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Just a few to mention;


The Winter King by Cromewell (sp?)
The Light Bearer by Gilipsee (sp?)
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another couple of books that are worth reading

American Gods - Neil Gaiman
Altered Carbon - Richard Morgan
The Illuminatus Trilogy - Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson
Nights Dawn trilogy (The Reality Dysfunction, The Neutronium Alchemist, The Naked God) - Peter F Hamilton
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Er... don't remember, but if it's not mentioned yet.. Clan of the Cave Bear, but I don't remember who it's by.. and I don't want to get up and go across the room right now..
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verilon wrote:Er... don't remember, but if it's not mentioned yet.. Clan of the Cave Bear, but I don't remember who it's by.. and I don't want to get up and go across the room right now..
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The Legacy of the Aldenata series by John Ringo is good.
Honor Harrington by David Weber is also good.

I can get you a copy of both those series if you want it.
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Anyone who's looking for a challange would be well advised to search for the books of Gerald Kersch. He's Harlan Ellison's favorite author (normal fiction) and a damn fine read.
Most of his books have been out of print for 15+ years; that's where the challange comes in.
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The Things They Carried - Tim O'Brien. GREAT Vietnam War read.
The Great Gatsby- F. Scott Fitzgerald. It's as good as your English professor says it is.
Parliament of Whores, Holidays in Hell, Eat the Rich - P.J. O'Rourke. Nonfiction, mostly about politics and economics, by the funniest writer in America. Yes, he wrote a funny economics book.
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Parliament of Whores, Holidays in Hell, Eat the Rich- P.J. O'Rourke. Nonfiction, mostly about politics and economics, by the funniest writer in America. Yes, he wrote a funny economics book.
"The free market is ugly and stupid, like going to the mall; the unfree market is just as ugly and just as stupid, except there's nothing in the mall and if you don't go there they shoot you. " - From Eat the Rich.

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these books
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RedImperator wrote:The Things They Carried - Tim O'Brien. GREAT Vietnam War read.
The Great Gatsby- F. Scott Fitzgerald. It's as good as your English professor says it is.
Parliament of Whores, Holidays in Hell, Eat the Rich - P.J. O'Rourke. Nonfiction, mostly about politics and economics, by the funniest writer in America. Yes, he wrote a funny economics book.
Read The Great Gatsby in HS and loved it then. Maybe I'll pick it up again...

P.J. O'Rourke is the man. I have Parliament of Whores, Eat the Rich, and All the Trouble in the World, and I love all three of them.
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Alex Moon wrote:P.J. O'Rourke is the man. I have Parliament of Whores, Eat the Rich, and All the Trouble in the World, and I love all three of them.
I have everything of his and the only thing that isn't very good is Modern Manners, which is mostly from his National Lampoon days before he realized that, in his words, the real world is funnier than he is.
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An excellent lesson in cultural diversity and tolerance from O'Rourke
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