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lightreads ([personal profile] lightreads) wrote2011-07-24 09:30 pm
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Okay, you guys were so great last time, let’s try this again. Any opinions on where one ought to start with these guys? Cautionary tales?

• Iain M. Banks’s Culture series: I understand they’re mostly standalones and that the first book by pub order is not great, so where do I start?
• Charles de Lint: *gestures helplessly* that is a pile of books.
• Andre Norton: ditto
• Gene Wolfe

Also, if anyone can rec a relatively sane biography of Anne Boleyn, I’d be most grateful. For values of “relatively sane” meaning with at least a pretense at considering evidence before speculating.
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[personal profile] jadelennox 2011-07-25 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
the two Charles de Lint books I particularly liked were Someplace to Be Flying and Trader