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PostPosted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 17:45    Post subject:  

I've nearly finished book 7 of Terry Goodkind - Wizards 1st rule series. Only 2 more books to go Shocked
I will say that i'm going the lazy route as its all on audio format, i listen while i'm working.

What i'm looking for is a good fantasy series to match this. I've all ready ready 11 books of the wheel of time series (last/final book hopefully out soon).

So i've you read any fantasy books that span at least 4 books, please let me know.

Hobbit
LOTR
The Silmarillion

Read these years ago, the Hobbit and LOTR twice (about 16 yrs ago Embarassed )

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 18:31    Post subject:  

i don't read
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 18:35    Post subject:  

Must be hard to read with all that poetry you write.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 18:48    Post subject:  

You might want to look at Douglas Adam's sci-fi books Borg. Its more to do with space, then any medieval stuff though, and part comedy as well Smile
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 20:25    Post subject:  

I have read the hichhikers guide to the galaxy a long time ago and enjoyed that, but this was a single book, i will check out what else he has written. I do like a long series where you really get to know the characters.
I tend to find that SF books tend to be fairly short, 1-3 books (like Rama series- arthur c clarke) where as the fantasy books tend to last a bit longer.
Anyhow keep the recommends coming please. Cool

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 20:41    Post subject:  

Sniperborg wrote:
I have read the hichhikers guide to the galaxy a long time ago and enjoyed that, but this was a single book, i will check out what else he has written. I do like a long series where you really get to know the characters.
I tend to find that SF books tend to be fairly short, 1-3 books (like Rama series- arthur c clarke) where as the fantasy books tend to last a bit longer.
Anyhow keep the recommends coming please. Cool


There's about four or five books in the series, all with the same charcters. The next in the series after Hitchhikers is called, "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe"

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 22:45    Post subject:  

Maybe your interested in the dark tower series of stephen king.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Tower_(series)
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 21:04    Post subject:  

The Hitchhiker’s series were some of the best books I ever read. Douglas Adams was brilliant and It was truly sad when he died. He was in the middle of a few books when he passed and these stories were put into a compilation but I cant remember what the book is called. I'm reading Failed States by Noam Chomsky right now. I think I need something a little lighter Confused

http://books.google.com/books?id=yDhGoR6yU8AC&dq=Failed+States&pg=PP1&ots=pJegltpW_A&source=bn&sig=NvBV9vecPqj2BkdNYQWvYLUHXYQ&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result#PPP1,M1
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 23:14    Post subject:  

The Hitchhikers Guide books are great Smile
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 04:37    Post subject:  

krazimu wrote:
Favorite book of all time is A Confederacy of Dunces.


*after 6 months*

Are calling me a dumbass?













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PostPosted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 04:41    Post subject:  

I read a fitness magazine called Mens Fitness.

Does that count?
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 05:25    Post subject:  

Tomato Whiskey wrote:
krazimu wrote:
Favorite book of all time is A Confederacy of Dunces.


*after 6 months*

Are calling me a dumbass?


"The Hitchhiker’s series were SOME of the best books I ever read."













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PostPosted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 05:43    Post subject:  

LOL, Kraz. I was just making a self-deprecating comment a few months too late. (Confederacy of Dunces......are you calling me a dumbass? I think it works...or would have if my prior post was written in April of this year (I'm pretty slow))

My post was not concerning your joys of Hitchhiker's GTTG.

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 10:17    Post subject:  

Phat Bacon wrote:
I read a fitness magazine called Mens Fitness.

Does that count?


I believe that's a popular read throughout the prison system.

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 11:49    Post subject:  

well i dont read because theres nothing that really interests me

Probably Stephen King, but meh.
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 13:33    Post subject:  

Diet H2O_TSGK wrote:
Phat Bacon wrote:
I read a fitness magazine called Mens Fitness.

Does that count?


I believe that's a popular read throughout the prison system.


