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Posted: 9/21/2013 3:06:03 PM EDT
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Much better than reacher. I have read almost all of them Quote HistoryQuoted:
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If you like the Reacher series you really need to check out Robert Crais. He does Elvis Cole and Joe Pike series. Cole is a PI in Los Angeles. Joe Pike is a badass and Cole's business partner. These are my favorite books. I agree completely. |
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Posted: 9/21/2013 3:07:34 PM EDT
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I just read this
It was the first book I've read in probably 10 years, having three kids takes up all of my free time. I couldn't put the book down. |
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Posted: 9/21/2013 3:07:44 PM EDT
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You know, I have read a couple of his and I remember liking one, hating the other. I'm willing to give Descent a shot though, since you recomend it. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I don't see any Michael Crichton in your list. Highly recommended, right along the lines of what you have already been reading. You know, I have read a couple of his and I remember liking one, hating the other. I'm willing to give Descent a shot though, since you recomend it. State of Fear is an excellent read, Prey is also very good |
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Posted: 9/21/2013 3:07:51 PM EDT
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Shogun
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Posted: 9/21/2013 3:09:29 PM EDT
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Here's what I do. Every day I check here. I download whatever looks good. Hell, they're free. You don't need a Kindle, you can get an app for your phone. I am ... well... my wife calls me a hoarder, but I prefer COLLECTOR of books both physical and electronic. I currently have more than 20K ebooks 
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Posted: 9/21/2013 3:11:03 PM EDT
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Shogun James Clavelle (IIRC) Read all of them! In fact, I re-read them several times over the years. Very cool books and I was fascinated by the descriptions of feudal Japan. |
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Posted: 9/21/2013 3:11:29 PM EDT
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Guillermo del Toro wrote a trilogy (had a coauthor - can't remember his name):
The Strain, The Fall, and the third was Night Eternal ( not 100% on the third title ). They are about a vampire takeover of the world. Not anything gay like True Blood or Twilight or anything. Very, VERY creepy and impossible to put down. Three of the best books I've read recently. Thank me later. |
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Posted: 9/21/2013 3:13:23 PM EDT
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Orwell and Huxley had a couple of good reads.
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Posted: 9/21/2013 3:14:24 PM EDT
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Larry Niven - Ringworld books
Paul Hogan - Giants novels E. E. Doc Smith - Lensman / Civilization series |
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Posted: 9/21/2013 3:14:29 PM EDT
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C J Box, his Joe Pickett novels are awesome. They are centered around a modern day Wyoming game and fish officer. I'd suggest starting at the beginning with Open Range.
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Posted: 9/21/2013 3:17:36 PM EDT
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Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry Arguably the finest Western ever written. A must-read. |
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Posted: 9/21/2013 3:49:37 PM EDT
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Try the first book in The Destroyer series by Richard Sapir and Warren Murphy. Its a free DL for kindle right now. The first is kinda slow but they get much better after book 3. There are about 140 of them and I can get through one in an evening. They started writing them in the 70's so expect some poor writing at times. I picked up a big box full of them from the local used book store about a month ago and have been going through 3-4 a week.
Try some Terry Prachett if your in to si-fi and fantasy. Start with Guards Guards. |
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Posted: 9/21/2013 3:56:09 PM EDT
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You know, I have read a couple of his and I remember liking one, hating the other. I'm willing to give Descent a shot though, since you recomend it. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I don't see any Michael Crichton in your list. Highly recommended, right along the lines of what you have already been reading. You know, I have read a couple of his and I remember liking one, hating the other. I'm willing to give Descent a shot though, since you recomend it. I forget who the author of "The Descent" is, I guess his other works weren't as well received upon reading reviews. But "The Descent" had me reading day and night until I finished it. |
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Posted: 9/21/2013 3:59:02 PM EDT
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Frederick Forsythe: Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File
Africa: Robert Ruark Something of Value, Uhuru Candide Non-fiction Toliver: Horrido Speer: Inside the Third Reich (A little self-serving) I'm tired, good luck. |
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Posted: 9/21/2013 4:01:02 PM EDT
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Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time series
The Eye of the World is the first book Great to see another Mercedes Lackey fan. 
If you liked her books, you should try Terry Brooks' Shannara books. |
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Posted: 9/21/2013 4:04:07 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/21/2013 4:07:20 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/21/2013 4:09:49 PM EDT
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I just read a good one called "cyberstorm" on my kindle. It's about a group of people trapped in New York in a winter storm after a catastrophic computer failure.
