Recommended By Neil (Books)

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The following books have been mentioned favourably by Neil on his blog.

Contents 1 Fiction 2 Nonfiction 3 Read to Maddy 4 Editions with Introductions by Neil

Fiction

• Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice by James Branch Cabell
• The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton
• Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke (mentioned)
• Little, Big by John Crowley
• The Einstein Intersection by Samuel R. Delany
• Little Brother by Cory Doctorow (mentioned)
• Days Between Stations by Steve Erickson (mentioned)
• Tours of the Black Clock by Steve Erickson (ibid.)
• Arc d'X by Steve Erickson (ibid.)
• Travel Arrangements by M. John Harrison (mentioned)
• Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson (mentioned)
• Voltan by John James (mentioned)
• a Harry Stephen Keeler sequence of books (mentioned)
  • The Man with the Magic Eardrums
  • The Man with the Crimson Box
  • The Man with the Wooden Spectacles
  • The Case of the Lavender Gripsack
  • The Riddle of the Travelling Skull
  • The Skull of the Waltzing Clown
• Nine Hundred Grandmothers by R.A. Lafferty
• Sunshine by Robin McKinley (mentioned)
• The Good Fairies of New York by Martin Millar (mentioned)
• Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees
• Lust by Geoff Ryman (mentioned)
• Shadowland by Peter Straub (mentioned)
• The 13 Clocks by James Thurber
• Soldier of the Mist by Gene Wolfe (mentioned)
• Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny

Nonfiction

• What's Welsh for Zen? by John Cale (mentioned)
• American Nomad by Steve Erickson (mentioned)
• On Writing by Stephen King (mentioned)
• The Basque History of the World: The Story of a Nation by Mark Kurlansky (mentioned)
• London Labour and the London Poor by Henry Mayhew.
• The Men Who Stare at Goats by Jon Ronson.

Read to Maddy

• Richmal Crompton's William stories (mentioned)
• Magic by the Lake by Edward Eager (mentioned)
• The Time Garden by Edward Eager (mentioned)
• Grimble and Grimble at Christmas by Clement Freud (mentioned)
• My Friend Mr. Leakey by J.B.S. Haldane (mentioned)
• Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm by Norman Hunter (mentioned)
• Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotsen (mentioned)
• Archer's Goon by Diana Wynne Jones (mentioned)
• Dogsbody by Diana Wynne Jones (mentioned)
• The Magicians of Caprona by Diana Wynne Jones (mentioned)
• The Ogre Downstairs by Diana Wynne Jones (mentioned)
• Witch Week by Diane Wynne Jones (mentioned)
• From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg (mentioned)
• Uncle by J.P. Martin (mentioned)
• The Phoenix and the Carpet by E. Nesbit (mentioned)
• The Story of the Amulet by E. Nesbit (mentioned)
• The Hound of the Basketballs by Daniel Pinkwater (mentioned)
• Second Grade Ape by Daniel Pinkwater (mentioned)
• The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death by Daniel Pinkwater (mentioned)
• The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett (mentioned)
• The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett (mentioned)
• The first three Margaret Storey "Melinda" books Timothy and Two Witches, The Stone Sorcerer (aka The Stone Wizard), and The Dragon's Sister/Timothy Travels (mentioned)
• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein (mentioned)

Editions with Introductions by Neil

• The Stars My Destination (aka Tiger! Tiger!) by Alfred Bester. ISBN: 0679767800. Vintage, 1996.
• The Einstein Intersection by Samuel R Delany. ISBN: 0819563366. Wesleyan, 1998.
• The King of Elfland's Daughter by Lord Dunsany. ISBN: 034543191X. Ballantine/Del Rey, 1999.
• Twilight Of The Gods by Richard Garnett
• Rudyard Kipling's Tales of Horror and Fantasy ISBN: 1933648783. Pegasus, 2008.
• Space Chantey by R.A. Lafferty
• The Good Fairies of New York by Martin Millar. ISBN: 0765358549. Tor Fantasy, 2008.
• Edgar Allan Poe: Selected Poems & Tales Fall River Press for Barnes & Noble, 2008.
• The New Annotated Dracula by Bram Stoker. ISBN: 0393064506. W.W. Norton & Co., 2008.
• The 13 Clocks by James Thurber. ISBN: 1590172752. New York Review of Books, 2008.
• The Country of the Blind and Other Stories by H.G. Wells. ISBN: 0141441984. Penguin Classics, 2007.
• Lud-In-The-Mist by Hope Mirrlees. ISBN: 978-1593600419. Cold Spring Press, 2005.