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#1: This Guy is all over the Place Author: Ratticus, Location: Columbus, OH

Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 7:36 am
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Ok Here goes my list of Books that I go back and re-read again when feeling a bit under the weather. I warn you, I use the long practiced Drunken Monkey art of choosing the books I read.

First off: Laughing

Robert Asprin's Mtyh series - I Love these books Laughing

and now for the rest of my Library:

Very Happy

Tracy Hickman & Margaret Weis Dragonlance Books, Really Enjoyed the Twins series. Also, they later did the Death Gate series.

Shocked

David Drake - Hammers Slammers These are from days in the Navy
Can't remember the writer think they was more than one on the Bolo series

David Eddings - Elenium series starting with the Diamond Throne - and Sir Sparhawk Wink

Poul Anderson - Time Patrol Smile

Of course I have read many more books than this but these are the few I find myself going back from time to time to re-read, I also recommend reading some Ancient Classics such as the Illiad, Odyssey these are ageless stories for all.

Ratticus Very Happy

#2: Re: This Guy is all over the Place Author: Zynthar,

Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 7:42 pm
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Ratticus wrote:

Ok Here goes my list of Books that I go back and re-read again when feeling a bit under the weather. I warn you, I use the long practiced Drunken Monkey art of choosing the books I read.

First off: Laughing

Robert Asprin's Mtyh series - I Love these books Laughing

Yes! Love his Phule series also, I was very very sad when he passed away. :([b]

and now for the rest of my Library:

Very Happy

Tracy Hickman & Margaret Weis Dragonlance Books, Really Enjoyed the Twins series. Also, they later did the Death Gate series.
They were some of my first traditional actual fantasy. I'm not that much on their style of "Epic" fantasy though. Twins were good though, I agree![/b]

Shocked

David Drake - Hammers Slammers These are from days in the Navy
Can't remember the writer think they was more than one on the Bolo series
Drake is awesome, I haven't read the Hammer Slammers, but have read a lot of his other work.[b]

David Eddings - Elenium series starting with the Diamond Throne - and Sir Sparhawk Wink

All Hail Eddings!!![/b]

Poul Anderson - Time Patrol Smile

[b]Again..read some of his I believe, but not this one. I oughta track some of these down![b]

Of course I have read many more books than this but these are the few I find myself going back from time to time to re-read, I also recommend reading some Ancient Classics such as the Illiad, Odyssey these are ageless stories for all.

Ratticus Very Happy

#3: Re: This Guy is all over the Place Author: Zynthar,

Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 7:45 pm
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Bah. I suck at bolding, editing and what not. you can tell where I added my comments. *mutters to himself about crazy html forum controls*

#4: Re: This Guy is all over the Place Author: Singinliz, Location: Southern Indiana

Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 8:17 pm
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You can go back and keep editing until you get it right ya know.

#5: Re: This Guy is all over the Place Author: Zynthar,

Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 8:37 pm
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I edited three times. I gave up.

#6: Re: This Guy is all over the Place Author: Tandra,

Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 9:21 pm
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Zynthar wrote:

First off: Laughing

Robert Asprin's Mtyh series - I Love these books Laughing

[b]Yes! Love his Phule series also, I was very very sad when he passed away. :([b]

What Where? When? I didn't know he died! I love him! No wonder there hasn't been any lately!
Sad

#7: Re: This Guy is all over the Place Author: Brendil, Location: Central Massachusetts

Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 11:07 am
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Hmm, lemme see here:

Tolkien - that's a given
Eddings - well duh

Completely forgot about the Dragonlance Series, thanks for reminding me Ratti - read em all and probably still have them stuck in a box someplace.

How about the Shannara (Shard, Elfstone, etc) series? There were also a few by Gary Gygax (Gord the Rogue/etc) that I liked also - and I'm not talking about the D&D books.

Hmm, going to have to think about this some more and do some research Smile

#8: Re: This Guy is all over the Place Author: Zynthar,

Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 7:48 pm
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GOrd= awesome. I own every novel The Gygax wrote, including the 3 Mysterious Journey's or whatever ones. Shanara is also rather awesome.

