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Originally Posted by Pengo
anybody have any audiobook recommendations (I never learned to read)
also would be helpful if they are fairly popular/easy to "find"
i've already listened to:
• a song of ice and fire
• wheel of time
• lazarus project
• mistborn trilogy
• malazan books by steven ericksen
mistborn was a little weak on characters, but i liked the others prett well
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The Lost Fleet series was good
Also listening to the emberverse series now, its pretty good.
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VeteranXV
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Ready Player One
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VeteranXX
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Originally Posted by RedMeat
New Culture novel
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awesome, i was just thinking a few weeks ago that i need a new one
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Tribalwar Admin Contributor
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reading the ryria books now
not bad but a bit cheesy in gentlemen bastards kind of way
not that I disliked those
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VeteranXV Contributor
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4 days or so until The Twelve. **** yeah.
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VeteranXX
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double post zomg
I need a new book
I've been crushing series lately
just finished the first law triology
did all the mistborn books before that
The Magician and by a kindle loading misadventure The magicians
Read Way of Kings
The way of shadows
Codex Alera
I'm all caught up on SoIaF, Dresden, King Killer
I feel like I've had to force myself to push through Malazan the The Black Company, Black Company is great when you get to be with Croaker and the Lady but the last book of the South has me less inclined to follow up with the balance. Malazan is just a bit too scattered with huge lows then huge highs, the pace just doesn't seem to pull me in.
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VeteranXV Contributor
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Read "The Passage" yet? Its long as hell, and pretty great. The Twelve is its sequel.
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VeteranXX
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way of kings
kingkiller chronicles 1/2
mistborn books
lost fleet books
****load of wh40k
anathem
diamond age
american gods
neuromancer
stranger in a strange land
moon is a harsh mistress
ender books
song of ice n fire books
starship troopers
the stand
under the dome
ring world b1
codex alera books
dresden books
wool stories
cryptonomicon
snow crash
lately i have read all of these and i have pretty much loved them all except for maybe diamond age and the stand
looking at reading either a canticle for leibowitz or neverwhere next
anyone have some good recommendations based on that list?
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VeteranXX
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Originally Posted by Excel
Read "The Passage" yet? Its long as hell, and pretty great. The Twelve is its sequel.
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I will have to check it out, will let you know what i think
Vance, our lists are pretty close give or take a few. You may like The First Law trilogy if you haven't read it. It really tugs you through and some of the characters are great. Pretty formulaic and no big pay off at the end though.
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VeteranXV Contributor
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I'm not seeing First Law trilogy + stand alones in there, Vance.
Also, "The Expanse" series (2 books in so far) by James Corey is pretty good. "Realistic" scifi, in that its all in our solar system, speed is dependent on how many Gs a crew can deal with, etc. No FTL.
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VeteranXX
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Ill definately check out the First law trilogy
for some reason i skipped over it in recommendations earlier because i thought it sounded familiar and that i had read it
derp
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VeteranXV Contributor
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If you dont know who the Bloody Nine is, you need to get on that. Now.
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VeteranXX
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aagh kindle is ded and cant find any usb cables to charge it
****ing usb cable thieves
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VeteranXX
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He's the mother ****ing equalizer
"You can never have too many knives"
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VeteranXX
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Vance Reamde is a good Stephenson.book, give that a go, and Needful Things by Stephen King is one of my faves too ;d
also agree re first law books they're pretty solid
I just finished the two Gentleman Bastard books and am now nearly done with Ready Player One, all good stuff
Edit - also check out Killing Floor or One Shot to find out who Jack Reacher is as referenced in Under the Dome
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Last edited by coombz; 10-13-2012 at 02:17..
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VeteranXX
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the plot for needful kings sounds like it could make an awesome book
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Tribalwar Admin Contributor
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seriously thought download and read EVERY book by heinlein and Phillip k dick
they're all good.
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VeteranXX
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Originally Posted by Vance
looking at reading either a canticle for leibowitz or neverwhere next
anyone have some good recommendations based on that list?
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Just finished Liebowitz and it is pretty good. I sort of hoped for it to continue the first part of the story but it jumps ahead in time. Still turned out not too badly.
Reading Farenheit 451 now.
The problem I always have with older scifi is how they get a lot of things right but so many things wrong. Like 'dialling' a phone or using a tape cassette while on a spaceship or people poking around with wiring and electrical contactors inside computers. That **** just don't happen and it sort of kills them for me.
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Originally Posted by coombz
awesome, i was just thinking a few weeks ago that i need a new one
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I'm about half way through, enjoying it so far. The Minds crack me up.
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VeteranXV Contributor
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Originally Posted by Rayn
seriously thought download and read EVERY book by heinlein and Phillip k dick
they're all good.
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reading Glory Road right now. Its ok/good.
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