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2014/10/19 18:41:25
Subject: Favorite book series?
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Wight Lord with the Sword of Kings
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His Dark Materials and A Song of Ice and Fire spring to mind.
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2014/10/19 21:49:13
Subject: Re:Favorite book series?
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Esteemed Veteran Space Marine
Sheppey, England
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Didn't you think the ending was a little weak?
Can't believe nobody's mentioned the 'Ex ... ' series by Peter Clines. Superheroes fighting to survive in a zombie-infested post-apocalyptic Hollywood. Tremendous fun.
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2014/10/20 00:20:57
Subject: Re:Favorite book series?
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Krazed Killa Kan
Minnesota, land of 10,000 Lakes and 10,000,000,000 Mosquitos
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Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files, by far. There is very, very little I actually dislike about the books, and those few things are mainly related to individual titles (Fool Moon and Ghost Story, predominantly) than anything else. The characters are memorable, the writing style is fantastic, and it's got some amazing world-building that gets expanded on in every new book.
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2014/10/20 02:20:29
Subject: Re:Favorite book series?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
Squatting with the squigs
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Wildcards series (just finished the whole series and I'm quite dissapointed that the journey is over)
Discworld (glad to hear there are more guuards focussed ones, I rather enjoyed, Guards, Guards, Guards)
Tailchasers song and war of the flowers by tad williams ( though i like them i would be rather open to burning the rest of his novels  )
Robin Hobbs series
enders game and companion books from after the war (not the xeno books though)
Alvin maker series.
A game of thrones
Illusion - a book i got from a budget bin and read pretty much every year. A world based on feudal france with magic illusions and revolution thrown in.
Most hated series Wheel of time. Jesus, what a convoluted drawn out collection of claptrap. I read 7 of them and gave up, most overrated series ever.
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This message was edited 2 times. Last update was at 2014/10/20 02:28:23
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2014/10/20 04:34:41
Subject: Re:Favorite book series?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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The Dune series, which...isn't really a series, but I liked them nonetheless.
Jack Reacher stuff is pretty good, cheesy, but good.
And...I can't remember the series names, but it starts with: Patient Zero cool, anti-monster, xcom-ish-without-the-aliens sort of books. Badass main character.
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2014/10/20 04:54:03
Subject: Re:Favorite book series?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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 Frankenberry wrote:The Dune series, which...isn't really a series, but I liked them nonetheless.
Jack Reacher stuff is pretty good, cheesy, but good.
And...I can't remember the series names, but it starts with: Patient Zero cool, anti-monster, xcom-ish-without-the-aliens sort of books. Badass main character.
Would that be the Joe Ledger series?
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Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
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2014/10/21 04:55:52
Subject: Re:Favorite book series?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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 Avatar 720 wrote: Frankenberry wrote:The Dune series, which...isn't really a series, but I liked them nonetheless.
Jack Reacher stuff is pretty good, cheesy, but good.
And...I can't remember the series names, but it starts with: Patient Zero cool, anti-monster, xcom-ish-without-the-aliens sort of books. Badass main character.
Would that be the Joe Ledger series?
It would be indeed! Thanks for the assist!
Love those books.
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2014/10/21 14:57:59
Subject: Re:Favorite book series?
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The Sten Chronicles by Alan Cole and Chris Bunch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sten_Chronicles
In which you can see where a LOT of 40K's background was...acquired.
The Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperion_Cantos
An amazing SF series with one of the most satisfying endings ever - even if it is guaranteed to get a little dusty wherever you happen to be when you're reading that ending! 
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2014/10/21 22:20:04
Subject: Re:Favorite book series?
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Esteemed Veteran Space Marine
Sheppey, England
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True words right there! The whole Merlin sickness thing is a real emotional gut punch.
On the plus side, the Shrike is one of the coolest creations in sci-fi baddassery. 
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2014/11/12 12:14:57
Subject: Re:Favorite book series?
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Tea-Kettle of Blood
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I made the mistake of picking up the first two books on this series and boy how do I regret it.
The books read like libertarian gun porn! I hadn't read that many technical specifications for guns since a Tom Clancy novel, only these ones don't have the good writing and interesting backstory to go along with it. Every time a character reaches for a gun we are treated to the full specs for that gun along with a description of any personalization / modification that someone made to it, its freaking ridiculous!
The plot is week and filled with "Deus ex Machina" moments, the motivations of the characters are laughable, the "love interest" is forced in the extreme... Frankly I'm appalled that this was the same writer that made "Into the Storm" and I have no clue how this actually made it into the NYT best seller list.
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