In the book everything is internet based so the grid and practically everything else goes down. The ending was kind of weird but the sense of what it would be like trapped with no heat, no sewage, no communication, was pretty good. I highly recommend. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 9/21/2013 4:16:26 PM EDT
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A Rifleman Went to War
By H.W. McBride Mainly his journal and auto biography, he describes them learning how to snipe and best use those new-fangled machine guns in WWI. |
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Posted: 9/21/2013 4:20:38 PM EDT
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I've liked everything I've read so far by Stephen Dando-Collins.
He's a historical author and novelist, with books centred around the late Roman Republic to the mid Roman Imperial eras. His books are historical, but they aren't dry reading----his writing style is like watching a movie in your mind's eye. |
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Posted: 9/21/2013 4:25:38 PM EDT
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharpe_(novel_series)
Read them in the order below http://www.amazon.com/Richard-Sharpe-Chronological-Order/lm/2919MH58TWLC8 Hornblower Series In Order http://www.amazon.com/The-Horatio-Hornblower-Series-In-Chronological-Order/lm/3A9IF3DX1FZL4/ref=cm_srch_res_rpli_alt_1 Tad Williams is missing from your List - Memory, Sorrow and Thorn Series David Weber - Honor Series David Feintuch - Seafort Series http://www.amazon.com/Read-David-Feintuch-s-SEAFORT-SAGA-from-start-to-almost-finish/lm/R348XX6TBRYIDN/ref=cm_srch_res_rpli_alt_1 Forstchen - Lost Regiment http://www.amazon.com/William-R-Forstchen-Books-The-Lost-Regiment/lm/R2KR2IDLWW88O7/ref=cm_srch_res_rpli_alt_2 Destroyermen http://www.amazon.com/Destroyermen-Series-by-Taylor-Anderson/lm/RAFU8GD79F9JB/ref=cm_srch_res_rpli_alt_1 |
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Posted: 9/21/2013 4:32:28 PM EDT
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Guillermo del Toro wrote a trilogy (had a coauthor - can't remember his name): Quote HistoryQuoted:
Guillermo del Toro wrote a trilogy (had a coauthor - can't remember his name): Huh... usually actors make horrible authors (George Takai for example) but I will check it out! Quoted:
Orwell and Huxley had a couple of good reads. Read 'em! Quoted:
Larry Niven - Ringworld books Paul Hogan - Giants novels E. E. Doc Smith - Lensman / Civilization series Read 'em! Quoted:
Try the first book in The Destroyer series by Richard Sapir and Warren Murphy. Its a free DL for kindle right now. The first is kinda slow but they get much better after book 3. There are about 140 of them and I can get through one in an evening. They started writing them in the 70's so expect some poor writing at times. I picked up a big box full of them from the local used book store about a month ago and have been going through 3-4 a week. Try some Terry Prachett if your in to si-fi and fantasy. Start with Guards Guards. I have most of the Destroyer series in e-book format, they are amusing 
I have some Terry Pratchett too, the entire Discworld series and a few more. |
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Posted: 9/21/2013 4:34:09 PM EDT
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I liked Snow Crash a whole lot better. Did you have William Gibson on there? Neuromancer is a classic. I'm a huge fan of both Tom McGuane (92 in the Shade, Cadence of Grass, The Sporting Club) and Jim Harrison (Dalva, True North). Those guys are genuine literature. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson http://www.amazon.com/Cryptonomicon-Neal-Stephenson/dp/0060512806/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1379799328&sr=8-1&keywords=cryptonomicon That sounds interesting, thanks! I liked Snow Crash a whole lot better. Did you have William Gibson on there? Neuromancer is a classic. I'm a huge fan of both Tom McGuane (92 in the Shade, Cadence of Grass, The Sporting Club) and Jim Harrison (Dalva, True North). Those guys are genuine literature. I'll second Cryptonomicon. Someone else mentioned Snow Crash, which was also good but The Diamond Age is fantastic. There's a lot of great suggestions in this subscribed thread,
Someone also mentioned Candide by Voltaire - it's hilarious. |
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Posted: 9/21/2013 4:36:06 PM EDT
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Definitely Larry Niven.
