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0|0|0|||||book referrals|Leafdance||20:43:22|08/03/2009|i always hate to hear that someone can%27t find a good book to read.  there are many many woderful books waiting out there for just about anyone%27s tastes.%0D%0Ai%27ll start out with 2 authors and their books.  %0D%0A%0D%0Athis would be for those who like fantasy%2C romance%2Cand action%0D%0AMaria V. Snyder%0D%0A%0D%0APoison Study%0D%0AMagic Study%0D%0AFire Study%0D%0A%0D%0AStorm Glass%0D%0A%0D%0Ai%27ve liked these so much i%27ve read them each several times.%0D%0A%0D%0Athese would be humor action and magic%0D%0AMichelle Sagara%0D%0A%0D%0ACast in Shadow%0D%0ACast in Courlight%0D%0ACast in Secret%0D%0ACast in Fury%0D%0ACast in Silence%0D%0A%0D%0Aditto ditto have read all but the very latest one at least 3 times each.%0D%0A%0D%0Ahope someone tries and enjoys and am perfectly happy to learn about more books for me to read too%21
1|1|0|||||RE%3A book referrals|mdg1||21:47:40|08/03/2009|Well%2C if you like urban fantasy with a wry twist%2C you can%27t go wrong with the Dresden Files.  That being said%2C the first couple of books are a bit weak%2C IMO.
2|2|1|||1||RE%3A book referrals|EagerCadet||00:51:03|08/04/2009|Jim Butcher also has another series more fantasy oriented%2C Codex Alera%2C which are real page turners. As for Urban fantasy you can look into Kim Harrison%27s The Hallow series.%0D%0A%0D%0A--The future aint what it used to be.--
3|3|2|||||RE%3A book referrals|Leafdance||03:23:53|08/04/2009|um...yep...read all three of them....did i happen to mention that i don%27t have much of a life and spend most of my time reading%3F  i can list other books and series...long long lists to suit most tastes...and i still enjoy eyrie productions works at least as much as any of my favorite books. heh...i%27ll put another couple authors out.%0D%0A%0D%0ASteve Miller and Sharon Lee%0D%0A%0D%0AConflict of Honor%27s%0D%0AAgent of Change%0D%0ACarpe Diem%0D%0APlan B%0D%0AI Dare%0D%0A%0D%0ALocal Custom%0D%0AScout%27s Progress%0D%0A%0D%0ABalance of Trade%0D%0A%0D%0ACrystal Soldier%0D%0ACrystal Dragon%0D%0A%0D%0AEpic space opera with romance and danger%21  my absolute favorite writing team...they even have one of my cats.%0D%0A%0D%0AC.E. Murphy%0D%0A%0D%0AUrban Shaman%0D%0AThunderbird Falls%0D%0ACoyote Dreams%0D%0A%0D%0Aurban fantasy%2C wry and cranky in turns. good paced action.  gotta like a book that makes you snort pop out of your nose in the first page for the first one.%0D%0A
4|1|0|||||RE%3A book referrals|BeardedFerret||06:20:30|08/04/2009|I can%27t recommend the Gentleman Bastard Sequence by Scott Lynch strongly enough. So far there%27s only two - The Lies of Locke Lamora and Red Seas Under Red Skies - but he%27s pushing for seven in total. Very%2C very readable fantasy.
5|2|4|||||RE%3A book referrals|Tabasco||09:12:57|08/04/2009|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Aug-04-09 AT 09:13 AM (EDT)]Seconded on the recommendation.  Read Lies and loved it.%0D%0A%0D%0AI have to put in my obligatory nomination for David Weber and John Ringo%27s Prince Roger series%2C starting with %27March Upcountry%27.  Castaways%2C Age of Fighting Sail naval battles%2C and space opera all in one package%2C what%27s not to like%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AAlso%2C I%27d add S.M. Stirling%27s Island series%2C starting with %27Island in the Sea of Time%27 for a series in a similar vein%2C minus the space opera.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd I%27d finish up with the Full Metal Panic%21 novels%2C for a quick but satisfying read.  Tokyopop has canceled production past the third volume%2C however%2C so they might be hard to find.  
7|2|4|||1||RE%3A book referrals|trigger||22:38:07|08/04/2009|%3EI can%27t recommend the Gentleman Bastard Sequence by Scott Lynch %0D%0A%3Estrongly enough. So far there%27s only two - The Lies of Locke Lamora %0D%0A%3Eand Red Seas Under Red Skies - but he%27s pushing for seven in total. %0D%0A%3EVery%2C very readable fantasy. %0D%0A%0D%0AThose are excellent%2C and probably the best find of my year.  You can%27t read him over and over again like Butcher%2C alas.  They%27re just too complicated and require you to think. So they need to be savored..%0D%0A%0D%0At.%0D%0Ais all for talking about books.%0D%0A%0D%0ATrigger Argee%0D%0Atrigger_argee%40hotmail.com%0D%0AManon%2C Maccadon%2C Orado%2C etc.%0D%0ADenton%2C never leave home without it.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22I hate to advocate drugs%2C alcohol%2C violence%2C or insanity to anyone%2C but they%27ve always worked for me.%22 - HST
6|1|0|||||RE%3A book referrals|The Traitor||18:22:12|08/04/2009|For fans of science fiction and the British worldview%2C one could do a lot worse than the Space Captain Smith series by Toby Frost. The latest book%2C Wrath Of The Lemming-Men%2C is out in paperback from all strange bookshops.%0D%0A%0D%0AEqually odd%2C though without the space-ants and laser guns%2C is the Bryant And May series of detective novels by Christopher Fowler. The Peculiar Crimes Unit solves the really%2C really weird stuff. Dancers found with their feet cut off and a man splattered by a giant globe - in 1940. A man in a beard hurling acid over a Waterhouse and blowing up on a train - in 1973. A modern artist drowned in her own exhibition and the only witness says it was a man on a horse - in 2007. They are old men%2C but brilliant.
