I always have to think real hard not to make those mistakes when talking about either of them.
I´m just glad there is no way to mix up the names of the director of 12 Years A Slave and the lead actor of Bullit…
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Sorry, I forgot about replying about him…
I thought of him since, like Palahniuk and Bukowski he’s american, and he’s a somehow pulp-ish novelist. He writes books very different from each other (from hard-boiled to psycho-noir, to western, to science fiction) with a dry humour I love. He is famous for the series of Hap and Leo. These books are maybe the lightests he wrote, with a strong comedic line. They’re about a couple of detectives. One is eterosexual, democratic and white. The other is black, gay and republican.
They often quarrel about politics, especially while they’re hard beating up some bad guy.
No, that would be too hard! 
the game is for me, to find one book for every year!
Thanks, his stuff sounds interesting 
Ohhhh 
let us know what you come up with.
I read The Prague Cemetery after being to the actual place in Prague, last year in December:
I thumbed through The Island of the Day Before in bookstores a few times, but never really found a passage that has made me want to continue reading.
To bad my dad writes in german only, otherwise I´d plug him here, too.
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Do it nevertheless!
So I have an excuse to plug mine.
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There is a new Stephen King short story out that was put on his official website for free distribution and sharing.
It´s only about 36 pages and divided into like 10 chapters. I could read it, if you like and upload one chapter at a time.
Google turned up 2 books with fantastic short stories. One of which looks like something I would enjoy, the other one seems a bit too grim, based on the description. Not such a big fan of short stories, but I think I’ll bite 
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Deutsch ist ja soooo schwierig. 
French is hard. German is a breeze unless you’re in a situation where you have to care about writing all the cases just right. 
Sag das mal unseren Kollegen hier. 
Where are they from?
I mean the people on the forum. 
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I also found something, I suppose it’s him. I mean, the surname and the city match.
So… the next challenge is, find my book on Amazon. I think you have enough hints about me to find out.
4 stars on Goodreads. Unfortunately, the only Italian I know is Pizza and Pasta .
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Whoa, that’s true. I didn’t even know it was listed there and now I wonder who rated it I’m thinking of translating to English some of the short stories I wrote, but I usually write a lot of puns, and adapting them would be a nightmare.
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That means the chances are like really really good.
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Three non fiction recommendations from me:
Kens’s Guide to the Bible by Ken Smith
You won´t believe some of the stuff that the “good book” actually says! Also google for “The Brick Testament” for an even funnier take on the text.
The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan
One of the greatest reads I ever had in my life. Might as well change the very view you have on the world.
The Skeptic´s Dictionary by James Randi (german edition pictured)
Ever wondered: Is that thing they tell me about for real? Chances are you may find it here. Besides many magic tricks are explained here.
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I´m trying to compile a list, mostly for myself of must-read genre fiction books. I´ve included Sci-Fi Fantasy and Horror, tried to be as chronological (starting in the 19th century) as possible and only included one per author which really wasn´t easy in some cases. There are many “read before you die lists” but I haven´t seen one soley focusing on genre literature so far, so I just gave it a try. I´ll add to it later but also take suggestions and corrections.
Epic Of Gilgamesh
Song Of The Nibelungs
Beowulf
Arabian Nights
Homer - The Odyssey
Thomas Moore - Utopia
Geoffery Chaucer - Canterbury Tales
Wolfram von Eschenbach - Parzifal
Ludovico Ariosto - Orlando Furioso
John Milton - Paradise Lost
William Shakespeare - Midsummernight´s Dream
Johnathan Swift - Gullivers Travels
Lewis Carrol - Alice In Wonderland & Alice Through The Looking Glass
Mary Shelley - Frankenstein
Gaston Leroux - Phantom Of The Opera
Victor Hugo - The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Jules Verne - Journey to the Center of the Earth
Edgar Allen Poe - The Fall Of The House Of Usher
Oscar Wilde - The Picture Of Dorian Gray
Henry James - The Turn Of The Screw
Robert Louis Steven - Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Frank L. Baum - The Wizard Of Oz
Fritz Leiber - The Big Time
H.G. Wells - The Time Machine
Ambroce Bierce - At Occurence At Owl Creek Bridge
Bram Stoker - Dracula
Franz Kafka - The Metamorphosis / In The Penal Colony
E.R. Eddison - The Worm Ourobous
H.P. Lovecraft - Shadow Over Innsmouth
Edgar Rice Burroghs - A Princess Of Mars
Robert E. Howard - Conan The Barbarian
JRR Tolkien - Lord Of The Rings
C.S. Lewis - The Chronicles Of Narnja
Shirley Jackson - The Haunting Of Hill House
Ray Bradbury - Something Wicked This Way Comes
Richard Matheson - I Am Legend
Charles Beaumont - Short Stories
Piere Boulle - Planet Of The Apes
Ira Levin - The Stepford Wives
Stefan Wul - Fantastic Planet
Michael Moorcock - Elric Of Melniboné
Harlan Ellison - A Boy And This Dog
James Graham Ballard - High-Rise
Kurt Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse 5
John R Delany - Dhalgren
Robert Bloch - Psycho
Frank Herbert - Dune
Stanislaw Lem - Solaris
Joe Haldeman - The Forever War
Arkadi & Boris Strugazki - Hard To Be A God
Isaac Asimov - Foundation Trilogy
Arthur C. Clarke - Childhood´s End
Jean Pierre Andrevon - Machine Men Against Gandahar
Robert A Heinlein - Stranger In A Strange Land
Aldous Huxley - Strange New World
George Orwell - 1984
Phillip K. Dick - Ubik
Gene Wolfe - The Book Of The New Sun
William Goldman - The Princess Bride
Piers Anthony - On A Pale Horse
Peter Straub - Ghost Story
Orson Scott Card - Ender´s Game
Roger Zelzany - Chronicles Of Amber
Craig Harrison - The Quiet Earth
Stephen King - IT
William Gibson - Neuromancer
Bruce Sterling - Schismatrix
Clive Barker - Books Of Blood
Iain M. Banks - Consider Phlebas
Dan Simmons - Hyperion Cantus
Robert Harris - Fatherland
Tad Williams - Otherland
Terry Pratchett - Mort
Douglas Adams - The Hitchhiker´s Guide Through The Galaxy
Anne Rice - Interview With The Vampire
Marion Zimmer Bradley - Mists of Avalon
Neal Stephenson - Snowcrash
Haruki Murakami - Hardboiled Wonderland
Joanne K Rowling - Harry Potter series
Ursula K. Le Guin - Earthsee
Michael Chrichton - Sphere
Andrzej Sapkowski - The Witcher
Wolfgang Hohlbein - Der Greif
Robert Jordan - The Wheel Of Time
George RR Martin - A Song Of Ice And Fire series
Neil Gaiman - American Gods
Phillip Pullman - His Dark Materials
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this one is sooo good.
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There’s a notable absence of Dracula.
I just read It. Not one of my favorite Kings tbh. According to myself, Lisey’s Story is King’s best. But most of my ratings don’t seem to have made it to LT.
A few things missing from your list: The Boys From Brazil, something by Jack Vance, Slaughterhouse Five, Planet of the Apes, something by Kafka, Beloved (Toni Morrison).
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