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| Unapologetic Old School Curmudgeon  |
I need something to read. I am a voracious reader, I like history, sci fi, fantasy, politics, mystery, biography whatever. Large tomes don't bother me, in fact I enjoy an epic 1000 page story. Suggestions? Don't weep for the stupid, or you will be crying all day | ||
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Just finished these two by Victor DAvis Hanson. Good stuff. https://www.amazon.com/Savior-...8&sr=8-7&tag=mh0b-20 https://www.amazon.com/Father-...&sr=8-10&tag=mh0b-20 NRA Life Member - "Fear God and Dreadnaught" | |||
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Large tomes? Epic fantasy? How about Robert Jorden's Wheel of Time series? 14 books, most about 800 pages or so. The first book is titled The Eye of the World. "I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared." Thomas Jefferson | |||
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Orson Scott Card: Ender/Shadow series 4 & 4 books in the base series, respectively, with some side stories here & there. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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I just finished ‘Winds of War’ & ‘War and Remembrance’ by Herman Wouk. Long books but excellent. They portray WW2 in both Europe and the Pacific. I'm sorry if I hurt you feelings when I called you stupid - I thought you already knew - Unknown ................................... When you have no future, you live in the past. " Sycamore Row" by John Grisham | |||
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Go Vols! |
Sanderson’s Mistborn series. I really liked it. | |||
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Legalize the Constitution |
I’m reading “The Iliad” right now. Your post lead me to believe you might like to read it too. _______________________________________________________ despite them | |||
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Jim Butcher, "Dresden Chronicles" Modern Fantasy Neil Shusterman, "Arc of a Scythe trilogy" Dystopian/utopian future Neil Gaiman...well anything by NG is good for me. I'm listening to "Red Sparrow" right now and really enjoying it. ____________________________ Yes, Para does appreciate humor. | |||
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| california tumbles into the sea |
Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom, Katherine Eban 2019 Dersu the Trapper (Prin taigaua Extremului Orient #2), by Vladimir Arsenyev 1923 Why We Get Sick: The Hidden Epidemic at the Rood of Most Chronic Disease and How to Fight It, Benjamin Bikman 2020 Mike Bowditch series Leaphorn & Chee series | |||
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I'm trying hard to finish Ian W. Toll's "Six Frigates" so I can start on his Pacific war trilogy. Also waiting on the third volume of James Holland's War in the West trilogy on the European theater. I keep looking for a publication date but haven't found it yet. | |||
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Six frigates got to be a bit of a slog. | |||
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^I second that, have read the series more than once. Currently reading Card's Homecoming saga a second time right now. Great writer | |||
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| Happiness is Vectored Thrust  |
Shogun by James Clavell Icarus flew too close to the sun, but at least he flew. | |||
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I think I've read the core Ender/Shadow series 3 or 4 times. Was pretty disappointed in the movie adaptation of Ender's Game, but I've read EG probably a dozen times. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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| california tumbles into the sea |
The whole series is excellent. King Rat (1962) Tai-Pan (1966) Shogun (1975) Noble House (1981) Whirlwind (1986) Gai-Jin (1993) | |||
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Reading...that's always been tough for me. My Dad was an avid reader. Want to punish me .....sentence me to have to read a book. It was so hard for me to do reading homework in school. My mind would always wander thinking about something else I could be doing. It's funny though I was a whiz at spelling. And was happy to read aloud in class . But to sit down and read a book, torture. | |||
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| Purveyor of Fine Avatars  |
I'm currently reading the second trilogy concerning the First Formic War, when humanity first encounters the Formics. The final (sixth) novel comes out in December. They're pretty short compared with what the OP wants, though. "I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet raised to an alarming extent by Hollywood and Madison Avenue, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you're old and weak!" - Calvin, "Calvin & Hobbes" | |||
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| Unapologetic Old School Curmudgeon |
Im fine with short, as long as its good! I was just pointing out I enjoy reading and while some people get scared when you recommend a 5000 page epic, that doesnt bother me, I enjoy long epic stories and series. Don't weep for the stupid, or you will be crying all day | |||
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Will have to look into those. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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| Purveyor of Fine Avatars |
Just be aware that the first three novels (first trilogy) are about the actual First Formic War. The second trilogy--at least, the first two novels in the second trilogy--is about the race to prepare for the second Formic invasion. A lot less action but still interesting. "I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet raised to an alarming extent by Hollywood and Madison Avenue, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you're old and weak!" - Calvin, "Calvin & Hobbes" | |||
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