Fantasy/Sci-fi Book recommendations revisited

Read Timeline by Michael Chichton it's pretty damn good.

In an Arizona desert a man wanders in a daze, speaking words that make no sense. Within twenty-four hours he is dead, his body swiftly cremated by his only known associates. Halfway around the world archaeologists make a shocking discovery at a medieval site. Suddenly they are swept off to the headquarters of a secretive multinational corporation that has developed an astounding technology. Now this group is about to get a chance not to study the past but to enter it. And with history opened to the present, the dead awakened to the living, these men and women will soon find themselves fighting for their very survival--six hundred years ago. . . .
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If you want space stuff read The Martian by Andy Weir
The Martian by Andy Weir
 
Rev_Night said:
i have never sat on my ipad. it also has a case. i also dont weight 400 pounds
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Kindle is much more fragile than an ipad. I also don't weight 400 pounds, but my bony ass bade an excellent fulcrum to crack that screen :[

Also it didn't have a case ... because without a case it could quite easily fit into my back pocket... which is where it was at the unfortunate moment.

.. I was moran. :[
 
OK, here goes I guess, it's a PDF.

DepositFiles

Hope that works :D

I apologise for the spelling/grammatical errors. Stupidly, I will welcome any/all feedback.
 
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I'm reading Odyssey One and have had some issues with discontinuities/plot holes. For example, on book 1, Dr Palin was some sort of linguist genius while another character was the medical doctor. Come book 2, Dr Palin is the medical doctor, with no mention of linguist abilities, and the other character has disappeared.
 
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friend recommended to me The First Law Series (fantasy) by Joe Abercrombie. the characters in these books are amazing, and the story itself is good. so far (almost done with second book) I'd say this series is a must read.

I'd actually recommend the audio book version of the series over hardcopies. the guy that reads them (Steven Pacey) is outstanding and brings life to the characters unlike any other voice actor I've listened to. you can listen to the introduction to the audio book here.
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I can only imagine how he tackles Logan saying "uh" 12 times a page.
 
im telling you guys.. gotta read The Atlantis Gene: A Thriller (The Origin Mystery, Book 1).
70,000 years ago, the human race almost went extinct.
We survived, but no one knows how.
Until now.
The countdown to the next stage of human evolution is about to begin, and humanity might not survive this time.
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The Immari are good at keeping secrets. For 2,000 years, they've hidden the truth about human evolution. They've also searched for an ancient enemy--a threat that could wipe out the human race. Now the search is over.

Off the coast of Antarctica, a research vessel discovers a mysterious structure buried deep in an iceberg. It has been there for thousands of years, and something is guarding it. As the Immari rush to execute their plan, a brilliant geneticist makes a discovery that could change everything.

Dr. Kate Warner moved to Jakarta, Indonesia to escape her past. She hasn't recovered from what happened to her, but she has made an incredible breakthrough: a cure for autism. Or so she thinks. What she has found is far more dangerous--for her and the entire human race. Her work could be the key to the next stage of human evolution. In the hands of the Immari, it would mean the end of humanity as we know it.

Agent David Vale has spent ten years trying to stop the Immari. Now he's out of time. His informant is dead. His organization has been infiltrated. His enemy is hunting him. But when David receives a coded message related to the Immari attack, he risks everything to save the one person that can help him solve it: Dr. Kate Warner.

Together, Kate and David must race to unravel a global conspiracy and learn the truth about the Atlantis Gene... and human origins. Their journey takes them to the far corners of the globe and into the secrets of their pasts. The Immari are close on their heels and will stop at nothing to obtain Kate's research and force the next stage of human evolution--even if it means killing 99.9% of the world's population. David and Kate can stop them... if they can trust each other. And stay alive.​


totally stoked because the author just released the 2nd part, Amazon.com: The Atlantis Plague: A Thriller (The Origin Mystery, Book 2) eBook: A.G. Riddle: Kindle Store
In Marbella, Spain, Dr. Kate Warner awakens to a horrifying reality: the human race stands on the brink of extinction. A pandemic unlike any before it has swept the globe. Nearly a billion people are dead--and those the Atlantis Plague doesn't kill, it transforms at the genetic level. A few rapidly evolve. The remainder devolve.

As the world slips into chaos, radical solutions emerge. Industrialized nations offer a miracle drug, Orchid, which they mass produce and distribute to refugee camps around the world. But Orchid is merely a way to buy time. It treats the symptoms of the plague but never actually cures the disease.

Immari International offers a different approach: do nothing. Let the plague run its course. The Immari envision a world populated by the genetically superior survivors--a new human race, ready to fulfill its destiny.

With control of the world population hanging in the balance, the Orchid Alliance and the Immari descend into open warfare. Now humanity's last hope is to find a cure, and Kate alone holds the key to unraveling the mystery surrounding the Atlantis Plague. The answer may lie in understanding pivotal events in human history--events when the human genome mysteriously changed. Kate's journey takes her across the barren wastelands of Europe and northern Africa, but it's her research into the past that takes her where she never expected to go. She soon discovers that the history of human evolution is not what it seems--and setting it right may require a sacrifice she never imagined.​

also, Jason Tesar just released book 5 in [The Awakened series. cannot wait to read this.

bought a while ago but have yet to read, Origins (Spinward Fringe), Randolph Lalonde. curious if any of you have read them or not.
 
last book i read was the martian, loved it

need something new

should i try the atlantis gene or this awakened series? no idea about either of them
 
Just read the Atopian Chronicles by some new author was decent, really just felt like a half-assed version of Nexus and Crux which were phenomenal, likely just satisfied me ad I wait for the next novel in that series.
 
pZ II Birdy said:
I'm reading Odyssey One and have had some issues with discontinuities/plot holes. For example, on book 1, Dr Palin was some sort of linguist genius while another character was the medical doctor. Come book 2, Dr Palin is the medical doctor, with no mention of linguist abilities, and the other character has disappeared.
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at that point id just put the book down and walk away.

if he cant even keep his characters straight, what hope is there for a good plot
 
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