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Jul 28, 2013 10:18:50 GMT -8
Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2013 10:18:50 GMT -8
Older does not equal better.
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Jul 28, 2013 13:09:06 GMT -8
Post by The Major on Jul 28, 2013 13:09:06 GMT -8
Aye, good sir, and you're proof of that concept.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2013 13:12:39 GMT -8
I'm proof that it can be.
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Aug 23, 2013 23:50:47 GMT -8
Post by Lord Invisus on Aug 23, 2013 23:50:47 GMT -8
Ok so if your into indie authors and love zombies, check out Mark Tufo's "Zombie Fallout" series on Amazon. He's got six novels and one novella so far with a seventh book in the works. The characters are believable and start to feel like family real quick. It's full of great sarcastic humor that I have literally laughed out loud at. It's also got the scariest freaking vampire chick you have seen in your life! (Yes even scarier then you Diva!) Lot's of action, blood, and gore. You really get into the mind of the lead character because it's all written in the form of journal. I can't give enough praise to Mark Tufo or recommend his work enough. You just gotta check it out for yourself and get ready to not wanna put the book down. BTW Mark is a great guy, he's very active on face book and always makes a point to respond personally to fan's posts and messages. He's even been so kind as to give me tips and encouragement on my own writing. What would Talbot do? Buy Book One Here
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Sept 9, 2013 17:14:41 GMT -8
Post by Galdaart Fel on Sept 9, 2013 17:14:41 GMT -8
I really must recommend 'Boy' and 'Going Solo' by Roald Dahl. Some of the best non-fiction I've ever read.
I'm currently reading 'Yeager' by Gen. Chuck Yeager and Leo Janos. Also good.
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Oct 1, 2013 15:54:30 GMT -8
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Post by Xeonon Solomon on Oct 1, 2013 15:54:30 GMT -8
I'm not sure if they have been said yet but I bought two books down in Guelph that were good. Fall of Five, 4th book in a series written by a guy named Pittacus Lore (James Frey). Pretty much an alien race commuted genocide and killed all but 20 members of another alien race. They fled to earth. Half of them are pretty much super heros (kids) and the other half trainers. They have to survive until their super powers begin while being hunted by the bad guys.
The other book was The Gunslinger. Stephen King wrote it. Mix of fantasy, Sci Fi, Western and his own twisted mind. Follows a nameless hero as he hunts down a man in black.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2013 15:58:47 GMT -8
His name was Roland.
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Post by Xeonon Solomon on Oct 2, 2013 6:11:13 GMT -8
Now I feel bad. Roland of Gilead.
Anyways looking at my bookshelf now.
Narnia books by C.S Lewis Halo Fall of Reach, The Flood and First Strike The Hunger Games series Silverwing series by Kenneth Opel Inheritance quadrilogy by Christopher Paolini LOTR Harry Potter Moby Dick Gullivers Travels 20,000 leagues Tom Sawyer Sleepy Hollow Alice in Wonderland Peter Pan Huckleberry Finn Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Robinson Crusoe The Time Machine Wind in the Willows King Aurthur Black Beauty Jungle Book Last of the Mohicans Count of Monte Cristo Treasure Island And countless military handbooks my father was going to throw out after he retired. After all you never know when the world will end and you need a book from the cold war to teach you winter survival.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2013 8:53:24 GMT -8
Just read Under a Graveyard Sky by John Ringo. Was a bit disappointed that the characters were so one dimensional, given that Ringo is capable of making even the most horrible of people into compelling characters.
That being said, it's still a damn good book, one of the better zombie books out there. A lot of work was put into the world, and it really shows. The illness is presented very intelligently, and the folks fighting it tend to be smart about it.
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Post by Galdaart Fel on Oct 2, 2013 8:53:50 GMT -8
Heh. Xeo... you lost that duel with the Whill, didn't cha?
Nice Avatar.
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Post by Lord Sinistra on Oct 2, 2013 11:21:38 GMT -8
Double Dead by Chuck Wendig is pretty good. The story of a vampire stuck in a zombie apocalypse.
Wendig also writes a series of novels about a woman named Miriam Black. One touch and she can see how you die. It's dark, gritty and Miriam is not someone who is nice to begin with. Those novels are called Blackbirds, Mockingbird, and the next one is called Cormorant due out sometime soon.
There is a series of urban fantasy that weaves Victorian England with modern day with a healthy dose of Fae. The series is called Split Worlds by Emma Newman. The last book in the trilogy is due out next week. If you sign up for her newsletter, you get a short story emailed to you every week for year, all of them set in her Split Worlds setting.
