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I like books with repeat characters on a realist timeline. It is cool to read a character written over 20 years, just to hear about changes in technology over the years - especially in detective stories like I read mostly.
So here is MY favorite SERIES, I do it on Audiobook, read by Jack Reacher. But the author Lee Child is brilliant!
This is the best SERIES I have ever read, by Lee Child, follow the adventures of Ex-Military Trained Jack Reacher, a nomad of sorts, keeping an invisible footprint - he's off the radar. Kidnapping, ransoms, powerful story lines.
Read on Audiobook by Dick Hill (the best reader alive - multiple award winning reader) dick IS Jack Reacher to audiobook fans.
This is worth EVERY PAGE you turn.
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wow. so many good series, as I mentioned elsewhere Dean Koontz has several good ones out in his Frankenstein series, the Chris snow series (fear no evil, etc..) and the Odd Thomas series as well.
Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series is excellent.
I thought Stephen Kings Dark Tower Series, following Roland the gun slinger was pretty good for the most part.
Piers Anthony is also known for several read worthy series, one of my favorites being the Tarot series but most people probably more familiar with his Xanth novels.
Obviously, the original book series of Conan by Robert E Howard has filled many a young persons mind.
Anne Rice's series of Vampire Chronicles has been fantastically popular for years now (though I feel they have gone downhill since the original three books)
Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman teamed up a long time ago (one of many team ups of theirs) for a fantasy series called the Death Gate Cycle, which I have always enjoyed.
I'll stop here, I could go on forever.
Big Bear
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Frank Herberts "Dune" series. His son Brian Herbert has a few sequels out ,derived from his fathers unfinished manuscripts,that are in the same style but in my estimation lack the creativeness of his father.
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Dune, yes, and Foundation trilogy by Azimov
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The Hobbit and the Trilogy of the Rings by Tolkien.
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louis lamar with david drake a close 2nd.
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For light, fun reading, and I do stress light, I have to pick Janet Evanovich. The "Stephanie Plum" books are a riot!
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The Hobbit followed by Lord of the Rings is, as Amazon describes it "the Novel of the Millennium". I'd have to agree.
The Chronicles of Narnia are wonderful. The Sword of Shannara was pretty good and there is a whole series of those. I enjoyed Harry Potter despite it being a bit on the trivial side at times. I've enjoyed all of the "Dirk Pitt" novels by Clive Cussler.
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Lord of the Rings and Chronicles of Narnia are favorites here as well.
For historical fiction, I've enjoyed a number of W.E.B. Griffin books, especially his series The Corps. I like the way he incorporates aspects of WWII that are somewhat obscure.
For Christian fiction, I like Frank Peretti.
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...in the sci fi realm, dune is really great (feels like you are "there" when you are reading it).
also, a big fan of larry niven's "known space" books and stories, as well as Heinlin's later books (which are all related as well).
deknow
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Well, call me what you like but it has to be the Sackett series by Louis L'amour or The Mountain Man series by William Johnstone. I can pick either of them up and not want to put it down til I'm done.
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I loved Dune, but the first few were the best, IMO, And yes, I love all of Louis L'amour but the Sacketts are hard to beat...
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I loved Dune, but the first few were the best, IMO, And yes, I love all of Louis L'amour but the Sacketts are hard to beat...
To the Far Blue Mountains and Jubal are my favorites
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On a different note, Matt Helm, The Destroyer, and the Executioner. Reluctant warriors drawn into unwanted wars.
The name escapes me but there was a series of books about a kind of intergalactic hospital and the doctors that was interesting.
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Dune was awesome but the movie really sucked. I also liked "The dragon riders of Pern" "Clan of the cave bear" (I like fantasy) and "The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy" ...again, that movie was terrible.
Scott
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>I also liked "The dragon riders of Pern" "Clan of the cave bear" (I like fantasy) and "The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy" ...again, that movie was terrible.
I love all of those. I think the problem with a book like "Hitchiker's guide" is that it's not the story that is so good, it's the way the author words things that makes it so enjoyable. I've seen several books like that that did not translate well into movies, not because they messed with the plot so much as it loses the flavor of the WAY things were said. I think what saved "Lord of the Rings" was how much of the dialog came straight from the book. No one in Hollywood could write anything to compare with Tolkein's actual words.
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clive Cussler and his novels that follow Dirk Pitt are always a good read
Also Anne Rice's vampire chronicles following Lestat the Vampire great books
Keith
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I like books with repeat characters on a realist timeline. It is cool to read a character written over 20 years, just to hear about changes in technology over the years - especially in detective stories like I read mostly.
