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	''The Shepherd’s Crown'' (2015) – final novel in the ''Discworld'' series.</blockquote>''The Carpet People'' (1971) – debut novel. Comic fantasy novel.		''The Shepherd’s Crown'' (2015) – final novel in the ''Discworld'' series.</blockquote>''The Carpet People'' (1971) – debut novel. Comic fantasy novel.
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	''Good Omens'' (1990) – is a novel written in collaboration between Terry Pratchett and '''Neil Gaiman'''. An angel and a demon try to thwart the End of Days.<blockquote>For other works by this author see: [[Entertainment/Literature - Childrens\|Literature - Childrens]] / [[Entertainment/Literature - Non-Fiction\|Literature - Non-Fiction]]</blockquote>'''Alistair Reynolds''' specialises in hard science fiction and space opera, and has a PhD in astrophysics.		''Good Omens'' (1990) – is a novel written in collaboration between Terry Pratchett and '''Neil Gaiman'''. An angel and a demon try to thwart the End of Days.<blockquote>For other works by this author see: [[Entertainment/Literature - Childrens\|Literature - Childrens]] / [[Entertainment/Literature - Non-Fiction\|Literature - Non-Fiction]]</blockquote>'''Alistair Reynolds''' specialises in hard science fiction and space opera, and has a PhD in astrophysics.

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	''The Shepherd’s Crown'' (2015) – final novel in the ''Discworld'' series.</blockquote>''The Carpet People'' (1971) – debut novel. Comic fantasy novel.		''The Shepherd’s Crown'' (2015) – final novel in the ''Discworld'' series.</blockquote>''The Carpet People'' (1971) – debut novel. Comic fantasy novel.
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	''Good Omens'' (1990) – is a novel written in collaboration between Terry Pratchett and '''Neil Gaiman'''. An angel and a demon try to thwart the End of Days.<blockquote>For other works by this author see: [[Entertainment/Literature - Childrens\|Literature - Childrens]] / [[Entertainment/Literature - Non-Fiction\|Literature - Non-Fiction]]</blockquote>'''Alistair Reynolds''' specialises in hard science fiction and space opera, and has a PhD in astrophysics.		''Good Omens'' (1990) – is a novel written in collaboration between Terry Pratchett and '''Neil Gaiman'''. An angel and a demon try to thwart the End of Days.<blockquote>For other works by this author see: [[Entertainment/Literature - Childrens\|Literature - Childrens]] / [[Entertainment/Literature - Non-Fiction\|Literature - Non-Fiction]]</blockquote>'''Alistair Reynolds''' specialises in hard science fiction and space opera, and has a PhD in astrophysics.

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 ''The Shepherd’s Crown'' (2015) – final novel in the ''Discworld'' series.</blockquote>''The Carpet People'' (1971) – debut novel. Comic fantasy novel.
 ''Good Omens'' (1990) – is a novel written in collaboration between Terry Pratchett and '''Neil Gaiman'''. An angel and a demon try to thwart the End of Days.<blockquote>For other works by this author see: [[Entertainment/Literature - Childrens|Literature - Childrens]]</blockquote>'''Alistair Reynolds''' specialises in hard science fiction and space opera, and has a PhD in astrophysics.
 The ''Revelation Space'' (2000- ) universe is set in a future version of our world, with the addition of several extra-terrestrial species and advanced technologies.
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 '''Mark Twain'''
-''A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court'' (1889) – tells the tale of Hank Morgan, a 19th century citizen of Hartford, Connecticut who awakens to find himself transported back in time to early medieval England at the time of the legendary King Arthur in AD 528. Bing Crosby played Hank in a 1949 comedy musical film version.<blockquote>For other works by this author see: [[Entertainment/Novels - USA|Novels - USA]] / [[Entertainment/Literature - Childrens|Literature - Childrens]]</blockquote>'''John Updike'''
+''A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court'' (1889) – tells the tale of Hank Morgan, a 19th century citizen of Hartford, Connecticut who awakens to find himself transported back in time to early medieval England at the time of the legendary King Arthur in AD 528. Bing Crosby played Hank in a 1949 comedy musical film version.<blockquote>For other works by this author see: [[Entertainment/Novels - USA|Novels - USA]] / [[Entertainment/Literature - Childrens|Literature - Childrens]] / [[Entertainment/Literature - Non-Fiction|Literature - Non-Fiction]]</blockquote>'''John Updike'''
 ''The Witches of Eastwick'' – tells the story of three witches in a New England town who fall under the spell of new arrival Darryl Van Horne. Adapted into a 1987 film.

