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   I second Patrick O'Brian's series, and would recommend Lee Child, Terry Pratchett and Dick Francis for light reading or Iain M. Banks for epic Sci Fi.

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Wrothful Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List New Poster Joined: 09 Aug 2011 Status: Offline Points: 2	Posted: 29 Sep 2011 at 22:45
	I second Patrick O'Brian's series, and would recommend Lee Child, Terry Pratchett and Dick Francis for light reading or Iain M. Banks for epic Sci Fi.

StJude Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Postmaster Joined: 12 Jun 2011 Status: Offline Points: 568	Posted: 29 Sep 2011 at 22:12
	HUGE fan of John Steinbeck. Seriously, East of Eden is a masterpiece, I urge anyone who enjoys books to give that your attention. While I am a filthy Paddy (This filthy thing catching on is awesome), I thoroughly love this American author.

Kumomoto Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Postmaster General Joined: 19 Oct 2009 Status: Offline Points: 2224	Posted: 29 Sep 2011 at 22:06
	I second Orson Scott Card. I'd like to add the entire Aubrey/Maturin series by Patrick O'brian and a lot of Neal Stephenson's books. And, of course George Martin's... (and I could keep going for many more lines, but will stop here for now)

Tordenkaffen Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Postmaster Joined: 16 Oct 2010 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 821	Posted: 29 Sep 2011 at 21:56
	Id have to recommend "the old man and the sea" By Ernest Hemmingway - Its hard to explain exactly what I found so appealing, but somehow it just spoke to me in a very profound way when I was 18. 3 Books I started but never finished that also deserves recommendation: "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" (Cause I have a schoolgirls crush on Douglas Adams) "Hyperion" - by Dan Simmons (Author and a genius - a definite plus) "Silmarillion" - By J.R.R. Tolkien (Cause its Tolkien, and albeit I didnt get all the way through it, I read enough to gather that Silmarillion most likely was where VALAR found inspiration for their name.) For the unusually positive input Kurfist.
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Kurfist Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Postmaster Joined: 14 Apr 2011 Status: Offline Points: 824	Posted: 29 Sep 2011 at 21:44
	I love a good book, as I'm sure "and hopeful" others do as well, why not offer a few favorite books for others to look for, in the next library run? I recommend: Everything Orson Scott Card ever wrote, the list would be too impractically long to type in here. 451 - Ray Bradbury The Broker - John Grisham
	Patience is a virtue, resource giving is a sin