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Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch)
Username: Mark_lynch

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 217.171.129.68
Posted on Thursday, October 07, 2010 - 08:48 am:   

This seems to be doing the rounds at the moment.

The rules:

List the title of fiction books you've read from A to Z (single entry per letter, obviously), ideally with the name of the author if you can remember it. 'The' and 'An' do not count as Ts or As. The book you list must be the first one that comes into your head and must be one you've read; be it an adult title or juvenile. Try not to repeat authors - ie, Sue Grafton's A - Z series of crime novels does not make for an interesting list - but do so if it's what comes into your head. If you come up with a better or hipper alternative after your initial choice you are not allowed to change it.

A tip is to pass over letters you have difficulty with in the interest of getting the titles down quickly and return to the missing titles later. Some letters may remain blank if you haven't read a book beginning with Z for instance.

Okay. I'll go first, cos I'm starting this thread.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain.

Blood Music - Greg Bear

Candlenight - Phil Rickman

Drood - Dan Simmons

Eye of the Needle - Ken Follett

Five Go Down to the Sea - Enid Blyton

The Great and Secret Show - Clive Barker

Hideaway - Dean Koontz

Indigo - Graham Joyce

Jago - Kim Newman

Koko - Peter Straub

Lavondyss - Robert Holdstock

Midnight Sun - Ramsey Campbell

Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman

Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens

Priest - Ken Bruen

Queen of the Damned - Anne Rice

Robot Dreams - Isaac Asimov

Stig of the Dump - Clive King

Tricks - Ed McBain

Under the Dome - Stephen King

Vurt - Jeff Noon

A Wizard of Earthsea - Ursula Le Guin

X-Files: Gobblins - Charles Grant (I think)

Yarrow - Charles De Lint

Zodiac - Neal Stephenson

Hmm. Mostly fantasy/horror. Perhaps not surprisingly. But why did Five Go Down to the Sea pop out? Probably cos it was the first all text book I read... Some real embarrassing ones up there, but that's the way it goes if you're honest. Eye of the Needle? Hideaway. Oops.
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Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 86.31.170.240
Posted on Thursday, October 07, 2010 - 09:01 am:   

The Oxford English Dictionary.
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Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch)
Username: Mark_lynch

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 217.171.129.68
Posted on Thursday, October 07, 2010 - 09:03 am:   

That's fiction, is it?
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Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 86.31.170.240
Posted on Thursday, October 07, 2010 - 09:36 am:   

I love the zebra in the book's closing passages, though think it should have been introduced earlier. I'm not a big fan of aardvarks, to be honest.
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Huw (Huw)
Username: Huw

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 61.216.45.233
Posted on Thursday, October 07, 2010 - 10:34 am:   

The Anubis Gates - Tim Powers
The Book of Sand - Jorge Luis Borges
The Castle of Crossed Destinies - Calvino
Dead Souls - Gogol
Ehrengard - Isak Dinesen
Fantastics and Other Fancies - Lafcadio Hearn
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary - M.R. James
Hieroglyphics - Arthur Machen
I am Legend - Richard Matheson
The Jaguar Hunter - Lucius Shepard
The Kraken Wakes - John Wyndham
Lost Places - Simon Kurt Unsworth
The Mabinogion
A Nest of Nightmares - Lisa Tuttle
Our Lady of Darkness - Fritz Leiber
Pan's Garden - Algernon Blackwood
Quatermass and the Pit - Nigel Kneale
The Riddle - Walter de la Mare
Sub Rosa - Robert Aickman
Tamsin - Peter Beagle
Ugetsu Monogatari - Ueda Akinari
The Valley So Low - Manly Wade Wellman
Waking Nightmares - Ramsey Campbell
X-Men - does that count?
Yellow Book of Fairy Stories Andrew Lang (ed.)

