optimist_prime rated The Fellowship of the Ring: 3 stars
The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
The Fellowship of the Ring is the first of three volumes of the epic novel The Lord of the Rings …
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optimist_prime rated 1632: 4 stars
1632 by Eric Flint
1632, published in 2000, is an alternate history novel by American author Eric Flint, the initial novel in the best-selling …
optimist_prime rated He, She and it: 5 stars
He, She and it by Marge Piercy
He, She, and It (retitled Body of Glass in the United Kingdom) is a 1991 cyberpunk novel by American writer …
optimist_prime rated V for vendetta: 4 stars
V for vendetta by Alan Moore
"Good evening, London." It's nine o'clock and this is The Voice of Fate... It is the Fifth of the Eleventh, …
optimist_prime rated Last Unicorn: 3 stars
Peter S. Beagle: Last Unicorn (Hardcover, 1994, Tandem Library)
Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
The unicorn lived in a lilac wood, and she lived all alone…
…so she ventured out from the safety …
optimist_prime rated En sjøens helt: 4 stars
optimist_prime rated The Wretched of the Earth: 5 stars
The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon
The Wretched of the Earth (French: Les Damnés de la Terre) is a 1961 book by the psychiatrist Frantz Fanon, …
optimist_prime rated Brave New World: 3 stars
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Originally published in 1932, this outstanding work of literature is more crucial and relevant today than ever before. Cloning, feel-good …
optimist_prime rated Sophie's World: 2 stars
Jostein Gaarder: Sophie's World (1995)
Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder
Sophie's World (Norwegian: Sofies verden) is a 1991 novel by Norwegian writer Jostein Gaarder. It follows Sophie Amundsen, a Norwegian …
optimist_prime rated The Cyberiad: 5 stars
The Cyberiad by Stanisław Lem
Stanislaw Lem is perhaps the most original and influential European science-fiction writer of the twentieth century.
The Cyberiad, one …
optimist_prime rated Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul: 5 stars
Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams (Dirk Gently, #2)
Douglas Adams for those who may not be familiar with either him or his books writes rather tangentialy than linearly, …
optimist_prime rated Animal Farm: 3 stars
Animal Farm by George Orwell
George Orwell's timeless and timely allegorical novel—a scathing satire on a downtrodden society’s blind march towards totalitarianism.
“All animals …
optimist_prime rated The little prince: 5 stars
The little prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
An aviator whose plane is forced down in the Sahara Desert encounters a little prince from a small planet who …
optimist_prime rated The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: 5 stars
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is the first of six books in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comedy …