[Karen22]

Hi, does anyone know when the latest Harry Potter book, "Goblet of Fire" is out in paperback?

I'm in the UK and am too cheap to buy the hardback version, plus its very hard trying to read a hardback book on a tube train.

[Cadfael]

Hi Karen22... 6 July 2001 according to Amazon.co.uk.... price six pound... 99 pence, and you can pre-order it now.

I am a cheap-skate too... I have posted this address before, but you can download books for FREE, legally (the copyright has expired) from
www.gutenberg.net (http://www.gutenberg.net)

Okay... they are a bit old, but hey... there FREE!!!

[Charles]

You can also find older literature books which the copywrite laws have run out on at the website http://www.literature.org/ This is a good website because it is legal, and you don't have to search for them online. I use it for my English Literature classes, and when I write papers, I use a copy to site them.

[Karen22]

Thankyou for your suggestions, I'll have to find some other books to read until the Harry Potter one is out.

[bir]

cool
is that scholastic cuz i saw another harry potter book that was not made by scholastic
the cover looks awful (well its my opinion)

[Karen22]

Can anyone recommend a Harry substitute?

I've just read the Hobbit and need something to fill the gap before Harry Potter comes out.

[bir]

hobbit was a good substitute
what about redwall
havent read any of those books but i think its somewhat like harry
i hope so

[Barbarossa]

If you want children books that appeal to adults, you should perhaps try Terry Prattchet's "Johnnie trilogy":
Only you can save mankind
Johnnie and the dead
Johnnie and the bomb

They are hilarious and very British.

[Karen22]

I've read all of Terry Pratchett. I'm glad you americans understand our british humour.

Does anyone have any other suggestions?

Perhaps your favourite book, it doesn't have to be childrens, anything that you've enjoyed.

I rememeber reading Rebbeccas World by Terry Nelson, which I thought was brilliant when I was at school.

[Barbarossa]

Hmm should i be offended that you took me for a Merkin Karen22? I'm German and consider myself a honorary Brit having lived in Tottenham once for 6 months, sharing a flat with a Geordie and a Cockney.

Ok since you know Pratchett already, did you try "Neverwhere" by Neil Gaiman?

If you like epic fantasy (not humerous) try George R.R. Martin's "song of ice and fire"
(Game of thrones, clash of kings, storm of swords)

Also good epic fantasy are Robin Hobb with the "farseer" (assassin's adept, royal assassin, assassin's quest) and "Lifeshp traders" (ship of magic, mad ship, ship of destiny) trilogies.

If you don't mind reading historical fiction instead of fantasy I reccomend the "flashman papers" by George Mc'donald Fraser (being a Brit you propably know them anyway). The books are absolutly hilarious yet well researched.

Another good reccomendation would be Steven Brust's "Vlad Taltos" series (book of Jhereg ect.), which is the "pulp fiction" among fantasy novels. (not a staight chronology but complicated time jumps, and a hero who is a killer for a kind of fantasy mafia). The series is funny but not really humerous fantasy.

Do you need more?