Read Ringworld first. Then there is a whole "Known Space" series he wrote in the 60's-70's that links all his books together very well, Ringworld just being an interesting part of it. |
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Posted: 9/21/2013 4:38:09 PM EDT
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Frederick Forsythe: Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File Africa: Robert Ruark Something of Value, Uhuru Candide Quote HistoryQuoted:
Frederick Forsythe: Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File Africa: Robert Ruark Something of Value, Uhuru Candide Hmm... sounds interesting. The movie was cool
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Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time series The Eye of the World is the first book Great to see another Mercedes Lackey fan.
If you liked her books, you should try Terry Brooks' Shannara books. Got the Robert Jordan Wheel of time plus a few others. Did you know he wrote some Conan the Destroyer books? 
Got Terry Brooks too! The Elfstones of the Shannara drew me in to Brooks, then I had to go back and read the first in the series... then the rest! More to look up, thanks! |
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Posted: 9/21/2013 4:41:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryI don't know, sounds interesting to me! But then again, I am not that kind of Preacher 
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I just read a good one called "cyberstorm" on my kindle. It's about a group of people trapped in New York in a winter storm after a catastrophic computer failure. I'll see what I can find! Quoted:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharpe_(novel_series) Read them in the order below http://www.amazon.com/Richard-Sharpe-Chronological-Order/lm/2919MH58TWLC8 Hornblower Series In Order http://www.amazon.com/The-Horatio-Hornblower-Series-In-Chronological-Order/lm/3A9IF3DX1FZL4/ref=cm_srch_res_rpli_alt_1 Tad Williams is missing from your List - Memory, Sorrow and Thorn Series David Weber - Honor Series David Feintuch - Seafort Series http://www.amazon.com/Read-David-Feintuch-s-SEAFORT-SAGA-from-start-to-almost-finish/lm/R348XX6TBRYIDN/ref=cm_srch_res_rpli_alt_1 Forstchen - Lost Regiment http://www.amazon.com/William-R-Forstchen-Books-The-Lost-Regiment/lm/R2KR2IDLWW88O7/ref=cm_srch_res_rpli_alt_2 Destroyermen http://www.amazon.com/Destroyermen-Series-by-Taylor-Anderson/lm/RAFU8GD79F9JB/ref=cm_srch_res_rpli_alt_1 On the plus side, the only ones in your list I have read are the Honor series, but I have everything I could find of Weber's so that makes sense. I'll check the rest! |
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Posted: 9/21/2013 4:45:39 PM EDT
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Finishing it tonight and starting on the sequel: 
BUTT!!! You da-da-damn neophyte... This series will keep you busy for a few weeks: 
Best to you on your journey! |
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Posted: 9/21/2013 4:47:53 PM EDT
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Patrick O'brian's Master and Commander series, although the series doesn't truly get it's legs until the third book. That one is a masterpiece. In that book, he packs more in the first hundred pages than most authors do in an entire book.4 ETA there's like 20 books in the series so you won't run out soon, but you'll cry when you do because it's so good. The only reason I opened this thread was to suggest those books. I've only gotten through book 12, but they're my favorite series. Someday I'll get through the rest of them. |
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Posted: 9/21/2013 4:47:58 PM EDT
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Harry Harrison, particularly the Stainless Steel Rat series.
And Doc, I had no idea you were a writer. Now have it in my Kindle library. |
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Posted: 9/21/2013 4:49:06 PM EDT
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Charles Stross Merchant Princes series.
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Posted: 9/21/2013 4:55:47 PM EDT
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http://www.brentweeks.com/books/
Night Angel Trilogy was pretty damn good. Haven't tried the Lightbringer books yet. Also, the Game of Thrones books will keep you busy for a while, and screaming like a little girl when you finish the last one that's currently out. |
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Posted: 9/21/2013 4:57:46 PM EDT
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http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axis_of_Time
If you liked the movie Final Countdown you will like these. Also Swan Song if you liked the Stand. Instead of a virus its nuke war with the devil running around making sure the survivors don't make it |
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Posted: 9/21/2013 4:58:24 PM EDT
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Try this site: here
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Posted: 9/21/2013 4:58:50 PM EDT
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next
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Posted: 9/21/2013 5:01:14 PM EDT
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There's a Czech author with several books set in and around WW2 named Bohumil Hrabal, his stuff is excellent. "I Served the King of England" is hilarious and "Closely Observed Trains" is certainly worth reading.
http://www.amazon.com/Closely-Observed-Trains-Abacus-Books/dp/0349101256 http://www.amazon.com/Served-King-England-Bohumil-Hrabal/dp/015145745X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1379811637&sr=1-1&keywords=i+served+the+king+of+england |
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Posted: 9/21/2013 5:11:56 PM EDT
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I didnt read all posts so it's probably been mentioned but look at the Lee childs reacher books. Brad thor is good too. Ben coes has four books in a series about dewey andreas which is good too. Also tom wood has two books about an assassin that are also good.
