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Discussion in 'TV & Movie Discussion' started by mathmajors, Jul 6, 2003.

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  1. Oct 13, 2006 at 9:45 PM #491
    jge1968

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    Those are really good books. There is also a another series which is an offshoot that tells the story of Bean, I think that is his name. Good stuff.
     
  2. Oct 13, 2006 at 10:20 PM #492
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    yeah that was the one I just read - Enders Shadow. It's set the same time as Ender's Game - it's just told from Bean's perspective.
     
  3. Oct 14, 2006 at 7:24 PM #493
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    Just finished Cormac MacCarthy's "The Road"......
    complete, boring dribble.
     
  4. Oct 14, 2006 at 7:27 PM #494
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    Any Recommendations ?

    Can anyone out there recommend a good Civil War era history book ?
    I'm a history freak, but strangely I have nothing on this era. What's good, what's crap ?
     
  5. Oct 14, 2006 at 7:38 PM #495
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    Nope. It had something to do with a rogue computer application that kept doing stuff for him. Well, you said 'next in the series' and I thought you meant it was a new book. Maybe that is it.
     
  6. Oct 17, 2006 at 6:57 AM #496
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    I'm not big on sci-fi, but Card's "Ender" series is exceptionally good.

    I just finished 2 books:

    One, by Richard Bach. Enjoyed it, but not quite as much as I enjoyed some of his other works. He's a really interesting guy from an intellectual/philosophical point of view--interesting ideas on the nature of reality.

    Also just finished re-reading The Fiery Cross, by Diana Gabaldon, & am about halfway through the next book in the series, A Breath of Snow & Ashes. This is the 6th of a projected 7-book series. The bookstores always have them in the Romance section, but that does the series a severe injustice. The books contain romance, & are focused on a particular couple. But they're so much more than that--sci-fi (because time travel is central to the saga), history (Scottish & American, primarily), great drama, tremendous adventure, humor, & REALLY HOT sex throughout. I don't generally browse the romance section of bookstores, so I'm glad I stumbled upon this series. Although most fans of the series are women, I think some men might really enjoy it if they could get past the first couple of chapters in the first book (Outlander) where she sets up the background. I found those first couple of chapters a little slow myself; but it's been non-stop adventure ever since.
     
  7. Oct 17, 2006 at 7:33 AM #497
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    I was just going to scan over all that until I saw these 2 sentences, then I went back and read the whole thing. ;)
     
  8. Oct 17, 2006 at 11:14 AM #498
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    'This Present Darkness', by Frank Peretti. Just killing some time, really.
     
  9. Oct 17, 2006 at 11:20 AM #499
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    Read that in 7th or 8th grade. Remember loving it.
     
  10. Oct 17, 2006 at 12:42 PM #500
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    Mildred Cummings, "The Grace and Splendor of Equine Love"
     
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