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books read in 2005
GlueGlue by Irvine Welsh
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £0.01
not so good as ¨trainspotting¨but on the way there
Long Hard Road out of HellLong Hard Road out of Hell by Marilyn Manson
Buy used from: £6.81
funny with a few shocking bits
The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, Mildred Pierce, and Selected Stories (Everyman's Library Classics & Contemporary Classics)The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, Mildred Pierce, and Selected Stories (Everyman's Library Classics & Contemporary Classics) by James M. Cain
Buy used from: £12.87
masterly noir
After Dark My Sweet (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)After Dark My Sweet (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) by Jim Thompson
Buy used from: £0.88
good entrance to jim thompson's dark world
Savage Night (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)Savage Night (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) by Jim Thompson
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £3.18
a crime from different standpoints,not bad
The LadykillerThe Ladykiller by Martina Cole
Buy used from: £0.01
martina's second book i've read,like the first with new characters
The Day of the Triffids (Penguin Modern Classics)The Day of the Triffids (Penguin Modern Classics) by John Wyndham
Buy new: £5.74 / Used from: £2.46
best read in 2005,recommended
I Am Legend (S.F. Masterworks)I Am Legend (S.F. Masterworks) by Richard Matheson
Buy new: £4.48 / Used from: £0.78
scientific vampirism,good read
Hazell and the Three Card Trick (Penguin crime fiction)Hazell and the Three Card Trick (Penguin crime fiction) by P.B. Yuill
Buy used from: £0.01
british ligthboiled noir,good for a coach
Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?: The novel which became 'Blade Runner' (S.F. Masterworks)Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?: The novel which became 'Blade Runner' (S.F. Masterworks) by Philip K. Dick
Buy new: £4.97 / Used from: £2.07
mercerism and andys,good SF from FKD,worth re-reading
Babel Seventeen (Babel-17) (S.F.Masterworks S.)Babel Seventeen (Babel-17) (S.F.Masterworks S.) by Samuel R. Delany
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £1.98
gotta read it again so i can collect my thoughts and review it
Grifter's Game (Hard Case Crime)Grifter's Game (Hard Case Crime) by Lawrence Block
Buy new: £6.29 / Used from: £0.01
entertaining with striking end
Fade to Blonde (Hard Case Crime)Fade to Blonde (Hard Case Crime) by Max Phillips
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £1.22
second in the series but not so good as the first one
The Sirens Of Titan (S.F. Masterworks)The Sirens Of Titan (S.F. Masterworks) by Kurt Vonnegut
Buy new: £4.48 / Used from: £2.00
satirical and philosophical,vintage vonnegut
ScarfaceScarface by Armitage Trail
Buy new: £8.95 / Used from: £7.80
hardboiled in the early thirties,first-rate read
Way Station (Gollancz Collectors' Editions)Way Station (Gollancz Collectors' Editions) by Clifford Simak
Buy used from: £4.50
alien voyagers from master Simak
Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said (S.F. Masterworks)Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said (S.F. Masterworks) by Philip K. Dick
Buy new: £5.03 / Used from: £1.84
another one from FKD,interesting
Flowers For Algernon (S.F. Masterworks)Flowers For Algernon (S.F. Masterworks) by Daniel Keyes
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.17
perhaps, second best read in 2005,well worth a look
A Scanner Darkly (S.F. Masterworks)A Scanner Darkly (S.F. Masterworks) by Philip K. Dick
Buy new: £4.48 / Used from: £0.63
FKD keeps me coming back for more
The Book Of Skulls (S.F. Masterworks)The Book Of Skulls (S.F. Masterworks) by Robert Silverberg
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £0.04
not exactly SF but a good book after all