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Posted: 10/5/2015 2:44:49 AM EDT
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To Los Angeles to London.
The Martian. |
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Posted: 10/5/2015 2:46:01 AM EDT
[#2]
From where?
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Posted: 10/5/2015 2:47:16 AM EDT
[#3]
Ultramarines book 2 then 3
Encapsulates that doomer feel, and ends up with the heros inside the entrails of a gigantic alien and saving a planet, but being punished for it and sentenced to even worse |
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Posted: 10/5/2015 2:47:54 AM EDT
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Rohypnol
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Posted: 10/5/2015 2:49:29 AM EDT
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Rohypnol FourthPNI |
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Posted: 10/5/2015 2:50:58 AM EDT
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In before title change why are Los Angeles and London fighting?
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Posted: 10/5/2015 2:51:21 AM EDT
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From where? I know!! Already tired from the circumstances surrounding the trip.
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Posted: 10/5/2015 2:51:49 AM EDT
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Lucifers hammer. Good doomsday book
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Posted: 10/5/2015 2:52:09 AM EDT
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Armor by John Steakley.
Because if you've ever read starship troopers, you have to read it too. It's the law. |
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Posted: 10/5/2015 2:53:53 AM EDT
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In before title change why are Los Angeles and London fighting? Video will be up on World Star shortly link - not! 
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Posted: 10/5/2015 2:55:32 AM EDT
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Altered Carbon (2002) is a hardboiled cyberpunk science fiction novel by Richard K. Morgan. Set some five hundred years in the future in a universe in which the United Nations Protectorate oversees a number of extrasolar planets settled by human beings, it features protagonist Takeshi Kovacs. Kovacs is a former United Nations Envoy and a native of Harlan's World, a planet settled by a Japanese keiretsu with Eastern European labour. In the novel's somewhat dystopian world, human personalities can be stored digitally and downloaded into new bodies. Most people have cortical stacks in their spinal columns that store their memories. If their body dies, their life can be stored indefinitely. Dude's gets commissioned by a rich dude to find out if he did commit suicide or if he was murdered, and to find out why. It's long enough for your return flight too. |
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Posted: 10/5/2015 2:58:01 AM EDT
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For that kind of trip I would recommend this.
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Posted: 10/5/2015 3:00:38 AM EDT
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Only listen to me, no one else. Any book in the Horus Heresy series. |
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Posted: 10/5/2015 3:01:16 AM EDT
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Ever read Iain M Banks Culture series? The Player of Games, Use of Weapons, or Consider Phlebas, good start.
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Posted: 10/5/2015 3:04:26 AM EDT
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Ever read Iain M Banks Culture series? The Player of Games, Use of Weapons, or Consider Phlebas, good start. I fucking love the culture series. It's terrible there won't be any more. 
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Posted: 10/5/2015 3:05:51 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: For that kind of trip I would recommend this. http://3.imimg.com/data3/XA/YX/MY-9777003/flexeril-tablets-500x500.jpg++ This.... http://braastad.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/bottle_3.png |
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Posted: 10/5/2015 3:08:00 AM EDT
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Snowcrash.
Snow Crash
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Snow Crash is Neal Stephenson's third novel, published in 1992. Like many of Stephenson's other novels it covers history, linguistics, anthropology, archaeology, religion, computer science, politics, cryptography, memetics and philosophy. Stephenson explained the title of the novel in his 1999 essay In the Beginning... was the Command Line as his term for a particular software failure mode on the early Apple Macintosh computer. Stephenson wrote about the Macintosh that "When the computer crashed and wrote gibberish into the bitmap, the result was something that looked vaguely like static on a broken television set—a 'snow crash'?". Stephenson also mentioned a book by Julian Jaynes, The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind, as one of the main influences for Snow Crash.[1] The book presents the Sumerian language as the firmware programming language for the brainstem, which is supposedly functioning as the BIOS for the human brain. According to characters in the book, the goddess Asherah is the personification of a linguistic virus, similar to a computer virus. The god Enki created a counter-program which he called a nam-shub that caused all of humanity to speak different languages as a protection against Asherah (a re-interpretation of the ancient Near Eastern story of the Tower of Babel). Snow Crash was nominated for both the British Science Fiction Award in 1993,[2] and the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1994.[3] |
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Posted: 10/5/2015 3:08:33 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Ever read Iain M Banks Culture series? The Player of Games, Use of Weapons, or Consider Phlebas, good start.  FWIW "Use of Weapons" is my go to book, I've probably read it around 40 times or so (About twice a year). |
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Posted: 10/5/2015 3:08:59 AM EDT
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Only listen to me, no one else. Any book in the Horus Heresy series. |
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Posted: 10/5/2015 3:26:39 AM EDT
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Thanks for the recommendations and keep them coming. I'll let you know what I download before I leave. Planning on re-reading the Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright and Hidden Order by Brad Thor (first Brad Thor novel).
