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#21 Unread post by roscowgo »

dr_bar wrote:
zed wrote:A Canticle for Leibowitz - Miller
Also the sequel Leibowitz and the Wild Horsewoman, or something like that...

Not as good as the first but still a good read. I believe it actually takes place between the second and third parts of the original story.

The first part being, "Fiat milk (Let There Be Man)",
the second, "Fiat Lux (Let There Be Light)",
and the third, "Fiat Voluntas Tua (Thy Will Be Done)

Those titles make me want to dig out my old latin schoolbooks.

Always hated all the iterations of et. too dang many wayts to say the.
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dr_bar wrote:
zed wrote:A Canticle for Leibowitz - Miller
Also the sequel Leibowitz and the Wild Horsewoman, or something like that...

Not as good as the first but still a good read. I believe it actually takes place between the second and third parts of the original story.

The first part being, "Fiat milk (Let There Be Man)",
the second, "Fiat Lux (Let There Be Light)",
and the third, "Fiat Voluntas Tua (Thy Will Be Done)
Well hell Doc, this is another of my favourite books, and another one that I didn't know had a sequel. You're stacking my reading lists y'know. Keep em comin'.
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#23 Unread post by Apollofrost »

Hmm... I volunteer at a local library on the weekends so I get my book fix there. Right now I'm reading:

Neuromancer by William Gibson

New York Dead by Stewart Woods

Ringworld by Larry Niven

A book I would suggest to anyone who likes witty novels: On a Pale Horse, by Piers Anthony.

When I have the time I read four to five books a week, but right now I have exams.
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#24 Unread post by t_bonee »

The Ringworld series. What a great bunch of books.

Some of my recent favs:

The Cat That Walks Through Walls - Heinlien

The Day of the Triffids - can't remember the author

Various Star Wars and Star Trek books.

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#25 Unread post by dr_bar »

t_bonee wrote:The Ringworld series. What a great bunch of books.

Niven is another of my favs, and the Ringworld series tops that list along with some of his other works...

Lucifer's Hammer (1977)
Footfall (1985)
The Mote in God's Eye (1974)
The Gripping Hand aka The Moat Around Murcheson's Eye (1993)
The Legacy of Heorot (1987)
The Integral Trees (1984)
The Smoke Ring (1987)



The Day of the Triffids - can't remember the author John Wyndham

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#26 Unread post by Apollofrost »

t_bonee wrote:
God there are a bunch of nerds on this forum. :laughing:
Well, yeah!
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#27 Unread post by roscowgo »

ohhh, just noticed another laurell hamilton book came out the 12th. gonna have to go read that one. they're so......odd., hrmm and yet another in june 07.
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Harry turtledove writes some good stuff. Case of the toxic spell dump comes to mind.

And i read the two eragon books this weekend after being pestered by the movie ads till i was going crazy. were decent fantasy yarns. struck me as kind of a go read a bunch of other books, and then use the same dragon template, add in a couple of villans and go to town though.

Heroes die by matthew stover is awesome.


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#28 Unread post by Apollofrost »

harry turtledove rocks, gotta love the Fox series or Krispos of Videssos.
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#29 Unread post by roscowgo »

Yep turtledove comes up with some very.....unique.....stories.

Oh, and for folks that havent thought of it yet..... A PDA is an awesome way to easily carry around a cubic assload of books. I still prefer a nice warm book with actual pages of course. but once you get used to clicking a button for each page change..... its entirely tolerable. And a great way to lug around 40 or 50 novels in one pocket :D

Don't need ambient light to read the books either. Lovely in a tent.

Sony and a couple of others make dedicated e-book readers too.
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#30 Unread post by t_bonee »

dr_bar wrote:

The Day of the Triffids - can't remember the author John Wyndham

God there are a bunch of nerds on this forum. :laughing:
John Wyndham, thats' right. Thanks dr_bar!
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