8|1|0|||1||RE%3A book referrals|trigger||22:56:00|08/04/2009|I admit%2C I haven%27t been to the library or the bookstore this year with a new SF or Fantasy series in mind%2C other than the works of Scott Lynch.  Part of that is the backlog of classic sci-fi I%27ve acquired%2C and the other is the book diet the SO put me on.  Only so many new books allowed....%0D%0A%0D%0ABut that said%2C here%27s some that I%27ve enjoyed reading this year more than most%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AJim Butcher%2C %5Bi%5DCursor%27s Fury%5B%2Fi%5D%2C %5Bi%5DCaptain%27s Fury%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0AThe rest of the %5Bi%5DCodex Alera%5B%2Fi%5D series didn%27t make my list because they really lacked%2C IMHO the polish of these two legionaire centered novels. %5Bi%5DPrinceps Fury%5B%2Fi%5D was a disappointment to me because the characters had all become rather static and unchanging - even in the face of the destruction of their world. May I just say that I%27ve always enjoyed the Eyrie character development %28uneven as it has been%29 if only because when there%27s a crisis people act like it%2C esp. in the face of life altering catastrophe%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AJim Butcher%2C %5Bi%5DTurncoat%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0AThis was more of a wank%2C frankly%2C because I loved %5Bi%5DSmall Favor%5B%2Fi%5D. The most recent of the Dresden novels was very much a stage setter with some nice side developments that I thought were much cooler than the whole %22Infiltrated by the Enemy%2C wrongly accused%21%22 plot. More of the same%2C but still fun. I%27m a little worried about %5Bi%5DChanges%5B%2Fi%5D the next novel if only because the author promises to pretty much upend the universe%2C and i%27ve not seen him do such a good job of that yet.  Perhaps he agreed with my criticism of his Alera series%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m waiting to get the latest Leary novel %28David Drake%29. %0D%0A%0D%0ABut that said%2C I%27ve been really sad about the state of the genre. A lot of Authors that fell off my read list this year. The authors no longer to get my dollar include%3A%0D%0APatty Briggs%0D%0ADavid Weber%0D%0AEric Flint%0D%0AJR Ward%0D%0ATerry Brooks%0D%0AGG Kay%0D%0AHarry Turtledove%0D%0ASteven Brust%0D%0AEmma Bull%0D%0AAnne McCaffery%2FJulian May%2FMarion Zimmer Bradley%0D%0ASimon Green%0D%0AKim Harrison%0D%0AThomas E. Sniegoski%0D%0ACharlaine Harris %28ew%21%29%0D%0A%0D%0ABarely hanging on %28pending future work%29%3A%0D%0ATerry Pratchett%0D%0AMercedes Lackey%0D%0ARobin McKinley%0D%0ALois McMaster Bujold%0D%0APN Elrod%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AYou%27ll see that most of these are well established authors and that with the exception of Scott Lynch%2C no newbies on the list. Also no hard core sci-fi since the last good piece of non-space opera sci-fi I%27ve read was written in 1995. So if anyone has any suggestions....%3F%0D%0A%0D%0Acheers%2C %0D%0At.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0ATrigger Argee%0D%0Atrigger_argee%40hotmail.com%0D%0AManon%2C Maccadon%2C Orado%2C etc.%0D%0ADenton%2C never leave home without it.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22I hate to advocate drugs%2C alcohol%2C violence%2C or insanity to anyone%2C but they%27ve always worked for me.%22 - HST
13|2|8|||||RE%3A book referrals|Leafdance||17:57:04|08/05/2009|hmm...you%27ve listed several authors there that i rather like alot.%0D%0Aespecailly bull%2C briggs%2C brust%2C and harrison. 
18|3|13|||1||RE%3A book referrals|trigger||12:45:23|08/06/2009|%3Ehmm...you%27ve listed several authors there that i rather like alot. %0D%0A%3Eespecailly bull%2C briggs%2C brust%2C and harrison. %0D%0A%0D%0AI like their early works...but the last 2 books any of them have published %28MXB and May%2C both being dead can%27t really write anymore unless Jill Paxton Walsh gets a hold of their manuscripts%2C but I%27ll count their last two published%29 were%2C IMHO subpar and recycling old plots. Mind you I%27m down with that if the writing is above par%2C but it hasn%27t been so they%27re off the list.  Only so much time and soooo many books.%0D%0A%0D%0At.%0D%0A%0D%0ATrigger Argee%0D%0Atrigger_argee%40hotmail.com%0D%0AManon%2C Maccadon%2C Orado%2C etc.%0D%0ADenton%2C never leave home without it.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22I hate to advocate drugs%2C alcohol%2C violence%2C or insanity to anyone%2C but they%27ve always worked for me.%22 - HST
15|2|8|||1||RE%3A book referrals|Ardaniel||22:39:13|08/05/2009|MZB%27s dead.  Diana Paxson%27s writing the current Avalon novels.%0D%0A%0D%0ASniegoski and I are from the same hometown and shared a local comic shop-- Cole%27s Comics in Lynn%2C MA.  Thomas dedicated %5Bi%5DHellboy%3A The God Machine%5B%2Fi%5D to it.  %0D%0A%0D%0AI still have a signed copy of his first indie comic%2C %5Bi%5DSwords of Shar-Pei%5B%2Fi%5D%2C back at my parents%27 place.%0D%0A%0D%0AArd Collier%0D%0Athat Janice chick%0D%0AUsual Suspect and general menace
19|3|15|||1||RE%3A book referrals|trigger||12:51:59|08/06/2009|%3EMZB%27s dead.  Diana Paxson%27s writing the current Avalon novels. %0D%0A%0D%0AEvery once in a while I pick up Diana Paxson%27s works and then ask my self %22why%3F%21%22.  She writes really well...but something about her characters and plots bugs me. I need to think about her some more.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3ESniegoski and I are from the same hometown and shared a local comic %0D%0A%3Eshop-- Cole%27s Comics in Lynn%2C MA.  Thomas dedicated %5Bi%5DHellboy%3A The %0D%0A%3EGod Machine%5B%2Fi%5D to it. %0D%0A%0D%0AI haven%27t read anything but the Remy Chandler works...and ugh%2C so not to my taste.  I%27m a sucker for noir%2C pulp%2C and angels walking this earth so it should have been a slam dunk. Ah well.  I should go back and look at the comics at some point. Thanks for pointing this out%21%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EI still have a signed copy of his first indie comic%2C %5Bi%5DSwords of %0D%0A%3EShar-Pei%5B%2Fi%5D%2C back at my parents%27 place. %0D%0A%0D%0AIs that like a dark %5Bi%5DUsagi Yojimbo%5B%2Fi%5D%3F%0D%0A%0D%0Athanks for the rec%2C %0D%0At.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0ATrigger Argee%0D%0Atrigger_argee%40hotmail.com%0D%0AManon%2C Maccadon%2C Orado%2C etc.%0D%0ADenton%2C never leave home without it.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22I hate to advocate drugs%2C alcohol%2C violence%2C or insanity to anyone%2C but they%27ve always worked for me.%22 - HST
