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Kaylona Tso
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Posted - 2005.03.13 09:06:00 -
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OK, I am not a big book person AT ALL. Every now and then I come across something that interests me so I put down EVE for a for a few days to read. Well, I am a huge horror fan and a zombie addict. I was reading about this new dude ( reletively new ) named Brian Keene.
The Rising ( no not the Left Behind Book ) by Brian Keene is WTFPWNNNNNNNNNNNNZ.
Basically this is an apocolyptic story with a twist. I think this guy has spent a number of years in a protestant church because there is a no-nonsense reality to what he writes that is biblically acceptable AND down right violent at the same time. The plot is violent.... very very very vilolent. Don't read it if you get nightmares and this is NO JOKE.
The book is the Bram Stokers award winner, HIS FIRST BOOK BTW, and is sold out all over the world. The 6.99 paperback goes for 30+ dollars used and the Leatherbound is on ebay from 150-600bucks. Make no mistake you can find it in your local stores, just not books a million. I got a copy yesterday from Borders here in Florida. It is the most brilliant, violent book I have ever read. It has a 6 part graphic novel in the making, a PS2 game coming, and has already been aproved for the silver screan in 2006. It might even pwn the new late 2005 Romero Zombie flick 'Land of the Dead'. It already has a sequal out, City of the Dead, and will be in paperback in June. The Leatherbound is already sold out I am told and it comes out in April/May.
Keene is the new name in Zombies. Get your copy today!
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Angst
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Posted - 2005.03.13 11:26:00 -
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cool!
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KingsGambit
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Posted - 2005.03.13 13:29:00 -
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Sounds like an interesting read you have there. An old friend of mine is a massive Herbert fan, says the man is the de facto master of horror writing, though I should think from his success King (no relation) holds that accolade. Only really read 'It' though, not a horror fan. Gimme swords and sorcery any day. Itssss a wizardses my prrreciousss.
Goodkind's newest installment (part 9) of his Sword of Truth series just came out in hardback so I'm working myself up to getting it. A randomer on usenet said that he heard this was the first of a *trilogy* which would wrap up the series. I also found out recently that Haydon had not just one, but *two* books continuing the adventures of Rhapsody, Achmed, Gruunthor et all. On top of that, Eddings and Jordan are still going, albeit too slowly for my liking. If I was in America and knew where they lived I'd be round there with a cat o' nine tails and executioner's hood, shouting "Mush!" every few seconds.
But I've taken matters into my own hands, and started writing myself. It's actually a lot harder than I thought, but immensely satisfying, though it means I'm in Eve a lot less, to my corp's dismay (or is it joy?). Up to 100,000 words already :) Well must get back, too much time off already! One good thing about being a manufacturing/research bod I suppose is that you can get away with it.
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Kaylona Tso
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Posted - 2005.03.13 14:27:00 -
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I am not the fantasy type though I hear they can get really involved. Elvess just aren't my thing though I loved LotR and Chronicles of Narnia. Give me aliens/predator/star(wars/trek)/zombies anyday.
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Reebo77
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Posted - 2005.03.13 16:34:00 -
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Edited by: Reebo77 on 13/03/2005 16:34:38
The dragonlance and forgotten realms are really good books, but LOTR is still the best. I also enjoyed the dune series of books, but I think I prefer to watch sci-fi, and read fantasy 
Babylon 5 FTW 
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Tyrion Nydaerin
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Posted - 2005.03.13 17:02:00 -
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 Originally by: KingsGambit
Goodkind's newest installment (part 9) of his Sword of Truth series just came out in hardback so I'm working myself up to getting it. A randomer on usenet said that he heard this was the first of a *trilogy* which would wrap up the series.
FINALLY! I gave up after book 7 I think, it was getting to tedious and repetitive, and it was 2 demensional to boot.
If you want a good fantasy read, have a look at the A Song of Ice and Fire series by George RR Martin. It's still being writtem, but its a damn good read. Also, the assassin/liveship traders/fool books by Robin Hobb are worth a read.
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Naos Zapatero
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Posted - 2005.03.14 11:56:00 -
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Cool I'll pick up a copy  always love a good book..