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Posted: 9/21/2013 5:14:09 PM EDT
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If you like Terry Brooks you should enjoy David Eddings' Belgaraid (sp?) series
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Posted: 9/21/2013 5:23:28 PM EDT
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Jerry Pournelle (writes with Niven quite a bit)
SM Sterling and Harry Turtledove (their alternate history stuff) When is Ringo's next Troy book coming out? |
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Posted: 9/21/2013 5:32:58 PM EDT
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Forgot to post the Camulodonum series by Jack Whyte. A prepper's twist on the Arthurian legend. Awesome stories and intelligent writing!
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Posted: 9/21/2013 5:46:11 PM EDT
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Read the Left Behind Series.. 12 books in all!
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Posted: 9/21/2013 6:16:16 PM EDT
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Eric Flint's 1632 series. Matthew Bracken's Enemies Foreign and Domestic. This To OP, you really need to start Eric Flint's 1632 Series... hell, the first book is available for free from Baen online library. I also recommend Peter Hamilton's Reality Dysfunction space opera (six books...). Good shit there. His Void Trilogy is also good too. |
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Posted: 9/21/2013 6:25:45 PM EDT
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Looks a lot like my reading list...
Keith Laumer Orson Scott Card Taylor Anderson Destroyermen series ETA: Douglas Adams
ETA: L.E. Modsit ETA: Anything about Keith Laumer's Bolos. Various authors including Drake and Weber. 7 books of short stories too. Books: Ready player one Daemon and it's sequel Atlas Shrugged
Dead Aid - non-fiction, about why most aid to Africa fails War Dog - about modern merc/contract soldiers |
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Posted: 9/21/2013 6:28:51 PM EDT
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Harry Harrison.
A lot of his stuff is "cutesie" but fun reads. |
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Posted: 9/21/2013 6:35:53 PM EDT
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Forgot to post the Camulodonum series by Jack Whyte. A prepper's twist on the Arthurian legend. Awesome stories and intelligent writing! These were also excellent. |
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Posted: 9/21/2013 6:38:08 PM EDT
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Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series is awesome. An author that his wife chose recently finished it based on his notes after his death, so don't let that worry you.
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Posted: 9/21/2013 6:41:19 PM EDT
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Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series is awesome. An author that his wife chose recently finished it based on his notes after his death, so don't let that worry you. Haha, the OP better take off a week of vacation if he wants to read that series. |
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Posted: 9/21/2013 6:47:03 PM EDT
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OP, your reading list is a carbon copy of mine. I've recently gone out of my comfort zone and am reading the Longmire series by Craig Johnson. I'm really enjoying them and have gotten a couple of my friends hooked on them also. You might give them a try.
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Posted: 9/21/2013 6:58:23 PM EDT
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Jack Higgins- mostly spy stuff, shorter but fun reads, some books have characters that carry over
Alistair McLean- Great story teller, British, mostly WWII era WEB Griffin- books in different series, enjoy the WWII and Vietnam era stuff Ken Follett- historical fiction, well written HEMINGWAY |
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Posted: 9/21/2013 7:04:50 PM EDT
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Some good stuff mentioned so far..
Patrick Rothfuss, 2/3 of a series that I can't wait to be finished. House of Leaves, don't read the reviews just read the book. If you want more SF then try Iain Banks, then David Brin. For something international, try Sergei Lukyanenko. It's not the copycat vampire soft porn that dominates retail shelves. China Mieville is good too, not quite SF but not quite fantasy. Start at King Rat then go to Perdido |
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Posted: 9/21/2013 7:08:30 PM EDT
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To OP, did not read all posts;
Perhaps go back and read all your favorites from when you were a young fellow. Used to climb the Toby tree when I was little, and read all day. Had a branch off of the main trunk that was so comfortable, I would sleep up there. Remember the Brains Benton series? |
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