04-18-2013, 08:40 PM | #16 |
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Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin
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04-18-2013, 09:11 PM | #17 |
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I appreciate all the suggestions--and I'm jotting many of them down for the times I'm capable of making my own decisions--but keep in mind that my problem isn't finding things I'd like to read, but rather pulling the trigger on something I want to read right now.
The decision to read The Wind-up Bird Chronicle was already made for me; and I'm going to follow through on it. So while I certainly don't mind if the suggestions continue, keep in mind that if I find myself in another "too many choices for me to make a decision" funk sometime in the future, we'll be right back to a "I'm reading the first thing someone posts that doesn't break the rules" scenario. |
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Forget the rest and go for Great North Road by Peter F. Hamilton.
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04-18-2013, 09:31 PM | #21 |
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I poked round over at Many Books and found the book by E. Hamilton:
City at World's End His wife was also a writer, Leigh Brackett. Apparently he didn't get the copyright extended or something and it fell into PD. |
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Actually, the mission has pretty much been accomplished already. That's what I was trying to explain: first title meeting the criteria ended the game. The choice was made for me. I bought it, downloaded it, and am now reading it.
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I guess we'll have to wait and see if DiapDealer likes The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle he is already reading, than at some point he might consider Hard Boiled Wonderland as well. |
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04-19-2013, 03:13 AM | #27 |
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The link takes me straight to the Amazon.com Kindle edition page. Not sure what it does for you.
You've started something that will now be hard to stop . |
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04-19-2013, 06:53 AM | #29 |
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Oh, it doesn't have to stop. Others can put it to good use too! I'm just amused that many people concluded that the guy who had too many choices to decide for himself, needed even more choices to NOT be able to choose from.
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I agree. I was the second replier, but the first reply was not there whist I was composing and searching for links for mine. I wouldn't have even posted if I had seen your requirement had been fulfilled .
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