I also recommend I Lucifer by Glen Duncan as its a fantastic read.
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Kaylona Tso
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Posted - 2005.03.14 12:47:00 -
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Lucifer is the nub of all time.
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Velsharoon
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Posted - 2005.03.14 15:54:00 -
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Originally by: Tyrion Nydaerin
FINALLY! I gave up after book 7 I think, it was getting to tedious and repetitive, and it was 2 demensional to boot.
If you want a good fantasy read, have a look at the A Song of Ice and Fire series by George RR Martin. It's still being writtem, but its a damn good read. Also, the assassin/liveship traders/fool books by Robin Hobb are worth a read.
I must second tyrion here, both those authors are excellent
Might I also suggest neal stephensons baroque cycle and steven eriksons malazan series
Then you have the typical fantasys of Raymond E Feist and David Gemmels, all their books are very good however Feists "empire" series are different due to the oriental style culture.
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Liu Kaskakka
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Posted - 2005.03.14 17:30:00 -
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Originally by: Tyrion Nydaerin
A Song of Ice and Fire series by George RR Martin.
Like that one as well. Eddings is ok too, but gets a bit repetitive in the end.
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KingsGambit
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Posted - 2005.03.14 20:00:00 -
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Of sci fi, I do like the Star Wars books which furthered the adventures of Luke, Leia, Han et all, from Zahn (an accomplished sf writer I understand) and his "Heir To The Empire" to his later duology which saw Monsieur Skywalker propose to Mara Jade and the "New Jedi Order" story arc which went on forever, wrapping up about a year or so ago. The characters and alien invaders were fantastically written, and lots of twists and turns, tragedy and loss kept ya guessing even up till the end.
But fantasy is my main interest, with Eddings, Jordan, Feist, Haydon and Goodkind populating my read list. I'm too scared to try reading Gemmel or Brookes having never picked up their books before...the Shannara series must be up to like 2,000 books by now, rivalling even the Discworld series which might have more, which I've not read either.
Though Eddings doesn't have much nitty-gritty and can get a bit predictable...okay very predictable, he is just a great writer with fun characters and fantastic worlds. I think "Crystal Gorge", the third installment of "The Dreamers" is out this Summer sometime. Jordan's 11th "Wheel Of Time" book called "Knife Of Dreams" (IIRC) is due for an Autumn release, and even though I'd wish he'd start tying up his uncountable plotlines and making a start of the end, after books 9 and 10 I think that's unlikely, but we can hope! Goodkind's "Chainfire" is the 9th Sword Of Truth book, but apparently the first of a trilogy to tie up the series. It has gotten a bit stale...I think everything after Soul Of The Fire was story for the sake of it, and "Pillars Of Creation"...that immortal moron whatsisface, what an annoying character.
Haydon just released "Elegy For A Lost Star" which I found out is the second book continuing the adventres of Rhapsody, Achmed and Grunnthor since their initial trilogy. Though they were a tiny bit predictable (nowehere near Eddings level however), they were a great read and her world is a rich one full of lots of interesting history and people. As for Feist...I made the mistake of reading the serpent war series *before* rift war, not knowing in which order they went...guess from the only two possibilities I chose the wrong one  Still Erik and Roo were fun characters to follow but I can never forgive him for killing off that girl-thief who called Dashel "Sheriff-puppy"...can't remember her name. I might get round to rift war some time...would be cool to see the origins of Pug and Tomas.
As for Tolkein...well without taking anything away from the gloriously rich Middle Earth he created, and while "The Hobbit" was a masterpiece, the LOTR trilogy well...it waffled. The waterfall at the end of the anduin for example was described over 3 pages, and the council of Elrond went on for over 20! Dear Lord...I was glad that the movies left out the weird bits, like Mr. Bombadill, Old Man Willow, the Barrow Downs and the rest, though I think they missed a few crucial points. The whole point of Sauron's attack on Minas Tirith was from fear of Aragorn getting there and getting his ring, but the movie portrayed that only Sauron could use the ring. Also the pallentia...the movie didn't show the characters using them except for Saruman and later Pippin (though ROTK director's cut got Aragorn's glimpse in). It was looking into those that set half the events of the trilogy in motion, most importantly saruman's attack against rohan and Sauron's against Gondor, but that wasn't explained...he was just powerful and evil...which worked too! Great movies :)
I've read a little LE Modesitt Jnr, two of the soprano sorceress trilogy so I have no idea how it ends, nor even the name of the damn book. Not too keen on his writing though.