If you like detective novels with stable characters over a period of time, I'd suggest the "Mary Russell" series by Laurie King. The first book in the series is "The Beekeeper's Apprentice". The series starts before WWI when Sherlock Holmes is a retired sleuth who spends his days studying bees near his home in Sussex. He meets Mary Russell who impresses him by making observations on his bee study techniques. She eventually becomes his detective partner and wife. So far the series consists of 10 books covering a period from 1914 to 1924. Holmes and Russell are constantly adding new technological tricks to their detective toolbox.
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Chronicles of Narnia. I read them all through at least once a year. Sometimes in published order, sometimes in chronological order. Love them!
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..I think I'm going to read through some of C.S. Lewis' sci fi books again (it's been a while)...out of the silent planet, perlandria, that hideous strenght. my recolection is that they are nice, and a bit "naive" as far as modern sci fi goes.
deknow
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I've enjoyed all of the "Dirk Pitt" novels by Clive Cussler.
yep me as well, ole Cussler. Also love the W.E.B. Griffin series of books. Got most of them on my Kindle2 (which rocks!).
Lesse... also Dean Koontz (read all of his old stuff.. Phantom, Lightning etc), Robin Cook, Robert Ludlum (especially like all the Bourne books), John Saul, Michael Connelly, Patricia Cornwell. I could go on and on... but I'll spare you all.
...DOUG
KD4MOJ
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I have loved everything by C.S. Lewis. And all the Clive Cussler books...
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..I think I'm going to read through some of C.S. Lewis' sci fi books again (it's been a while)...out of the silent planet, perlandria, that hideous strenght. my recolection is that they are nice, and a bit "naive" as far as modern sci fi goes.
deknow
I'm a sci fi nut. Every year I read all the nominees for the Hugo SF award. This years nominees are:
Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis (Ballantine Spectra)
Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen)
The Dervish House by Ian McDonald (Gollancz; Pyr)
Feed by Mira Grant (Orbit)
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)
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Frame, have you done the whole Vorkosigan series? just finished it. started on the Sharing Knife series by same. really enjoy her writing. her writing reminds me a bit of Robert Jordans stuff.
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Every year I read all the nominees for the Hugo SF award.
They never gave out a Hugo for 1954....until 2004. Our band the Lothars (which is significant because we have had up to 4 theremin players at times, and Ramona and I met when I joined the band) played at Noreascon 2004 for the Retro Hugo Awards Ceremony. We dressed up like 1954 nerds (had to order pocket protectors from some pocket protector website), and played our weird music :)
...I'm on the left, Ramona on the right.
(http://www.wobblymusic.com/lothars/images/photo_RetroHugos3.jpg)
...and if you look through the archive there, you will find a picture of me with a full "Side Show Bob" set of dreadlocks (I actually walked around like that)! I've got them saved and hidden so Ramona can't make a voodoo doll!
http://www.wobblymusic.com/lothars/LotharsPhotos.php?photo_id=RetroHugos3 (http://www.wobblymusic.com/lothars/LotharsPhotos.php?photo_id=RetroHugos3)
I had never heard of "filking" before this event (it's not dirty...but it should be).
deknow (sorry for the OT)
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So many authors - so many different styles
I like:
Michael Crichton
Louis L'amoure
Harry Turtledove
Robert Jordan
Robert E. Howard
Tom Clancy
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I enjoy historical fiction. One of my favorites is the Shaara Civil War trilogy:
Gods and Generals, The Killer Angels & The Last Full Measure.
A wonderful read.
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ok just never paid any attention to this section before, by far my favorite "series" is Louis L'Amour's Sackets
but I also love a lot of other stuff Mc'affery, Auel piers Anthony, tony hillerman, (and that's just looking at whats laying on the kitchen table,lol)
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series written by Will James
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Just got through the Song of Fire and Ice series (aka Game of Thrones). Very addicting. I read most of the Amber series years ago but it wasn't finished and I didn't keep track. I think I saw the complete set here the other day and I think I'll try to finish it... of course there were twenty plot threads going on and I don't remember any of them now...
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George McDonald Fraser's hilarious historical fiction series about Harry Flashman.
Flashman is a Victorian cavalry officer antihero "who runs from danger or hides cowering in fear, betrays or abandons acquaintances at the slightest incentive, bullies and beats servants with gusto, beds every available woman, carries off any loot he can grab, and gambles and boozes enthusiastically. Nevertheless, through a combination of luck and cunning, he usually ends each volume acclaimed as a hero."
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>Flashman...
Sounds like the main character in Californication... it takes a really good writer to make a train wreck like that interesting...
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Has anybody read the Wool series by Hugh Howey? I liked it.
I'll have to look up C.S LEwis' sci-fi stuff.
Loved Louis L'amour when I was young - i'll have to revisit him!!
Don't get near as much quality reading done as I used to :(.
love,
ziffa