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 '''Newt Gingrich''' is a former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, who together with William R. Forstchen has written a trilogy of alternate histories of the American Civil War – ''Gettysburg'' (2003), ''Grant Comes East'' (2004) and ''Never Call Retreat: Lee and Grant: The Final Victory'' (2005) – in which Robert E Lee wins the Battle of Gettysburg but is subsequently beaten by Ulysses S Grant at the Battle of Frederick, bringing the war to an earlier conclusion than in reality.
-'''William Goldman''' - ''The Princess Bride (1973)'' is a fantasy romance novel that tells the story of a farmhand named Westley, who must rescue his true love Princess Buttercup from the odious Prince Humperdinck. Adapted into a 1987 film directed by Rob Reiner from a screenplay written by Goldman himself.<blockquote>For other works by this author see: [[Entertainment/Novels - USA|Novels - USA]]</blockquote>'''Deborah Harkness''' is the author of the fantasy All Souls Trilogy about Diana Bishop whose powers of witchcraft are activated when she requests a book from the Bodleian Library in Oxford. The trilogy consists of ''A Discovery of Witches'' (2011), ''Shadow of Night'' (2012) and ''The Book of Life'' (2014). The trilogy has been adapted as a television series as ''A Discovery of Witches''.
+'''William Goldman''' - ''The Princess Bride (1973)'' is a fantasy romance novel that tells the story of a farmhand named Westley, who must rescue his true love Princess Buttercup from the odious Prince Humperdinck. Adapted into a 1987 film directed by Rob Reiner from a screenplay written by Goldman himself.<blockquote>For other works by this author see: [[Entertainment/Novels - USA|Novels - USA]]</blockquote>'''Joe Haldeman''' - ''The Forever War'' (1974) is a military science fiction novel. William Mandella is a physics student conscripted for an elite task force in the United Nations Exploratory Force being assembled for a war against the Taurans, an alien species.
 '''Harry Harrison'''
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 ''The Dispossessed'' – is part of the Hainish cycle. The novel follows Shevek, a native of the moon Anarres. The even-numbered chapters are set on Anarres and the odd-numbered take place on Urras. Won the Hugo and Nebula awards in 1975.</blockquote>'''Ann Leckie''' - ''Ancillary Justice'' (2013) is the first book in the Imperial Radch trilogy and is the only novel to have won the Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke awards.
 '''Stanislaw Len''' was a Polish science fiction author.
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 ''Dragonflight'' (1968) – a fix-up of the novellas ''Weyr Search'' and ''Dragonrider,'' this is the first book in the ''Dragonriders of Pern'' series. Human colonists of the planet Pern use telepathic fire-breathing dragons to destroy the dangerous ‘Thread’ which rains down from the sky.
 '''Michael Moorcock''' fostered the development of the science fiction "New Wave" in the UK
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 ''The Shepherd’s Crown'' (2015) – final novel in the ''Discworld'' series.</blockquote>''The Carpet People'' (1971) – debut novel. Comic fantasy novel.
-''Good Omens'' (1990) – is a novel written in collaboration between Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. An angel and a demon try to thwart the End of Days.<blockquote>For other works by this author see: [[Entertainment/Literature - Childrens|Literature - Childrens]]</blockquote>'''Alistair Reynolds''' specialises in hard science fiction and space opera, and has a PhD in astrophysics.
+''Good Omens'' (1990) – is a novel written in collaboration between Terry Pratchett and '''Neil Gaiman'''. An angel and a demon try to thwart the End of Days.<blockquote>For other works by this author see: [[Entertainment/Literature - Childrens|Literature - Childrens]]</blockquote>'''Alistair Reynolds''' specialises in hard science fiction and space opera, and has a PhD in astrophysics.
 The ''Revelation Space'' (2000- ) universe is set in a future version of our world, with the addition of several extra-terrestrial species and advanced technologies.
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 ''Blood of Elves'' (1994) – is the first novel in ''The Witcher'' saga.
 '''Mary Shelley''', best known for the Gothic novel ''Frankenstein'', also wrote ''The Last Man'' (1826), an apocalyptic science fiction novel in which Europe is ravaged by a mysterious pandemic.<blockquote>For other works by this author see: [[Entertainment/Horror Fiction|Horror Fiction]]</blockquote>'''William Shatner''' has written a series of science fiction novels called ''TekWar'' that were adapted for television. The novels were ghost-written by science-fiction author '''Ron Goulart'''.
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 ''The First Men in the Moon'' (1901) – tells the story of a journey to the Moon undertaken by Mr. Bedford and Mr. Cavor who has developed a new material, cavorite, which can negate the force of gravity. They discover that the Moon is inhabited by a sophisticated extraterrestrial civilisation of insect-like creatures they call "Selenites".
