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Ok, ok, I know, not SeIV material but I just finished the most AMAZING book. If you love sf/fantasy you HAVE to read 'Blade of Tyshalle', sequel to 'Heroes Die' by Matthew Woodring Stover. INCREDIBLE book. Which starts me on another thread, first there was 'how old are you', then 'what do you listen to', well this is 'what do you read?'. Here is mine (no particular order):
Simon R. Green: Deathstalker series http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif
David Feintuch: Seafort series
David Brin: Earthclan (damn it's hardcore)
Orson Scott Card: Ender(what else do you need? http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/ima...ons/icon12.gif)
Timothy Zahn: Conquerors series
Chris Clairmont: First Flight series
Ben Bova: Exiles trilogy
Nivin/Pournelle: Anything, but definitly Footfall
Turtledove: Worldwar series
and of course Star Wars/Trek/Battletech/Dr.Who for fun.

Fantasy: Too much to list but anything by Michelle West/Melanie Rawn/Laurel Hamilton/Friedman/Simon R. Green/Stover is a Must(besides the obligatory Jordan stuff http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/ima...ons/icon12.gif).

Anything I missed????

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Owen smiled coldly. "It wasn't hers to take. I'm a Deathstalker until I die. And we never forget a slight or an enemy." -Owen Deathstalker.

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Well the only non-fiction books i really enjoyed were Terry Brook's 'Shannara series'

tic

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"In Death's Ground", Insurrection" and "Crusade" by Weber/White

Raj Whitehall series (I forget the author)

The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings series by Tolkein (sp)

Lots of Heinlein and Norton

David Drake' Slammer series

bunchof other sci fi,very little (except Tolkein)fantasy

lots of historical stuff on WWII

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Because I missed those previous threads, here is my current list, which changes daily of course.

MUSIC

1) Asia http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/ima...ons/icon12.gif (was: Jeff Wayne's The War Of The Worlds) (currently playing)
2) J. Karjalainen: Marjaniemessä
3) Deep Purple: Purpendicular & Fireball

HOW OLD ARE YOU

1) 37 (this changes only yearly)

WHAT DO YOU READ

1) Mezieres - Christin: Valerian series
2) Sokal: Ankardo series
3) Yukinobu Hoshino: 2001 Nights series
4) Ok, those were comics, I read books too, sometimes, have you read The Brothers Lionheart?
http://www.interlog.com/~wings/jane/...lionheart.html


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'The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay' by the guy who wrote 'The Wonder Boys'.

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Reading... hrm. My personal library's pretty varied. Recent acquisitions that come to mind include _The Color of Magic_, _The Art of War_, _On War_, _Romance of the Three Kingdoms_ (1st vol. only so far), _Journey to the West_, _A Fire Upon the Deep_, _Ethics_ (in queue), and _A Book of Five Rings_ (in queue). I also recently re-read KSR's [RGB] _Mars_ trilogy.

My readings generally wander around science fiction (strong preference for non-fluffy works with only the occasional parody; _Stand on Zanzibar_ is more my taste than, oh, _Star Trek_), philosophy, strategy, history (in particular, espionage -- _The Sword and the Shield_ makes interesting reading), and the odd classic.


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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by pathfinder:
"In Death's Ground", Insurrection" and "Crusade" by Weber/White

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You should try "Path of the Fury" by Weber, it's not the same setting, but pretty good.

Haven't had a chance to do much reading for myself since I got into Comp Sci, but I like sci-fi and military fiction and historical. Used to read all the time though. So here are some of my favorite authors and books.

"Hard Wired" and "Day of Atonement" Walter Jon Williams.

"Code of the Lifemaker" and "The Immortality Option" by ... uh I can't remember.

The Bolo series by Keith Laumer.

"Red Phoenix" "Vortex" by Larry Bond.

Plenty of other stuff too numerous to list.

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Once, i used to read Sci-Fi, Sci-fi and sci-fi again.

Currently i am into fantasy books, and my favorite series are:

Terry Pratchet - Disk World
Raimond Feist - dont know hos the serie called
Tolkien series - Hobbit & Lord of the Rings (Of course!)
Terry Goodkind - again, dont know how the serie is called
Piers Anthony - Ksanf (or however its written) serie
Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman Chronicles, best books i ever read IMO
Thomas Martin - Matter of Honour (serie name is translation from russian...i read books in russian)

And many, many more. I know every single fantasy beast, its name, description and behavior. Same with fantasy races. http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif

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I read whatever's lying around the flat, but recent literature includes:

Norse mythology (might one day do a "space vikings" shipset }=-)
Daniel Pennac ("Scapegoat" series)


Also a comic fan - recommend transmetropolitan, Astro City, Scud: Disposible Asassin (no more http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon9.gif , Marvel 2099 (no more http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon9.gif , Judge Dredd (old stuff). Also take a look at "Rising Stars" by Michael "Babylon" J. "5" Strazcinsky.

Strasinzky...
Straczincky...
Strascinzky?


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About the only thing I currently read that fits is "Heavy Metal".