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DeMundus
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Posted - 2005.03.14 22:49:00 -
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The Nights Dawn Trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton - I know some1 at CCP has read it... since alot of EVE stuff is taken out of these books.
Best SciFi books ever, larger then LOTR, better then DUNE and
kicks more ass then these two combined
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jamesw
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Posted - 2005.03.14 22:58:00 -
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Originally by: DeMundus
The Nights Dawn Trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton - I know some1 at CCP has read it... since alot of EVE stuff is taken out of these books.
Go Go Joshua Calvert
Peter F Hamilton FTW!!!
By the way, for any fans of the Nights Dawn trilogy, he has a new series coming (The Confederation Saga iirc), the first book of which is "Pandora's Star". I read it a couple of weeks back and it's just as good, if not better!
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Tairos Hakonnus
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Posted - 2005.03.15 02:28:00 -
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song of ice and fire ftw
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Sochin
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Posted - 2005.03.15 02:40:00 -
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I also am a big fan of most of the early Star Wars books that continue the story. The series by Zahn, Anderson and Perry really flesh out the Star Wars universe and are awesome reads.
Also, pretty much anything by Michael Crichton or Stephen King. I think my favorite King book is "Firestarter", and Chrichton's are tied between "Jurassic Park", "The Andromeda Strain" and "Sphere".
Nemo me impune lacessit
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Valisk
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Posted - 2005.03.15 10:06:00 -
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Somebody mention Peter F Hamilton? Can't wait for 'Judas Unleashed'...
If you like your Space opera a little less sophisticated (but rattling good page turners) I'm a few books in to David Weber's 'Honor Harrington' series of books... Great fun! Capitol spaceship combat a-plenty!! - Want to know what the crew of a damaged Apoc are up to? Read these!!
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Joshua Calvert
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Posted - 2005.03.15 10:14:00 -
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I'm really into
Tad Williams (War of the Flowers is amazing)
David Eddings (I fancy Pol)
Robert Jordan (Cygane would get it too)
Peter Hamilton (Ione 4tw!)
Michael Crichton (Andromeda Strain is excellent)
Jeffery Deaver (Best thriller/crime writer ever)
Iain M Banks (Culture series. Nuff said.)
I also love Stephen King (Dark Tower series is awesome), Dean Koontz, Peter Straub, Anne Rice, and so many others.
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Dust Puppy
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Posted - 2005.03.15 12:32:00 -
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Originally by: Tairos Hakonnus
song of ice and fire ftw
So they say. I'm halfway through the first book and it's really good.
In the fantasy genre I think Lord of the Ring is still the best book that I've read (allthough the Song of Ice and Fire might claim that title soon) but I also really liked the books about Drizzt the dark elf by R.A. Salvatore. Sadly that series turned into a rather bad soap opera towards the end  I've heard that the same thing is happening to Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series but I haven't read any of it.
As for scifi genre then I've recently read Fallen Dragon by Peter F. Hamilton which is good but nowhere near as good as the Night's Dawn trilogy imo, Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds which is pretty good to and Consider Phlebas which is very good.
I don't really read anything else than scifi and fantasy but I just had to pick up the DaVinci Code and after that Angels and Demons both are real pageturners. Other than those two and Catch 22 by Joseph Heller I haven't read a non scifi/fantasy book in years.
Well to get back on topic then I'll make sure that The Rising gets on my todo list thanks for the tip Kaylona
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SpawnOfEvil
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Posted - 2005.03.15 17:39:00 -
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No-one's mentioned Terry Pratchett and Discworld yet. Some are poor, but the majority are really really good.
My favourite has to be the City Watch series.
