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    Amit Dey
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    Butlerian Jihad - Brian Herbert Kevin J Andersen Machine Crusade - The Jesus Incident- Frank Herbert & Bill Ransom Bought these books in the newly opened Landmark bookshop (wow, the scifi section is quite good)in the still newly opened ForumMall shopping mall. Have already been through the first two. must relax and enjoy/WorShip Sir Frank's book slowly. Wondering what any of you people reading apart from the deeper meanings of semicolon(or alternately woofles)?;P

    I come in peace. Please take me to your vodka bottle. Amit Dey

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      Butlerian Jihad - Brian Herbert Kevin J Andersen Machine Crusade - The Jesus Incident- Frank Herbert & Bill Ransom Bought these books in the newly opened Landmark bookshop (wow, the scifi section is quite good)in the still newly opened ForumMall shopping mall. Have already been through the first two. must relax and enjoy/WorShip Sir Frank's book slowly. Wondering what any of you people reading apart from the deeper meanings of semicolon(or alternately woofles)?;P

      I come in peace. Please take me to your vodka bottle. Amit Dey

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      Gary R Wheeler
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      Currently reading The Howling Stones by Alan Dean Foster. Recently finished: Precursor, Defender, and Explorer (the second Foreigner trilogy) by C. J. Cherryh Moving Mars by Greg Bear The Legacy of the Aldenata series by John Ringo


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        Butlerian Jihad - Brian Herbert Kevin J Andersen Machine Crusade - The Jesus Incident- Frank Herbert & Bill Ransom Bought these books in the newly opened Landmark bookshop (wow, the scifi section is quite good)in the still newly opened ForumMall shopping mall. Have already been through the first two. must relax and enjoy/WorShip Sir Frank's book slowly. Wondering what any of you people reading apart from the deeper meanings of semicolon(or alternately woofles)?;P

        I come in peace. Please take me to your vodka bottle. Amit Dey

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        Jonas Larsson
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        Amit Dey wrote: Butlerian Jihad - Brian Herbert Kevin J Andersen Machine Crusade - Those two were great, Im eagerly awaiting 'The Battle of Corrin'. If you like Frank Herbert, I can recommend 'The Dosadi Experiment' --- “Our solar system is Jupiter and a bunch of junk” - Charley Lineweaver 2002

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          Butlerian Jihad - Brian Herbert Kevin J Andersen Machine Crusade - The Jesus Incident- Frank Herbert & Bill Ransom Bought these books in the newly opened Landmark bookshop (wow, the scifi section is quite good)in the still newly opened ForumMall shopping mall. Have already been through the first two. must relax and enjoy/WorShip Sir Frank's book slowly. Wondering what any of you people reading apart from the deeper meanings of semicolon(or alternately woofles)?;P

          I come in peace. Please take me to your vodka bottle. Amit Dey

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          Marc Clifton
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          Off the top of my head--Asimov, Zelazny, Orson Scott Card, CS Lewis, Niven, Pournelle, Ursula K. le Guin, McCaffrey, Koontz, Crichton, Cooper, [edit]Bradbury[/edit]. [edit]never got into Heinlein[/edit] Marc Microsoft MVP, Visual C#

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            Butlerian Jihad - Brian Herbert Kevin J Andersen Machine Crusade - The Jesus Incident- Frank Herbert & Bill Ransom Bought these books in the newly opened Landmark bookshop (wow, the scifi section is quite good)in the still newly opened ForumMall shopping mall. Have already been through the first two. must relax and enjoy/WorShip Sir Frank's book slowly. Wondering what any of you people reading apart from the deeper meanings of semicolon(or alternately woofles)?;P

            I come in peace. Please take me to your vodka bottle. Amit Dey

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            Anna Jayne Metcalfe
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            I picked up a copy of The Wars of the Roses: And the Lives of Five Men and Women in the Fifteenth Century[^] in London a couple of weeks ago. This particular book is pretty fascinating as it's told from the perspective of five people (a nobleman, a gentleman, a priest, a lady and a harlot!) who were actually involved in the conflict. Highly recommended if you're interested in the period. It's pretty scathing of the Richard III Society[^] too...but that's another debate. Anna :rose: Homepage | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work. Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Visual C++ Add-In

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              Butlerian Jihad - Brian Herbert Kevin J Andersen Machine Crusade - The Jesus Incident- Frank Herbert & Bill Ransom Bought these books in the newly opened Landmark bookshop (wow, the scifi section is quite good)in the still newly opened ForumMall shopping mall. Have already been through the first two. must relax and enjoy/WorShip Sir Frank's book slowly. Wondering what any of you people reading apart from the deeper meanings of semicolon(or alternately woofles)?;P

              I come in peace. Please take me to your vodka bottle. Amit Dey

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              brianwelsch
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              Right now I'm reading through: Stephen King's "Wolves of Calla" ,Dark Tower V Michael Gerber's "The E-Myth Revisited", and "Bulfinch's Mythology", by ...errrr.,. Bulfinch. Now Mythology could be seen as ancient sci-fi perhaps, The Dark Tower series has some sci-fi elements, and the E-Myth is a how-to guide for small businesses, which unfortunately also has some sci-fi bits to it. ;) (jk. E-Myth actually has some good common sense on a broad scale) BW CP Member Homepages


              "...take what you need and leave the rest..."