Good stuff!

#9: Re: This Guy is all over the Place Author: Brendil, Location: Central Massachusetts

Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 2:49 pm
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Oh, then there's Piers Anthony and Xanth...

#10: Re: This Guy is all over the Place Author: Zynthar,

Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 6:52 am
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W00t for Anthony! A spell for Chameleon and Source of Magic were two of the first fantasy "novels" I read. Before that it was mostly kids books and such. Imagine trying to do a book report on source of magic ... *grin* Without having read chameleon first at that!

You ever read any of his older stuff? Not the Blue Adept books, i mean the stuff from the 70s. Those are..uhm.... a bit different.

#11: Re: This Guy is all over the Place Author: Tandra,

Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 8:55 am
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Read the Adept series. Loved them.
Sharon Greene was one I read too. The one with the cats. (can't remember the names)

Another I read and I STILL Can't believe i read something so damn WRONG lol (Women only alowed to be slaves! How rude) was the Gor series. Hell I've all over the place too in my reading what can I say

#12: Re: This Guy is all over the Place Author: Ratticus, Location: Columbus, OH

Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 8:56 am
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Oops almost forgot to mention.

Kate Elliot - Crown of Stars ( Series )

#13: Re: This Guy is all over the Place Author: Tandra,

Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 9:18 am
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Zynthar wrote:

You ever read any of his older stuff? Not the Blue Adept books, i mean the stuff from the 70s. Those are..uhm.... a bit different.

You mean Firefly? The "horror" that was border line porn?

#14: Re: This Guy is all over the Place Author: Zynthar,

Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 5:58 pm
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Don't know Firefly. I mean like Mutant I think it was, or Mute, and the Tarot trilogy. Not the sci-fi body swappin' one that came later, I mean the original. It's... Veeeery controversial and religious. Still good, but not a light read.

#15: Re: This Guy is all over the Place Author: Tandra,

Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 9:56 pm
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Not heard of those Zynty But Firefly was wicked evil and they couldn't do it as a movie I don't think.

#16: Re: This Guy is all over the Place Author: Daze,

Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 1:56 pm
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WEll i dunno if any of you guys remember me, but i can add a fair few recommendations for you , I still have a lot of books, last count was back before i started EQ and was over 3000 back then; these are some i've read or re read recently
listing by author with a recommended read in brackets
George martin ( Fevre dream)
Stan Nichols ( orc)
Raymond E Feist ( magician, Faerie tale)
Robin Hobb (ship of magic)
Stephen Donaldson (lord fouls bane)
Harry turtledove ( Balance) alternative hisory, great read
George macdonald frasier ( not fantasy but bloody brilliant) FLASHMAN
Harry Harrison ( deathworld 1,2 3)
Anne Mcaffrey Dragon series
Niven Pournelle barnes ( Dream Park highly highly recommended )
David Eddings ( Belgariad, Pawn of prophecy to start )
Terry Brooks ( Magic Kingdom for sale )
Ian Irvine ( well of souls )
Terry Pratchett, Reaperman or Mort to start you off Razz

more and more gods i could keep going forever Razz

but this will do for a start

#17: Re: This Guy is all over the Place Author: Wizairde,

Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 10:14 pm
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I have a friend who just (well 'just') she put them out a while ago but start with Blood Wager - vampire series.. today (Feb 1) she released a more young adult+ series by the titled Bumble. I haven't read it yet but if Blood Wager is an indication - it should be pretty good. Her websites (done by a certain wiz www.subtledemon.com ) is nice ... I also have a book called Name of the Wind - bigger book but everyone says its as good or better than Lord of the Ring and Harry Potter - haven't started it yet so we'll see.

#18: Re: This Guy is all over the Place Author: Zynthar,

Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 11:35 pm
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Name of the Wind is good Wiz, I give it both thumbs up. And I have all those authors in my library too Daze. I gave in and am doing kindle now and i have been slurping up the free library from Baen. Its bloody brilliant!

