Posted: 9/29/2007 2:53:17 AM EDT
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alright guys i am looking for who you consider must read authors/books. I'll start: fiction: Tom Clancy (not a fan of the inspired by books) without remorse is my favorite book ever Stephen Hunter Robert Lundrum WEB griffin Max Brooks (arfcom nation bought 1/2 of all zombie survival guides sold) Michael Crichton (especially his earlier books) non fiction: Stephen Ambrose is the only specific author that I have come to like, he also authored the only book that I feel made a better movie (band of brothers, not really a movie but...) everything else in non fiction is kind of whatever catches my eye -Mike |
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My top list: Ayn Rand John Ross (Unintended Consequences) Robert Heinlein Tom Clancy (pre- "inspired by") Greg Bear Frank Herbert Harry Turtledove Isaac Asimov Dan Brown Michael Crichton Unintended Consequences is one of the best book I've ever read, bar none. The style wasn't all that finished, but it was scary how real some of the situations felt. Enemies Foreign & Domestic had that "Turner Diaries" feel to it to me - there was a lot of very moving scenes, but the overall plot left much to be desired. |
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Sci-fi lovers should read any of the Gateway books by Frederik Pohl: Gateway (1976) (winner of the Hugo Award and Nebula Award) Beyond the Blue Event Horizon (1980) Heechee Rendezvous (1985) Annals of the Heechee (1987) The Gateway Trip (1990) The Boy Who Would Live Forever: A Novel of Gateway (2004) ...and don't forget, every gun nut should have the five volume set of The Machine Gun By Lt. Col. George M. Chinn if you can find and afford them. |
thanks -Mike |
