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Posted: 11/12/2016 9:18:45 PM EDT
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I love Shogun, really like Tai-Pan, am good with Nobel House. I didn't know there was a fourth. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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First one I thought of was Tai-pan. Have you read all of the books in the saga? I never knew they tied together. Shogun, Tai-pan, etc. I love Shogun, really like Tai-Pan, am good with Nobel House. I didn't know there was a fourth. Whirlwind. Iran in the late 1970's. Edit: weak sauce page 7 ownage. |
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Posted: 11/13/2016 2:46:05 AM EDT
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First one I thought of was Tai-pan. Have you read all of the books in the saga? I never knew they tied together. Shogun, Tai-pan, etc. I love Shogun, really like Tai-Pan, am good with Nobel House. I didn't know there was a fourth. Whirlwind. Iran in the late 1970's. Edit: weak sauce page 7 ownage. Jimmy Carter pussy president? |
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Posted: 11/13/2016 2:57:34 AM EDT
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Oooh, that's a good one. In my top-five for sure. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Lord Jim By Joseph Conrad Oooh, that's a good one. In my top-five for sure. Nostromo is great too. Conrad didn't write a bad book. |
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Posted: 11/13/2016 3:43:37 AM EDT
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Written in 1813.
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Posted: 11/13/2016 4:32:27 AM EDT
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I don't know if it's my favorite, but I just finished A confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. I really enjoyed it.
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Posted: 11/13/2016 5:55:02 AM EDT
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Fight Club
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Posted: 11/13/2016 9:27:00 AM EDT
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Nostromo is great too. Conrad didn't write a bad book. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Lord Jim By Joseph Conrad Oooh, that's a good one. In my top-five for sure. Nostromo is great too. Conrad didn't write a bad book. Nostromo is great. The Secret Agent is another. |
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Posted: 11/13/2016 9:30:17 AM EDT
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Lots of good recommendations - plus some I'll have to check out. Stand outs that I noticed:
Without Remorse (Clancy) The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (Heinlein) Job (Heinlein) Death of a Citizen (Hamilton) The Flashman Papers, especially Flashman and the Redskins (Fraser) Flashman out west with the 49'ers, and later with Custer at the Little big Horn. Fascinating look at frontier America. Others you might check out: The McAuslan books (by Fraser) Some of the funniest stories in print. The first time I read them there were several times I had to stop, I was laughing so hard I had tears, and couldn't see the page. Waldo & Magic, Inc. (Heinlein), immediately followed by Operation Chaos (Poul Anderson). He takes the universe Heinlein created in the 1st two novelettes and adds his own story. Empire of Man trilogy (John Ringo) All that comes to mind off the top of my head. |
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Posted: 11/13/2016 3:01:13 PM EDT
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IT #scariestbookever. Almost 1,000 pages of unputdownableness. |
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Posted: 11/14/2016 2:55:21 AM EDT
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Attitude Check! I hate this fucking place! |
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Posted: 11/14/2016 3:47:32 AM EDT
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It's a little fraught with socialism, but "The Grapes of Wrath."
"The Hunchback of Notre Dame." "A Tale of Two Cities." Modern................ "Salem's Lot" and "The Shining." Stephen King was pretty enjoyable before his shtick got old and he got ran over by a van............ |
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Posted: 11/14/2016 3:49:25 AM EDT
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Posted: 11/14/2016 3:59:25 AM EDT
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The most fun novel ever is "Underland" by Mick Farrin.
It has everything! Modern vampires, deep NSA / CIA occult shit, Nazi mole people dwelling within the hollow Earth and their reptilian overlords. It has it all! And it's not serious, it's just a very, very fun novel with all that shit woven in. I can't recommend it highly enough. Read it if you can find a copy. It's so much fun. I can't believe it hasn't been made into a movie. |
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Posted: 11/14/2016 8:15:36 AM EDT
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I was up in the attic last night, and spotted another great novel I hadn't re-read in years. The next few evenings will be occupied with enjoying it once again.
"A Canticle for Leibowitz is a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by American writer Walter M. Miller, Jr., first published in 1960. Set in a Catholic monastery in the desert of the Southwestern United States after a devastating nuclear war, the story spans thousands of years as civilization rebuilds itself. The monks of the fictional Albertian Order of Leibowitz take up the mission of preserving the surviving remnants of man's scientific knowledge until the day the outside world is again ready for it. Inspired by the author's participation in the Allied bombing of the monastery at Monte Cassino during World War II, the novel is considered a masterpiece by literary critics. It has been compared favorably with the works of Evelyn Waugh, Graham Greene, and Walker Percy, and its themes of religion, recurrence, and church versus state have generated a significant body of scholarly research..." |
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Posted: 11/14/2016 8:40:42 AM EDT
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The ten thousand - michael Curtis ford
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Posted: 11/14/2016 3:21:46 PM EDT
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R. A. Salvatore stuff is great !
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._A._Salvatore_bibliography 1.1The Icewind Dale Trilogy 1.2The Dark Elf Trilogy 1.3The Cleric Quintet 1.4Legacy of the Drow 1.5Paths of Darkness 1.6The Sellswords 1.7The Hunter's Blades Trilogy Above is a good start following one main char in 20+ books. |
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Posted: 11/15/2016 3:28:15 PM EDT
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"A Tale of Two Cities." I prefer "A Sale of Two Titties" by Edmund Wells. |
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Posted: 11/15/2016 4:14:35 PM EDT
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Crime and Punishment
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Posted: 11/15/2016 5:55:44 PM EDT
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"For Whom the Bell Tolls"
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Posted: 11/15/2016 6:03:57 PM EDT
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"For Whom the Bell Tolls" Hemingway Me, too. I love a happy ending. |
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Posted: 11/15/2016 6:10:40 PM EDT
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Earth Abides Earth Abides is a 1949 post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by American writer George R. Stewart. It tells the story of the fall of civilization from deadly disease and its rebirth. The story was set in the United States in the 1940s, in Berkeley, California. https://www.amazon.com/Earth-Abides-George-R-Stewart/dp/0345487133/ style='text-decoration: underline;']The Old Man and the Boy[/span] This classic captures the relationship between a man and his grandson as they fish and hunt the lakes and woods of North Carolina. https://www.amazon.com/Old-Man-Boy-Robert-Ruark/dp/080502669X/ I don't know if that qualifies as a novel, per se. But it is certainly one of my most favorite books and I consider it a must read, especially for any father. Sequel is excellent, too. Couple other favorites: Freehold by MZ Williamson Frontiersman by Ekert (sp) Ghost series by Ringo Live Free or Die by Ringo |
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Posted: 11/15/2016 6:27:58 PM EDT
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Shogun
Centennial Gates of Fire Team Yankee So many great books, hard to say what my favorite ever is. |
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Posted: 11/15/2016 6:33:00 PM EDT
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I have read a lot of good stuff. But the book that sticks in my mind the most is Watership Down by Ricahrd Adams
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