-''The World Set Free'' (1914) – predicts nuclear warfare years before research began and describes the chain reactions involved and the resulting radiation.<blockquote>For other works by this author see: [[Entertainment/Novels - British Isles|Novels - British Isles]]</blockquote>'''Gene Wolfe'''
+''The World Set Free'' (1914) – predicts nuclear warfare years before research began and describes the chain reactions involved and the resulting radiation.<blockquote>For other works by this author see: [[Entertainment/Novels - British Isles|Novels - British Isles]]</blockquote>'''Connie Willis''' has won eleven Hugo Awards and seven Nebula Awards for particular works—more major science fiction awards than any other writer.
 ''The Book of the New Sun'' – a ‘Dying Earth’ tetralogy (''The Shadow of the Torturer'' (1980), ''The Claw of the Conciliator'' (1981), ''The Sword of the Lictor'' (1982) and ''The Citadel of the Autarch'' (1983)) which follows Severian, a disgraced journeyman torturer.
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 ''Chocky'' (1968) – is about a 12-year-old boy, Matthew Gore, who is in telepathic communication with an alien entity (the eponymous Chocky).

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 ''The Shepherd’s Crown'' (2015) – final novel in the ''Discworld'' series.</blockquote>''The Carpet People'' (1971) – debut novel. Comic fantasy novel.
-''Good Omens'' (1990) – is a novel written in collaboration between Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. An angel and a demon try to thwart the End of Days.
+''Good Omens'' (1990) – is a novel written in collaboration between Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. An angel and a demon try to thwart the End of Days.<blockquote>For other works by this author see: [[Entertainment/Literature - Childrens|Literature - Childrens]]</blockquote>'''Alistair Reynolds''' specialises in hard science fiction and space opera, and has a PhD in astrophysics.
 The ''Revelation Space'' (2000- ) universe is set in a future version of our world, with the addition of several extra-terrestrial species and advanced technologies.
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 '''Kim Stanley Robinson''' is best known for his ''Mars'' trilogy. The three novels are ''Red Mars'' (1992), ''Green Mars'' (1993), and ''Blue Mars'' (1996).
-'''Philip Roth''' - ''The Plot Against America'' (2004) is an alternative history in which Franklin Roosevelt loses the 1940 Presidential election to Charles Lindbergh.
+'''Philip Roth''' - ''The Plot Against America'' (2004) is an alternative history in which Franklin Roosevelt loses the 1940 Presidential election to Charles Lindbergh.<blockquote>For other works by this author see: [[Entertainment/Novels - USA|Novels - USA]]</blockquote>'''Andrzej Sapkowski''' is a Polish author best known for his book series ''The Witcher''.
 ''The Witcher'' – is a series of six fantasy novels and 15 short stories. The saga revolves around the eponymous ‘witcher’, Geralt of Rivia. Witchers are beast hunters who develop supernatural abilities at a young age to battle wild beasts and monsters. The books have been adapted into a film, two television series, a trilogy of video games, and a graphic novel series.
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 ''Blood of Elves'' (1994) – is the first novel in ''The Witcher'' saga.
-'''Mary Shelley''', best known for the Gothic novel ''Frankenstein'', also wrote ''The Last Man'' (1826), an apocalyptic science fiction novel in which Europe is ravaged by a mysterious pandemic.
+'''Mary Shelley''', best known for the Gothic novel ''Frankenstein'', also wrote ''The Last Man'' (1826), an apocalyptic science fiction novel in which Europe is ravaged by a mysterious pandemic.<blockquote>For other works by this author see: [[Entertainment/Horror Fiction|Horror Fiction]]</blockquote>'''William Shatner''' has written a series of science fiction novels called ''TekWar'' that were adapted for television. The novels were ghost-written by science-fiction author '''Ron Goulart'''.
 '''Robert Silverberg''' is the author of many science fiction novels including a series set on the planet Majipoor.
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 '''G'''(raham) '''P'''(eter) '''Taylor''' ''- Shadowmancer'' (2002) is a fantasy novel. Like C. S. Lewis's ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' it is a Christian allegory in the form of a fantasy adventure. ''Wormwood'' (2004) and ''Tersias'' (2005) are sequels to ''Shadowmancer.''
-'''Walter Tevis''' - ''The Man Who Fell to Earth'' (1963) Thomas Jerome Newton is a humanoid alien who comes to Earth seeking to construct a spaceship to ferry others from his home planet, Anthea, to Earth. Anthea is experiencing a terrible drought after many nuclear wars. Adapted into a 1976 Nicolas Roeg film starring David Bowie as Newton.
