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Books or Ereaders or whatever is related to either

Post by gamemasterAS » Sat Nov 06, 2010 3:47 pm

Hey guys, I just picked up a Kindle and I'm looking for some books. Recommendations?
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Post by mako321 » Sat Nov 06, 2010 3:55 pm

Forrest Gump?

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Post by gamemasterAS » Sat Nov 06, 2010 4:07 pm

mako321 wrote:Forrest Gump?
Great idea. Downloading it now.
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Post by Life of Brian » Sun Nov 07, 2010 7:14 am

Jack Reacher novels by Lee Child. Doesn't matter which one - they're all awesome. Killing Floor was the first one, but it really doesn't matter which order you read them in since he's a badass ex-military cop / drifter who wanders from town to town and almost every story is a stand-alone.

Also, I REALLY WANT the new Kindle. It's almost impulse buy territory, but I'm holding out for Christmas... just in case.
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Post by gamemasterAS » Sun Nov 07, 2010 12:53 pm

Life of Brian wrote:Jack Reacher novels by Lee Child. Doesn't matter which one - they're all awesome. Killing Floor was the first one, but it really doesn't matter which order you read them in since he's a badass ex-military cop / drifter who wanders from town to town and almost every story is a stand-alone.

Also, I REALLY WANT the new Kindle. It's almost impulse buy territory, but I'm holding out for Christmas... just in case.
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Post by Metallica Man X » Sun Nov 07, 2010 1:23 pm

Rise of the fourth Reich by Jim Marrs...dunno if it's its available for kindle, but I Know where to get a PDF of it if that'll work...
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Post by evilteddy » Sun Nov 07, 2010 11:14 pm

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Every single discworld book (Terry Prachett)
Sharpe series (Bernard Cornwell)
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Assassins quest series (robin hobb)
Daddy (loup durand) - everybody must read this book
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Post by jdmlight » Mon Nov 08, 2010 1:21 pm

It's a Kindle. I thought Hitchhiker's Guide was a requirement at time of purchase. :lol:
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Post by Triton » Mon Nov 08, 2010 3:35 pm

you like scifi and fantasy? if you do i will write up a pretty long list of worthwhile titles a little later on!
but if you can find it the long run by daniel keys moran. or all of his books really, iirc they are available free online

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Post by gamemasterAS » Mon Nov 08, 2010 6:11 pm

I generally read history books. I don't think I've read almost any Sci-Fi at all. Give me a good starting point.
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Post by vskid » Mon Nov 08, 2010 7:45 pm

gamemasterAS wrote:I generally read history books. I don't think I've read almost any Sci-Fi at all. Give me a good starting point.
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Post by Acronell » Mon Nov 08, 2010 8:25 pm

The Picture Of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

You can get it from Gutenberg.org

They also have a whole bunch of other books as well, all free, and legal.
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Post by Triton » Tue Nov 09, 2010 3:03 pm

start with some classics. frank herberts dune series, anything by Robert Heinlein, Issac Asimov, Iain M. Banks, Micheal Crichton, margrette weiss and tracy hickman (death gate cycle books are good) obviously steven king and dean koonts (dark tower series by king, and odd thomas books by koontz) i could keep going even! right now i'm on the third book in a series by garth nix (Sabriel, Lirael, and Abhorsen are the 3) i'll list more later

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Post by Acronell » Tue Nov 09, 2010 3:38 pm

Triton wrote:start with some classics. frank herberts dune series, anything by Robert Heinlein, Issac Asimov, Iain M. Banks, Micheal Crichton, margrette weiss and tracy hickman (death gate cycle books are good) obviously steven king and dean koonts (dark tower series by king, and odd thomas books by koontz) i could keep going even! right now i'm on the third book in a series by garth nix (Sabriel, Lirael, and Abhorsen are the 3) i'll list more later

Agreed on the bit about Garth Nix

Garth Nix also wrote a series called Keys To The Kingdom, and another series called The Seventh Tower
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Post by DK » Tue Nov 09, 2010 4:01 pm

Acronell wrote:The Picture Of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Seconded :wink:
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