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  • What are some great books about King Arthur and/or the legend surrounding him, both fiction and non-fiction?

    Posted by admin on March 5th, 2010 and filed under fiction books | 4 Comments »

    And what are some great books about other various aspects of the legend, like Camelot, Merlin, Avalon, etc? I have read a few books already, mostly non-fiction books and various collections of legends and tales. Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks!

    My personal favourites, which you’ve probably read, are by Mary Stewart. The original trilogy is as follows:

    The Crystal Cave
    The Hollow Hills
    The Last Enchantment

    Later on she also wrote two follow up books, the first entitled Wicked Day and the last entitled The Prince and the Pilgrim. The first book begins with Merlin as a child of 6 and progresses on thru the time line. Wonderful take on the legends and a great read.

    Good luck and happy reading!

    What are some good fiction books too read?

    Posted by admin on March 2nd, 2010 and filed under fiction books | 5 Comments »

    Anything you read that was good.
    I need to read a fiction book for my book report
    I have a month. Any books you think was good would help thanks.

    I’m telling you right now, if you read "A Thousand Splendid Suns" or "The Kite Runner" (I would go with ATSS) you will love them! Also, they are both VERY good books to do reports on because they both have so much depth and political issues (both set in Afghanistan and the overthrow of the shah, the Soviet invasion, and the Taliban). Teachers will eat that shiz up. No doubt. A Thousand Splendid Suns is probably the best book I’ve ever read in my life.

    Conspiracy Theory, Fact or Fiction, End The Fed By Ron Paul, Brave New Books

    Posted by admin on March 2nd, 2010 and filed under fiction books | 25 Comments »

    Conspiracy Theory, Fact or Fiction, End The Fed By Ron Paul, Brave New Books

    The owner of Brave new books discusses the book End The Fed By Ron Paul which dicusses whats wrong with the American economy, why inflation is so high and the value of the US Dollar continues to sink, what the federal reserve system is and why is depressing the economy.

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    What are some good science fiction books?

    Posted by admin on March 1st, 2010 and filed under fiction books | 7 Comments »

    I like science fiction and was looking for a few good books to read. Do you have any suggestions?