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                Off the top of my head--Asimov, Zelazny, Orson Scott Card, CS Lewis, Niven, Pournelle, Ursula K. le Guin, McCaffrey, Koontz, Crichton, Cooper, [edit]Bradbury[/edit]. [edit]never got into Heinlein[/edit] Marc Microsoft MVP, Visual C#

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                Lost User
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                Similar here except Koontz, although I liked the early Heinlein. As for the later stuff...it got ever so slightly :eek: Elaine :rose: The tigress is here :-D

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                  I picked up a copy of The Wars of the Roses: And the Lives of Five Men and Women in the Fifteenth Century[^] in London a couple of weeks ago. This particular book is pretty fascinating as it's told from the perspective of five people (a nobleman, a gentleman, a priest, a lady and a harlot!) who were actually involved in the conflict. Highly recommended if you're interested in the period. It's pretty scathing of the Richard III Society[^] too...but that's another debate. Anna :rose: Homepage | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work. Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Visual C++ Add-In

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                  The Wars of the Roses: And the Lives of Five Men and Women in the Fifteenth Century[^] ;) BW CP Member Homepages


                  "...take what you need and leave the rest..."

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                    Butlerian Jihad - Brian Herbert Kevin J Andersen Machine Crusade - The Jesus Incident- Frank Herbert & Bill Ransom Bought these books in the newly opened Landmark bookshop (wow, the scifi section is quite good)in the still newly opened ForumMall shopping mall. Have already been through the first two. must relax and enjoy/WorShip Sir Frank's book slowly. Wondering what any of you people reading apart from the deeper meanings of semicolon(or alternately woofles)?;P

                    I come in peace. Please take me to your vodka bottle. Amit Dey

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                    Stephen Owens
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                    Just about anything by Neal Stephenson, just finished Quicksilver which was very entertaining at least as good as Cryptonomicon. His earlier stuff was more sci-fi like Snow Crash or The Diamond Age both strange / cool. Also, just about anything by Iain Banks, like his Culture series, 'Consider Phlebas', 'The Player of Games', 'Look To Windward', 'Excession', oh heck, they're all good :-D! Check out his web site. And if you're in a mind for some non sci-fi you could do much worse than his very clever fiction, Whit is a good introduction there. enjoy, Stephen Owens Corner Software

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                      Amit Dey wrote: Butlerian Jihad - Brian Herbert Kevin J Andersen Machine Crusade - Those two were great, Im eagerly awaiting 'The Battle of Corrin'. If you like Frank Herbert, I can recommend 'The Dosadi Experiment' --- “Our solar system is Jupiter and a bunch of junk” - Charley Lineweaver 2002

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                      Jonas Larsson wrote: If you like Frank Herbert, I can recommend 'The Dosadi Experiment' yep! that is a nice one ....


                      Maximilien Lincourt Your Head A Splode - Strong Bad

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                        Butlerian Jihad - Brian Herbert Kevin J Andersen Machine Crusade - The Jesus Incident- Frank Herbert & Bill Ransom Bought these books in the newly opened Landmark bookshop (wow, the scifi section is quite good)in the still newly opened ForumMall shopping mall. Have already been through the first two. must relax and enjoy/WorShip Sir Frank's book slowly. Wondering what any of you people reading apart from the deeper meanings of semicolon(or alternately woofles)?;P

                        I come in peace. Please take me to your vodka bottle. Amit Dey

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                        Maximilien
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                        The Hyperion series from Dan Simmons and The Mars ( Red, Green and Blue ) series from Kim Stanley Robinson which I really like.


