & Pratchett
* The Watch series by Lukyanenko (the first one can be read as a stand alone)
* Gentlemen of the Road: A Tale of Adventure by Michael Chabon (though this one is almost historical? at least there is no magic and stuff, but it's such a clear nod to Michael Moorcock's stories that I count it as fantasy)

Science Fiction:
* The Dispossessed by Ursula K. LeGuin
* The Silent Empire series by Steven Harper (the first one can be read as a stand alone)
* Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Classics:
* Paradise Lost by John Milton
* Ficciones by Borges (short stories; among the best ever)
* The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum by Heinrich Böll (Erm - German, but very well known here)

Contemporary:* Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury