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Rhys Hughes

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Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Short Stories

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Italo Calvino, Boris Vian, Stanislaw Lem, Flann O'Brien, Donald Barthe ...more

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A writer of Speculative Fiction who often uses fantasy and comedy to explore unusual concepts. Known for his original ideas, intricate plots, love of paradox, and entertaining wordplay.

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Average rating: 3.89 · 4,238 ratings · 742 reviews · 228 distinct works

	A New Universal History of Infamy by Rhys Hughes (Goodreads Author), John Coulthart (Illustrator) 4.12 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2004 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Smell of Telescopes by Rhys Hughes (Goodreads Author), David Rix (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.32 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nowhere Near Milkwood 4.19 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Worming the Harpy and Other Bitter Pills 4.38 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1995 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Postmodern Mariner 4.13 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Link Arms with Toads! 4.33 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cloud Farming in Wales 4.19 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Astral Disruptor (Sampietro Mischief #1) 4.10 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Phantom Festival 4.05 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bone Idle in the Charnel House A Collection of Weird Stories 4.38 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Castor Jenkins (2 books)
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4.21 avg rating — 33 ratings

Sampietro Mischief (2 books)
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Stringent Strange (2 books)
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The Million Word Storybook (1 book)
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Rhys rated a book really liked it Boy: Tales of Childhood (Roald Dahl's Autobiography, #1) by Quentin Blake	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Wonderful! Roald Dahl had a phenomenal gift for writing. He is able to make the pages turn with unstoppable momentum and the reader thinks he is merely reading fast. The prose is so smooth, almost frictionless, that it practically reads itself. This i ...more
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Rhys rated a book really liked it Barefoot in the Head by Brian W. Aldiss	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I have just successfully finished reading Aldiss' most experimental novel, BAREFOOT IN THE HEAD, at the age of 56, my third attempt (the first when I was 18, the second a few years later). The first half of the book I always found excellent (but diff ...more
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Rhys rated a book really liked it Mr Hire's Engagement by Georges Simenon	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The bleakest Simenon I have read so far? Yes, I think so, even though The Man Who Waved at Trains and The Snow was Dirty were pretty strong stuff when it comes to bleakness. But with Simenon it is always the quality of the writing, which is superb, a ...more
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Rhys rated a book really liked it The Night Horseman by Max Brand	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The second volume in the 'Dan Barry' series, and I enjoyed this one more than the first. Max Brand's Westerns are strange: they seem like pulp Westerns on the surface, but they have supernatural elements and (perhaps more to the point) elements deriv ...more
Mar 19, 2023 04:48AM · 3 likes · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of The Night Horseman by Max Brand. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — The Night Horseman by Max Brand <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Rhys rated a book really liked it The Narrow Corner by W. Somerset Maugham	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A tremendous novel by an author who constantly goes higher in my estimation. This is an adventure novel but done in a more literary, introspective and philosophical manner than the sort of adventure novels that were common at the time (the 1930s). It ...more
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Rhys rated a book really liked it The Adventures of Tintin Volume 3: The Black Island/King Ottokar’s Sceptre/The Crab With the Golden Claws (Tintin, #7-9) by Hergé	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I only became a proper fan of Tintin recently. True, I did read a couple of his adventures when I was young, but they didn't make such a big impression on me as they now do. They are exciting adventure stories and remind me a little of the novels of ...more
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Rhys rated a book it was amazing Pigs Have Wings: A Blandings Story by P.G. Wodehouse	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
My first Wodehouse novel. I have read a few of his short-stories over the years but for some unfathomable reason I never tackled one of his novels before now. Finally I have repaired this gaping chasm in my literary education... Pigs Have Wings. What ...more
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Rhys rated a book really liked it Collected Stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
It has taken a long time but I have finally finished this 600+ page short story collection. I started reading it three years ago (maybe even four years ago) but it's not the sort of collection I felt inclined to race through (as I might do with a boo ...more
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“During the siege of Panama, he trailed behind his comrades, picking up shreds of purple wool which had once been blue. The fighting was incredibly vicious, but there was a deeper quality to the havoc, an ineffable wiping of belief. Though he wore his name like a sealed pocket, it was picked when he passed into the Cup of Gold, city of burnished lips.”
― Rhys Hughes, The Smell of Telescopes

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“The next stop is mine. You’d better follow.” “The stop belongs to the railway, but I know what you mean.”
― Rhys Hughes, The Smell of Telescopes

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“All that now separated retirement from rest was a single box. The previous owner had been eager to protect its contents, using a lock carved from garlic. He picked it with a sprig of parsley and groped inside, pulling out an exact likeness of himself, a puppet double. Even his cork leg sealed the same dry white panic, judging from the way it jerked.”
― Rhys Hughes, The Smell of Telescopes

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