                        Maximilien Lincourt Your Head A Splode - Strong Bad

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                          Butlerian Jihad - Brian Herbert Kevin J Andersen Machine Crusade - The Jesus Incident- Frank Herbert & Bill Ransom Bought these books in the newly opened Landmark bookshop (wow, the scifi section is quite good)in the still newly opened ForumMall shopping mall. Have already been through the first two. must relax and enjoy/WorShip Sir Frank's book slowly. Wondering what any of you people reading apart from the deeper meanings of semicolon(or alternately woofles)?;P

                          I come in peace. Please take me to your vodka bottle. Amit Dey

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                          Ian Darling
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                          Amit Dey wrote: Wondering what any of you people reading apart from the deeper meanings of semicolon(or alternately woofles)? In the last two or three weeks: Hofstaders Gödel Escher Bach (I'm working my way through this one slowly :-)) Recently finished the new Peter F Hamilton Pandora's Star, which was quite good. Went through Clarkes 4 Space Odyssey books again - and 3001 is still a cop-out and cash-in of the worst sort :rolleyes: Good Omens, Only You Can Save Mankind (Pratchett)


                          Ian Darling "The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." - Bertrand Russell

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                            The Wars of the Roses: And the Lives of Five Men and Women in the Fifteenth Century[^] ;) BW CP Member Homepages


                            "...take what you need and leave the rest..."

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                            Anna Jayne Metcalfe
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                            Is it Monday or is it just me? :laugh: Anna :rose: Homepage | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work. Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Visual C++ Add-In

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                              Is it Monday or is it just me? :laugh: Anna :rose: Homepage | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work. Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Visual C++ Add-In

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                              Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: is it just me? It's just y ....errr... *checks calendar* Nope. It's you. ;P However, if Monday was actually as long as it felt this week, it would still be Monday today. ;) BW CP Member Homepages


                              "...take what you need and leave the rest..."

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                                Butlerian Jihad - Brian Herbert Kevin J Andersen Machine Crusade - The Jesus Incident- Frank Herbert & Bill Ransom Bought these books in the newly opened Landmark bookshop (wow, the scifi section is quite good)in the still newly opened ForumMall shopping mall. Have already been through the first two. must relax and enjoy/WorShip Sir Frank's book slowly. Wondering what any of you people reading apart from the deeper meanings of semicolon(or alternately woofles)?;P

                                I come in peace. Please take me to your vodka bottle. Amit Dey

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                                  Off the top of my head--Asimov, Zelazny, Orson Scott Card, CS Lewis, Niven, Pournelle, Ursula K. le Guin, McCaffrey, Koontz, Crichton, Cooper, [edit]Bradbury[/edit]. [edit]never got into Heinlein[/edit] Marc Microsoft MVP, Visual C#

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                                  Excellent taste in books, Marc! I would add Cherryh, Hogan, Kurtz, and Brin as well. Mike

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                                    Just about anything by Neal Stephenson, just finished Quicksilver which was very entertaining at least as good as Cryptonomicon. His earlier stuff was more sci-fi like Snow Crash or The Diamond Age both strange / cool. Also, just about anything by Iain Banks, like his Culture series, 'Consider Phlebas', 'The Player of Games', 'Look To Windward', 'Excession', oh heck, they're all good :-D! Check out his web site. And if you're in a mind for some non sci-fi you could do much worse than his very clever fiction, Whit is a good introduction there. enjoy, Stephen Owens Corner Software

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                                    I agree with you about Neal Stephenson. I'm reading Quicksilver now and find it very interesting. Mike

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                                      Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: is it just me? It's just y ....errr... *checks calendar* Nope. It's you. ;P However, if Monday was actually as long as it felt this week, it would still be Monday today. ;) BW CP Member Homepages


                                      "...take what you need and leave the rest..."

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                                      Anna Jayne Metcalfe
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                                      :zzz: :zzz: :zzz: :zzz: :zzz: :zzz: It might have something to do with the fact this this week is my first full week back at work and I'm running out of steam fast! :rolleyes: Anna :rose: Homepage | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work. Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Visual C++ Add-In

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                                        :zzz: :zzz: :zzz: :zzz: :zzz: :zzz: It might have something to do with the fact this this week is my first full week back at work and I'm running out of steam fast! :rolleyes: Anna :rose: Homepage | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work. Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Visual C++ Add-In

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                                        brianwelsch
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                                        The weekend is nigh, and you'll soon have rest. I've been the opposite, that is unusually jumpy, this week, since I haven't had a smoke since Sunday. I'm quitting again. :~ BW CP Member Homepages


                                        "...take what you need and leave the rest..."

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                                          Butlerian Jihad - Brian Herbert Kevin J Andersen Machine Crusade - The Jesus Incident- Frank Herbert & Bill Ransom Bought these books in the newly opened Landmark bookshop (wow, the scifi section is quite good)in the still newly opened ForumMall shopping mall. Have already been through the first two. must relax and enjoy/WorShip Sir Frank's book slowly. Wondering what any of you people reading apart from the deeper meanings of semicolon(or alternately woofles)?;P

                                          I come in peace. Please take me to your vodka bottle. Amit Dey

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                                          Andy Brummer
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                                          The first book in the Gap series by Stephen Donaldson is extremely dark and really good. -Andy Brummer

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