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Re: OT: Time for another thread on books? (Retorical)
"Mutineers' Moon" by David Weber.
So far its a good, relatively near-future Sci-Fi type of book. Apart from being a good Sci-Fi book, it puts out a neat alternate explanation for how humanity came to exist on the Earth. Though that's not the main plot in any way.
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You can get the entire trilogy as an e-book on Baen; 'Empire From the Ashes'.
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Re: OT: Time for another thread on books? (Retori
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You can get the entire trilogy as an e-book on Baen; 'Empire From the Ashes'.
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I did not not know this. Thanks Narf.
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March 3rd, 2005, 08:33 PM
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Re: OT: Time for another thread on books? (Retori
THe BEST SERIES is Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin. The first book is Games of thrones, and it has the persucitive in a great way and everything is great. Very well planed out and its GREAT. MUST mUST MUST READ
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Re: OT: Time for another thread on books? (Retori
Thanks for the info Narf  
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Re: OT: Time for another thread on books? (Retori
I think that the novels that Harry Turtledove writes are interesting. He likes to write books on alternate history. I'm currently reading "In The Presence of Mine Enemies". And so far, it's pretty good.
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Re: OT: Time for another thread on books? (Retori
Read "Guns of the South". By far my favourite. I do like Harry Turtledove, although I haven't forced myself to read his latest works. I enjoy alternate history however he does go on...and on...and on.
eg. in one of his universes he has a book set 20 years after the Confederate States wins the civil war. Then a trilogy 30 years after that which covers world war 1, then he does the depression, now he is doing ww2 all in the same universe. Its as bad as his neverending series on aliens attacking earth during ww2.
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Re: OT: Time for another thread on books? (Retorical)
Highly recommending:
Cryptonomicon (Neal Stephenson, as well)
Great read, but monstrously thick like Quicksilver. Currently plowing my way through The Da Vinci Code (and it's getting boooring) then going to read Quicksilver.
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Re: OT: Time for another thread on books? (Retori
I'm starting to go through Quicksilver as well, but it's monstrously thick like you said.
The obligatory reads for Stephenson are Snow Crash and Diamond Age though.
And yeah, I'm back again. Mindi managed to restore my account. Apparently two other people were also affected. I wonder who.
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