9|1|0|||1||RE%3A book referrals|Gryphon||01:42:56|08/05/2009|Let%27s see%2C what%27ve I been reading lately... %0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bi%5DThe Lord Ramage novels%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A - Dudley Pope%0D%0A%0D%0ANapoleonic-era naval action%2C %26agrave%3B la Hornblower.  Pope was a naval historian who served in WWII%2C and was encouraged to try his hand at fiction by none other than C.S. Forester.  His hero%2C Captain Nicholas Ramage %28who%2C despite the series%27s usually-accepted title%2C does not actually %5Bi%5Duse%5B%2Fi%5D his lordly title in the Service%2C as it can cause awkwardness when figuring out who sits where at dinner%29%2C is not as complex nor as compelling as Hornblower%2C but his adventures are good times.  The series runs to 18 volumes%2C and there won%27t be any more%2C given that Pope died in 1990.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bi%5DThe Black Ship%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A - Dudley Pope%0D%0A%0D%0AOne of Pope%27s nonfiction works%2C this tells the story of the mutiny aboard HMS %5Bi%5DHermione%5B%2Fi%5D in 1797.  I recommend tracking down the Heart of Oak Sea Classics edition%2C which has a foreword pointing out a few things that research after Pope%27s lifetime turned up about the incident.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bi%5DThe Johnstown Flood%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A - David McCullough%0D%0A%0D%0ANonfiction.  Tells the story of the stupendous flood which pretty much destroyed the greater Johnstown%2C Penn.%2C area on Memorial Day%2C 1889%2C and which was at its root an engineering disaster%2C the flood having been caused by a failed dam.  A %5Blink%3Acommunity.livejournal.com%2Fdisasterporn%2F%7CDisasterPorn%5D Book Club main selection.  Unabridged audiobook edition read by Edward Herrmann available at audible.com%3B recommended.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bi%5DThe Path Between the Seas%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A - David McCullough%0D%0A%0D%0ANonfiction.  Another of McCullough%27s books about a Large Work of Engineering and the people and personalities surrounding it - in this case%2C the Panama Canal.  Again%2C Edward Herrmann version at Audible%2C though this one%27s abridged.  Bit of an Edward Herrmann fan here.  And apparently a bit of a McCullough one%2C too.  I have a copy of still another of his books about engineering%2C %5Bi%5DThe Great Bridge%5B%2Fi%5D %28about the Brooklyn Bridge%29%2C and his enormous biography of John Adams%2C but haven%27t got round to them yet.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bi%5DThe Ice Diaries%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A - Captain William R. Anderson%2C USN %28with Don Keith%29%0D%0A%0D%0AIn 1959%2C Captain Anderson and a reporter he knew%2C Clay Blair%2C Jr.%2C co-wrote a book entitled %5Bi%5DNautilus 90 North%5B%2Fi%5D%2C which was a condensed recounting of Operation Sunshine %28the nuclear submarine USS %5Bi%5DNautilus%5B%2Fi%5D%27s mission to reach the North Pole under the ice%29 aimed at the junior high school set.  I read it years ago in my own middle school%27s library.  The account in %5Bi%5DNautilus 90 North%5B%2Fi%5D is pretty sparse%2C both because of the reading level the book is aimed at and because most of the details were still classified.  %5Bi%5DThe Ice Diaries%5B%2Fi%5D%2C completed shortly before Captain Anderson%27s death in 2007%2C is a much more detailed account covering not only Operation Sunshine%2C but the various maneuvers %28political and nautical%29 leading up to the attempt.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bi%5DThe Bolitho novels%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A - Alexander Kent%0D%0A%0D%0AKent%2C actually a pen name for noted WWII naval novelist Douglas Reeman%2C does 18th-century sea stories in the Forester-Pope mold as well.  I%27ve only read the first couple - I%27ll probably get started on this series in earnest once I%27ve finished the Ramage series - but the hero of the earlier volumes%2C Richard Bolitho%2C is an engaging sort of fellow.  He%27s a bit more like Hornblower than his %22contemporaries%22 Ramage and Aubrey%2C in that he%27s a bit more introspective%2C and spends a good bit of his time being scared shitless and getting the job done anyway%2C then reproaching himself for having been scared.  This series runs to a truly daunting %5Bi%5D29 volumes%5B%2Fi%5D%2C and%2C like the Hornblower canon%2C were published out of story order.  The Bolitho series has the interesting distinction of being the only one of the four that could still be going on%2C since Reeman is still alive %28as of this writing%3B I mean%2C he %5Bi%5Dis%5B%2Fi%5D 84 years old%29.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bi%5DThe Terror%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A - Dan Simmons%0D%0A%0D%0AI started this book a month or so ago and had to put it aside.  Not because it%27s bad - it%27s not - but because it%27s so intense I decided I%27d have to wait until I wasn%27t working on three or four other books at the same time and give it my full attention.  It%27s a novel that fictionalizes the doomed Franklin expedition of 1845%2C in which two Royal Navy steamships%2C HMS %5Bi%5DTerror%5B%2Fi%5D and HMS %5Bi%5DErebus%5B%2Fi%5D%2C went in search of the Northwest Passage through the ice of northern Canada and%2C as so many others had before them%2C never returned.  The thing that makes %5Bi%5DThe Terror%5B%2Fi%5D so intense%3A It postulates that%2C in addition to the brutal cold%2C the dwindling provisions%2C the possibility of madness and mutiny among the trapped and desperate sailors%2C and all the other %5Bi%5Dreal-life%5B%2Fi%5D horrors that %28over the course of a couple of %5Bi%5Dyears%5B%2Fi%5D icebound in the middle of nowhere%29 took the lives of all the expedition%27s 129 men... there was also some unfathomable monster stalking them.  It%27s like Patrick O%27Brian and H.P. Lovecraft got roaring drunk and had a fistfight in a pub in Cornwall and then got swept up by the press gang while they were trying to sleep it off... but I can%27t possibly multitask it%2C so finishing it%27s going to have to wait until I have some of this other stuff off the board.%0D%0A%0D%0ASo yeah%2C uh%2C that%27s pretty much what I%27ve been doing since I finished %5Bi%5DManhunt%5B%2Fi%5D.  Got to recharge the old batteries%2C you know...%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Admin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
10|1|0|||||RE%3A book referrals|Star Ranger4||13:30:50|08/05/2009|One or two questions here...%0D%0A%0D%0AWhere should I be looking for these%3F  Amazon.com or the local %27already loved%27 bookstore%3F
12|2|10|||||RE%3A book referrals|Leafdance||17:55:17|08/05/2009|SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY%21%21%21%0D%0A%0D%0Acan%27t stress that enough.  libraries r funded through state and federal grants. and to keep providing services they have to keep their circulation numbers up.%0D%0Alibraries are awesome%21%0D%0A%0D%0A
