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#285504 - 08/19/17 01:39 AM Recommend me a good book!
haertig Offline
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I like Fiction, Action, Adventure, and alternate settings (I guess you might call them "fantasy settings", but not with unicorns, elves, etc. - I mean fantasy settings as in underground caves holding civilizations, transporting into the future, survival after the end of the world, etc.)

If anyone has read James Rollins "Subterranean", "Amazonia", or "Ice Hunt" - that's the kind of stuff I really like.

Also what I mean - A lesser known author, Patrick Lee, writes stuff like this too. I liked his book "The Breach" and I'm currently reading his "Ghost Country" (second in The Breach series), which has grabbed ahold of me tightly, even though I'm less than 1/4 of the way in.

If anyone has read any of these books I've listed above, or understands what I like to read from my description, ... any suggestions? Authors? Specific titles?

Thanks in advance.

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#285505 - 08/19/17 02:02 AM Re: Recommend me a good book! [Re: haertig]
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It does not fit what you described; a book I loved is The Thorn Birds.

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#285515 - 08/20/17 05:45 AM Re: Recommend me a good book! [Re: haertig]
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If you like military hard sci-fi,try "On Basilisk Station" by David Weber. IIRC you can download it free in several formats from the [url=www.baen.com]Baen website[/url]. E-books from Baen were DRM free the last time I bought from them.

P.S. "On Basilisk Station" is the first book in the series.


Edited by UTAlumnus (08/20/17 05:46 AM)

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#285517 - 08/20/17 08:50 AM Re: Recommend me a good book! [Re: haertig]
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The Foundation series by Iisacc Isomov
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#285519 - 08/20/17 12:09 PM Re: Recommend me a good book! [Re: haertig]
chaosmagnet Offline
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Both UTAlumnus and wildman800 are clearly erudite, intelligent and wise people, because they agree with me. Even if you don't think you like military scifi _On Basilisk Station_ is outstanding and you can't beat the price for the ebook. The Foundation series is a classic. _Ringworld_ by Larry Niven, _A Mote In God's Eye_ by Niven and Pournelle, and _Monster Hunter International_ by Larry Correia should also be considered.

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#285539 - 08/21/17 04:02 PM Re: Recommend me a good book! [Re: haertig]
haertig Offline
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Thanks for the tips. I haven't read any of those, so now I have a good list to investigate. I recognized a few of those by name, but hadn't read them yet.

I had never heard of the "Military Hard Sci-Fi" genre before, but found that Basilisk title as a free Kindle book on Amazon, so I downloaded it. I haven't used my kindle for a while. I got disillusioned when the Kindle books cost MORE than a mass market paperback (and I usually buy used there days, which is even cheaper!) But for free, this eBook is a good buy, so I charged up the dead Kindle battery (and the thing still works!)

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#285540 - 08/21/17 05:12 PM Re: Recommend me a good book! [Re: haertig]
chaosmagnet Offline
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haertig: It's one of my favorite series of all time. I'll be interested to find out what you think of it.

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#285541 - 08/21/17 05:35 PM Re: Recommend me a good book! [Re: chaosmagnet]
Russ Offline
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I've read the Isaac Asimov's Foundation & Robot series', as well as Ringworld, A Mote in God's Eye and more than a few others. Now I'll need to get a copy of "On Basilisk Station", Thanks.
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#285545 - 08/21/17 11:22 PM Re: Recommend me a good book! [Re: Russ]
haertig Offline
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I read one of Larry Niven's books recently (published in 1985). "Lucifer's Hammer". It was slow at first, I was doubting it would be very good, but after the comet hit early on in the book, it really picked up into a first rate book after that. It might have even been recommended to me by someone here at ETS. I know in the past I have asked for book recommendations, or maybe it was somebody else's thread that I just participated in. Can't remember. But I've picked up several good book suggestions from folks here.

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#285546 - 08/22/17 05:03 AM Re: Recommend me a good book! [Re: haertig]
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