Need books....

TDrag27

Shared on Wed, 02/16/2011 - 08:49

I'm heading to Orlando on Sunday for a multi-day, huge conference. Yay for nice weather, I guess? (Clearly, I'm not too excited about being at a conference for 4 days.)

Anyway, I need some books to download for the plane and the hotel... I typically like Science Fiction but not too geeky. Mystery/Thriller is good too.

Any suggestions?

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Submitted by Jedi_Kez on Wed, 02/16/2011 - 09:13
What about super hero-ish? I just finished "In Hero Years... I'm Dead" by Michael Stackpole. A hero returns to his ciry after 20 years of being away to find things different. Basically the hero vs. villain thing is run more like a sporting event , or wrestling mixed in with some fantasy sport league and odds. It's $5 for kindle I think, or $6 to get an extra section where the author talks about how the story came to be. Other books: "Daemon" and sequal "Freedom TM" (computer worm taking over the world - seems far-fetched, but all the tech jargon and capabilities are real). The "Dexter" series. I've read the first two, and they are different enough from the show to make them interesting. The method the main villain uses in the second book is *shudder*. It'll give you nightmares thinking of it! :o) I like Sci Fi too, but for some reason I cannot think of anything to recommend here... I think it's been a while since I read one :(
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Submitted by BalekFekete on Wed, 02/16/2011 - 09:14
If you haven' t read them already, I'm in the middle of Steven King's "Dark Tower" series and it's stellar.
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Submitted by BigFish on Wed, 02/16/2011 - 09:23
Enjoy orlando, should be nice here. It's looking pretty warm around mid 70s for a high with no humidity and clear skies. Lows will get down to low 50s but that's probably t-shirt weather for you! Dexter series is good, I've read them all and liked them. I'm reading the Alex Cross series by James Patterson right now. I heard they were really good, and decided to give it a try. I know they were movies, but I started with Along Came A Spider which I haven't seen in years, so I forget what the details were. Half way thru, so far so good!
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Submitted by NormalGuy on Wed, 02/16/2011 - 09:29
The Hunger Games = TEH Awesome!! If you haven't read it, I can pretty much guarantee some mad love for that book.
TANK's picture
Submitted by TANK on Wed, 02/16/2011 - 10:01
Gears of War series ?
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Submitted by CrypticCat on Wed, 02/16/2011 - 10:37
I would suggest a series by an author called Ansen Dibell. She wrote 5 books starting with a book called Ashay Rey and four others, I don't know the exact US-titles but I do know that one other book in the series was titled Circle, crescent, star. It mixes high adventure/fantasy with sci-fi. Basically the series revolves around a guy who's a writer for merchants and so on, who has an undying love for a female warrior. But then, Ashay Rey turns his world upside down. I don't know if the series is downloable though. I'm still a fan of paper books.
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Submitted by MTK005 on Wed, 02/16/2011 - 11:04
Robert Crais just released another Elvis Cole/Joe Pike mystery/detective novel. It's a pretty good series if you like the modern hardboiled detective genre
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Submitted by SM05 on Wed, 02/16/2011 - 11:10
Try "The Entire and the Rose" 4 book series. 1st one had popped up as a free download for my Kindle. I normally read different sci-fi but it sort of grew on me. I'm half way through the 3rd book now. 1st book is still free. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003N7MYQK/ref=kinw_myk_ro_title I'd also recommend Old Man's War by John Scalzi. Very much 2o2p/GOW appropriate and lots of fun IMHO: http://www.amazon.com/Old-Mans-War-ebook/dp/B000SEIK2S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF...
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Submitted by TDrag27 on Wed, 02/16/2011 - 13:24
Normal Guy - I just finished the Hunger Games series a few weeks ago - they were awesome!
tarbs's picture
Submitted by tarbs on Wed, 02/16/2011 - 13:41
Dresden Files by Jim Butcher great series
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Submitted by FadeIntoBlack on Wed, 02/16/2011 - 15:40
I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell. - Tucker Max I like the same genres as you listed, but gave this one a flyer at an airport and I laughed my fucking ass off from almost cover to cover.
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Submitted by doorgunnerjgs on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 00:04
Have you ever checked out the David Weber series "Honor Harrington"? Starts out as a midshipman in an iinterstellar empire and rises to Admiral over a long series of books. I've read the entire series at least three times.
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Submitted by doorgunnerjgs on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 00:09
btw - several of the books are available for FREE download at the Baen (his publisher) website. Check out http://www.baen.com/library/authors.asp and click on David Weber.
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Submitted by doorgunnerjgs on Mon, 03/14/2011 - 23:21
Did you get any of the suggested e-books?

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