11|1|0|||||RE%3A book referrals|Hyakushiki||13:46:00|08/05/2009|Sad to say I haven%27t read many books lately but these are some books I%27ve enjoyed in the past.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AVoyage From Yesteryear%0D%0AJames P. Hogan%0D%0ASet pre-World War III a group of scientists launch an unmanned spacecraft to start a new human civilization free of the cultural baggage of Earth in order to give them a clean slate. Twenty years later a message is sent announcing a colony has successfully been established In the wake of post-war nationalism the North American%2C Asian%2C and European power blocs dispatch  colony ship to be the first to make contact reclaim the colony for themselves. What results is an interesting cultural and political clash that leads to a most unconventional interplanetary war.%0D%0A%0D%0AStar Risk Ltd.%0D%0AChris Bunch%0D%0AThis is very much like The A-Team in space%2C only truly amoral and can shoot straight%21 Imagine B.A. Baracus as a 7 foot tall alien%2C Face as an bio-augmented supersoldier cum cat burglar%2C and a woman so perfect she may or may not be android %28either way she%27s not telling%21%29.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe Plutonium Blonde%0D%0AThe Doomsday Brunette%0D%0AThe Radioactive Redhead%0D%0AJohn Zakour%2BLawrence Ganem%0D%0AA series starring Zachary Nixon Johnson%2C the world%27s last private detective as he solves one baffling mystery after another. The first has him on the trail of a powerful android made in the image of the heiress of ExShell the world%27s most powerful corporation. In the second%2C he tries to discover who%2C why%2C and how someone was able to murder one of a quartet of nigh-invulnerable superwomen. The books are parodies of both sci-fi and crime pulp fiction%2C the humor is definitely of the brand that long time EPU readers would appreciate.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe Great Adventure Of The Dirty Pair%0D%0AThe Dirty Pair Strike Again%0D%0AHaruka Takachiho%0D%0AWell reading these seems like a no-brainer%21 The original tales of the Lovely Angels doing what they do best.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A
14|1|0|||1||RE%3A book referrals|Apostate_Soul||21:03:33|08/05/2009|%0D%0AI%27m going to get on my soapbox here%2C and tell you about an almost-unknown yet very readable author- Robert E. Frezza. As far as I know%2C he only wrote five books in the early nineties%2C but I am tracking them down after finding one of his in the local library and laughing myself silly.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe one I picked up was called McClendon%27s Syndrome%2C which is about a tramp spacer that gets caught up in drug smuggling%2C Naval Intelligence%2C and an alien invasion of a backwater planet %28where a major town is Hicksville%29. The book is a fascinating mix of good%2C hard SF and outright comedy- such as a vampire who lives on protein supplement drinks and chocolate-chip cookies%2C and the local Reservists are on strike.%0D%0A%0D%0ASo%2C the books%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AMcClendon%27s Syndrome%0D%0AThe VMR Theory%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd then%2C in a much more serious vein%2C and set on a planet settled by Boers%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AA Small Colonial War%0D%0AFire in a Faraway Place%0D%0ACain%27s Land%0D%0A%0D%0AOut of all of these%2C Cain%27s Land is the only one I have not yet read%2C but will as soon as I can find a copy of it.%0D%0A%0D%0A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%0D%0A%0D%0A%22It%27s difficult keeping up with the cross-continuity%2C but I think Cosmouse just gave The Saturnian Scraphunter his Ultimate Pacifier to use against Galactapuss...%22
16|1|0|||1||RE%3A book referrals|Wedge||22:53:30|08/05/2009|Oh%2C hey%2C I%27ve got one of my old favorites no one%27s probably ever heard of that I%27ll toss in...%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bi%5DTo Kill The Potemkin%5B%2Fi%5D%2C Mark Joseph.  Released%2C iirc%2C shortly after %5Bi%5DThe Hunt for Red October%5B%2Fi%5D%2C it fictionalizes one possible reason for the loss of the USS Scorpion in the late 1960%27s.  Always been a favorite of mine.  Long out of print%2C cheap used copies can be had on Amazon%2C and there might even be copies in larger libraries.%0D%0A%0D%0AOn a related note%2C I just finished %5Bi%5DBlind Man%27s Bluff%5B%2Fi%5D by Sherry Sontag and Christopher Drew%2C which is a non-fictional account of some of the biggest covert submarine operations of the Cold War%2C Including wiretapping undersea Soviet communication cables and the ill-advised Glomar Explorer.%0D%0A%0D%0AAlso%2C off the top of my head%2C Charlie Stross%27s %5Bi%5DThe Atrocity Archives%5B%2Fi%5D was a good time as well.  I%27ve not yet gotten to the second book%2C %5Bi%5DThe Jennifer Morgue%5B%2Fi%5D%2C but only for a lack of time.%0D%0A%0D%0AOh%2C and I know this isn%27t quite the same%2C but I have to make note of by far one of the best things I walked out of Comic-Con with%3A Darwyn Cooke%27s hardcover graphic novel adaptation of Richard Stark%27s %5Bi%5DParker%3A The Hunter%5B%2Fi%5D.  It is flat %2Agorgeous.%2A  A%2B%2B%2B%2C can%27t wait for the next one in the series.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable border%3D%220%22 cellspacing%3D%220%22 cellpadding%3D%220%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.gweep.net%2F%7Ewedge%2Fufchad_ficon.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd%5DChad Collier%0D%0ASmirking Kilrathi%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%230000CC%5DThe Captain of the Gravy Train%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D
17|2|16|||1||RE%3A book referrals|Ardaniel||23:01:43|08/05/2009|I said this to Wedge in the living room%2C but I%27ll say it here too%3A if you pick up %5Bi%5DBlind Man%27s Bluff%5B%2Fi%5D%2C you should pick up and read %5Bi%5DThe Jennifer Morgue%5B%2Fi%5D too %28and%2C for canon%27s sake%2C %5Bi%5DThe Atrocity Archives%5B%2Fi%5D%29.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe last book I finished was Gibson%27s %5Bi%5DPattern Recognition%5B%2Fi%5D%2C about two months ago.  I got most of the way into Matthew Sturges%27 %5Bi%5DMidwinter%5B%2Fi%5D%2C which is a slightly uneven elves-and-espionage story%2C and three chapters into Margaret Ronald%27s %5Bi%5DSpiral Hunt%5B%2Fi%5D%2C which is urban fantasy%2C but didn%27t finish either of them yet.%0D%0A%0D%0APrint%27s not kind to my eyes lately.  On the other hand%2C I%27m totally caught up on Fraction%27s Uncanny X-Men and Dark Avengers runs.