As for Z... was there a novelisation of Zoltan, Hound of Dracula? Probably not...
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Stevie Walsh (Stephenw)
Username: Stephenw

Registered: 03-2009
Posted From: 82.17.252.126
Posted on Thursday, October 07, 2010 - 03:47 pm:   

A - American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
B - The Beetle by Richard Marsh
C - The Ceremonies by T.E.D. Klein
D - Dracula by Bram Stoker
E - Erewhon by Samuel Butler (the title flew into my mind, had to check the author)
F - Foundation by Isaac Asimov
G - Ghost Story by Peter Straub
H - The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
I - The Island Of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells
J - Job : A Comedy Of Justice by Robert A. Heinlein
K - The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson
L - Lord Of The Flies by William Golding
M - Midnight Sun by Ramsey Campbell
N - Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
O - Our Lady Of Darkness by Fritz Leiber
P - The Power And The Glory by Graham Greene
Q - The Quest Of The Holy Grail - Anonymous
R - The Rats by James Herbert
S - The Shining by Stephen King
T - The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
U - The Unlimited Dream Company by J.G. Ballard
V - The Vodi by John Braine
W - Wilt by Tom Sharpe
X - Xeno by D.F. Jones
Y - The Yellow Claw by Sax Rohmer
Z - Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates (never heard of her until recently, thanks Craig)
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Weber (Weber_gregston)
Username: Weber_gregston

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 194.176.105.55
Posted on Thursday, October 07, 2010 - 05:16 pm:   

I can't think of a Y or a Q (at least 3 Z's though). I'm going to have to check at home before I can post a list.
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Rosswarren (Rosswarren)
Username: Rosswarren

Registered: 11-2009
Posted From: 217.39.69.169
Posted on Thursday, October 07, 2010 - 10:20 pm:   

American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Buried by Mark Billingham
Cujo by Stephen King
Dark Half by Stephen King
Endless Night by Richard Laymon
Fat by Rob Grant
Gerald's Game by Stephen King
Hungry Hearts by Gary McMahon
Imajica by Clive Barker
Jigsaw Man by Gord Rollo
Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
Monte Casino by Sven Hassel
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
One by Conrad Williams
Piece of Cake by Derek Robinson
Queen of the Damned by Ann Rice
Rain Dogs by Gary McMahon
Salems Lot by Stephen King
Triptych by Karin Slaughter
Under the Dome by Stephen King
Virus by Sarah Langan
Watchers by Dean Koontz
Mr X by Peter Straub*
Y
I, Zombie by Al Ewing*

* Best I could do :-)
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Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch)
Username: Mark_lynch

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 217.171.129.72
Posted on Thursday, October 07, 2010 - 11:37 pm:   

Ha. I don't know if the choices that fall into our heads are telling or not. They are possibly interesting as a group subject. For instance we've had a couple of Neverwheres and Midnight Suns.
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Stevie Walsh (Stephenw)
Username: Stephenw

Registered: 03-2009
Posted From: 82.17.252.126
Posted on Friday, October 08, 2010 - 03:43 am:   

I noticed that most of my selections were either books I've read recently or memorable reads from my youth. Of those I listed, I haven't read 'Erewhon' or 'Zombie', but had read about them recently and the titles stuck in my head.
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Craig (Craig)
Username: Craig

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 75.4.241.37
Posted on Friday, October 08, 2010 - 05:17 am:   

AMERICAN PSYCHO - Brett Easton Ellis
BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS - Kurt Vonnegut
CARRIE - Stephen King
DON QUIXOTE - Cerventes
THE EIGHTH CIRCLE - Stanley Ellin
THE FACE THAT MUST DIE - Ramsey Campbell
GALAPAGOS - Kurt Vonnegut
THE HOLLOW - Agatha Christie
INDEMNITY ONLY - Sara Paretsky
JOSEPH ANDREWS - Henry Fielding
THE KRUETZER SONATA - Tolstoy
LIBRA - Don DeLillo
MOLL FLANDERS - Daniel DeFoe
A NEST OF NIGHTMARES - Lisa Tuttle
OTHELLO - Shakespeare
PAMELA - Samuel Richardson
Q - ?
RED AS BLOOD - Tanith Lee
SOLDIER IN THE MIST - Gene Wolfe
THUS SPAKE ZARATHUSTRA - Nietzsche
URSUS OF ULTIMA THULE - Avram Davidson
A VOYAGE TO ARCTURUS - David Lindsay
WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE - Shirley Jackson
X - ?
THE YEAR'S BEST HORROR - (DAW, basically every one of them)
THE ZEBRA-STRIPED HEARSE - Ross McDonald
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Stu (Stu)
Username: Stu

