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Canada
Calgary
Alberta
There are 10 kinds of people who understand binary: Those who do, and those who don't.
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Sorry if this is a repost, but I've just learned about this nifty flowchart, for readers of Sci-Fi and Fantasy:
http://www.forevergeek.com/wp-content/media/2011/10/SFSignal...
Or, perhaps, you've read all of those? Or have different suggestions?
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United States
New York
When the world hands you a Jeffrey, furry walls will make it fine.
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Read most of them.
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Morgan Dontanville
United States
Brooklyn
New York
Plate of Shrimp.
Here we are folks, the dream we all dream of.
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What? No Jack Vance?
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King Ævil
South Euclid
Ohio
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That Stephen King's Dark Tower series made the cut suggests that NPR hasn't read the final installment yet.
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David Debien
United States
Round Rock
Texas
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sisteray wrote: What? No Jack Vance?
Hi Morgan,
What Vance do you recommend. I went and read Dying Earth as well as Lyonesse last year. Lyonesse blew me away, Dying Earth...not so much.
Are the Demon Princes more Lyonesse or more Dying Earth?
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Jonny Lawless
United States
Bountiful
Utah
Love my Lil'bug!
My name is Glenn! Long have I carried Cyrus's hopes and dreams, and now I bear the Masamune as well! Henceforth, I claim them as my own! I shall slay the Fiendlord Magus and restore our honor!
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robigo wrote: That Stephen King's Dark Tower series made the cut suggests that NPR hasn't read the slogged through some of the weaker entries and made it to the satisfying final installment yet.
FTFY
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Jonny Lawless
United States
Bountiful
Utah
Love my Lil'bug!
My name is Glenn! Long have I carried Cyrus's hopes and dreams, and now I bear the Masamune as well! Henceforth, I claim them as my own! I shall slay the Fiendlord Magus and restore our honor!
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Sounds like I need to read Hyperion.
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United States
New York
When the world hands you a Jeffrey, furry walls will make it fine.
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jonnylawless wrote: Sounds like I need to read Hyperion.
"Hyperion" and "Fall of Hyperion" are both amazing, while the two 'sequels' -- "Edymion" and "Rise of Endymion" -- fell flat with me, and Simmons is my favorite author. I highly recommend his "Olympos" and "Illium".
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Dean Lantern
Australia
Melbourne
Victoria
In blackest day or brightest night Watermelon, cantaloupe, yadda yadda Erm... superstitious and cowardly lot With liberty and justice for all!
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Osiris Ra wrote: jonnylawless wrote: Sounds like I need to read Hyperion.
"Hyperion" and "Fall of Hyperion" are both amazing, while the two 'sequels' -- "Edymion" and "Rise of Endymion" -- fell flat with me, and Simmons is my favorite author. I highly recommend his "Olympos" and "Illium".
Seconded - "Hyperion" and "Fall of Hyperion" are both outstanding. "Edymion" and "Rise of Endymion" seemed way too simplistic, and you wanted to smack the main character around the head for his terminal obliviousness. There were some nice ideas, and maybe I'd have been more accepting of their flaws if they weren't following after novels as good as the first two.
Haven't read "Olympos" or "Illium", though. *files under his to-read list*
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Morgan Dontanville
United States
Brooklyn
New York
Plate of Shrimp.
Here we are folks, the dream we all dream of.
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casualgod wrote: sisteray wrote: What? No Jack Vance? Hi Morgan, What Vance do you recommend. I went and read Dying Earth as well as Lyonesse last year. Lyonesse blew me away, Dying Earth...not so much. Are the Demon Princes more Lyonesse or more Dying Earth?
I like the first Dying Earth story and hated the second. Didn't get to the third.
I highly recommend Blue World.
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J Cale
United States
Syracuse
New York
Yog-Sothoth knows the gate. Yog-Sothoth is the gate. Yog-Sothoth is the key and guardian of the gate. Past, present, future, all are one in Yog-Sothoth. He knows where the Old Ones broke through of old, and where They shall break through again.
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MABBY wrote:
Skip over to the far left of the chart, and read Either of the Brandon Sanderson books listed there.
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Austin Bordeaux
United States
North Carolina
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TheEbonyTurtle wrote: MABBY wrote: Skip over to the far left of the chart, and read Either of the Brandon Sanderson books listed there.
Hmm, really? Give me a basic reason why I should read them, please. I've really been tempted to pick up The Mistborn Trilogy over the past 6 months, but just have not brought myself to do it yet.
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United States
New York
When the world hands you a Jeffrey, furry walls will make it fine.
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Mimedestroyer wrote: TheEbonyTurtle wrote: MABBY wrote: Skip over to the far left of the chart, and read Either of the Brandon Sanderson books listed there. Hmm, really? Give me a basic reason why I should read them, please. I've really been tempted to pick up The Mistborn Trilogy over the past 6 months, but just have not brought myself to do it yet.