20|1|0|||||RE%3A book referrals|BeardedFerret||04:54:30|08/07/2009|haz any1 red twilight%3F%3F%40%3F Edward is like sooooo %2A%7E%2Adreamy%2A%7E%2A
21|2|20|||||RE%3A book referrals|WyrdDragon||05:32:47|08/07/2009|My dear lady has. Purely from an %22Is this as bad as people are making out%22 point of view.%0D%0A%0D%0AHer opinion%3A Not quite bad enough to be so bad it%27s good.%0D%0A%0D%0A
22|3|21|||1||RE%3A book referrals|Mephron||11:00:56|08/07/2009|%3EMy dear lady has. Purely from an %22Is this as bad as people are making %0D%0A%3Eout%22 point of view. %0D%0A%0D%0AI nearly died laughing when I found out that Robert Pattinson%2C the actor who plays Edward in the movies%2C said%2C %0D%0A%0D%0A%22And the more I read the script%2C the more I hated this guy%2C so that%92s how I played him%2C as a manic-depressive who hates himself. Plus he%92s an 108 year old virgin so he%92s obviously got some issues there.%22 %0D%0A%0D%0AMakes things work so much more.%0D%0A%0D%0A--%0D%0AGeoff Depew - Darth Mephron%0D%0AHaberdasher to Androids%2C Dark Lord of Sith Tech Support.%0D%0A%22And Remember%21  Google is your Friend%21%21%22
23|4|22|||||RE%3A book referrals|BeardedFerret||19:58:03|08/07/2009|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Aug-07-09 AT 07:58 PM (EDT)]%3E%3EMy dear lady has. Purely from an %22Is this as bad as people are making %0D%0A%3E%3Eout%22 point of view. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI nearly died laughing when I found out that Robert Pattinson%2C the %0D%0A%3Eactor who plays Edward in the movies%2C said%2C %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%22And the more I read the script%2C the more I hated this guy%2C so that%92s %0D%0A%3Ehow I played him%2C as a manic-depressive who hates himself. Plus he%92s %0D%0A%3Ean 108 year old virgin so he%92s obviously got some issues there.%22 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EMakes things work so much more. %0D%0A%0D%0AI do respect Pattinson for that.%0D%0A%0D%0AIncidentally%2C if anybody%27s ever been stuck in a confined space with a Twilight fan%2C you%27ll probably appreciate http%3A%2F%2Fvampirely.wordpress.com%2F whose author is attempting to read and recap the entire Twilight %27saga%27 and is ripping the characters and author to shreds in the process.
24|5|23|||||RE%3A book referrals|Leafdance||04:56:06|08/08/2009|have no real desire to read meyer%27s books...that said...never say never and who knows i mite be trapped without anything else to read.  kinda thinkin%27 that there%27s too much vamp lit around so am avoiding much of it that said there%27s one vamp book that is awesomely spiffy and different%0D%0A%0D%0ASunshine by Robin McKinley...in fact everythign by robin mckinley is worht reading at least once...i%27ve read most of them several times over.%0D%0Ahmm...lets add in some dark fantasy%0D%0A%0D%0AP.C. Hodgell%0D%0A%0D%0AGodstalk%0D%0ADark of the Moon%0D%0ASeeker%27s Mask%0D%0ATo Ride a Rathorn%0D%0Aand hopefully coming out this year Bloodbound%0D%0Ajust wonderfully complex worldbuilding.  %0D%0A%0D%0AHolly Lisle%0D%0A%0D%0ATalyn %0D%0AHawkspar %0D%0A%0D%0AMemory of Fire%0D%0AThe Wreck of Heaven%0D%0AGods Old and Dark%0D%0A%0D%0AMinerva Wakes%0D%0A%0D%0AFire in the Mist%0D%0AThe Bones of the Earth%0D%0AThe Mind of Magic%0D%0A%0D%0Ashe%27s written more...but these r my favorite...%27specially the memory of fire trilogy and minerva wakes%0D%0A%0D%0A
25|6|24|||||RE%3A book referrals|Croaker||21:10:23|08/16/2009|Leaf%2C you%27ve been raiding my brain again. %0D%0A%0D%0AAllow me to second pretty much all of these.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe Miller %26 Lee stories are absolutely gorgeous space opera %28and could fit remarkably well into UF%29.%0D%0A%0D%0AHodgell%27s books... just plain stunning fantasy. Beautiful stuff and some incredible world-building. And occasional moments that are just plain beautifully creepy.%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27ll also second the Charles Stross suggestions. The Atrocity Archive is like throwing Lovecraft%2C James Bond%2C and the BOFH into a blender... %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27ll toss in some more recs%3A%0D%0A Mike Shepard%27s %22Kris Longknife%22 stories. A rich young heiress joins the Navy to get away from her overbearing family... and promptly jumps feet-first into the mouth of Adventure%2C as a conspiracy to conquer all of known space has chosen her as its first target.%0D%0A%0D%0AKaren Chance%27s %22Cassandra Palmer%22 series. Cassie Palmer%2C raised by a vampire mafia don%2C has been chosen as the heiress of the Pythia%2C the time-controlling seeress who is the lynchpin of the magical world. Unfortunately her predecessor is%2C well%2C deceased%2C she%27s got no training in how to use her powers%2C and pretty much everyone - including her rival for the job%2C the Mage council that%27s supposed to be her most powerful allies%2C and the aforesaid vampire Don who%27s gone renegade - wants her dead. %0D%0A%0D%0AJohn Ringo and Travis Taylor%27s %22Into the Looking Glass%22 series. Stars a redneck physicist who gets drawn into adventure when a lab accident opens up a wormhole generator that%27s spewing gates all over the Earth... including some to Bad Places.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bquote%5D%0D%0A%22Who are you%3F%22 Weaver asked when they reached the bottom of the stairs.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Bill Earp%2C FEMA%2C%22 the man said. %22I%27m the FEMA safety coordinator.%22 He was tall and very heavyset%2C with a salt and pepper beard that had been cut back along the sides for a respirator%3B the blue jumpsuit that he was wearing made him look like a bearded blue Buddha.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22If you%27re going to tell me that platform is unsafe%2C%22 Weaver said%2C %22we%27d sort of noticed. But we%27ve got to make a penetration tonight.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Oh%2C the whole thing is unsafe%2C%22 the FEMA representative said%2C grinning. %22I%27m just here to do the required safety briefing. Who%27s doing the penetration%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Seaman Sanson%2C%22 Weaver said%2C gesturing at the SEAL.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Okay%2C Seaman Sanson%2C this is your safety briefing%2C%22 the rep said%2C grinning again. %22Be aware that the platform you are using for entry is poorly constructed and may collapse. Be aware that on the far side of the gate you may experience reduced air quality. Be aware that on the far side of the gate you may experience increased or decreased gravitational field. The far side of the gate may not be at ground level and you may experience vertical movement on exit. Upon returning you may find that you do not hit the platform in which case you will experience an approximately twenty-meter fall to ground level. The gate may not return to this same location at all in which case you may find yourself in any location in this universe or in any other universe. The environment suit that you are using is not warranted by the manufacturer for use in any nonterrestrial environment and%2C therefore%2C you are using it at your own risk. Do you understand this warning%3F%22%0D%0A%5B%2Fquote%5D
