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The books listed on this page have been recommended by members and friends of 'undertheblue' as 'good holiday reads'.

• The color of magic (A discworld Novel) - Terry Pratchet
  Amazon Review
  The Colour of Magic is Terry Pratchett's maiden voyage through the bizarre land of Discworld. His entertaining and witty series has grown to more than 20 books, and this is where it all starts--with the tourist Twoflower and his hapless wizard guide, Rincewind ("All wizards get like that...it's the quicksilver fumes. Rots their brains. Mushrooms, too."). Pratchett spoofs fantasy clichés--and everything else he can think of--while marshalling a profusion of characters through a madcap adventure. The Colour of Magic is followed by The Light Fantastic.
  
  Synopsis
  A graphic-novel edition of Terry Pratchett's original "Discworld" novel, about a flat world sitting on the backs of four elephants, who hurtle through space on the back of a giant turtle. It features the bizarre adventures of Rincewind, the wizard, and Twoflower, the Discworld's first tourist.
  
  
• The Partner - John Grisham
  Synopsis
  The man they were about to kidnap had not always been called Silva. As a lawyer - Patrick S. Lanigan - he had had a previous life which ended in a car crash in February 1992. Six weeks after his death, $90 million disappeared from his law firm. It was then that his partners knew he was still alive.
  
  
• Airframe - Michael Crichton
  Amazon Review
  Cruising 35,000 feet above the earth, a twin-engine commercial jet encounters an accident that leaves 3 dead, 56 wounded, and the cabin in shambles. What happened? With a multi-billion-dollar company-saving deal on the line, Casey Singleton is sent by her hard-driving boss to uncover the mysterious circumstances that led to the disaster before more people die. But someone doesn't want her to find the truth. Airframe bristles with authentic information, technical jargon, and the command of detail Crichton's readers have come to expect. Check out Amazon.co.uk's Airframe feature and read an excerpt from the book!
  
  Synopsis
  A thriller by the author of "Disclosure" and "Jurassic Park". A twin-jet plane en route to Denver from Hong Kong is half an hour off the California coast when the pilot requests priority clearance to land, and 40 ambulances on the runway. What has happened on board Flight TPA 545?
  
  
• IT - Stephen King
  Amazon Review
  Stephen King's idea for It came from a favorite childhood image: the entire cast of the Bugs Bunny Show coming on at the beginning. He thought of bringing on all the monsters, one last time: Dracula, Frankenstein's creature, the Werewolf, the Crawling Eye, Rodan, It Came from Outer Space. It is about a group of adults who were once troubled children in the late '50s--"The Losers." One of them is a best selling horror writer much like Stephen King (or his friend and collaborator Peter Straub). In order to defeat the protean "It" that threatens their hometown, they have to go back- -not only to the town itself, but deep into their childhood memories, to regain the talent for magic they once had. King says It is for "the buried child in us, but I'm writing for the grown-up, too. I want grown-ups to look at the child long enough to be able to give him up."
  
  Synopsis
  It was the children who saw - and felt - what made the town so horribly different. In the storm drains and sewers It lurked, taking the shape of every nightmare, each one's deepest dread. As the children grow up and move away, the horror of It is buried deep - until they are called back.

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