    Here are the top 100
    2 1 Orson Scott Card Ender’s Game [S1] 1985
    1 2 Frank Herbert Dune [S1] 1965
    3 3 Isaac Asimov Foundation [S1-3] 1951
    4 4 Douglas Adams Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy [S1] 1979
    5 5 George Orwell 1984 1949
    6 6 Robert A Heinlein Stranger in a Strange Land 1961
    7 7 Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 1954
    8 8 Arthur C Clarke 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968
    9 9 Isaac Asimov [C] I, Robot 1950
    10 10 William Gibson Neuromancer 1984
    11 11 Robert A Heinlein Starship Troopers 1959
    12 12 Philip K Dick Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968
    13 13 Larry Niven Ringworld 1970
    14 14 Aldous Huxley Brave New World 1932
    15 15 Arthur C Clarke Rendezvous With Rama 1973
    16 16 H G Wells The Time Machine 1895
    19 17 Dan Simmons Hyperion [S1] 1989
    17 18 H G Wells The War of the Worlds 1898
    18 19 Robert A Heinlein The Moon is a Harsh Mistress 1966
    20 20 Arthur C Clarke Childhood’s End 1954
    21 21 Ray Bradbury [C] The Martian Chronicles 1950
    22 22 Joe Haldeman The Forever War 1974
    24 23 Neal Stephenson Snow Crash 1992
    23 24 Kurt Vonnegut Slaughterhouse Five 1969
    25 25 Niven & Pournelle The Mote in God’s Eye 1975
    26 26 Ursula K Le Guin The Left Hand of Darkness 1969
    27 27 Orson Scott Card Speaker for the Dead [S2] 1986
    28 28 Philip K Dick The Man in the High Castle 1962
    31 29 Michael Crichton Jurassic Park 1990
    30 30 Frederik Pohl Gateway 1977
    29 31 Isaac Asimov The Caves of Steel 1954
    35 32 Alfred Bester The Stars My Destination 1956
    32 33 Madeleine L’Engle A Wrinkle In Time 1962
    34 34 Roger Zelazny Lord of Light 1967
    33 35 Jules Verne 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1870
    36 36 Stanislaw Lem Solaris 1961
    37 37 Kurt Vonnegut Cat’s Cradle 1963
    38 38 Carl Sagan Contact 1985
    41 39 Neal Stephenson Cryptonomicon 1999
    42 40 Isaac Asimov The Gods Themselves 1972
    44 41 Michael Crichton The Andromeda Strain 1969
    40 42 John Wyndham The Day of the Triffids 1951
    39 43 Robert A Heinlein Time Enough For Love 1973
    43 44 Anthony Burgess A Clockwork Orange 1962
    45 45 Daniel Keyes Flowers for Algernon 1966
    46 46 Philip K Dick UBIK 1969
    48 47 Kim Stanley Robinson Red Mars [S1] 1992
    47 48 Vernor Vinge A Fire Upon the Deep 1991
    49 49 Mary Shelley Frankenstein 1818
    50 50 Isaac Asimov The End Of Eternity 1955
    51 51 Walter M Miller A Canticle for Leibowitz 1959
    55 52 Jules Verne Journey to the Center of the Earth 1864
    53 53 Neal Stephenson The Diamond Age 1995
    52 54 Kurt Vonnegut The Sirens of Titan 1959
    54 55 Iain M Banks Player Of Games [S2] 1988
    56 56 L Ron Hubbard Battlefield Earth 1982
    57 57 Ursula K Le Guin The Dispossessed 1974
    58 58 Orson Scott Card Ender’s Shadow [S1] 1999
    61 59 David Brin Startide Rising [S2] 1983
    60 60 Greg Bear Eon 1985
    59 61 Niven & Pournelle Lucifer’s Hammer 1977
    62 62 Peter F Hamilton The Reality Dysfunction [S1] 1996
    63 63 Philip Jose Farmer To Your Scattered Bodies Go 1971
    64 64 Alfred Bester The Demolished Man 1953
    65 65 Margaret Atwood The Handmaid’s Tale 1985
    67 66 Gene Wolfe The Shadow of the Torturer [S1] 1980
    68 67 Arthur C Clarke The City and the Stars 1956
    66 68 Harry Harrison The Stainless Steel Rat [S1] 1961
    70 69 Philip K Dick A Scanner Darkly 1977
    69 70 Philip K Dick The Three Stigmata Of Palmer Eldritch 1964
    71 71 Robert A Heinlein The Door Into Summer 1956
    73 72 Connie Willis Doomsday Book 1992
    72 73 Robert A Heinlein Citizen Of the Galaxy 1957
    74 74 C S Lewis Out of the Silent Planet [S1] 1938
    76 75 Robert A Heinlein Have Space-Suit – Will Travel 1958
    75 76 Robert A Heinlein The Puppet Masters 1951
    78 77 Clifford Simak Way Station 1963
    79 78 Dan Simmons Ilium 2003
    82 79 Ursula K Le Guin The Lathe of Heaven 1971
    80 80 John Wyndham The Chrysalids 1955
    77 81 H G Wells The Invisible Man 1897
    81 82 Edgar Rice Burroughs A Princess of Mars [S1] 1912
    86 83 Alastair Reynolds Revelation Space [S1] 2000
    85 84 Michael Crichton Sphere 1987
    83 85 Iain M Banks Use of Weapons [S3] 1990
    84 86 Julian May The Many-Colored Land [S1] 1981
    92 87 Edwin A Abbott Flatland 1884
    87 88 William Gibson [C] Burning Chrome 1986
    90 89 John Brunner Stand on Zanzibar 1969
    88 90 E E ‘Doc’ Smith Grey Lensman [S4] 1951
    97 91 Arkady & Boris Strugatsky Roadside Picnic 1972
    96 92 David Brin The Postman 1985
    94 93 Audrey Niffenegger The Time Traveler’s Wife 2003
    91 94 Arthur C Clarke The Fountains of Paradise 1979
    100 95 Theodore Sturgeon More Than Human 1953
    89 96 Mark Twain A Connecticut Yankee in KA’s Court 1889
    93 97 Philip K Dick VALIS 1981
    98 98 James Blish [C] Cities in Flight 1955
    95 99 Stanislaw Lem [C] The Cyberiad 1974
    99 100 Clifford Simak [C] City

