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Actually, CDs are not considered part of "free library" even though they can be distributed freely. Many books from CDs are still sold on Webscriptions.
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Speaking of Terry Brooks... I have not read them all, but what I have read of his Shannara series, I really did enjoy.
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10-25-2008, 09:18 PM | #64 |
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I very much enjoy the Harry Dresden series by Jim Butcher. Please ignore the attempted TV series if you ever saw a commercial for it. The books have a darker humor that I quite enjoy and there are about 10 now. I also like Jim Butcher's Codex Alera, which will release book 5 next month. Both series lean to the fantasy side.
R.M. Meluch's Merrimack Series is also one I enjoy. It is to the science fiction side without having quite so much detail about how exactly the hardware actually works. I very much enjoy Davd Weber's Honor Harrington books since I picked up the first one when it was first released because it looked interesting, but some get too technical for me. David Weber's Bazell books are fantasy and I also find them to have quite the humorous side. As yet I do not have a dedicated reading device so I don't pay as much attention to what is specifically available in e-book form so my apologies if you have trouble finding any of my recommendations. |
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The Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson is an amazing SF series and I highly recommend it.
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Trying not to repeat anyone else...
Looking at my wall - Michael Scott Rohan - Winter of the World series (4 books, plus a couple in the same world). Clifford D Simak - "Time is the Simplest Thing". I like all Simak - but I love that one. Joel Shephard - Crossover, Killswitch and Breakaway. Harry Harrison - Deathworld series and The Stainless Steel Rat series (although the SSR were best in the first 2 or 3 books - they got a bit same old after that) James Blish - Jack of Eagles. I 3rd or 4th Anne McAffery - Ship who Sang, Crystalsinger and Pegasus series if you like SF. Dunno how much of the above is available on ebook. I've enjoyed and am finishing Christoper Paolini's Inheritance series (Eragon et al) Fictionwise have a 40% of sale on the 3. But only in DRM'ed versions, and it still means its about $12 for the latest one. Sarah Douglass Battleaxe, Enchanter and Starman trilogy. David Weber's War God fantasy series (Baen). John Ringo - March to the ... series (Baen).. So many books, so little time Ross |
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Seriously, though, it just goes to show how different things do appeal to different people. I love all Eddings' work; in particular "The Redemption of Althalus" (which I'm well aware that many people can't stand). Wouldn't the world be boring if we all had the same tastes? |
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I usually Suggest people read the Belgariad and The Elenium and skip the sequels if they feel like it. As while similar, there is enough difference between the two to make it interesting. I do however agree with Harry that Redemption of Athalus is his best book, and a definite read. Its the most tightly written book and edited book of his. I would definitely recommend skipping the Dreamers Series, as while some of the premises are good, it all comes to nought due to the poor editing. The main problem is that very few of is book are available as eBooks. |
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Aw.. This thread really make me want an eBook even more.. *Counts the days till christmas*
Well, I'm gonna toss in Dragonlance: Chronicles as one of my all time favorite series.. |
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HowGozit reminded me of James Blish's Cities in Flight trilogy. Spectacular.
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They Shall Have Stars A Life for the Stars Earthman, Come Home The Triumph of Time The macguffin is the Spindizzy field, which can enclose an object and drive it faster than light. The more mass a Spindizzy has to work with, the better it does, and there's no reason you can't enclose an entire city in a Spindizzy field and launch it into the galaxy. That's precisely what happens, as whole cities leave an economically depressed Earth to look for work in the galaxy. I have to love a series where the city of New York is a major character. While the books have a common theme and setting, they aren't exactly a series, and have significant stylistic differences between them. Blish was one of the most literate SF writers of his period, and a writer I've thought underrated. (He did a regular column of SF criticism for one of the magazines, collected in two Advent volumes called "The Issue at Hand" and "More Issues at Hand", where he tried to do the first serious technical criticism of SF short stories. The collections are still worth reading, 40+ years later.) I met Blish, many years ago, but didn't get the chance to ask him how the records were preserved, since The Triumph of Time ends with the death of our universe, and is supposedly written from the perspective of a scholar in the next. But yes, spectacular, and a series I expect to see on any shelf of SF classics. ______ Dennis |
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