26|7|25|||1||RE%3A book referrals|Wedge||11:39:57|08/17/2009|%3EJohn Ringo%0D%0A%0D%0AI appear to be the first one up%2C so I suppose this is up to me.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Blink%3Ahradzka.livejournal.com%2F194753.html%7COH JOHN RINGO NO%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable border%3D%220%22 cellspacing%3D%220%22 cellpadding%3D%220%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.gweep.net%2F%7Ewedge%2Fufchad_ficon.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd%5DChad Collier%0D%0ASmirking Kilrathi%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%230000CC%5DThe Captain of the Gravy Train%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D
27|8|26|||||RE%3A book referrals|TheRestlessOne||19:45:58|08/17/2009|Now%2C now.  Let%27s be fair.  Yes%2C the Paldin of Shadows books were somewhat bad...though I feel that after the first book%2C they become more of a %27guilty pleasure bad%27 than anything else.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd the poster that referred to Ringo wasn%27t even talking about those books.  They were talking about the Looking Glass series.%0D%0A%0D%0ATo be honest%2C though%2C his Legacy of the Aldenata series is my favorite %28followed closely by the Council Wars series.%29  Yellow Eyes and Die Wacht Am Rhien%2C in particular stand out...but the series basically won itself a place in my heart forever with the following exchange.  A bit of setup%3A the hero and the small force he%27s leading are in some uber-expensive but exceedingly durable suits %28though the enemy has weapons that CAN take them out%29.  In order to suppress a mass breakthrough at the Rabun Gap%2C they%27ve just detonated an antimatter cluster munition over the area.  The suits are dug in just before impact%2C so they%27re scuffed but okay as they%27re built to take this kind of thing as long as it%27s not a direct hit.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bi%5DAs far as the eye could see%2C and from the edge of the mountain that was a fair distance%2C there was nothing but scrubbed dirt. Not a stick%2C not a house%2C not a scrap of vegetation survived%3B the very soil had been stripped off in the titanic fire.%0D%0A%0D%0AHe shook his head and checked his radiation monitors%2C blanching as he did. The suits were more than capable of handling four hundred rems per hour%2C but it would kill any human stone dead. Or%2C hell%2C most cockroaches.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe dust was starting to clear and the moon was breaking out to shine on the ground%2C but there was something odd about it. Under the moonlight%2C everything was gray%2C even under the enhancements of the suits that brought it to daytime ambient. It was bright%2C but still in shades of black and gray. But still%2C there was something . . . %0D%0A%0D%0AHe toggled a switch and a patch of white light shone down from his suit on the stripped granite at his feet and he swore. He swiveled the light around%2C then walked away from his hole%2C looking at the ground and swore again.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22General Horner%2C this is O%27Neal.%22%0D%0A%2A %2A %2A%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Glad to hear your voice%2C old friend%2C%22 the general said. %22How%27d it go%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22We were underground%2C%22 O%27Neal replied. Horner could almost hear the shrug over the communicator. %22General%2C about this bomb that just detonated. Where did you say it came from%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Knoxville%2C%22 Horner replied%2C puzzled. %22Why%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22I mean%2C where was it developed%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Oak Ridge%2C%22 Horner said. %22And the University of Tennessee. Why%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22That figures.%22 There was a pause. %22I just thought that you should know that Rabun County is now orange.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22What%3F%22 Horner thought about that for a moment. %22The soil in that area . . .%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22No%2C General. The soil%2C the rocks%2C the fucking mountains. It%27s all orange. And not %27international distress%27 orange%2C boss. It%27s a redder orange than that.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AHorner%27s face turned up in a gigantic smile as he looked over at Dr. Castanuelo. The good doctor had just pulled a can of dip out of his back pocket and was reading over the shoulder of one of the techs. He had on a University of Tennessee ballcap and a UT Volunteers windbreaker. Both of them bright orange.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22This is what you get for letting rednecks play with antimatter%2C boss%2C%22 O%27Neal said.%5B%2Fi%5D
28|9|27|||1||RE%3A book referrals|Gryphon||20:14:16|08/17/2009|%3ENow%2C now.  Let%27s be fair.  Yes%2C the Paldin of Shadows books were %0D%0A%3Esomewhat bad...%0D%0A%0D%0AIn this case that%27s a little like being %22somewhat fatally injured%22.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Admin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
29|10|28|||||RE%3A book referrals|MoonEyes||11:24:39|08/18/2009|%3EIn this case that%27s a little like being %22somewhat fatally injured%22. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E--G. %0D%0A%3E-%3E%3C- %0D%0A%0D%0AActually%2C and please understand that this is an opinion%28I utterly LOATHE Ringo%29%2C but %2AI%2A would say it%27s more on the level of %27somewhat hung%2C drawn and quartered%27.%0D%0A%0D%0A%2FMooneyes
31|11|29|||1||RE%3A book referrals|Mephron||12:55:22|08/18/2009|%3EActually%2C and please understand that this is an opinion%28I utterly %0D%0A%3ELOATHE Ringo%29%2C but %2AI%2A would say it%27s more on the level of %27somewhat %0D%0A%3Ehung%2C drawn and quartered%27. %0D%0A%0D%0AYet%2C oddly%2C %5Blink%3Ahradzka.livejournal.com%2F194753.html%3Fthread%3D760769%23t760769%7CJohn Ringo agrees with the review%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0A--%0D%0AGeoff Depew - Darth Mephron%0D%0AHaberdasher to Androids%2C Dark Lord of Sith Tech Support.%0D%0A%22And Remember%21  Google is your Friend%21%21%22
30|8|26|||1||RE%3A book referrals|Nathan||11:52:12|08/18/2009|I continue to find Mister Ringo%27s apparent mild humiliation at having written those to be both amusing and deeply reassuring. His attitude towards that series says%2C I think%2C better things about him as a person than his having written them in the first place says bad ones.%0D%0A%0D%0AThat said%2C I generally avoid his solo novels. Just not to my taste.
