Thanks to recommendations from you guys, I've read two excellent books in the past couple weeks--Band of Brothers and Bernard Goldberg's Bias. Anyone else have any suggestions for "must-read" books?
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Thanks to recommendations from you guys, I've read two excellent books in the past couple weeks--Band of Brothers and Bernard Goldberg's Bias. Anyone else have any suggestions for "must-read" books?
Starship Troopers is an excellent book if you haven't read it yet.
As long as we're talking classics, Asimov's "I, Robot" and "Foundation" series are must reads for Sci-Fi fans.
[AK]Bribo
If you were a zombie and I had to kill you, I'd feel sad.
If you're into the war theme right now (as I am) try this book:
How Wars are Won
Sort of a modern day "Art of War". Some interesting stuff in there.
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I didn't forget it. That's why I said the "I, Robot" SERIES of which "The Caves of Steel" is a part.Originally posted by [AK?]StitchJones
Let's not forget "The Caves of Steel" a amazing Asimov book.
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If you were a zombie and I had to kill you, I'd feel sad.
The Art of War - Sun Tzu
We the Living - Ayn Rand
Anthem - Ayn Rand
The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
Tangled Web - Richard Power
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The sun has fallen down
And the billboards are all leering
And the flags are all dead at the top of their poles.
There is a series of books (5 or 6 i guess) by a spanish author, i don't know if its translated to English or not, it's called "Caballo de Troya" "Troyan Horse!?!?" it's by J.J. Benitez, and talks about americans finding the way to travel across time in the 70's so they have a few places to go and decide to go if Jesus Christ did in fact existed, it's a journey thru the last days of Jesus Christ, and it's very interesting. A little Sci Fi with History and the Bible involved.
I just finished reading Catch-22, which I really enjoyed. Get a different perspective about World War II the Joseph Heller way.
Also if you want to dive head first into cyber punkish sci-fi, grab Snow Crash. Absolutely amazing.
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The best WWII book I've read is Easter Day 1941.
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Best books that I've been working on reading are Peter the Great and The Bible.
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Starship Troopers - EXCELLENT READ. It is much better than the lame-ass movie was. Want to know my politics? Read this book. :-)
Snow Crash - Excellent! This is a very good book ... would make an awesome movie.
Cryptonomicon - Also by Neal Stephenson, the author of Snow Crash. This is a great read ... combines WWII cryptography with modern-day computer hijinks. A plus - some of the ciphers given as examples in the book are good enough to be classified as "munitions" by the U.S.
Neuromancer - by William Gibson. The definitive cyber-punk novel, although Snow Crash is better.
And three golden-oldies:
Inherit the Stars, The Gentle Giants of Ganymede and Giant's Star (all by James P. Hogan). These are great hard sci-fi, and not nearly as cheesy as the titles sound. The books start with the discovery of a human corpse in a pressure suit on the Moon ... who died 50,000 years ago.
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