The Bond markets will certainly fall in line with the politicians

So many wonderful stories to chose from!

Student then, should probably have been doing something else, but good books are so often obsessive

What an excellent collection!

#19/20 Franz Kafka or Philip K Dick? I (and others before me) can see parallels between them.
- Ubik is one of the many stories that were remarkable in their anticipation of the future
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No - wish I’d heard of that, we visited California (& friends) a few years back & deliberately visited Cannery Row. I can see on the map we were close…

#18/20 “Cannery Row” by John Steinbeck
Another difficult choice, my parents bought me “the complete works of...” Finished them all in a week... any of them really
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#17/20 “The Glass Bead Game” by Hermann Hesse
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struggled to chose between this Siddhartha and Demian - how would they read ~50 years later?

#16/20 “The Shadow of the Wind” by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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I so wish I’d seen this before i posted! #upset #embarassed www.bbc.com/news/article...

#14/20 “1984” by George Orwell.
- a warning not a guide!

The Ministry of Truth ...
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#13/20 “The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas” by John Boyne Deeply affecting

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#12/20 “Good Omens” by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

or indeed most of “Discworld” series by Terry Pratchett some of the best SF&F ever written. Humour and extremely tart observation
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