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| ephealy |
 Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 8:50 pm Post subject: I need a new book. |
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I'm going to Barnes & Noble tomorrow. I'm going to buy a couple new books. Any suggestions?
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| Daigle |
| Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 11:29 pm Post subject: |
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| I don't read much sci-fi or fantasy *gasp!*, but if you've never read anything by Chuck Palahniuk, I suggest Survivor, Lullaby or Rant. Also, Christopher Moore's book Lamb is a fun read. |
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| Zherog |
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Have you read the Vlad Taltos books by Steven Brust? What about the "Guardians of the Flame" series by Joel Rosenberg. Both of those - in my opinion - are very good reads.
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| Hal Maclean |
| Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 7:49 am Post subject: |
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Assuming you're already familiar with Charles Stross...
(if not pick up some of his stuff, he's doing major work in the SF field plus he created the Death Knight and the slaadi back when he was still a hardcore gamer)
One writer I'd suggest you check out is Tobias Buckell. His third book just came out so if you like him he's easy to get caught up on. "Crystal Rain" his first novel offers up a very fresh take on one of my favorite SF subgenres, the lost colony. |
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| Eyebite |
| Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 8:43 am Post subject: |
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
Get it. It really is as amazing as its reviews would lead you to believe. |
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| The Jade |
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| Eyebite wrote: |
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
Get it. It really is as amazing as its reviews would lead you to believe. |
Chabon rocketh mightily. |
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| Watcher |
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Dan Simmons.. Hyperion, followed by The Fall of Hyperion
Or... Illium, followed by Olympos.
In either case, the first book is always a set-up for the dynamite second book. |
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| The Jade |
| Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 2:44 pm Post subject: |
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Lemme just choose two from John Irving...
A Prayer for Owen Meaney.
Hotel New Hampshire. |
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| Wolfgang |
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Body of Lies, if you like the modern thrillers.
Anything by Richard K. Morgan if you love ultrablack noir SF.
Extraordinary Engines for a Steampunk set of stories.
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| The Jade |
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It's actually hard to know what not to recommend.
There's a library's worth of classics out there. Pick up The Good Earth by Pearl Buck, give Silas Marner a shot.  |
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| Zherog |
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| Wolfgang wrote: |
| Body of Lies, if you like the modern thrillers. |
Is the movie that's out now based off this book?
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| Wolfgang |
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Yeah, I heard there was a movie. The book rocks, regardless of how the movie treated the complex plot involved.
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| terraleon |
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_Etched City_ by KJ Bishop was great for a very grim and gritty fantasy book... The Praxis trilogy is a fantastic SciFi series by Walter Jon Williams. Any of the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher are a fun modern take on a Wizard playing Private Detective...
-Ben.
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"Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" - John le Carre
I've been watching the miniseries with Alec Guinness as George Smiley and I'm quite intrigued now. |
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| Valmiras |
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| Not fiction, but I am reading David Sedaris' "When Engulfed in Flames" right now and enjoying it, laughing out loud quite often. |
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