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And mac5732: I read the first 5 books or so in the Gor series before I got tired of them. How far did you get? I think there was a Gor movie once upon a time too...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Of Gor all I can remember is that I thought Nomads, Maurauders and Tribesmen were good. The rest varied from ok to total dross with the later stuff possibly worse than total dross.

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D tsaarx, I finished i think up to #8-9, I found the story line to have become other then what it initially started out to be. I became bored with the series and packed them away and have them stored in my attic. It started out ok but after #5 or #6 started to go down hill and I lost interest. Its a shame, it started out to be a good series.

Have you ever read any of the Dray Prescot series? I think I have up to #24 or 25. Then the author apparently quit following up on the series. Its a shame, good series. Another good one is the Lost Regiment by Forschen, (I think I spelled it right) I highly recommend it. Excellent Series has a different twist as far as the bad guys go.

There was a Movie a long time ago called Gor
based on the series but like most movies didn't match up to the books.

just some ideas mac

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Books I read, and LIKED(no particular order and spelling):

Timothy Zahn - Conqurors series, Orion series
David Weber - All series except fantasy
Arthur C. Clark - Rama series
Asaak Asimof - ALL(most of his books can fit into one series)
Frank Herbet - Dune series
Star Wars series

...there are more, but can't remember them from the top of my head.

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by mac5732:
D tsaarx, I finished i think up to #8-9, I found the story line to have become other then what it initially started out to be. I became bored with the series and packed them away and have them stored in my attic. It started out ok but after #5 or #6 started to go down hill and I lost interest. Its a shame, it started out to be a good series.

Have you ever read any of the Dray Prescot series? I think I have up to #24 or 25. Then the author apparently quit following up on the series. Its a shame, good series. Another good one is the Lost Regiment by Forschen, (I think I spelled it right) I highly recommend it. Excellent Series has a different twist as far as the bad guys go.

There was a Movie a long time ago called Gor
based on the series but like most movies didn't match up to the books.

just some ideas mac
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I pretty much have to agree on the Gor books. The story was pretty good at the beginning, but it turned into a weird philosophical woman-bashing male-supremacist S&M thing and I lost interest. And yeah, the movie was completely different (except that it was at least as bad as the later Gor books, maybe worse http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/ima...ons/icon12.gif )

Never heard of the Prescot or Lost Regiment series; I'll keep an eye out for them...

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I completely agree about the MYTH series. Very clever, very enjoyable reads. I had never heard why the series stopped, but was disappointed that no more books were forthcoming.

As for other titles/authors:

Larry Niven, Ringworld, Ringworld Engineers, etc.
Niven/Pournelle, Mote in God's Eyes (an absolute classic), Lucifer's Hammer, Inferno, Footfall, etc.
Kim Stanley Robinson, Red/Green/Blue Mars series, utterly brilliant
Piers Anthony, Xanth series
Arthur C Clarke, pretty well everything he's written
Stephen Donaldson, Chronicles of Thomas Covenant series,
Tolkien, of course
And, just for a fun change of pace, the original Ian Fleming Bond books (so much cooler than the movies)

Just my 0.02$

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More non-rambling science fiction/fantasy book meandering/stuff.........bump!! http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/ima...ons/icon12.gif

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has anyone read the world war in the balance books by turtledove ??

I love reading books. About 1 a week. Mostly history ( military ), scifi and fantasy.

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A series I highly recommend is by
David Wingrove

the Chung Kuo series.

8 books. Would make a great movie series.

Has anyone else read it ??

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I'm probably being a little eggheaded here, but anyone here ever read the Iliad by Homer? It's kind of neat to see where some of the heroic tradition which our culture has inherited originally comes from.
Besides, the Iliad is plain fun to read. It's like a greek Version of pro-wrestling, only with better costumes and sharp instruments. http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif
In a good translation its also some of the best damn poetry you'll ever read (it actually manages to maintain the poetry in translation from a different language, no less... amazing when you think about it), so I'd highly recommend it.
Anyway, just another egghead moment from an idealistic english student http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/ima...ons/icon12.gif

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I started the Iiliad once, and just like Tolkiens Simarillion I just could not get into it, but hey, that was about 8 years ago, think I might try it again( the Iiliad that is). Reading Michelle West's SunSword books right now, that and just bought the new Star Wars book, that and I have the new Robert Jordan/George R. Martin/Terry Brooks books, but havn't started them yet (really....). Have the first two Chung Kuo books but can't find the rest, will start once I have.



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"And what the hell would you know about sanity?" demanded Beatrice. "There are depressed lemmings on the edge of cliffs who've got a better grasp on reality than you have. And more common sense."--Simon R. Green 'Deathstalker Rebellion'.

"We are all...the sum of our scars"....(paraphrased) Matt. R. Stover-'Blade of Tyshalle'.