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Try first Tolkien (only The Silmarillion), Beagle, Adams, Bakker, Mieville and Pratchett (all books). After these authors I would prefer Le Guin, Leiber, Martin, Gemmell and Peake.
what to read next?
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Posted 24 September 2006 - 08:16 PM
Raymond Luxury Yacht;119079 said:
Good call. Make sure you read all them though, not just HGttG.
yup, I have the Ultimate Guide and am almost finished
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Posted 24 September 2006 - 09:19 PM
werewolfv2;119252 said:
yup, I have the Ultimate Guide and am almost finished
That's the way to go. All put together, they make a decent sized book that has at least a little lasting power. Any one of the books alone is at best a one day read.
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Posted 25 September 2006 - 10:53 PM
How do you end up with so many books you haven't read yet!!! 
You heist a bookmobile?
You heist a bookmobile?
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Posted 25 September 2006 - 11:04 PM
scott - thats nothing, I've got 60 or 70 unread books at the moment!
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Posted 25 September 2006 - 11:24 PM
caladanbrood;119686 said:
scott - thats nothing, I've got 60 or 70 unread books at the moment!
but we all know you're lazy.. Werewolf came as more of a surprise
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Posted 26 September 2006 - 12:17 AM
Sadly, I have read all of my books, multiple times. I need something new to read, but have no cash to buy. I hate going to the library because if the book is good, I want to own it, and it bugs me to buy a book I've already read.
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Posted 26 September 2006 - 03:47 AM
jscottnelson;119684 said:
How do you end up with so many books you haven't read yet!!! You heist a bookmobile?
You heist a bookmobile?hehe
damn close!
I helped out at the local library and they added a bunch of paperbacks to my horde, then of course multiple trips to a small used bookstore out here that shocks me by always have very good condition hardcovers for dirt cheap... and then of course... ebay..abebooks and a few other places tempt me at all hours.
this cik part is that I now need to collect things... I hunt for ARCs, 1st and so on.... some books I have 3-4 versions of
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Posted 27 September 2006 - 12:45 PM
read sword in the storm first, it will only take a day and it starts the best gemmell series there is!!
then consider phlebas, and the scar.
forget bakker, i still havent read TTT and am only going to if a copy falls out the sky and magically appears on my bed side table with a five pound note as a bookmark and some warm milk and cookies right there behind it. (ps i will know it fell out of the sky by the minature parachute it is wearing!)
then consider phlebas, and the scar.
forget bakker, i still havent read TTT and am only going to if a copy falls out the sky and magically appears on my bed side table with a five pound note as a bookmark and some warm milk and cookies right there behind it. (ps i will know it fell out of the sky by the minature parachute it is wearing!)
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Posted 27 September 2006 - 09:47 PM
I must admit I did get a bit behind in my reading (about 10-12 books at its worst) but have just about managed to catch up now. I can't really have 50 books sitting on my shelf demanding to be read. Not enough time.
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Posted 29 September 2006 - 01:49 AM
In my book, Bakker's THE THOUSANDFOLD THOUGHT and Duncan's VELLUM are two of the best reads of 2006. I'd go for these two to begin with. . .
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