Registered: 04-2008
Posted From: 213.81.113.137
Posted on Friday, October 08, 2010 - 11:39 am:   

THE AUTON INVASION -- Terrance Dicks(If we're including series titles then the prefix 'DR WHO AND' renders this ineligible in which case I'll go for THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES.)
THE BIG NOWHERE - James Ellroy
CONJURE WIFE - Fritz Leiber
THE DEMOLISHED MAN - Alfred Bester
EVERY DEAD THING - John Connolly
FALLING ANGEL - William Hjortsberg
GORILLA ADVENTURE - Willard Price
THE HOMING PIGEONS - Robert Anton Wilson
I AM LEGEND - Richard Matheson
JURGEN - James Branch Cabell
KILLING FLOOR - Lee Child
THE LAND OF LAUGHS - Jonathan Carroll
MUCHO MOJO - Joe R Lansdale
THE NEON RAIN - James Lee Burke
OUTER DARK - Cormac McCarthy
THE PARASITE - Ramsey Campbell
Q -?
THE REMAINS OF THE DAY - Kazuo Ishiguro
SPARES - Michael Marshall Smith
TIME TO HUNT - Stephen Hunter
THE UNQUIET - John Connolly
VOODOO RIVER - Robert Crais
THE WIDENING GYRE - Robert B Parker
X - ?
YOUNG MEN IN SPATS - PG Wodehouse
THE ZEBRA-STRIPED HEARSE - Ross Macdonald
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John Forth (John)
Username: John

Registered: 05-2008
Posted From: 82.24.1.217
Posted on Saturday, October 09, 2010 - 05:15 pm:   

There are some comics in here, too, which I think is within the rules...

THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION - JG Ballard
THE BRIDGE - Iain Banks
THE CEREMONIES - T.E.D Klein
THE DARKEST PART OF THE WOODS - Some guy
EVERVILLE - Clive Barker
FABULOUS FURRY FREAK BROTHERS - Gilbert Shelton
GHOST STORY - Peter Straub
THE HOUSE ON THE BORDERLAND - William Hope Hodgson
IT - Stephen King
JAWS - Peter Benchley
THE KRAKEN WAKES - John Wyndham
LEGION - William Peter Blatty
M
NAKED LUNCH - William S. Burroughs
O
PREACHER - Garth Ennis
Q
RED SHIFT - Alan Garner
SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES - Ray Bradbury
THE TOOTH FAIRY - Graham Joyce
UZUMAKI - Junji Ito
V FOR VENDETTA - Alan Moore
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS - HG Wells
X
Y
Z

And now I'm being ushered out of the house... The rest will have to wait!
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John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert)
Username: John_l_probert

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 81.152.74.159
Posted on Saturday, October 09, 2010 - 11:56 pm:   

And Now the Screaming Starts - David Case
Behold the Man - Michael Moorcock
A Canticle for Liebowitz - Walter M Miller Jr
Dagon's Bell & Other Discords - Brian Lumley
Emphyrio - Jack Vance
First & Last Men - Olaf Stapledon
Ghost Story - Peter Straub
The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
I Am Legend - Richard Matheson
Jem - Frederick Pohl
Kwaidan - Lafcadio Hearn
The Land of Laughs - Jonathan Carroll
The Monster Club - R Chetwynd Hayes
Night Shift - Stephen King
The Omen - David Seltzer
Plasmid - Jo Gannon
The Quincunx - Charles Palliser
Rediscovery of Man - Cordwainer Smith
Scream & Scream Again - Peter Saxon
Teatro Grottesco - Thomas Ligotti
The Uncanny - William Lauder / Michel Parry
The Vanishing - Tim Krabbe
Way Station - Clifford D Simak
The Xothic Legend Cycle - Lin Carter
The Yellow Sign & Others - Robert Chambers
The Zimiamvian Trilogy - E R Eddison
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Ramsey Campbell (Ramsey)
Username: Ramsey

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 195.93.21.68
Posted on Sunday, October 10, 2010 - 11:57 am:   