    Fiction Pirate Books – Mysterious Encounter

    Posted by admin on February 27th, 2010 and filed under fiction books | No Comments »

    http://www.MysteriousEncounter.com — Mysterious Encounter is a lively, sometimes chilling, mystery/adventure novel in the lively spirit of Indiana Jones and Pirates of The Caribbean. The action moves from Panama, to Boston, to Tasmania, and finally to an exotic uncharted island of the South Pacific. Set in modern times, four seemingly ordinary people join together in a danger-filled quest across the Pacific to an uncharted island paradise, to solve the mystery and defeat an ancient curse.

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    What good Mythical / Fiction books do you recommend?

    Posted by admin on February 27th, 2010 and filed under fiction books | 6 Comments »

    I am looking for a book that is Mythical / Science Fiction / Fiction. Something along those lines. I wanted to know what books you have read that you really liked; it can be a series.

    By Mythical / Science Fiction I mean things like creatures, future, etc.

    OKAY, now, what books do you recommend?

    I know exactly what you want. I try to find books like that ALL the time lol.
    Here are some of my faves:
    - The Hunger Games Trilogy by Collins – It takes place in the future and its REALLY good!!!! My fave book of ALLL time!!!!!!
    - The Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan – It is about Greek myths that come to life. Everything that Percy thought was old, Greek stories were true.
    - The Warriors Series by Erin Hunter – It’s about feral cats living in a forest in Britian.
    - The Inheritence Series by Christopher Paolini – It’s about the last of the dragon riders and its very good!

    Here are a couple suggestions! If you want more, feel free to email me! :)

    What are some good fiction books that in these categories?

    Posted by admin on February 25th, 2010 and filed under fiction books | 5 Comments »

    I like fiction books about almost anything, as long as I can get into them and they are interesting.

    I just finished Book 1 of the Lily Dale Series (about psychics and ghosts) and I really enjoyed it.
    I also enjoy books with "forbidden romances," if that even makes sense.

    Basically books with any of these topics: ghosts, psychics, love stories (not too mushy), murders.
    They actually don’t even have to have anything to do with these topics. I guess what I’m asking for is suggestions for any good books! Thanks!

    Someone always gets murdered in Mary Higgins Clark’s books. I have a million of them. They are really good murder mystery books.

    Writing Fiction & Poetry : How to Write a Book or Story

    Posted by admin on February 24th, 2010 and filed under fiction books | 25 Comments »

    When writing a book or story, first determine the reason for writing it, and then stay committed to writing every day to establish the exposition, complication, climax and resolution of the story. Compose a book, whether as a form of expression or a form of financial stability, with tips from a published author and English professor in this free video on writing.

    Expert: David M. Harris
    Bio: David M. Harris has taught English at Vanderbilt University and elsewhere.
    Filmmaker: Dimitri LaBarge

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    What are your favorite non fiction books?

    Posted by admin on February 23rd, 2010 and filed under fiction books | 9 Comments »

    I have a book report due on january 20 and i need to read a non fiction book. What are some non fiction books that you enjoyed reading?

    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson is by far the best non fiction book I’ve ever read.

    Chris Urquhart Reads at Locution, Pulp Fiction Books

    Posted by admin on February 21st, 2010 and filed under fiction books | No Comments »

    Chris Urquhart reads an excerpt from “Welcome to Rainbowland” and a postcard story about her first love (”Mr. Breakfast and His Meat”) at February Locution.

    Fellow readers included Indrapramit Das, Emily Urness, Dan Schwartz, and Dina Del Bucchia.

    Pulp Fiction books, Vancouver.

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