Shocked have you done some time dude?

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 16:13    Post subject:  

DrBreen wrote:
well i dont read because theres nothing that really interests me



This probably exsplains a lot of your posts Rolling Eyes

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 17:28    Post subject:  

the book i read atm is a bit scary and in anyway i cant get on because i dont like the way its written. Its The Closer from Donn cortez.
These are the books i read over the last few weeks:
Robert Ludlum - The Moscow Vector (very good and exciting book also part of a series)
Michael Chrichton - Next (very informative book about problems with modern gene research and application in our daily life)
James Patterson - London Bridges (short but good)
Tolkien - The Hobbit (just read it to have it done lol)
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 20:10    Post subject:  

Sniperborg wrote:
DrBreen wrote:
well i dont read because theres nothing that really interests me



This probably exsplains a lot of your posts Rolling Eyes


Reading books won't make you smarter.
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 20:11    Post subject:  

DrBreen wrote:
Sniperborg wrote:
DrBreen wrote:
well i dont read because theres nothing that really interests me



This probably exsplains a lot of your posts Rolling Eyes


Reading books won't make you smarter.


... Confused
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 20:22    Post subject:  

Illyria wrote:
DrBreen wrote:
Sniperborg wrote:
DrBreen wrote:
well i dont read because theres nothing that really interests me



This probably exsplains a lot of your posts Rolling Eyes


Reading books won't make you smarter.


... Confused


.... Rolling Eyes

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 21:53    Post subject:  

DrBreen wrote:
Sniperborg wrote:
DrBreen wrote:
well i dont read because theres nothing that really interests me



This probably exsplains a lot of your posts Rolling Eyes


Reading books won't make you smarter.


haha how can you know if you never tryed Rolling Eyes
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Diet H2O_TSGK wrote:
Phat Bacon wrote:
I read a fitness magazine called Mens Fitness.

Does that count?


I believe that's a popular read throughout the prison system.


Laughing
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 12:08    Post subject:  

maeggs wrote:
DrBreen wrote:
Sniperborg wrote:
DrBreen wrote:
well i dont read because theres nothing that really interests me



This probably exsplains a lot of your posts Rolling Eyes


Reading books won't make you smarter.


haha how can you know if you never tryed Rolling Eyes


because i did, it doesnt stimulate your cognitive self, just your imaginination

If you really think reading classy novel books or sci-fi books will make you smarter, then please go ahed and do it, go read World war Z :p
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 12:15    Post subject:  

Breen means its better to click on links to earn money!!!!1111111
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 12:32    Post subject:  

Yes

And write Flowgraphs.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 02:52    Post subject:  

[quote="DrBreen"][quote="maeggs"]
DrBreen wrote:

it doesnt stimulate your cognitive self, just your imaginination

If you really think reading classy novel books or sci-fi books will make you smarter, then please go ahed and do it, go read World war Z :p


That's why some dork invented textbooks. You know, those mystical books that compile hundreds of thousands of man-hours of research and fact checking, over the span of a hundred to a thousand years, into several hundred pages of awesome.

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 15:13    Post subject:  

I just finished David Gemmell's Troy trilogy. It's historical / hero fiction rather than fantasy. Gripping page-turning read. I thoroughly recommend them.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/280-8894888-4298629?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books-uk&field-author=David%20Gemmell

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 04:23    Post subject:  

I am currently reading "Watching the English - The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour" by Kate Fox.

It's not a novel, but also very entertaining and often quite amusing - if you're an anglophile like me ;P Kate Fox is an English anthropologist and she knows how to put those kinds of dry facts in a very humorous context! I haven't even read half of it yet, it can be a little exhausting cause I'm reading it in English, but so far definitely worth it! Smile
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 15:14    Post subject:  

Currently Listening and Reading H.P. Lovecraft. Just Finished listening to "Herbert West Re-Animator" and it was a really amazing Experiance for me xD Smile
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