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January 6th, 2004, 07:32 PM
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Re: OT: Books, Books, Books.
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gregebowman, with some of the Authors you mentioned, take a look at Nelson DeMille, I have read a few of his books and really liked Plum Island and Lions Game.
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My wife's supervisor will give her a big box of books from time to time. It's a really a mixture of books I normally wouldn't read. But if I'm out of my type of books to read, then I'll grab one of these. I don't remember reading any of Demille's yet, although I've his name before. Some of these books, mostly murder mysteries, are quite good.
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January 6th, 2004, 09:46 PM
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Re: OT: Books, Books, Books.
I've mentioned this in another post, but no one ever responded. I'm interested in reading Harry Turtledove's alternate history books, but I'm not sure of the chronology. Does anyone know? Thanks
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January 7th, 2004, 12:10 AM
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Re: OT: Books, Books, Books.
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quote: Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
just pick some in the middle and read them. Then pick a few pages at a different point and read them. You can get a good sampling of what the book is like from a few pages.
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That sounds like manual foreshadowing... Just an example of how you can judge a book from a few pages...
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January 7th, 2004, 12:14 AM
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Re: OT: Books, Books, Books.
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I've mentioned this in another post, but no one ever responded. I'm interested in reading Harry Turtledove's alternate history books, but I'm not sure of the chronology. Does anyone know? Thanks
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[ January 06, 2004, 22:15: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]
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January 7th, 2004, 03:24 PM
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Re: OT: Books, Books, Books.
Here I go with the ancient history again. Gregebowman mentioned that he likes books with a lot of character development. "Macroscope" by Piers Anthony is a good one for that. The story also has a unique techno-premise, which is the SDPS itself.
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January 7th, 2004, 05:53 PM
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Re: OT: Books, Books, Books.
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quote: Originally posted by gregebowman:
I've mentioned this in another post, but no one ever responded. I'm interested in reading Harry Turtledove's alternate history books, but I'm not sure of the chronology. Does anyone know? Thanks
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Google is your friend. UBB code, however, is not. Ok, got an idea now of the order, but it is confusing from all of those sites that were offered. Just a plain simple listing of all of his books would have been nice, especially those of his alternate history novels.
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January 13th, 2004, 11:53 AM
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Re: OT: Books, Books, Books.
VEROOM! VEROOM! *BUMP*
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