That's a very nice post MonicaIsLovely. I am sure Smiley would have loved it.
We'll all miss him, he led our readers chats for a very long time and selected great stories for us. On top of that, he was a great oper to work along side with.
R.I.P. Smiley
Lizzie, that's about the most useless error report I have ever seen. Could we have a little more info please like what happens when you try to connect?
You should not have to pay to use lightIRC. Can you post the exact message?
That being said, lightIRC is broken on our website at the moment. So, I recommend you use Mibbit, which stormy posted above
Koach
I love the first 4 that bunny listed, and many of the others.
Here are a few of my favorites:
Ursula Le Guin
The Earthsea series
Isaac Asimov
The Robot Series
Foundation Series
Naomi Novik
Her Dragon Series with Temeraire
John Connelly
Any of his detective novels featuring Detective Hieronymus Bosch
Ken Follett
I have never been disappointed by any of his historical fiction.
These are particularly good:
The Pillars of the Earth
World Without End
A Column of Fire
James Clavell
All of his Asian series:
King Rat
Tai-Pan
ShÅgun
Noble House
Whirlwind
Gai-Jin