http://www.greenmetropolis.com/forum/posts.aspx?t=798 See the latest posts on the GreenMetropolis.com Forum about Any Magnus Mills Fans Out There? in Contemporary Fiction en-gb Copyright 2010 GreenMetropolis.com Wed, May 22 2013 11:09:13 GMT 20 Well are there? I have read all his books and they are all equally weird but strangely enjoyable. The Restraint of Beasts is his most famous. Anyone have any views on him? http://www.greenmetropolis.com/forum/posts.aspx?t=798#13117 http://www.greenmetropolis.com/forum/posts.aspx?t=798#13117 Tue, Jun 09 2009 21:42:57 GMT I read The Restraint of Beasts some years ago and loved it. Tam and Rich were hilarious characters. Not sure why I haven't read anything else by him. Which of his other books would you recommend? http://www.greenmetropolis.com/forum/posts.aspx?t=798#13205 http://www.greenmetropolis.com/forum/posts.aspx?t=798#13205 Wed, Jun 10 2009 19:17:06 GMT Hi Steph Explorers of the new century was my favourite of the rest, but they are all worth a read. Some books I read just pass me by and I struggle to remember one character let a lone the plot. But his books all have a least one or more scene or character I remember long after. In Restraint I can still picture Tam or was it Rich forever fumbling to find where they had put their cigs and matches, and the way they dispatch dead bodies so casually. I believe he has another one out soon about bus driving, he was a bus driver himself in a previous life. http://www.greenmetropolis.com/forum/posts.aspx?t=798#13212 http://www.greenmetropolis.com/forum/posts.aspx?t=798#13212 Wed, Jun 10 2009 20:30:50 GMT Hi Lynn, Yes knew that Magnus Mills was was a former bus driver, I was working at HarperCollins when Restraint of the Beasts was first published and remember that he was previously a bus driver. Will add Explorers of the new century to my rather high to be read pile. http://www.greenmetropolis.com/forum/posts.aspx?t=798#13269 http://www.greenmetropolis.com/forum/posts.aspx?t=798#13269 Thu, Jun 11 2009 13:08:57 GMT personally i preferred "all quiet on the orient express", but have only read that and "the restraint of beasts" although i'm aware he's got a few more titles out. will prob choose him over an unknown author though, but only just - slightly too formulaic.. http://www.greenmetropolis.com/forum/posts.aspx?t=798#20179 http://www.greenmetropolis.com/forum/posts.aspx?t=798#20179 Thu, Sep 24 2009 00:45:45 GMT All of us gone for something different as I loved 'the scheme for full employment' Such a social comment on Britain today - Excellent stuff Magnus, can't wait for the new one to come out in p/back http://www.greenmetropolis.com/forum/posts.aspx?t=798#23036 http://www.greenmetropolis.com/forum/posts.aspx?t=798#23036 Sat, Nov 14 2009 21:34:24 GMT