 | Storm Breaking (The Mage Storms) by Mercedes Lackey
Buy used from: £2.47 Brilliant ending to another fantastic Valdemar trilogy, recommend read 'gryphons' trilogy first
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 | Magic's Price (Daw Science Fiction) by Mercedes Lackey
Buy used from: £1.48 This'll have you in tears. Heart-rending ending to 'Magic's' trilogy, grittier than previous tales.
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 | The Mage Storms: Storm Warning Book 1 (The Mage Storms, Book 1) by Mercedes Lackey
Buy used from: £0.30 First encounter with Karal, a young priest from Karse. Magic, love and mayhem mix in this 'ground-breaking' opener to the storm series
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 | Restoree by Anne McCaffrey
Buy new: £1.75 / Used from: £0.01 Perhaps not as well writen as others but lacks the predictability of later books.
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 | Dragonflight (Corgi Science-Fiction) by Anne McCaffrey
Buy new: £2.97 / Used from: £0.01 recommend all of the McCaffery Dragons of Pern series, extremely good read with telepathic dragons.
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 | Fool's Errand (Tawny Man) by Robin Hobb
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £0.55 Read ANYTHING of Hobbs that you can get your hands on. The Tawny Man series may be dark but the characters are vivid and full of magic.
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 | Little People by Tom Holt
Buy new: £2.02 / Used from: £0.01 Darkly humourous writting combining magic and modern life in a sadisdic way.
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 | Sabriel by Garth Nix
Buy new: £3.49 / Used from: £0.01 Obsessed with death, necromancy, and dark imagery this mildly chilling tale is set with a backdrop of superstition.
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 | I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £0.01 Will machines rule the world? A.I? Asimov explores robotic rights without the OTT exageration of Hollywood. A classic read.
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 | Dune by Frank Herbert
Buy new: £3.21 / Used from: £0.01 Incredible set of books. Descibes the clash of mysticism, the bedouin-like fremen, and the modern capitallism of the Empire. Gritty epic. Herbert may be drawing parallels to Earth.
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 | His Dark Materials Gift Set: "Northern Lights", "The Subtle Knife", "The Amber Spyglass": His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
Buy used from: £10.00 You'll never want to put this down. Spell-binding writing.
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| The Coming of Quantum Cats by Frederik Pohl
Buy used from: £1.93 Stay with this. It's good read, and a crash course in imaginative quantum physics. Very odd and very good.
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 | The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Five Parts by Douglas Adams
Buy new: £12.59 / Used from: £0.27 If you ever wondered why it's 'the Kumar's at no. 42' read this. You'll need a towel....
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 | The Colour of Magic (Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett
Buy new: £4.89 / Used from: £0.01 Great humour and adventure. You'll be wondering how you ever lived without it. Look out for Luggage, the best character he ever invented, that, and Death....
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| Pride of Chanur by C.J. Cherryh
Buy used from: £0.01 Space age politics, first contact from the alien perspective , and a whole load of battles... free-for-all!
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 | Foreigner: 10th Anniversary Edition (Foreigner Universe Books) by C. J. Cherryh
Buy new: £1.69 / Used from: £1.23 While the Author does tend to waffle philosphically it's worth it to read through (it improves).Linguists will like this.the Treaty keeps the Atevi and the Humans at peace. Helped by a mediator. Bren
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