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Posted: 10/5/2015 3:27:09 AM EDT
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Wheel of time.
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Posted: 10/5/2015 3:28:12 AM EDT
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Be sure to see the new James Bond and give us a review , comes out Oct 6 in England
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Posted: 10/5/2015 3:36:28 AM EDT
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Starship Troopers
Duty, Honor, Planet was written by an Arfcommer (RikWriter), and is good. |
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Posted: 10/5/2015 3:47:47 AM EDT
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Neal Stephenson, "Seveneves".
The premise, stated bluntly on page one, is that something causes the moon to explode. The ensuing 5,000 year story of humanity's response to that event is really well written, enthralling, and entertaining. I thought the character development was good and the science/engineering was at least plausible. |
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Posted: 10/5/2015 3:53:05 AM EDT
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Neal Stephenson, "Seveneves". The premise, stated bluntly on page one, is that something causes the moon to explode. The ensuing 5,000 year story of humanity's response to that event is really well written, enthralling, and entertaining. I thought the character development was good and the science/engineering was at least plausible. oh, that reminds me, I gotta get that one |
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Posted: 10/5/2015 4:22:27 AM EDT
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my favorite sci fi book is Armor by John Steakley
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Posted: 10/5/2015 4:28:02 AM EDT
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Armor by John Steakley. Because if you've ever read starship troopers, you have to read it too. It's the law. Damn good book. Years since I read it. I shall again. |
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Posted: 10/5/2015 5:35:22 AM EDT
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One of my all time favourite books:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/earth-abides-george-r-stewart/1100623632?ean=9780345487131 Earth Abides by George R Stewart Ray |
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Posted: 10/5/2015 11:29:47 AM EDT
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Be sure to see the new James Bond and give us a review , comes out Oct 6 in England I may have that opportunity. I will keep you posted. |
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Posted: 10/5/2015 11:36:28 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
Snowcrash. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Snowcrash. Snow Crash
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Snow Crash is Neal Stephenson's third novel, published in 1992. Like many of Stephenson's other novels it covers history, linguistics, anthropology, archaeology, religion, computer science, politics, cryptography, memetics and philosophy. Stephenson explained the title of the novel in his 1999 essay In the Beginning... was the Command Line as his term for a particular software failure mode on the early Apple Macintosh computer. Stephenson wrote about the Macintosh that "When the computer crashed and wrote gibberish into the bitmap, the result was something that looked vaguely like static on a broken television set—a 'snow crash'?". Stephenson also mentioned a book by Julian Jaynes, The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind, as one of the main influences for Snow Crash.[1] The book presents the Sumerian language as the firmware programming language for the brainstem, which is supposedly functioning as the BIOS for the human brain. According to characters in the book, the goddess Asherah is the personification of a linguistic virus, similar to a computer virus. The god Enki created a counter-program which he called a nam-shub that caused all of humanity to speak different languages as a protection against Asherah (a re-interpretation of the ancient Near Eastern story of the Tower of Babel). Snow Crash was nominated for both the British Science Fiction Award in 1993,[2] and the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1994.[3] Really, anything by Neal Stephenson is a good long read. 'Cryptonomicon' is a favorite of mine. |
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Posted: 10/5/2015 11:39:10 AM EDT
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http://www.amazon.com/Birthright-Rick-Partlow-ebook/dp/B005FMBIKY/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
hes a member here...forget his screename. pretty good. reading p2 now. |
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Posted: 10/5/2015 11:41:57 AM EDT
[#32]
Snakes On a Plane
Isaac Asimov Martian Chronicles Best ever written. IMHO. Short story format. London? A Clockwork Orange. Anthony Burgess. Soccer hooligans got nothing on these cats, man. |
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Posted: 10/5/2015 11:42:05 AM EDT
[#33]
Eon and Eternity - two books in that series by Greg Bear
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Posted: 10/5/2015 11:45:10 AM EDT
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First and foremost thank you for the suggestions, and after some consideration I chose Snow Crash. From the description and reviews the book currently fits in my wheel house. I was also intrigued by Iain Banks’ Culture Series, Horus Heresey Series and Armor and have put them on a shortlist. Lastly, the list that you all provided was a very good list.
