| NotStan said:
Definitely read the Baritmaeus trilogy then, I don't think I've met anyone that actually has, and I've enjoyed it thoroughly as a fictional story. It's set in London where the Magicians are in control and us - the people who do not have the power to summon entities from the "Other Place" are known as the commoners and have to go about doing our mundane lifes. The trilogy follows the story of a semi-powerful demon who is in turn summoned by a very young magician apprentice, who then develops into one of the main characters. The third book is my favourite by far, but the first was nice and refreshing too. It offers first person documentary of the demon, and the 3rd person of the young magician boy - as well as some other characters in the story :p. I think they go in this order - Amulet of Samarkand, Golem's Eye and Ptolemy's Gate
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Don't forget about The Ring of Solomon. I mean sure, the secondary protagonist's intense self-righteousness can drive you up the wall at times, but it's still a nice addition to the series.
I also recommend The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and The Restaraunt at the End of the Universe. I can't really vouch for the quality of the other three books, since my interest somehow started dwindling a bit once the main characters started chasing a Chesterfield sofa across the fields of prehistoric earth, and I never finished the series. I really need to try and get back to it one of these days...
