What do Browncoats/Flans enjoy reading?
POSTED BY: StrangeBird
UPDATED: Sunday, April 6, 2008 21:46
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Right books and authors
Kim Harrison -Rachael Morgan Series
Simon R Green - DeathStalker Series and the Nightside Series
David Weber - anything
Charlaine Harris - Both series
Elizabeth Moon - anything
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I just re-read Dangerous Liasons while traveling. A novel of letters, and just brilliant. Really. On so many levels.
MiddleSex by Jeffrey Eugenides is on my oft re-readable list, as is anything by Jane Austen. I loooove Kurt Vonnegut, and have a soft spot for the utter insanity of Norman Mailer's Dead Guys Don't Dance. The first half of it anyway.
On the sci-fi front, I'm all about Dan Simmons' Hyperion series. Flattop - I'm with you about Stephenson. Snow Crash is *so* good! A bit heavy with the history of language lectures, but everything else is fabulous.
Donaldson's Convenent series was entertaining fantasy, if a little heavy. It's no Tolkien, but then, nothing is as good as Tolkien. 
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Originally posted by NewOldBrownCoat:
Jimmy Buffet- he's on my list of "gotta get the library to order."
Just make sure when you read them to try and read the short story 'Take Another Road' from 'Tales From Margaritaville' before undertaking the sequel novel 'A Salty Piece Of Land'. The story really doesn't make more sense but you'll care more about the character. Also there are many other short stories in 'TFM' that are highly recommended. 'Off to see the Lizard' and 'Boomerang Love' are also great... though the last one describes a love scene which is also pretty much the purpose of the story so it's not for youngsters. Gotta love it when the main protagonists make love outside during a hurricane.... which I can understand having been through a couple myself. They are mighty, terrifying and as beautiful as nature can be.
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Finn mac Cumhal mentioned not having time to read Robert Jordan. For that matter...who does?
His Wheel of Time series started off excellent, but after book three or so, it just fell apart into a constant stream of ongoing nonsense.
He milked that series for years...painfully streeeeeching it out, until he passed away recently with his legacy unfinished.
Great thread everyone...I'll try Naomi Novik's series after I'm done with Honor Harrington (it's always good to have something "on deck").
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Hello Steamer:
I was going through the book lists everyone has placed here and could not help noticing you mentioning Patrick O'Brian as a novelist of naval warfare. Looked him up in Wikipedia and he wrote about twenty stories in one series. That is a lot of reading, but I will start at the beginning and plod along. I am a military history nut and like to read both fiction and nonfiction stories of past warfare.
Thank you for the heads up on this guy. Always looking for new authors, especially in the historic vain.
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Here's my rather eclectic list of books I'm reading...Yes, sometimes I read more than one at a time:
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer. A very good young adult vampire story. I can't wait for the movie but the director will have to have special care in casting. The two sequels are on my to be purchased list and I can't wait for her new adult novel to come out.
John Adams by David McCullough. An awesome bio of the second President. The book is so good I'm scared to see the HBO miniseries.
The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillippa Gregory. Believe it or not, it's full of political intrigue (and sex of course) as the Howard family tries to gain power by first encouraging an affair between Mary Boleyn and Henry XIII and when that fails, and then trying and succeeding in getting Anne to be Henry's second wife. And no I haven't seen the movie, but I am reveling in Showtimes "The Tudors".
And last but not least, "Betrayal On Orbis 2" by P.J. Haarsma. It's the sequel to "Virus on Orbis 1".
I'll say up front that I'm a member of KidsNeedtoRead, the literacy group founded by Nathan Fillion and P.J. Haarsma but that's not why I read the book and then passed it on to my 11 year old nephew, who was begging for the second one as soon as he read the first one.
It's a fantastic and good sci fi for middle schoolers (and above). It follows a 13 year old boy that's able to use computers with just his mind. He's just trying to survive in an alien culture and yes there are LOTS of aliens, some good and some bad and some in between.
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Those are only the books I've read lately.
I love just about any good book and only regret I only have so much time to read and there're SO MANY good books.
Can I recommend www.goodreads.com? It's a bit like MySpace but for "bookies". You can see what your friends are reading and have read with their ratings and reviews. There are also author, genre and interest groups.
Hey, we could even form Browncoat reading group.
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Originally posted by ncbrowncoat:
Can I recommend www.goodreads.com? It's a bit like MySpace but for "bookies". You can see what your friends are reading and have read with their ratings and reviews. There are also author, genre and interest groups.
Hey, we could even form Browncoat reading group.
Great Idea. I'm a member over at goodreads but I've not done anything since I signed up. If we got together a Browncoat group it would be great. I was originally recommended to the site by a Browncoat as it is.
I'll look into how we could start a group tomorrow if we get enough interested parties. I've been bored out of my mind lately. I could use something constructive to work on.
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Thank you for the heads up on this guy. Always looking for new authors, especially in the historic vain.
I'm with you traveler. There is a nice box-set of five attractively presented omnibuses out that include all twenty of the Aubrey/Maturin series, a few of the short stories and the first three chapters of the final twenty-first novel that went unfinished at the time of POB's death. I'll be getting that as soon as possible. Patrick O'brian is on my must read list for 2008. May be dropping some hints to my folks as my birthday is coming up in May... hmm.
Here's a link to info on that nice Patrick O'brian boxset.
http://www2.wwnorton.com/catalog/fall07/006011.htm
EDIT: Well it appears there has been some trouble with the omnibus editions. Apparently they did not proofread them and there are numerous errors. I might just get the paperbacks now.
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The Dresden Files series (new one - Small Favor, was released two days ago!)
I was going to mention that myself, I have it on order and I hope it is shipped to me soon!
I also love to read EVERYTHING by Terry Pratchett
and everything by Neil Gaiman
I also have a long list of mystery authors who I always read:
Sue Grafton
Laurie R. King
Tony Hillerman
Jasper Fforde
and I have many old favorites that I reread because they always make me happy:
Tolkein, Austen, and JKR
New Firefly fans should check this out: http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=15816
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Originally posted by traveler:
I was going through the book lists everyone has placed here and could not help noticing you mentioning Patrick O'Brian as a novelist of naval warfare. Looked him up in Wikipedia and he wrote about twenty stories in one series. That is a lot of reading, but I will start at the beginning and plod along. I am a military history nut and like to read both fiction and nonfiction stories of past warfare.
Did you ever see the movie 'Master and Commander'? It was based on two or three of O'Brian's novels. My dad flipped when he found out about the movie, as he is a huge O'Brian fan and was eager to see the screen adaptation. Might I add, he loved it!
Another grand master of Napoleonic surface warfare is Alexander Kent. I think he wrote even more than O'Brian did - that's a lot more reading to be sure, but you'll have plenty to keep you busy on a crummy afternoon.
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