Great or Darned Good Reads (In my opinion)

"The horror".

"How is it that you know so much detail about Dunbar's dream, Captain?" "Because I am in it."

"It was a pleasure to burn."

Everyone he met was 'phoney'.

Russia. Napoleon. More characters in it than 'Robinson Crusoe'. 2024 pages. You reach puberty halfway through it... get married three quarters of the way through... and die... just before you get to the five pages off the denouement.

Rip-roaring tale of South Africa. Hero cripples his brother with an accidental shotgun blast... survives the Zulu War by the skin of his teeth and the wisdom of his native friend/servant. Gold. Rabies. Death.

WWI. German soldiers' viewpoint. Banned in Germany by the Nazis because it implied that "For want of a better word, war isn't good." Battle of Verdun.

Science fiction. The author is synonymous with the the aforementioned genre. His writings are so prolific that I realise hints are needed here. Think of how you would like to a see a pretty girl. The major thing that causes skin cancer.

Crime novel. Large. What we do when we are not awake.

France. Devil's Island. Prison escapees. High and low adventures in the Caribbean Sea and South America. God's gift to mankind for about thirty seconds as a reward for his 24/7 mosquitoes and cockroaches.

WWII. The experiences of Australian soldiers in Papua New Guinea. The boredom, the misery and self-loathing for volunteering so quickly... before the Battle of the Coral Sea.

A mentally backward giant is a millstone around his friend's neck. His friend accepts the responsibility manfully. Disaster befalls. "Tell me about the rabbits, George."

A ship runs aground in England. A dead crew member is found tied to the helm.

French people dancing gaily through a wonderful summer. The summer of their last content. Schick! Gillette! Cakes. One of the most romantised women in history after the herpetologist.

Biography of a dedicated Austrian policeman. When the Nazis annexed his country they gave him an option. See Treblinka or die. Sadly... he chose the dark side of the moon.

His insightful writings about the trouble in Cuba and Indochina and other places... had him watched by the OSS. The answer to this question, though... which book does he describe the V1 assaults on London as 'more robots'.

"Out of the wild and windy moors..."

Money-lender. Axe. Horrifying guilt. Gulag.

Young fools in love go to New Orleans. Become bigger fools after they get there.

"Hello, ship."

"So you're Wilson. I have heard about you." "And what have you heard?" "I've heard you're a low-down, Yankee liar". "Prove it."

This novel covers pretty much the whole nightmare of convoy eacort duty in the Battle of the Atlantic in WWII. Written by a RNR officer who served in corvettes and frigates.

Non-fiction book that covers pretty much the whole nightmare of being in a U-boat during WWII. Author was a U-boat captain.

Western frontier. Comanche against settlers. Portrayals of the Comanche more sympathetic in the book than the movie with Johnny Marion Morrison.

Science fiction. When a young boy and girl discover that she has six fingers on one hand and knowing the rules of their community... they run away to a different place.