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Top 250 Authors from Fantastic Fiction

Posted by Book Group Librarian in September 30th, 2006  
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TOP 250 AUTHORS
The most visited author pages over the last 30 days as of  Thursday, 26 October, 2006
Position   Name   Visits
1   James Patterson   5,942
2   Nora Roberts   5,643
3   Laurell K Hamilton   4,073
4   Johanna Lindsey   3,806
5   Linda Howard   3,462
6   J K Rowling   3,454
7   Clive Cussler   3,232
8   Stephen King   3,177
9   Patricia Cornwell   3,044
10   Dan Brown   2,964
11   Terry Pratchett   2,788
12   Tom Clancy   2,684
13   Dean Koontz   2,661
14   Julie Garwood   2,649
15   J D Robb   2,567
16   Michael Connelly   2,410
17   Janet Evanovich   2,380
18   Roald Dahl   2,280
19   Raymond E Feist   2,214
20   Catherine Coulter   2,208
21   Robert Jordan   2,156
22   Anne McCaffrey   2,135
23   Anthony Horowitz   2,115
24   Sandra Brown   2,042
25   John Grisham   2,020
26   Christopher Paolini   2,010
27   Jack Higgins   1,975
28   George R R Martin   1,948
29   Mercedes Lackey   1,943
30   Christine Feehan   1,928
31   Bernard Cornwell   1,891
32   David [...]

The Arthur C Clarke Awards

Posted by Book Group Librarian in September 26th, 2006  
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Best Novel Awards
2006
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Learning the World by Ken MacLeod
Banner of Souls by Liz Williams
Accelerando by Charles Stross
Pushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds
Air by Geoff Ryman (winner)
2005
Market Forces by Richard Morgan
River of Gods by Ian McDonald
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
The System of the World by Neal [...]

The Booker Prize Winners – from 1969 to 2006! Yes all of them!

Posted by Book Group Librarian in September 26th, 2006  
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Best Novel Awards
2006
Theft by Peter Carey
Gathering the Water by Robert Edric
Get a Life by Nadine Gordimer
The Secret River by Kate Grenville
Carry Me Down by M J Hyland
Kalooki Nights by Howard Jacobson
Seven Lies by James Lasdun
The Other Side of the Bridge by Mary Lawson
So Many Ways to Begin by Jon McGregor
In the Country of Men [...]

Book Group – October 2006

Posted by Book Group Librarian in September 25th, 2006  
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Ok coming up in October we have the following three books:
Dhampir – Barb & JC Hendee – hosted by Cat
The Curse of Chalion – Lois Mcmaster Bujold – Hosted by Thea
Neverwhere – Neil Gaiman – hosted by Coffeesaint
Barb and JC Hendee have very kindly agreed to join us and answer questions about their book Dhampir [...]