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    Re: Recommend a book.

    I've recently read a book called 'Ready Player One' and it was awesome. A good sci-fi and it will be a treat for geeks who love those coin-operated arcade games from the 80s.

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    Re: Recommend a book.

    Recently finished Ghost in the Wires, was a really good book (Although it's like the first book I've read out of choice xD)

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    Re: Recommend a book.

    Interview with a Vampire, Dune.

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    Re: Recommend a book

    Absolutely anything by David Gemmell R.I.P

    Forgot Conn Igguldenn too Great Ghengis Khan series

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    Re: Recommend a book.

    I just finished watching 'The Help' by Kathryn Stockett was an awesome read.

    Can't wait to buy the DVD thats coming out next week!

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    Re: Recommend a book.

    Nothing wrong with the Belgariad in my book Kal, and also the two latter books Belgarath the Sorcerer and Polgara's Story (I think)

    Ive just finished an 11 part series by Terry Goodkind, called The Sword of Truth. Strict fantasy with exceptional descriptives and solid characters. If you are into Dungeons and Dragons, this is a must read
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    Re: Recommend a book.

    2 writers that cant get past their own themes tho Dave, Eddings essentially wrote the same series 4 times, changing the characters for the latter 2 series and while Goodkinds early stuff was excellent, you had to wonder just how many times Kahlan could be kidnapped and how Richards love would save her....

    Blood of the Fold and Faith of the Fallen being fairly notable in that series tho.

    Saying that, there is nothing wrong with their writing, prose is good, some of the exchanges between Polgara, Beldin, Silk etc are excellent and if you ignore Goodkinds similarities with Jordan (another series that went on too long) his fascination with BDSM and hatred of communism, he has some excellent and orginal ideas, shame about the TV series
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    Re: Recommend a book.

    I'm just in the middle of the Godsland series by Brian Rathbone (1st book free on kindle!) and it's not bad. The second book was also free, but I can't see it on there now...

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    Re: Recommend a book.

    Ed Macy Apache,

    Written by a British Apache pilot who served in Afghanistan, tells the tale of them flying and landing into an enemy compound to rescue an injured royal marine commando, some of you may remember it being in the news a while back!

    Awesome read and mucho respect

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    Re: Recommend a book.

    For something different try The Golden Ratio by Mario Livio. It's a pure geek subject but written in a very accessible way. He explodes some of the myths surrounding the number phi, aka the golden ratio, the golden section, 1.61803... etc, but also goes into detail on its fascinating qualities. Currently it's my non-fiction book of the decade.

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    Re: Recommend a book.

    Redemption Ark - Alistair Reynolds.

    Part 2 (ish. Kind of) of the Revelation Space series, which is a fantastic series, but Redemption ark is just so... HUGE... in mindset and action, it really stands head and shoulders above books 1 and 3, for my money. I keep going back to it. And the Galactic North series of short stories has some equally gripping tales from the same universe.

    As I get older, I'm starting to find Peter F Hamilton a bit... boring, to be honest. Too long winded. Reynolds writes really well.

    And yet, he also seems to rate Stephen Baxter, which I don't understand. For my money, Baxter is probably the worst sci fi writer around at the moment. I could cheerfully murder any of his characters with a brick, especially the dreadfully one dimensional Reid Malenfant.

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    Re: Recommend a book.

    Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
    Dune by Frank Herbert
    Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
    Got a Kindle and reading much more.

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    Re: Recommend a book.

    Just finished Hellstrom's Hive also by Frank Herbert, very disturbing.
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    Re: Recommend a book.

    Reading between the lines does that.

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    Re: Recommend a book.

    Quote Originally Posted by chuckskull View Post
    Just one book. Fiction, non-fiction, whatever. Just one book, you think everyone should read and why, what's your "if you never read anything else, read this"?
    The Crystal Shard by R A Salvatore .

    The description of battles scenes are better than any other book or film I've seen or read - very vivid - or it was when i read it at 16

    Its a trilogy

    The main character ( Drizzt ) is basically a bit like your Batman of the D&D world with 2 scimitars and 600 lbs panther he summons from the Astral plane , and his mate, the best depiction of a bad ass dwarf Ive ever seen.

    I must admit , although they were never pop , I loved the Ravenloft books too ( well most ) perhaps because the archetype of fallen characters interest me - or perhaps because it mirrors the flaws of the human condition.

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    Re: Recommend a book.

    I have some Salvatore on my Kindle, not that one sadly, I'll give him a go thanks
    Cheers, David



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