Mistborn's first 2 books are among the best things I have ever read. Brilliant character development, interesting world building, a brilliant "double plot" (hard to explain it unless you've read them), and an alchemical magic system unlike anything else out there. They are true classics of fantasy and, perhaps, of literature.
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Thomas Eager
United States
Portland
Oregon
This Space for Rent
Hassan CHOP!
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sisteray wrote: casualgod wrote: sisteray wrote: What? No Jack Vance? Hi Morgan, What Vance do you recommend. I went and read Dying Earth as well as Lyonesse last year. Lyonesse blew me away, Dying Earth...not so much. Are the Demon Princes more Lyonesse or more Dying Earth? I like the first Dying Earth story and hated the second. Didn't get to the third. I highly recommend Blue World.
 The Dying Earth books rule. In order they are: The Dying Earth, The Eyes of the Overworld, Cugel's Saga and Rhialto the Marvelous.
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¡dn ʇǝƃ ʇ,uɐɔ ı puɐ uǝllɐɟ ǝʌ,ı
Canada
Calgary
Alberta
There are 10 kinds of people who understand binary: Those who do, and those who don't.
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Osiris Ra wrote: Mistborn's first 2 books are among the best things I have ever read. Brilliant character development, interesting world building, a brilliant "double plot" (hard to explain it unless you've read them), and an alchemical magic system unlike anything else out there. They are true classics of fantasy and, perhaps, of literature.
That's the exact series that caught my eye after reading this flowchart. I have noted the titles and I will be headed to the bookstore very soon!
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United States
New York
When the world hands you a Jeffrey, furry walls will make it fine.
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jonnylawless wrote: Sounds like I need to read Hyperion.
BTW, the first book is done as a series of stories surrounded by the main plot's frame, a la the Cantebury Tales. They are each told via the types of sci-fi that had come before: horror, military, romance, time travel, cyberpunk, generation ship.
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Jonny Lawless
United States
Bountiful
Utah
Love my Lil'bug!
My name is Glenn! Long have I carried Cyrus's hopes and dreams, and now I bear the Masamune as well! Henceforth, I claim them as my own! I shall slay the Fiendlord Magus and restore our honor!
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Anyone read "The Forever War"?
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J Cale
United States
Syracuse
New York
Yog-Sothoth knows the gate. Yog-Sothoth is the gate. Yog-Sothoth is the key and guardian of the gate. Past, present, future, all are one in Yog-Sothoth. He knows where the Old Ones broke through of old, and where They shall break through again.
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Osiris Ra wrote: Mimedestroyer wrote: TheEbonyTurtle wrote: MABBY wrote: Skip over to the far left of the chart, and read Either of the Brandon Sanderson books listed there. Hmm, really? Give me a basic reason why I should read them, please. I've really been tempted to pick up The Mistborn Trilogy over the past 6 months, but just have not brought myself to do it yet. Mistborn's first 2 books are among the best things I have ever read. Brilliant character development, interesting world building, a brilliant "double plot" (hard to explain it unless you've read them), and an alchemical magic system unlike anything else out there. They are true classics of fantasy and, perhaps, of literature.
I can't do a better job than what Osiris so I'll distill me reasoning down to: seconded!
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Thomas Eager
United States
Portland
Oregon
This Space for Rent
Hassan CHOP!
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jonnylawless wrote: Sounds like I need to read Hyperion.
 No. No you don't. Lamest ending EVAR! Never have I felt more betrayed by a book.
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United States
New York
When the world hands you a Jeffrey, furry walls will make it fine.
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cabalzero wrote: jonnylawless wrote: Sounds like I need to read Hyperion.
No. No you don't. Lamest ending EVAR! Never have I felt more betrayed by a book.
What, you have a problem with everything in flames?
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Jonny Lawless
United States
Bountiful
Utah
Love my Lil'bug!
My name is Glenn! Long have I carried Cyrus's hopes and dreams, and now I bear the Masamune as well! Henceforth, I claim them as my own! I shall slay the Fiendlord Magus and restore our honor!
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Osiris Ra wrote: cabalzero wrote: jonnylawless wrote: Sounds like I need to read Hyperion.
No. No you don't. Lamest ending EVAR! Never have I felt more betrayed by a book. What, you have a problem with everything in flames?
Now I feel all spoiler'd.
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Sean Ahern
United States
Spokane
Washington
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jonnylawless wrote: Anyone read "The Forever War"?
I read it in high school (late 90s) when I read all the books that won the Nebula and Hugo. I liked it then, but I don't know how it would hold up. It was very obvious a product of the Vietnam era and dealt with the issues surrounding veterans reassimilating to society. For some reason, the ending has stuck with me for quite a few years, more so than most books. I think if you liked Starship Troopers or Old Mans War (which I didn't really like) you'd probably like this one.
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Paul - the
Sweden
Lund
What's going on down there?
¡uʍop ǝpısd∩
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jonnylawless wrote: Anyone read "The Forever War"?
Read it quite recently. I gave it  
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