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03-18-2003, 09:29 PM
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Leon Uris--"Trinity," "Redemption," and "Exodus."
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03-18-2003, 10:13 PM
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Terry Goodkind Piers Anthony Arthur Schopenhaur Robert Jordan George S. Clason William Wordsworth Michael Crihton (my old highschool english teacher and her husband turned out to be good friends with him at Oxford) Plato Chuck Norris (im not kidding about this one. He wrote some awsome books dealing with what it means to have courage as a human being) Oh yea, and Douglas Adams. How can you not like an author that comes up with Pan Galactic Gargleblasters, Zaphod Beeblebrox, Infinite Improbability Drives, and last but not least, the lowly Babel Fish! 
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03-19-2003, 05:07 AM
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Douglas Adams is one of the few I know who can write sentimental without it falling flat.
Charles Bukowski: I haven't had a life anything like his, but sometimes I feel really at home in his books. Sad isn't it? For SF: I would say that Alistair Reynolds is my current fave, with Phillip K. Dick thrown in as an old classic. Fantasy: I second China Mievill�. His Perdido Street Station is one of the most "different" fantasy I've ever read. George RR Martin is one of the best in more traditional fantasy, but I like Steven Erikson better. Haakon |
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03-19-2003, 11:43 AM
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Charles Bukowski is one of those writers that you're kinda glad you haven't lived his life, but the bestial energy of the man grips you from somewhere near the beginning to the somewhere in the middle where he leaves you dangling without warning, just like life. He's one of the most naturally gifted and revolutionary writers I've ever read. |
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03-19-2003, 11:53 AM
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I love sci-fi, medical/biological mysteries and archaeological thrillers. You should try out Connie Willis. I'd recommend Lincoln's Dreams, Doomsday Book, Bellwether, To Say Nothing of the Dog, and Passage. |
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03-19-2003, 11:55 AM
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while i agree that speaker for the dead through children of the mind are not up to par with ender's game, pastwatch, ender's shadow, folk of the fringe, and the worthing saga are all excellent books.
Thanks. I've read Ender's Shadow, and think it's a very good book. Perhaps I'll try out some of the others you've recommended. |
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03-19-2003, 02:59 PM
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Oh so many i don't think I could list them all but off the top of my head:
Philip K dick William S . Buroughs Aldous huxley William Gibson Kurt Vonnegurt Frank Herbert Philip Jose Farmer Robert A. Heinlein there's more but I'm lazy and don't want to think to hard before I've finished my second cup of coffee. |
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03-19-2003, 03:55 PM
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03-19-2003, 04:09 PM
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I read Shadow of the Hegamon (I've read the entire series). It's good, but not nearly on par with Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow, IMO.
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