+'''Walter Tevis''' - ''The Man Who Fell to Earth'' (1963) Thomas Jerome Newton is a humanoid alien who comes to Earth seeking to construct a spaceship to ferry others from his home planet, Anthea, to Earth. Anthea is experiencing a terrible drought after many nuclear wars. Adapted into a 1976 Nicolas Roeg film starring David Bowie as Newton.<blockquote>For other works by this author see: [[Entertainment/Novels - USA|Novels - USA]]</blockquote>'''J'''(ohn) '''R'''(onald) '''R'''(euel) '''Tolkein''' was born in South Africa. He served as the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon and Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford, from 1925 to 1945 and Merton Professor of English Language and Literature and Fellow of Merton College, Oxford from 1945 to 1959.
 ''The Hobbit'' – was first published in 1937. Full title – ''The Hobbit, or There and Back Again''. Follows the quest of Bilbo Baggins to win a share of the treasure guarded by a dragon named Smaug.
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 '''Mark Twain'''
-''A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court'' (1889) – tells the tale of Hank Morgan, a 19th century citizen of Hartford, Connecticut who awakens to find himself transported back in time to early medieval England at the time of the legendary King Arthur in AD 528. Bing Crosby played Hank in a 1949 comedy musical film version.
+''A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court'' (1889) – tells the tale of Hank Morgan, a 19th century citizen of Hartford, Connecticut who awakens to find himself transported back in time to early medieval England at the time of the legendary King Arthur in AD 528. Bing Crosby played Hank in a 1949 comedy musical film version.<blockquote>For other works by this author see: [[Entertainment/Novels - USA|Novels - USA]] / [[Entertainment/Literature - Childrens|Literature - Childrens]]</blockquote>'''John Updike'''
 ''The Witches of Eastwick'' – tells the story of three witches in a New England town who fall under the spell of new arrival Darryl Van Horne. Adapted into a 1987 film.
-''The Widows of Eastwick'' – final novel. Sequel to ''The Witches of Eastwick''.
+''The Widows of Eastwick'' – final novel. Sequel to ''The Witches of Eastwick''.<blockquote>For other works by this author see: [[Entertainment/Novels - USA|Novels - USA]]</blockquote>'''Jack Vance''' was the author of many stand-alone science-fiction novels and several science fiction and fantasy series including:
 ''The Dying Earth'' series – set in a distant future where the Sun is dying and magic has taken over. Novels and story collections - ''The Dying Earth'' (1950), ''The Eyes of the Overworld'' (1966), ''Cugel's Saga'' (1983) and ''Rhialto the Marvellous'' (1984).
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 ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea'' (1870) – when a sea monster threatens international shipping, French oceanographer Pierre Aronnax and his assistant Conseil join an expedition organized by the US Navy to hunt down and destroy the menace. The ''Nautilus'' is a submarine, commanded by Captain Nemo.
-''The Mysterious Island'' (1875) – is a sequel to ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea''. Captain Nemo identifies himself as Prince Dakkar, son of the Hindu raja of Bundelkhand.
+''The Mysterious Island'' (1875) – is a sequel to ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea''. Captain Nemo identifies himself as Prince Dakkar, son of the Hindu raja of Bundelkhand.<blockquote>For other works by this author see: [[Entertainment/Novels - World|Novels - World]]</blockquote>'''Vernor Vinge''' - ''A Fire Upon the Deep'' (1992) is a tale of galactic war told on a cosmic scale. First novel in the ''Zones of Thought'' series.
 '''Kurt Vonnegut''' was an American writer who fought in Europe in World War II
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 ''The First Men in the Moon'' (1901) – tells the story of a journey to the Moon undertaken by Mr. Bedford and Mr. Cavor who has developed a new material, cavorite, which can negate the force of gravity. They discover that the Moon is inhabited by a sophisticated extraterrestrial civilisation of insect-like creatures they call "Selenites".
-''The World Set Free'' (1914) – predicts nuclear warfare years before research began and describes the chain reactions involved and the resulting radiation.
+''The World Set Free'' (1914) – predicts nuclear warfare years before research began and describes the chain reactions involved and the resulting radiation.<blockquote>For other works by this author see: [[Entertainment/Novels - British Isles|Novels - British Isles]]</blockquote>'''Gene Wolfe'''
 ''The Book of the New Sun'' – a ‘Dying Earth’ tetralogy (''The Shadow of the Torturer'' (1980), ''The Claw of the Conciliator'' (1981), ''The Sword of the Lictor'' (1982) and ''The Citadel of the Autarch'' (1983)) which follows Severian, a disgraced journeyman torturer.