And wiz, Name of the Wind has a sequel out. it took a long time to come out due to personal issues on his end, but its supposed to be phenomenal also.

#19: Re: This Guy is all over the Place Author: Zynthar,

Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 11:38 pm
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oh hey, RATTI! You there MAN!? THe Baen free library (and a secret website that they approved) have lal the hammer slammer books I think, and others! I need to know what order to read man! HELP A SHIRTLESS ELF BROTHER OUT!

#20: Re: This Guy is all over the Place Author: Tandra,

Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 2:01 pm
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Fess up where is this said website? I love my kindle and love these style books!

#21: Re: This Guy is all over the Place Author: Zynthar,

Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 8:02 pm
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Just remember you owe me Tandra. We all need to find a new game to congregate on!

Publisher

baen.com/library/intro.asp

They put CD's of different free books in their books. They're collected here, WITH Baen's permission even.

baencd.thefifthimperium.com/

I've been reading free books from this one lately. Mostly shorter books, not always top shelf, but decent...a few have been very good.

ereadernewstoday.com/c...dle-books/

#22: Re: This Guy is all over the Place Author: Wizairde,

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 11:08 am
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Sadly I don't think Ratti will see the note Zyn. He posted his final farewell quite a while back Sad

I think offline life finally caught up to him. :/

Saw Name of the Wind had a sequel. I'm still plowing through the Blood Destiny (starting with Blood Wager) series. It has definitely taken a very sci-fi turn the lead character who is a vampire is now on another planet.. (4th book) I'm actually losing interest since I'm not a sci-fi fan. But for others it probably is great.

I just got my Kindle also and love it with a passion - I was afraid I'd hate it but I read faster with it even it seems. I like the feel of a book in my hand but this works well.

What are these Baen books?

#23: Re: This Guy is all over the Place Author: Zynthar,

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 9:49 pm
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Baen does a mix. A lot of hardcore scifi, with an emphasis on military sci-fi, but also a good amount of fantasy and urban fantasy mixed in. Click the links I put in the previous post, it'll take you to them to check it out. They are fantastic!

All of their ebooks look to be 6 bucks, except for pre-release ones... Advanced Reader Copy (ARC). I just finished a book that wont' actually come out until July. I paid 15 bucks for it and THANKED them for it. They are brilliant when it comes to pricing and all that, especially with the free library teaser. I mean, I got books 1-6 of a series free, i'm sure as heck going to buy book 7 and 8...and the ARC of 9? That wont' be out for 6 months more? ....yes. Yes I am.

THey also have a subscription service...i said it. Subscription. You get to either get the books in chunks, or wait until they are all together...if you don'tl ike sci-fi much though, thats probably not for you. I don't do it etiher... I like sci-fi, but not all the hardcore military crazy stuff they do sometimes.

#24: Re: This Guy is all over the Place Author: Singinliz, Location: Southern Indiana

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 10:05 pm
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I got a Kindle Fire the first week it was out. I was doing the Kindle on PC before that. I have been reading a lot of the free classics I never read as a kid, like the whole Wizard of Oz series of books, Peter Pan, and Alice in Wonderland. Yeah, I know. Weird. Then I went on to teen novels like all the Hardy Boys, Tom Swift, and the Three Investigators series. Lot of books there. Now I have graduated to older audience detective books. Trying to read all of the Leslie Charters Saint books. Kind of a second childhood thing I guess. Well, maybe third or fourth. A lot of the classics are available on the Gutenberg site and tons of public domain stuff. I have started rereading the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. If only I could read more quickly. Not like I have an addictive personality or anything. That would mean I could be in trouble Smile

Oh hi everyone!

#25: Re: This Guy is all over the Place Author: Zynthar,

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 10:35 pm
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hey Singin!

#26: Re: This Guy is all over the Place Author: Wizairde,

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 8:58 pm
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try out the Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes books - they're very good and typically short-story style. Its not young reader just due to the era it was written in, thus unfamiliar words - but they're good stories.

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