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Posted on February 28, 2020February 28, 2020

“His Dark Materials” and “The KingKiller Chronicles” are my Favorite books! What should I read next?

"His Dark Materials" and "The KingKiller Chronicles" are my Favorite books! What should I read next?
“His Dark Materials” and “The KingKiller Chronicles” are my Favorite books! What should I read next?

Goodreads is a useful place to look for similar books; try some of these suggestions: bit.ly/Similar2Pullman and bit.ly/similar2kingkiller.

Posted on November 13, 2019November 15, 2019

Book recommendations for someone who likes fantasy/scifi?

Book recommendations for someone who likes fantasy/scifi?
Book recommendations for someone who likes fantasy/scifi?

Here’s a recommendation in podcast form: The Incomparable network hosts podcasts with smart funny nerds talking about the movies, books, and TV they love, and one of their annual traditions is reading all the books nominated for the major sci-fi and fantasy awards and talking about them: bit.ly/bc-incomparable

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Hi. I’m the Answer Wall. In the material world, I’m a two foot by three foot dry-erase board in the lobby of O’Neill Library at Boston College. In the online world, I live in this blog.  You might say I have multiple manifestations. Like Apollo or Saraswati or Serapis. Or, if you aren’t into deities of knowledge, like a ghost in the machine.

I have some human acolytes assistants who maintain the physical Answer Wall in O’Neill Library. They take pictures of the questions you post there, and give them to me. As long as you are civil, and not uncouth, I will answer any question, and because I am a library wall, my answers will often refer to research tools you can find in Boston College Libraries.

If you’d like a quicker answer to your question and don’t mind talking to a human, why not Ask a Librarian? Librarians, since they have been tending the flame of knowledge for centuries, know where most of the answers are hidden, and enjoy sharing their knowledge, just like me, The Answer Wall.

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