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Nero Scuro
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Posted - 2005.03.15 20:37:00 -
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Edited by: Nero Scuro on 15/03/2005 20:38:46
Ian Irvine's Tale of the Mirror 4tw! Seriously, that's the only series of books I've ever actually bought, with like, money and stuff. I'm usually content to wait for my library to get books I want, but man that series rocked (and still does, isn't half done yet).
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Soren
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Posted - 2005.03.16 05:33:00 -
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Wheel of time is great, I've read upto 7 twice and then all upto 10. I did all the before I was 18.. And read LoTR twice.. Although I haven't read anything lately, I hate getting into new series, and don't really have time to read anymore  .
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Dimitri Chandler
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Posted - 2005.03.16 07:47:00 -
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Edited by: Dimitri Chandler on 16/03/2005 07:51:06
Originally by: DeMundus
The Nights Dawn Trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton - I know some1 at CCP has read it... since alot of EVE stuff is taken out of these books.
Yeah totally
I have read 1+2, now reading the third one - awesome books. Amazing how much stuff comes out of it into Eve. "Tranquility" server, anyone?
Also I really liked the following SciFi books:
The Forever War - Joe Haldeman
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
Gateway - Fred Pohl
Cities In Flight - James Blish
Space - Stephen Baxter
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Omber Zombie
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Posted - 2005.03.16 07:53:00 -
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Originally by: Nero Scuro
Edited by: Nero Scuro on 15/03/2005 20:38:46
Ian Irvine's Tale of the Mirror 4tw! Seriously, that's the only series of books I've ever actually bought, with like, money and stuff. I'm usually content to wait for my library to get books I want, but man that series rocked (and still does, isn't half done yet).
Agree whole heartedly here - my only gripe is the last book of the second series is left as a cliffhanger for the 3rd series (which hasn't been published yet)
Some other good stuff:
Mars Trilogy - Kim Stanly Robinson (forms the basis for my 'religion' in eve)
Vurt, Pollen and Automated Alice - Jeff Noon (not sure what genre it is. Is Surrealism a literary genre?)
Ender's Saga and Ender's Shadow saga - Orson Scott Card (gets a bit wishy washy at times, but all round great)
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams (can't wait for the new film)
Lensman Series - EE Doc Smith (rivals Night's dawn for best sci-fi series ever)
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Velsharoon
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Posted - 2005.03.16 13:47:00 -
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damn right oz, hitchhikers guide and mars trilogy are great
i liked mars as well cos they are the 1st and only sci fi i have read, really need to read some more
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Rhaegar
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Posted - 2005.03.16 13:55:00 -
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yay4 a Song of Ice and Fire ;)
Rhaegar
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Eyeshadow
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Posted - 2005.03.16 19:14:00 -
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Originally by: Velsharoon
Then you have the typical fantasys of Raymond E Feist and David Gemmels, all their books are very good however Feists "empire" series are different due to the oriental style culture.
omg u never said u liked david gemmell vels!! his books rule. Think i read nearly all of em.
Only read magician by feist and liked it but havent read any others. Will have to pick up a new one next time im after a book
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Ealiom
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Posted - 2005.03.17 15:00:00 -
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Edited by: Ealiom on 17/03/2005 15:02:03
Stephen Donaldson's
The chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, now thats a book. Donaldson read LOTR and wasnt impressed and decided to make his own version which wasnt so childlike.
If you want a fantasy read, then thats your book.
If its sci-fi your into then Greg Egans Diaspora is your book.
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Clevinger
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Posted - 2005.03.17 22:29:00 -
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If you are looking for humour try out Tom Sharpe's books, especially The Throwback.
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Tricky Trixy
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Posted - 2005.03.18 09:48:00 -
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Hi,
I love reading Sci Fi books and am going on holiday soon so need to stock up.
Some of the books mentioned I defienetly want to buy. Especially this Honor Harrington series by David Weber, thing is I dont know what the first book is called?? Could someone tell me the title of the firts book so i can start at the beginning?
Thanks
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Mid Night
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Posted - 2005.03.19 04:27:00 -
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Raymond Feist 4tw 
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