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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Sacramento, CA USA
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What do you read?
I know Rincewind has taste because of his name, but...
What do YOU read? I love Terry Pratchett (has symptoms of alzheimers wich is sad but could make his books even stranger) Robert Asprin (I think that's his name) John Grisham Dean Koontz etc etc I'm reading 'Baa Baa Black Sheep' by the WWII Ace Gregory "Pappy" Boyington right now and it's great stuff. |
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: England
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Re: What do you read?
Tom Clancy books are often good, especially Red Storm Rising. Very good if you're a World in Conflict player.
The Hungry Cities Chronicles (Mortal Engines, Predators Gold, Infernal Devices and A Darkling Plain) by Phillip Reeve are also very good. The CHERUB series by Robert Muchamore are very nice to read, although they are probably a bit young for most people here (I think they're aimed at 12-17 year olds). The Boy Soldier series by Andy McNab is excellent, I highly reccomend them (I highly reccomend all the books in this post though!). 8 Lives Down is great, it's by Chris Hunter. I think that most PR players would like that one.
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Re: What do you read?
I have a very odd (read: eclectic) taste in books. I read a lot cause of the downtime I have at work, so my collection is in the thousands. I've actually spent more on books in my lifetime than on cars (if my math is correct). As far as some of my favorite works goes:
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: San Pablo, California
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Re: What do you read?
John Ringo - high-tech tales from a Marine's viewpoint
Eric Flint - same, from a union boss viewpoint Vernor Vinge - SF from a computer science professor L. Neil Smith - SF from a gunsmith David Weber - SF from a military role-playing gamer
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Re: What do you read?
Whatever looks promising amongst the local college's book dump. Judging by the dump and the new arrivals rack, we need more crap about has-been and never-was politicians, race horses, and wild speculation about poker playing than we need books about electronics, Thomas Jefferson, the ramblings of Issac Asimov, or quantum physics before the string fools stuck their noodles into everything.
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Re: What do you read?
Pratchett and Gaiman are some of my favorites, though I'd say Pratchett more.
Mario Acevedo has an interesting Vampire series, though probably nothing groundbreaking. I read Jumper about 2 days prior to the movie release, by Steven Gould, Then Reflex and Griffin's Story, before seeing the movie on opening day, which was a dissappointment. I am Anxiously awaiting "Final Watch" from Sergei Lukyanenko, which is the last book in the "Night Watch" series. Tolkien was good, until I attempted to read the Simarillion. I'm in the process of moving so all my books are in a box and my bookshelf is bare. Hopefully they can be put back soon!
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Sacramento, CA USA
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Re: What do you read?
One of my favorite books is 'The Practice Effect' by Robert Heinlein.
I can't wait to read 'The Heroin Diaries'. I read 'The Dirt' about Motley Crue and enjoyed the hell out of it. I'm not familiar with Gaiman but if he's anything like Terry Pratchett I'm gonna have to make a trip to the local book store. |
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: East London, England, UK
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Re: What do you read?
Harry Potter...
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Re: What do you read?
Douglas Adams - Everything Hitchhiker
George R. R. Martin - The Song of Fire and Ice series Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time series Terry Goodkind - The Sword of Truth series Terry Brooks - Shanarra and Word series. Stephen King -Gunslinger series, Eyes of the Dragon, The Stand. Walter Jon Williams - Voice of the Whirlwind (great scifi reader).
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Re: What do you read?
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Re: What do you read?
I own pretty much every "Goosebump" book there is...
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