32|9|30|||||RE%3A book referrals|Croaker||17:22:35|08/18/2009|%3EI continue to find Mister Ringo%27s apparent mild humiliation at having %0D%0A%3Ewritten those to be both amusing and deeply reassuring. His attitude %0D%0A%3Etowards that series says%2C I think%2C better things about him as a person %0D%0A%3Ethan his having written them in the first place says bad ones. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EThat said%2C I generally avoid his solo novels. Just not to my taste. %0D%0A%0D%0AYeah. Ringo has publicly said that%2C basically%2C he wrote the initial one to basically exorcise his own id%2C and was rather shocked that people actually liked it enough that Baen not only bought it but published multiple sequels. Yeah%2C it%27s 9%2F11 revenge porn%2C on a level reminiscent of the early James Bond stories in some ways%2C or that crazy 100%2C000-book post-apocalypse thingy%2C %27Outlanders%27... but it also lets him concentrate all that in one series and cut down on it in the rest.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe  %27Into the Looking Glass%27 books are co-written by Travis Taylor%2C who %28in his words%29 %22%5Bi%5Dare%5B%2Fi%5D a redneck physicist%22%2C and the politics is much moderated to focus on the scientimilitary fun. Like turning a nuclear missile submarine into a starship%2C powered by a little black box that makes planets go away if you hook it up to a 9-volt battery....
34|10|32|||||RE%3A book referrals|TheRestlessOne||11:58:10|08/20/2009|After reading the briefing papers%2C carefully%2C they had chosen to conduct their first test on a deserted world connected to one of the gates. Bill still couldn%27t believe his eyes as he looked across the ten-mile-wide crater.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Yep%2C%22 Warrant Officer Miller said%2C leaning sideways on his four wheeler to spit. %22Putting a charge on it sure causes one hell of a bang.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22A double A%2C%22 Bill said%2C shaking his head. %22A friggin%27 double A. I hope like hell nobody ever really figures out this technology or kids will be making hundred-megaton nukes for sixth-grade science class.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AThey rode down the side of the newly formed%2C and quite warm%2C crater with Bill keeping a careful eye on the mounted Geiger counter. But there was%2C effectively%2C no radiation over background. The explosion had blasted material into space%2C but with no evidence of a nuclear explosion. The ground wasn%27t even glassed.%0D%0A%0D%0AThey finally reached a spot near the center of the crater and started hunting around. It took them nearly an hour but%2C sure enough%2C there was the little black box%2C sitting in the dirt as if it had fallen there%2C entirely unharmed.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22This is just bizarre%2C%22 Bill said%2C shaking his head and picking up the box. %22It%27s not even warm.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22I am%2C%22 Miller said. %22Let%27s get out of here.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22We%27re going to need to find another world to blow up%2C%22 Bill replied%2C starting his four-wheeler.%0D%0A%0D%0A                                   %2A%2A%2A%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Damn%2C%22 Miller said as they cleared the gate. They%27d waited a few hours for the area to cool off but there was still a tornadic wind blowing dust around. %22What did you do this time%2C Doc%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Look at the sky%2C%22 Bill said%2C wonderingly. Clouds were running in every direction as if the entire atmosphere of the planet had been disturbed. As it should have been given the incredible mass of dirt in view. The explosion had apparently dug an even bigger crater and the side of it looked like a small mountain range. %22I hope like hell we didn%27t dig to the mantle%21%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22We%27re going to need more people to help hunt for it this time%2C%22 Miller said. %22Next time%2C we%27re not going to use as much juice.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22It was a car battery%21%22 Bill snapped. %22How was I supposed to believe twelve friggin%27 volts would cause this sort of explosion%3F There is no rational explanation for this%21%22%0D%0A%0D%0A                                   %2A%2A%2A%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Holy Toledo%2C%22 Miller said%2C wonderingly. He hit the gas jets on his EVA pack and turned around. Sure enough%2C the gate was floating in space. %22Didn%27t we just put this thing down on a planet yesterday%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22That%27s not the scary part%2C%22 Bill said%2C spinning around. %22Didn%27t there used to be a sun%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Uh . . .%22 Miller said%2C spinning himself. Sure enough%2C the nearest star was far%2C far away. %22Did it move%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22No%2C I think it went away%2C%22 Bill said%2C turning and looking out towards what he thought was the plane of the ecliptic. There might have been a faint line of light out in every direction. %22The term we%27re looking for here is nova. Maybe supernova.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22That explains the explosion through the gate%2C%22 Miller said. %22Good thing we fed it through two planets%2C first. If it had blown back in Arkansas things would have been bad. By the way%2C how are we going to find a black box in the middle of interstellar space%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22We know the direction of the box%2C%22 Bill said%2C sighing. %22If it runs to form%2C it%27s going to be floating right where we left it%2C relative to the gate.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AThey jetted outward and found the device in less than fifteen minutes. It appeared to have remained stationary when everything else . . . went away.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Right%2C%22 Bill said%2C grasping the enigmatic device and pocketing it. %22Three phase current is definitely out.%22
33|7|25|||||RE%3A book referrals|Leafdance||22:39:51|08/19/2009|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Aug-19-09 AT 10:40 PM (EDT)]oooh the mike sheperd books sound interesting...i%27ll hafta try those.  hmmm...and what can i add....ooh. ok these are all young adult but i love them any way..plus i%27ve met the author and she is just awesome i person.%0D%0A%0D%0ATamora Pierce%0D%0A%0D%0AThe Song of the Lioness Quartet%0D%0A%0D%0AAlanna the First Adventure%0D%0AIn the Hands of the Godess%0D%0AThe Woman Who Rides Like a Man%0D%0ALioness Rampant%0D%0A%0D%0AThe Immortals Quartet%0D%0A%0D%0AWild Magic%0D%0AWolf Speaker%0D%0AThe Emperor Mage%0D%0AThe Realms of the Gods%0D%0A%0D%0AThe Protector of the Small%0D%0A%0D%0AFirst Test%0D%0APage%0D%0ASquire%0D%0ALady Knight%0D%0A%0D%0Aand hmm...how %27bout some politico sci fi%0D%0A%0D%0AJoel Shepherd%0D%0A%0D%0ABreak Away%0D%0ACross Over%0D%0AKill Switch%0D%0A%0D%0Ai%27ve got zillions of books on file in my head...i can keep this up for months.
