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read the novel of True Grit. Very good. The book had such a great flow and the perspective of the main character was so vividly realized (especially when one considers a middle-aged male was writing from the perspective of a 14 year old female)...small wonder the story became iconic. Pity it took two films for it to happen.
If I were to write some of the strange things that come under my eyes they would not be believed. ~Cora M. Strayer~
I see the Awesomeness.
"Brass tacs"? Is that like Military Sci Fi?
Fight smart, not fair.
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Finished reading Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee today. It was quite good, but the ending left me feeling unsatisfied.
"Doctor Who means never having to say you're kidding." - Bocaj
So, because I am forgetful as all hell, I've started keeping a list of books to read.
edited 14th May '11 8:42:06 AM by Wicked223
You can't even write racist abuse in excrement on somebody's car without the politically correct brigade jumping down your throat!
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DUMB
What's wrong with that?
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I'm rereading Dianna Wynne Jones' Year of the Griffin again. I love her books so much.
Be not afraid...
I just started Breath and Bone by Carol Berg. Seems like pretty standard fantasy fare so far, but it's well written for what I assume is a debut novel. I'm gonna stick with it, as it was a recommendation.
Doodles
The wrongness is due to the fact that it hasn't been read yet, not that I don't like HMC.
I see the Awesomeness.
Just found the Vorkosigan Saga CD on Baen's site. I'm thinking of going back and re-reading all of them and then picking up the Omni-buses.
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
Fantasy; Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks
Sci-Fi; Armor by John Steakley (what no works page for it but we have authors page -_-)
Who watches the watchmen?
The Ant King
So I just finished Plato's Sophist and Aristotle's Poetics.
The Sophist was kind of a slog, but I did enjoy Poetics.
Kill all math nerds
I believe #112.
I do not believe #113.
Nobody reads that Plato crap unless they have to.
John Steakley's guy killing "just one more bug," even though he has no hope to survive, just because that one bug pissed him off...
People do read that.
Goal: Clear, Concise and Witty
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
Baen books is pretty awesome in a variety of ways. Just so you guys know they have a free book library that has full books you can download for free. The idea is if you like what you read you would be willing to buy your own copies or buy into the series.
John Ringo's Military Sci-Fi is pretty entertaining to read.
Who watches the watchmen?
Still very impressive.
I see the Awesomeness.
I've read some of his series. Do you recommend Prince Roger or the one with the fancy nano-technology? I've been reading Troy Rising as the books come out.
Fight smart, not fair.
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
Prince Roger is entertaining. Which one with fancy nano-tech?
He has quite a few series. Complete List
I recommend the legacy of the Aldenata series, Empire of Man (Prince Roger), Looking Glass, I would hesitate to Recommend Paladin of shadows due to it's nature. It started out as self therapy but Baen books picked it up. By the end of the series it improves.
Ringo is very entertaining but David Drake has some really good books including some solid Space Opera Style ones.
Ok might as well do the Author dump and let you pick and choose books from the whole group. Starting with John Ringo, David Drake, David Weber, Eric Flint, Keith Laumer, Tanya Huff (Valor series), Mike Shepherd (Kris Longknife books), and a few others I have since forgotten.
Milscifi.com Very hand.
You know who is an interesting Author. Issac Asimov. Foundation is interesting. He can be dry but it is sometimes rather interesting.
Alternate History Courtesy of Harry Turtledove .
Nanotech...Old Man's War by chance?
A classic is the Barsoom Series by Edgar Rice. I would call it Pulp Science Fiction adventure.
I need to try and dig up my old reading list from when I worked in the libraries.
edited 22nd May '11 3:38:46 PM by TuefelHundenIV
Who watches the watchmen?
I see the Awesomeness.
I've read the entire Posleen, Looking Glass, Paladin and Troy Rising series so far, and Princess Of Wands (I really wish he'd do more in this 'verse), Von Neumans War, and The Road to Damascus. I started reading the Council War series (the nano-tech one) but stopped less than a chapter in.
I've got the first half of the Hammers Slammers series sitting on my desk, but it's harder to read because it's a series of short stories (so far) while I'm used to doing four and five hundred page binges.
I'm currently chugging away at The Lost Fleet. Weber I've started on, I'm in the Honor Harrington series and liking it so far, I stopped when she just proposed the carriers, I'm planning to go back later.
Fight smart, not fair.
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
Yeah Hammers Slammers are a lot of Short Stories. He does a couple longer ones that are more like Novella's too. Sounds like you got quite a few of the good ones under your belt as it is.
I totally forget about Ian Douglas and his Heritage ,Legacy, and Inheritance Trilogies.
Von Neuman's war was fun.
Speaking of von Neumman Probes The Berserker Book Series is interesting.
Larry Niven has some good stuff too.
Star Fist and Man-Kzin Wars are more cheesy action oriented books but are still pretty well written.
Uplift Series is very Interesting as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Keith,_Jr. This guy has a lot of mix of good reading as well.
One last one Star Strike: Operation Orion U.S. Navy SEALS In Space.
Anyone have any interesting recommendations?
There was one book I picked up that the Aztec system of government and life had become prevalent and was part of the theme. The book was about exploring an Alien World that had some bizarre occurrences and strange life forms of some sort. About as much as I can remember.
edited 22nd May '11 4:18:51 PM by TuefelHundenIV
Who watches the watchmen?
I see the Awesomeness.
I read some Berserker in high school as that's one of the series they had in large amounts. I still can't spell the guys name though. Larry Niven is a great writer, I really wish someone who knew how to write would make a Literature.Footfall page.
Assuming you want Space Opera, I still recommend The Vorkosigan Saga. My memory is a bit fuzzy because most of my reading was done in highschool and I read a lot less now. Timothy Zahn is always good, the train one in particular is a good take on Mystery style. I read one a while ago called "Insurrection", but have no idea who wrote it, as it was before I started keeping track of that tidbit.
Oh wait, it's a Weber book.
edited 22nd May '11 4:37:00 PM by Deboss
Fight smart, not fair.
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
Mr Zhan is indeed a good writer.
Who watches the watchmen?
I see the Awesomeness.
I'm in a reading mood for some reason. I can expect to knock back something like five hundred pages a day this week.
Fight smart, not fair.
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How do people feel about those fancy leather-bound editions of works B&N has for $20 and under? I just got myself a nice leather-bound complete works of Poe.
"Everyone wants an answer, don't they?... I hate things with answers." — Grant Morrison
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@Deboss, Tuefel, and similar tastes: if you're in a memoir-reading mood there's no shortage of good literature there. One Hundred Days by Sandy Woodward and Most Secret War by Reginald V. Jones are both excellent reads.
Charlie Stross's cheerful, optimistic predictions for 2017, part one of three.
Just finished Everything Flows. A good book on the Stalinist police state; also does not hide the fact that it is an Author Tract at all.
What's the frequency Kenneth?|In case of war.