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Old 04-07-2012, 01:03 PM   #1861
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"The First Fast Draw" by Louis L'Amour Almost done, good read. A little different, takes place in East Texas, right after the Civil War.
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Old 04-07-2012, 06:27 PM   #1862
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Just finished Digital Fortress by Dan Brown, a very good read!
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Old 04-07-2012, 07:27 PM   #1863
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Stumbled across this one. The writing is good and so is the story so far.

The Last Ringbearer

Think of it as the story of Tolkien's trilogy and after as told by the other side. In fact, remember that to the victor goes the writing of history, so how different would the history be if told from the loser's perspective?

This is from the e-jacket e-blurb:

More than 15 years ago Russian scientist Kirill Yeskov tried to settle certain geographical problems in Tolkien's fantasy world. One thing led to another, and he tackled a bigger project - what would happen if we assumed that it's no less real than our world? His conclusion was that in such a case, the story of the Ring of Power is most likely a much-altered heroic retelling of a major war - but what was that war really about?

The result of this re-appraisal was the publication in 1999 of "The Last Ring-bearer" - a re-thinking of Tolkien's story in real-world terms. Dr. Yeskov, a professional paleontologist whose job is reconstructing long-extinct organisms and their way of life from fossil remnants, performs essentially the same feat in "The Last Ring-bearer", reconstructing the real world of Tolkien's Arda from the heroic tales of the Free Men of the West written in that world. We have a pretty good idea how well heroic tales map to reality from our own world...
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Old 04-08-2012, 02:56 PM   #1864
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Old 04-08-2012, 03:50 PM   #1865
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Excellent. I think I'd get bored with the "detailed" military history, so this sounds like exactly what I'm looking for. I appreciate the recommendation.

Edit: And, it's not available on the kindle yet. I'll keep my eyes open for it.
Am I looking at the wrong book?

http://www.amazon.com/Rise-Fall-Thir...3918103&sr=1-1

For $2.99, sounds like a great read.
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Old 04-09-2012, 12:46 AM   #1866
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Just finished reading The Hobbit again in anticipation of the movie this year. It had been a long time since I had read it.
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Old 04-09-2012, 06:31 AM   #1867
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Am I looking at the wrong book?

http://www.amazon.com/Rise-Fall-Thir...3918103&sr=1-1

For $2.99, sounds like a great read.
When I searched for it (not on my kindle), it had a link to request an e-version to encourage the publisher to make one available. This looks like a different cover to the same book. Thanks for posting this!
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Old 04-09-2012, 08:47 AM   #1868
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Picked up Speaker for the Dead (2nd book of the Ender's Game series) again last night - I had petered out on reading it. Been really slacking on my reading lately :/. It took me years to start reading - gonna try to not stop.
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Old 04-10-2012, 07:03 AM   #1869
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Vince Flynn, American Assassin.
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Old 04-10-2012, 07:36 AM   #1870
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Although I read a lot but my center of attraction. I really admire writers like Paul Coelho
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Old 04-10-2012, 07:37 AM   #1871
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The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest - Stieg Larsson
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Old 04-10-2012, 09:50 AM   #1872
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"Reilly's Luck" by Louis L'Amour, I really like L'Amour.
Also picked up the new Stuart Woods and Lee Child, in paperback. Mix it up a little bit.
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Old 04-12-2012, 10:50 PM   #1873
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Just finished up Speaker for the Dead (2nd book of the Ender's Game series). Awesome read!
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Old 04-12-2012, 11:32 PM   #1874
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Just finished up Speaker for the Dead (2nd book of the Ender's Game series). Awesome read!
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Awesome read, you going to go to Xenocide next? That was also good.
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Old 04-13-2012, 09:23 AM   #1875
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Awesome read, you going to go to Xenocide next? That was also good.
Yep! Going to tackle:

Xenocide
Children of the Mind
Ender's Shadow

I've been amazed looking at Wikipedia regarding the Ender's Game series. He's written 13 full novels - only 5 of them (Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind, and Shadows Alive which he is writing now) are really considered to be part of the quintet...the rest are just other cool things he wanted to add in.

I really like Orson Scott Card's writing style. I'm considering reading through LotR again once I've finished up with the Ender's series...but I'm scared to dive back into Tolkien. "Ahhh yes - let me spend SIX PAGES describing this door to you..."
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Old 04-13-2012, 09:48 AM   #1876
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Xenos by Dan abnett its growing on me as i enjoy W40K quite a bit.

So far the inquisitor Eisenhorn has slaughtered a few dozen people been tortured and has slaughtered a few dozen more.

All in all a good book so far unless youre a space wolf.
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Old 04-13-2012, 10:12 AM   #1877
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Yep! Going to tackle:

Xenocide
Children of the Mind
Ender's Shadow

I've been amazed looking at Wikipedia regarding the Ender's Game series. He's written 13 full novels - only 5 of them (Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind, and Shadows Alive which he is writing now) are really considered to be part of the quintet...the rest are just other cool things he wanted to add in.

I really like Orson Scott Card's writing style. I'm considering reading through LotR again once I've finished up with the Ender's series...but I'm scared to dive back into Tolkien. "Ahhh yes - let me spend SIX PAGES describing this door to you..."
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I've reado most of Card's works as I also love his writing. Looking forward to rereading some of it in the future
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Old 04-13-2012, 10:24 AM   #1878
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A Consumers' Republic: The Politics of Mass Consumption in Postwar America by Lizabeth Cohen
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Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
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