35|8|33|||||RE%3A book referrals|Croaker||17:06:34|08/23/2009|I%27ve come across some good Urban Fantasy in my time...%0D%0A%0D%0AAnne Logston%27s %22Shadow%22 series - %0D%0AShadow%0D%0AShadow Dance%0D%0AShadow Hunt%0D%0ADagger%27s Point%0D%0ADagger%27s Edge%0D%0A%0D%0AJ F Rivkin%27s %22Silverglass%22.%0D%0ASilverglass%0D%0AWeb of Wind%0D%0AWitch of Rhostshyl%0D%0AMistress of Ambiguities%0D%0A%0D%0ALisa Shearing%0D%0AMagic Lost%2C Trouble Found%0D%0AArmed %26 Magical%0D%0AThe Trouble with Demons%0D%0A%0D%0AIn sci-fi%2C Jack Campbell%27s %22The Lost Fleet%22 series is excellent. The main character is Captain John Geary%2C a naval officer whose ship was ambushed a century ago at the start of an interstellar war. His escape pod is found a century later and he%27s awakened from stasis only to find himself the seniormost surviving oficer in a fleet that was %5Bi%5Dsupposed%5B%2Fi%5D to be backstabbing the enemy%27s home system... except that it was%2C of course%2C a trap. Now he has to lead what%27s left home%2C somehow manage to survive battle after battle as he escapes the depths of the enemy empire%2C and somehow manage not to fall into the bigger trap - his own crew%27s hero-worship of the legend that grew up around him while the war ground on.
36|9|35|||1||RE%3A book referrals|BobSchroeck||21:26:42|08/24/2009|%3EI%27ve come across some good Urban Fantasy in my time... %0D%0A%0D%0AOn that subject%2C I%27d just like to recommend some oldies but goodies %28still available via Amazon.co.uk a few years ago%29%3A  Michael de Larrabeiti%27s %5Bi%5DBorribles%5B%2Fi%5D books%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bi%5DThe Borribles%0D%0AThe Borribles Go For Broke%0D%0AThe Borribles%3A Across The Dark Metropolis%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0AImagine a world where runaway kids who are sufficiently good at living on the street turn into feral elf-like creatures. Creatures which have their own culture and history -- and natural enemies.  Awardwinning books when they came out %28late 1970s%2Fearly 1980s%29%2C surprisingly epic in scale%2C with characters you will fall in love with.  And as a bonus for you British folk out there of sufficient age%2C one seriously nasty satire of %5Bi%5DThe Wombles%5B%2Fi%5D sitting right out in the open for everyone to see.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0AFive years ago I was a four-stone apology. Today I am two separate gorillas.
37|10|36|||1||RE%3A book referrals|trigger||14:13:10|08/26/2009|%3E%3EI%27ve come across some good Urban Fantasy in my time... %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EOn that subject%2C I%27d just like to recommend some oldies but goodies %0D%0A%3E%28still available via Amazon.co.uk a few years ago%29%3A  Michael de %0D%0A%3ELarrabeiti%27s %5Bi%5DBorribles%5B%2Fi%5D books%3A %0D%0A%0D%0AI%27ve been looking for them and no luck here in the states....%0D%0A%0D%0At.%0D%0A%0D%0ATrigger Argee%0D%0Atrigger_argee%40hotmail.com%0D%0AManon%2C Maccadon%2C Orado%2C etc.%0D%0ADenton%2C never leave home without it.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22I hate to advocate drugs%2C alcohol%2C violence%2C or insanity to anyone%2C but they%27ve always worked for me.%22 - HST
38|11|37|||1||RE%3A book referrals|BobSchroeck||20:39:41|08/26/2009|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Aug-26-09 AT 08:42 PM (EDT)]%3E%3EOn that subject%2C I%27d just like to recommend some oldies but goodies %0D%0A%3E%3E%28still available via Amazon.co.uk a few years ago%29%3A  Michael de %0D%0A%3E%3ELarrabeiti%27s %5Bi%5DBorribles%5B%2Fi%5D books%3A %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI%27ve been looking for them and no luck here in the states.... %0D%0A%0D%0AThis is the edition I bought several years ago%2C direct from England%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bi%5D%5B%5Blink%3Awww.amazon.co.uk%2FBorrible-Trilogy-Borribles-Across-Metropolis%2Fdp%2F0330490850%2Fref%3Dsr_1_1%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1251333438%26sr%3D8-1%7CThe Borrible Trilogy%5D%5D%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0AThis is a well put-together omnibus paperback%2C big and thick%2C and my copy has held up to a lot of reading and is still in great shape.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhen I bought it the shipping was remarkably reasonable%2C so I%27d say go for it%2C especially as it%27s currently discounted.  %0D%0A%0D%0AIf you want a different edition%2C just search Amazon.co.uk for %22borribles%22. My search brought up four pages of results.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0AFive years ago I was a four-stone apology. Today I am two separate gorillas.
39|12|38|||||RE%3A book referrals|Leafdance||03:55:47|08/27/2009|well...if we%27re gonna go with oldies but goodies...here%27s what i%27m readin%27 rite now%0D%0A%0D%0AJulian May%0D%0A%0D%0AThe Many Colored Land%0D%0AThe Golden Torc%0D%0AThe Nonborn King%0D%0AThe Adversary%0D%0A%0D%0AThe Surveilance%0D%0AThe Disclosure%0D%0AThe Intervention%0D%0A%0D%0AJack The Bodiless%0D%0ADiamond Mask%0D%0AMagnificat%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0Averra verra gooood.  i read these all when i was about...12 o 13...i read them %27cause the last title was magnificat and i thought it had something to do with cats...my dad explained nope..not too much to do about cats...but being stubborn and intrigued i read them anyway...and liked them a great deal then%2C despite what i now realise is quite a bit goin%27 over my head.  got a bug in my head to reread them so i am.  am emjoying them even more now than then.  metaphysics%2C politics%2C wierd science%2C love%2C murder%2C insanity%2C heroism%2C atonement%0D%0Aand much much more.  %0D%0A%0D%0Ap.s.  read and loed lisa shearin%27s series...mix of humor hits me just right.