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Offline Dash Jones

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Re: shiva opton....
« Reply #20 on: August 23, 2004, 09:44:26 pm »
Quote from: Dvoongar on August 23, 2004, 11:09:37 am
My fav? "In Conquest Borne" by C.S. Friedman, and by a very large margin. The only flaw is that you can easily guess who's going to "win" in the end (but not how).

I've tried reading that one but never could get through it.  I have read the fantasy trilogy.  Still prefer Asimov over it I have to admit.
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Re: shiva opton....
« Reply #21 on: August 23, 2004, 10:23:02 pm »
I perfer anything with a Bolo in it.
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Re: shiva opton....
« Reply #22 on: August 23, 2004, 11:11:10 pm »
Quote from: Capt. Mike on August 23, 2004, 06:38:24 pm
And one should never forget the "Amber" series...

Excellent books - and then Zelazny had to go and die while leaving a whole bunch of plot elements hanging.

The nerve of that guy!
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Re: shiva opton....
« Reply #23 on: August 24, 2004, 12:23:05 am »
Quote from: Sethan on August 23, 2004, 11:11:10 pm
Quote from: Capt. Mike on August 23, 2004, 06:38:24 pm
And one should never forget the "Amber" series...

Excellent books - and then Zelazny had to go and die while leaving a whole bunch of plot elements hanging.

The nerve of that guy!

I always felt the same way about Herbert.  He had positioned the Dune universe to where he could do something pretty cool with it and then goes and kicks the bucket.  Some people!  :)
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Re: shiva opton....
« Reply #24 on: August 24, 2004, 12:28:43 am »
 Im reading the preqwells. They are really not bad at all.
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Re: shiva opton....
« Reply #25 on: August 24, 2004, 12:32:43 am »
Quote from: Ravok on August 24, 2004, 12:28:43 am
Im reading the preqwells. They are really not bad at all.

They aren't bad, better than the other Brian Herbert book I read.  (Sudanna, Sudanna?)  I've read the "House" prequels and the first of the Butlerian Jihad, the second is sitting on the table next to my chair waiting it's turn.  :) 
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« Reply #26 on: August 24, 2004, 12:37:29 am »
 Im on the second now. And i just saw on TV yesterday, that the 3rd Jihad book just came out in hard back.
 Time to go to the Book Store any way, i read like a mad man. :)
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Re: shiva opton....
« Reply #27 on: August 24, 2004, 10:05:46 am »
another good series i have recently read is the belisarius series!

also turtledove's books hold a special place in my heart!
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Re: shiva opton....
« Reply #28 on: August 24, 2004, 12:13:55 pm »
You guys are going to kill my Wish List on Amazon!  :lol:
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Re: shiva opton....
« Reply #29 on: August 24, 2004, 10:26:37 pm »
And if you are into humour... the "MYTH Adventures" series...and who is the Pervert (that's Pervect!!)



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Re: shiva opton....
« Reply #30 on: August 24, 2004, 10:35:24 pm »
 The Retif novels by Keith Laumer are hiliarious as well.
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Re: shiva opton....
« Reply #31 on: September 15, 2004, 10:13:18 pm »
Quote from: Dash Jones on August 23, 2004, 09:44:26 pm
Quote from: Dvoongar on August 23, 2004, 11:09:37 am
My fav? "In Conquest Borne" by C.S. Friedman, and by a very large margin. The only flaw is that you can easily guess who's going to "win" in the end (but not how).

I've tried reading that one but never could get through it.  I have read the fantasy trilogy.  Still prefer Asimov over it I have to admit.

Now that I think about it, I may be a little prejudiced. My best friend at the time just flat was Harkonnen, and I got a real kick out of finding such a perfect description of him in fiction.

But I still have to say the ICB universe was well conceived, and in extreme detail. It's a little tricky to read since some of the chapers are almost totally independent short stories. My favorite of these is about the Harkonnen youth who's trying to assassinate his old man.( I also know someone who was kinda like the old man if you exaggerate him a little.)
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