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10-21-2012, 10:43 PM #101
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10-23-2012, 01:25 PM #102
If I'm remembering correctly, splinter of the minds eye is basically Han Solo on Acid.
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10-23-2012, 03:26 PM #103
methinks you are either remembering some other book or having an acid flashback of your own...
From Wikipedia entry on Splinter of the Mind's Eye: "The principal characters are Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, C-3PO, R2-D2, and Darth Vader. The characters of Han Solo and Chewbacca do not appear, and Solo is only referred to by Luke Skywalker as "a pirate and a smuggler" he once knew at the end of the book. The book was originally written to be filmed as a low-budget sequel to Star Wars if the original film was not a success."
From what I remember of the book is that it was basically Luke and Leia squaring off against Vader. And from re-reading the entry on Wikipedia methinks it might have made a pretty decent movie (albeit Empire Strikes Back was easily the best of the SW sagas and not ironically, the only one not written by Lucas...).
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10-25-2012, 01:41 PM #104
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08-04-2013, 04:45 AM #105
Bump. Looking through this thread again because I'm trying to decide on something to get for a long flight.
Best (as in most entertaining) fantasy I've read in quite a while was Patrick Rothfuss Name of the Wind and Wise Man's Fear, as per someones reccomendation in this thread. Good story and just really well written. Great page turners if you want to pass a few hours. Now waiting for book 3. If you like Game of Thrones you would almost certainly like this.
Also picked up the first Belgariad (is it Belgarion?) book, ok but not so great that I felt like I had to read the rest.
Liked the Mistborn books, finished the series although the first book was the best, imo.
Read and enjoyed three of the Foundation books. Not my first choice for true escapism but interesting.Last edited by klar; 08-04-2013 at 04:56 AM.
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08-04-2013, 08:36 AM #106
Tough call dune, the hobbit and lord fouls bane
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08-04-2013, 09:32 AM #107
Enders game, second and third books blew though.
I rip the groomed on tele gear
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08-04-2013, 09:55 AM #108
Gene wolfes shadow of the torturer series.. john c. wrights golden age series.. i am also a sucker for jack vance.. emphyrio is my fave but he wrote many very good ones.. and for newish novels i love jasper ffordes thursday next series and lev grossmans magicians and the sequal the magician king
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08-04-2013, 10:24 AM #109
You've already read "The City of Dreaming Books" and "Rumo" then?
Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast series?
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08-04-2013, 12:57 PM #110
Thanks for the continued suggestions everyone. YAY BOOKS.
Buster: yes, I read Die Stadt der träumenden Bücher and Rumo, Gormenghast is on the list, will check out the other one.Ich bitte dich nur, weck mich nicht.
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08-05-2013, 04:55 PM #111
I just finished a rereading of Rumo. Friftar, Gornab's advisor, reminds me of Steerpike in Gormenghast.
Cabell too: 'Figures Of Earth', 'The Silver Stallion', 'The High Place', 'Jurgen', 'The Cream of the Jest'.Merde De Glace On the Freak When Ski
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08-06-2013, 10:21 AM #112Registered User
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Just finished Wool and Shift. Two good sci-fi books, not sure if they were mentioned.
Third one in the series comes out next week!
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08-08-2013, 12:27 PM #113
For some very good hard-core sci-fi, try Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds (first book of a three-spot >> #2 is solid but 1 and 3 are beyond the pale . . .).
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08-12-2013, 12:43 PM #114
^^ My new favourite author. Pushing Ice is super good by him as well.
www.skevikskis.com Check em out!
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02-10-2015, 09:26 AM #115
Anyone catch the Wheel of Time pilot on FXX this week? If you didn't you didn't miss anything. It was horrible.
http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/9/800...time-pilot-fxx
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02-11-2015, 03:53 PM #116
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02-11-2015, 09:07 PM #117
The Deconstructed Man by Alfred Bester is extremely good
Also I need to read The Stars My Destination by BesterOriginally Posted by blurred
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02-12-2015, 10:41 PM #118
Rad thread. I've been on a big China miéville kick lately.
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02-18-2015, 09:21 PM #119doughboyshredder Guest
Re: Wool, Hugh Howey is one of my new favorites. The Wool series was outstanding, Sand was great also, and for something different, the Shell Collector was pretty cool.
I should add The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August here, because it really was incredible.
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02-23-2015, 11:36 AM #120
The Martian was a fun read. A bit technical in the first few dozen pages, then it got fun.
Could use some good time travel recommendations, other than the obvious classics.
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07-26-2015, 09:46 PM #121Registered User
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"The High Place" is a favorite although I am more into the writings of Max Lucado and Paulo Coelho.
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07-26-2015, 10:42 PM #122
Seveneves - Neal Stephenson
And another recommendation for hugh wooley and the silo series that starts with the book woolClimb the mountains and get their good tidings. Natures peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn. - John Muir
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07-28-2015, 09:15 PM #123
what's your favourite fantasy/scifi book?
Surprised there is no mention of "Brave New World" or "Island" by Aldous Huxley. It also took how many pages for the name Vonnegut to appear?
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07-28-2015, 10:37 PM #124
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07-29-2015, 06:29 PM #125I drink it up
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