Just a quick update as to the quick trip. My niece is studying this semester in London and has been diagnosed with gall stones. She has endured this condition for two weeks and Doctors keep sending her home with pain medication without any resolution in sight. To compound matters, her father has stage four melanoma in the lungs and spent the weekend in intensive care. My sister asked me to go in order to help. Wish me luck navigating the British healthcare system and any thoughts and prayers for my sister’s family would be appreciated. Heartfelt thanks for the suggestions. |
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Posted: 10/5/2015 11:52:58 AM EDT
[#35]
Monster Hunter International
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Posted: 10/5/2015 11:55:05 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
Snowcrash. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Snowcrash. Snow Crash
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Snow Crash is Neal Stephenson's third novel, published in 1992. Like many of Stephenson's other novels it covers history, linguistics, anthropology, archaeology, religion, computer science, politics, cryptography, memetics and philosophy. Stephenson explained the title of the novel in his 1999 essay In the Beginning... was the Command Line as his term for a particular software failure mode on the early Apple Macintosh computer. Stephenson wrote about the Macintosh that "When the computer crashed and wrote gibberish into the bitmap, the result was something that looked vaguely like static on a broken television set—a 'snow crash'?". Stephenson also mentioned a book by Julian Jaynes, The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind, as one of the main influences for Snow Crash.[1] The book presents the Sumerian language as the firmware programming language for the brainstem, which is supposedly functioning as the BIOS for the human brain. According to characters in the book, the goddess Asherah is the personification of a linguistic virus, similar to a computer virus. The god Enki created a counter-program which he called a nam-shub that caused all of humanity to speak different languages as a protection against Asherah (a re-interpretation of the ancient Near Eastern story of the Tower of Babel). Snow Crash was nominated for both the British Science Fiction Award in 1993,[2] and the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1994.[3] That or The Diamond Age. Crytonommicon was more entertaining IMO but it's not really sci fi. Neal Stephenson FTW |
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Posted: 10/5/2015 11:58:54 AM EDT
[#37]
The Shoal Sequence, starting with Stealing Light by Gary Gibson. Very good story. I read them all while flying.
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Posted: 10/5/2015 12:06:16 PM EDT
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I'll send you a free book in the raw, if you'll read it and tell me what you think.
Brothers separated at birth. One goes good, the other bad. Really bad. Link between them unexplained. Discovered by government. Machine is used to explore this link. Good guys versus bad guys stuff ensues. Series continues, one of seven among ten others. IM or email me, I'll toss it to you, and anyone else who'll actually read it and reply. |
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Posted: 10/5/2015 12:12:40 PM EDT
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Title says it all. Give me something good and tell me why I'll like without giving spoilers. My choice will be downloaded via NOOK. Thank you in advance. As already mentioned, The Martian. I read it on a PVG flight, so LHR is doable. Good, easy read and entertaining. |
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Posted: 10/5/2015 12:15:31 PM EDT
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Audiobook American Spartan about Jim Gant, isn't scifi but damn it was an interesting read
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Posted: 10/5/2015 12:16:51 PM EDT
[#41]
Conquerors series by Timothy Zahn or if you like zombies the remaining series by dj molles.
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Posted: 10/5/2015 12:19:01 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Damn good book. Years since I read it. I shall again. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Armor by John Steakley. Because if you've ever read starship troopers, you have to read it too. It's the law. Damn good book. Years since I read it. I shall again. |
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Posted: 10/5/2015 12:22:37 PM EDT
[#43]
Airframe.
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Posted: 10/5/2015 12:24:51 PM EDT
[#44]
LA to London. Watch 4 movies on the in-flight entertainment system and sleep for a few hours.
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Posted: 10/5/2015 12:33:05 PM EDT
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Eon and Eternity - two books in that series by Greg Bear That was going to be one of my recommendations. I would also recommend the Reality Dysfunction . Humanity has split into two factions, the Adamists and Edenists based on the chosen technological path, the one uses neural nano-tech to control hardware while the other is genetically engineered to telepathically communicate with each other, with huge organic sentient starships and sentient habitats, then something happens in a frontier colony that rips a hole in the fabric of the universe and soemthing evil and undead begins to leak through threatening to engulf this universe. Revelation Space is another one of my recent favorites, several threads in the story progress toward a converging point, an archeological dig pointing toward an ancient catastrophe that wiped out an alien race, a space crew in a huge ship traveling at .99c and carrying some nasty weapons and something else, an ex-soldier turned contract assassin hired by a mysterious madmoiselle to kill a certain someone, the mystery of what lurks inside the hyper-curved "shroud" and the final showdown. All pretty awesome in its galactic scope. |
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Posted: 10/5/2015 12:36:25 PM EDT
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Heroin.
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Posted: 10/5/2015 12:37:46 PM EDT
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The Strain, The Fall, The Night Eternal
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Posted: 10/5/2015 12:38:09 PM EDT
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Monster Hunter International Don't do it! Otherwise you'll be like me and fly through it and the other four books in a month
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Posted: 10/5/2015 12:38:25 PM EDT
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Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
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Posted: 10/5/2015 12:38:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Wheel of time. |
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