ADA, Nabokov
BRIGHTON ROCK, Greene
CATCH-22, Heller
DARK AS THE GRAVE WHEREIN MY FRIEND IS LAID, Lowry
THE END OF THE AFFAIR, Greene
FRIGHTS, McCauley (ed)
GREAT TALES OF TERROR AND THE SUPERNATURAL, Wise and Fraser (ed)
HOW IT IS, Beckett
IT, King
JUNKIE, Burroughs (as Lee)
THE KILLER INSIDE ME, Thompson
LOLITA, Nabokov
A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED, Christie
NO ORCHIDS FOR MISS BLANDISH, Chase
PRANCING NIGGER, Firbank
Q - no
THE READER IS WARNED, Dickson
THE STAND, King
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, Lee
UNDER THE VOLCANO, Lowry
V, Pynchon
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, Wells
X - no, sorry
YERTLE THE TURTLE, Seuss
ZEN AND - no, I won't pretend I've read it
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Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 86.31.170.240
Posted on Sunday, October 10, 2010 - 12:11 pm:   

That's decided me: my next two books will begin with a Q or a X. That way I might get remembered on lists like this.
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Weber (Weber_gregston)
Username: Weber_gregston

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 194.176.105.55
Posted on Monday, October 11, 2010 - 12:00 pm:   

Adventures in Capitalism – Toby Litt
The Blunderer – Patricia Highsmith
Cold Print – Um what was his name again?
Death of a Murderer - Rupert Thomson
The Eternal footman – James Morrow
The Facts of Life – Graham Joyce
The Golden Apples of the Sun – Ray Bradbury
Hadon of Ancient Opar – Philip Jose Farmer
If Nobody speaks of Remarkable things – Jon Magregor
Jack and the beanstalk
The Kraken wakes – John Wyndham
Lets go play at the Adams’ – can’t remember the writer’s name
The Magic Faraway tree – Enid Blyton
The Night of the Hunter – Davis Grubb
The Owl service – Alan Garner
The Pariah – Graham Masterton
Quicker than the eye – Bradbury (one of only 2 Q books in my collection, the other being Quatermass which I’ve not read yet.
Rain Dogs - Zed
Sick puppy – Carl Hiassen
Tide of souls – Bestwick
The Uglimen – Mark Morris
Various Haunts of Men – Susan hill
Wyrd sisters – Terry pratchett
X-files – Goblins – Charles Grant
Ysabell – Guy Gavriel kay – which I’ve not read but is the only Y book I own
Z for Zachariah – Robert C O’Brien?
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Jamie Rosen (Jamie)
Username: Jamie

Registered: 11-2008
Posted From: 99.241.48.210
Posted on Monday, October 11, 2010 - 09:39 pm:   

Angry Candy by Harlan Ellison
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
Dahlgren by Samuel Delany
Eye of the Beholder by ??? (Star Trek: TNG tie-in)
Faerie Tale by Raymond Feist
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Houston, Houston, Do You Read? by James Tiptree Jr.
If On A Winter's Night a Traveller by Italo Calvino
Justice League International volume 1 by Keith Giffen, J.M. Dematteis, Kevin Maguire, et al.
The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service (volumes 1-10) by Eiji Otsuka and Housui Yamazaki
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Magician: Apprentice by Raymond Feist
Nothing: A Very Short Introduction by Frank Close
The Other Glass Teat by Harlan Ellison
A Prince of the Blood by Raymond Feist
Sixty Stories by Donald Barthelme
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Understanding Comics by Scott MacLeod
V for Vendetta by Alan Moore, David Lloyd, et al.
We, In Some Strange Power's Employ, Move on a Rigorous Line by Samuel Delany
X... hmm.... I now feel my unread copy of X-Men: First Class staring daggers at me from the shelf.
Young Legionary by Douglas Hill
Zod Wallop by William Browning Spencer
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Jamie Rosen (Jamie)
Username: Jamie

Registered: 11-2008
Posted From: 99.241.48.210
Posted on Monday, October 11, 2010 - 09:56 pm:   

And I see now I left out Q and R.

Addenda:

Q... I don't think I've read anything starting with Q yet.
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