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    Need help with a gift request -- book titles!

    We often exchange "wish lists" at Christmas because we are not exactly what you'd call a close family. And have little to no clue with the others have been up to over the passing year.

    This year one of my SIL's request was, and I quote, "For me I love a new mindless book at Christmas! One where no one dies but not like a romance novel, LOL!"

    Any suggestions??
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    Is she a fan of sci-fi, silliness, dry British humour, or, better yet, all of the above? How about The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, then?
    "For a musician, the SNES sound engine is like using Crayola Crayons. Nobuo Uematsu used Crayola Crayons to paint the Sistine Chapel." - Jeremy Jahns (re: "Dancing Mad")
    "The difference between an amateur and a master is that the master has failed way more times." - JoCat
    "Thinking is difficult, therefore let the herd pronounce judgment!" ~ Carl Jung
    "There's burning bridges, and then there's the lake just to fill it with gasoline." - Wiccy, reddit
    "Retail is a cruel master, and could very well be the most educational time of many people's lives, in its own twisted way." - me
    "Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down...tell you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens...makes her a home." - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds, "Serenity" (2005)
    Acts of Gord – Read it, Learn it, Love it!
    "Our psychic powers only work if the customer has a mind to read." - me

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    • #3
      No-one dies?! The entire planet is destroyed.They're all doomed! Many millions of souls deaded....
      The Copyright Monster has made me tell you that my avatar is courtesy of the wonderful Alice XZ.And you don't want to annoy the Copyright Monster.

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      • #4
        Well...No-one important dies. Those were all off-screen.
        "For a musician, the SNES sound engine is like using Crayola Crayons. Nobuo Uematsu used Crayola Crayons to paint the Sistine Chapel." - Jeremy Jahns (re: "Dancing Mad")
        "The difference between an amateur and a master is that the master has failed way more times." - JoCat
        "Thinking is difficult, therefore let the herd pronounce judgment!" ~ Carl Jung
        "There's burning bridges, and then there's the lake just to fill it with gasoline." - Wiccy, reddit
        "Retail is a cruel master, and could very well be the most educational time of many people's lives, in its own twisted way." - me
        "Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down...tell you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens...makes her a home." - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds, "Serenity" (2005)
        Acts of Gord – Read it, Learn it, Love it!
        "Our psychic powers only work if the customer has a mind to read." - me

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        • #5
          "Dungeon Crawler Carl" by Matt Dinniman is a quick, fun read, but it does have people dying.
          "I don't have to be petty. The Universe does that for me."

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          • #6
            Ditto "All Systems Red" by Martha Wells. But I do love me them Murderbot Diaries!
            “There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged.
            One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world.
            The other, of course, involves orcs." -- John Rogers

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            • #7
              Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats.
              Customers should always be served . . . to the nearest great white.

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              • #8
                May I offer Jodi Taylor's St.Mary's Chronicles- 'disaster magnets flying around history. They go to observe and record historical events in contemporary settings (don't call it time travel or you'll have to deal with Dr. Bairstow). If they get home intact and without having created mayhem wherever they go, then it's a success... '
                The Copyright Monster has made me tell you that my avatar is courtesy of the wonderful Alice XZ.And you don't want to annoy the Copyright Monster.

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                • #9
                  Quoth Kit-Ginevra View Post
                  No-one dies?! The entire planet is destroyed.They're all doomed! Many millions of souls deaded....
                  Or I could REALLY "make" her Christmas by giving her the doorstop novel "Cities in Flight" by James Blish ... which ends with the destruction of the current universe.

                  (I think it was published as a series but I got the whole thing in one book; hence my calling it a "doorstop".)

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                  • #10
                    Spider Robinson's Callahan series
                    Warning: Not recommended for those who are easily offended.
                    Life is too short to not eat popcorn.
                    Save the Ales!
                    Toys for Tots at Rooster's Cafe

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                    • #11
                      Quoth csquared View Post
                      Spider Robinson's Callahan series
                      Warning: Not recommended for those who are easily offended.
                      Or who dislike punishment!
                      I am not an a**hole. I am a hemorrhoid. I irritate a**holes!
                      Procrastination: Forward planning to insure there is something to do tomorrow.
                      Derails threads faster than a pocket nuke.

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