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« Reply #15 on: February 06, 2009, 02:17:38 PM »
I'll check it out after I finish with the second Dune book.  Thanks  :)
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« Reply #16 on: February 06, 2009, 02:18:23 PM »
Quote from: frankcapri on February 06, 2009, 02:17:38 PM
I'll check it out after I finish with the second Dune book.  Thanks  :)

You'll forget about it by the time you finish that book frank...  :D
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« Reply #17 on: February 06, 2009, 02:29:34 PM »
@Jack: Dune Messiah is actually a much shorter book than the first one  ;) 

I really enjoyed the first one, but the second one has nearly drained my interest.
I dunno if I really want to continue with the series  :-\
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« Reply #18 on: February 06, 2009, 02:37:03 PM »
I see what you mean.  I'm actually kind of regretting having started the second one.
That first book is such a masterpiece, I should have known I'd be disappointed with the
sophomore effort.
 
No worries though.  In a couple of weeks, I won't remember what it's about anyway  :D

I don't know if this happened to you when you read Dune (the first book), but while
I was reading it, I started to feel really weird about leaving the faucet running for too long  :-\
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« Reply #19 on: February 06, 2009, 08:23:39 PM »
Mission Earth by L Ron Hubbard is easily one of my fave sci fi series.
All 10 BIG THICK books.
Battlefield Earth was good to,,nothing really like the movie ( which sucked bugs).
 Now,,for acrossover with horror,,checkout the first 5 books in the Necroscope series by Brian Lumley.
There were more after 5,,,but the original 5 were the best, and should have ended there.
Its a good view of vampires and where they came from.
Very science fictiony if you ask me.
As for Terry Pratchette,,yeah,,gofrom the first one,,they all get better than the last.
His writting is really amazing,,I feel like I know Ridcully and the city of Ank Morpork personaly.
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« Reply #20 on: February 06, 2009, 08:27:20 PM »
I have read the first and the second book. If you like fantasy genre, you will love it, and also if you are not some deeply religious person. It is a good fantasy to read and, yet, there are a lot of controversies around it because of the atheistic views of the author.
I haven't gotten the third book yet. Yes, it is little childish, but it is a fun-read and is one of these books that look like they are for kids only, but have some message for adults as well.  ;)
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« Reply #21 on: February 06, 2009, 08:30:14 PM »
and for other fantasy stuff, Terry Brooks' novels are really worth the reading.
And if you want to have some fun, Terry Pratchett's Discworld is there for you.  ;)
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« Reply #22 on: February 06, 2009, 08:32:07 PM »
At last count there were what? 36 discworld books?
I think Ive read like 33 of them.
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« Reply #23 on: February 06, 2009, 09:04:28 PM »
You ought to,,,theyr good
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« Reply #24 on: February 07, 2009, 12:44:32 AM »
Quote from: CMF on February 06, 2009, 08:27:20 PM
I have read the first and the second book. If you like fantasy genre, you will love it, and also if you are not some deeply religious person. It is a good fantasy to read and, yet, there are a lot of controversies around it because of the atheistic views of the author.

I'm pretty much a newbie to the Fantasy genre.  Any recommendations are really helpful to me at this point. 
I'm actually kinda reluctant to venture any further with the Golden Compass stuff because of what Christ
said about the pedo stuff.  I'm not saying that they're not good books, but since I haven't really
ventured into the Fantasy realm besides JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis, I'm sure there are much better
places I could start. 

What Terry Brooks novels would you recommend?
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« Reply #25 on: February 07, 2009, 07:45:36 AM »
Well, for Terry Brooks, almost any of his Shannara novels is good. I started with The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara Trilogy, which pretty good, but if you wish you could start from the beginning. Or, you can read critically acclaimed The Original Shannara Trilogy, which will be soon adapted into movies.  ;)
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« Reply #26 on: February 07, 2009, 08:31:31 AM »
They are?  Holy Cats!!!!
I hope they do a good job and dont butcher them, those were good books.
You guys might want totry out the origanal Swords trilogy by Fred Saberhagen.
Kinda gives you an idea tothink about religion before its over.
Atleast it did me.
Horror wise,,checkout the Saltmarsh books.
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« Reply #27 on: February 07, 2009, 02:58:22 PM »
Terry Pratchette's short story Johny And The Bomb had laughing so hard.
Something about a time traveling shoppingcart lol
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« Reply #28 on: February 07, 2009, 04:36:27 PM »
Don't you want to read Twilight frank?

They're really, really, very good. ::)
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« Reply #29 on: February 07, 2009, 04:43:23 PM »
David Gemmell's first three in the Drenai Series are book's I reread every few years.  :)

Legend (1984) (Originally published in the USA as Against the Horde, re-released as Legend)
The King Beyond the Gate (1985)
Waylander (1986)

But read them in this order

Waylander
Legend
The King Beyond the Gate
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