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A book that examines the nature of reality and simulation asking "Is there really any difference between them?" An blend of cyberspace, psychology, and artificial life. Do you want to create your own universe and can you? If you thought living forever just meant living for a really long time then think again. Remember, don't look at the fractal basilisk.

This novel deals with the emergence of a Blight at the edge of the galaxy on the edge of The Transcend. Star systems fall and swallowed up this new all-consuming intelligence. Their newly transformed inhabitants promise this is the beginning of a glorious new era. The only solution lies with a child on a planet with a deep within the galaxy close to The Slow Zone where many technologies begin to fail. This planet's native race, the Tines, must travel in packs and together each pack has a single mind. Then the child is found by the pack named Flenser.

A mission to capture Halley's Comet discovers life. Can the crew survive it's onslaught during the long journey back towards the sun?

A misinterpreted wink leads the anti-Christ off the intended path of destroying the world and leaves him growing up in a little village in England. Anges Nutter's prophesies are as accurate as ever though not very intelligible. The extracts from misprinted bibles are particularly good.

A trilogy in which a race of sapient dinosaurs make crucial discoveries about their world and themselves. This overthrows previously held beliefs about religion, astronomy, biology, and psychology.

A book without humans, an insectoidal race and its development from the first scientific discovery through to a technological future. The story is told from the viewpoint of a variety of major historical figures.

A trilogy covering the colonisation and teraforming of Mars in an unstable political climate. A huge collection with each book over the 700 page mark but worth it for the ideas.

A mystery set in a peculiar world where modern technology is replaced by magic. Problems from today's world a given new light in a familiar but fantastical setting.

The original book of Arabian tales told by Scheherazade in 1001 nights. Not favourite but the portrayal of characters is interesting and as are the behaviours which are shown as acceptable.

Many of my favourite films could be described as strange. This film is definitely strange but seem to be trying too hard. Ultimately it didn't work for me.