Laurel K. Hamilton writes 2 series of supernatural books. Anita Blake is a vampire hunter and federal agent. There are like 20 books in the series. Merry Gentry is a half fae PI in Los Angeles. The 9th book in the series is due out next year. Both series deal heavily with sex and violence. I haven't read the Anita books but the Merry ones are like fairy smut.
If you're looking for a different genre, in non-fiction, I recommend I Heard You Paint Houses - the story of a former mob hit man dealing with the mafia, Teamsters and the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa.
I'm a fan of Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss, a book about punctuation. No seriously. Some people here should read it.
Lastly, The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America is a fantastic read. Douglas Brinkley is a great historian and the book details Roosevelt's love and passion for the outdoors and the wild places of America that lead to the founding of the National Park Service, setting aside 234 million acres of the US' greatest wilderness.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2013 21:03:00 GMT -8
The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett. Read it now. It's $2 US in the Kindle store. I just finished reading it less than a minute ago and holy shit. If you are even tangentially interested in science fiction, or just like a good story, you will not regret it.
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Dec 5, 2013 11:39:29 GMT -8
Post by Lord Sinistra on Dec 5, 2013 11:39:29 GMT -8
Ready Player One by Ernie Cline.
It's a good book and Ernie Cline told me I was awesome.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2013 11:55:11 GMT -8
Honor Harrington series. Excellent fleet combat, plenty of heroics on the ground, compelling characters, and even a duel or two.
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Post by Hesper Calix on Dec 6, 2013 3:29:40 GMT -8
Game of Thrones.
"The Drowned God wants their offerings drowned. The Fire God wants them burned. Whatever happened to the God Tits and Ale?" -Tyrion
That's all that I have to say
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2014 20:33:12 GMT -8
Snow Crash.
That is all.
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Post by Galdaart Fel on Mar 30, 2014 5:37:42 GMT -8
DeathlandsFor those of you who dont want to visit the wiki article here is the synopsis On the morning of January 20, 2001 the climax of the Cold War set the post-apocalyptic stage for the series. The end game began with a pre-emptive strike on Washington. Underground nuclear bombs were detonated from within the basement of the Soviet embassy, by an elite group of Spetsnaz operatives, destroying the central command structure and political system of the United States. For an indefinite period of time a nuclear exchange between the United States and the Soviet Union devastated both countries and subsequently the entire planet (but little details are known outside both countries). All manner of genetic contagions were released infecting the survivors of the firestorm with horrible illnesses. The remaining survivors lived harshly during a time of prolonged nuclear winter known as 'Sky Dark'. The geography, climate, and ecosystems of the world had changed dramatically. What was left of the United States came to be known as the Deathlands. 100 years later civilization begins again: brutal, short lived, morally confused and crazed from mutation. Between the many hot spots are small plague pits ruled by power hungry individuals who have no limits in order to establish their rule and expand their influence. These individuals are known as the Barons. Their rabble pits are known as Villes and Baronies. Civilization unknowingly resembles the Dark Ages. Trading resumes between the villes: Jack (a regional currency), Jolt (a hallucinogenic mixture of Mescaline and Heroin) and slaves are the primary forms of currency. Life is a strange mixture of ancient history and limited technology that is scrapped from the 20th century. Military technology is the most prized possession of all; success is often measured by the number of bullets he or she possesses. A man named Ryan Cawdor leads a group of companions across the deathlands. Ryan has extremely secret knowledge of the 20th century. The understanding of hidden underground complexes, known as redoubts, that contains Teleportation technology. He and this companions guard this knowledge with their lives. The technology is called MAT-TRANS. TL;DR Post apocalypse series of books that has a sci-fi element in it I think they are up to 107 in the series and Era I am sure if you read it some of the gun stuff would make you cringe while other parts would deserve a slow clap. I have maybe the first fifteen books from the series, which goes back to 88, maybe 87... they're really not good at all, very formulaic and sensationalist. But as an avid Post-Apocalypica fan, I have them and have read them to feed my creativity and add some of the lexicon to my IC slang.
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Apr 7, 2014 6:16:25 GMT -8
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Post by Xeonon Solomon on Apr 7, 2014 6:16:25 GMT -8
All you Need is Kill. Amazing book I just read. Go find it and read it if you have not done so already. Time travel, aliens, plot twist. I also hear it's made into some Manga but I can neither confirm nor deny this.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2014 6:42:44 GMT -8
Fucking amazing book. The manga is a thing, and it's still ongoing. It's also the basis for the movie Edge of Tomorrow.
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Post by Xeonon Solomon on Apr 8, 2014 16:38:53 GMT -8
I'm actually looking for a book title. I only read the back years ago but it sounded hardcore. Greek Gods are real, real assholes to. They enslave humanity and a group fight back using power armour called Titans.
That's it. That's all I know. Anyone got me a title?
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