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Posted August 21, 2011
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wodmarach: avoid the colour of magic and light fantastic they are not good intro books... go for guards guards if you got it
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klaymen: So far I've read Guards! Guards! and Reaper Man.
The 4 next books I have are: Sourcery, Witches abroad, Night watch and Men at arms.
Those two are very good. I loved Sourcery too.

And I must heavily recommend Mort, its just excellent. Also The Wee Free Men, can't forget that one :P

And if you want the same kind of humour in a different setting, I loved Good Omens.
Posted August 21, 2011
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Coelocanth: Foundation series is by Asimov, not Clarke. ;)
Oh yeah /facepalm

I was thinking of the wrong series anyway - I meant to say 'Eon' and its sequels by Greg Bear (only have the first book of the 'Foundation' series, so it'd be a bit tricky to read all of them :P ).

Guess that's what I get for trying to post at around 3 in the morning...
Posted August 21, 2011
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wodmarach: avoid the colour of magic and light fantastic they are not good intro books... go for guards guards if you got it
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klaymen: So far I've read Guards! Guards! and Reaper Man.
The 4 next books I have are: Sourcery, Witches abroad, Night watch and Men at arms.
ack you've missed a couple of books out of the guards series >.<
Theres a long continuing story line in this series within a series which goes something like this.
Guards Guards,
Men at arms,
Feet of Clay,
Jingo,(this ones a little slow)
The Fifth Elephant,
Nightwatch,
Thud.

You also have book 2 (or 3 if you include equal rites) of the witches series which starts with either equal rites or wyrd sisters
Sourcery however is a wizard book and thus fairly stand alone though as it's fairly early and before mustrum ridcully arrives.
Posted August 21, 2011
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wodmarach: <snip>
Oh. The shopkeeper told me that apart from Colour of magic and Light fantastic were somehow tied together with story and the others were quite independent, only familiar characters would appear.

So I guess I need to get more of them (not that is a bad thing, just money is the issue).
Posted August 21, 2011
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wodmarach: <snip>
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klaymen: Oh. The shopkeeper told me that apart from Colour of magic and Light fantastic were somehow tied together with story and the others were quite independent, only familiar characters would appear.

So I guess I need to get more of them (not that is a bad thing, just money is the issue).
He lied theres a few long running story lines in order of appearance..
Rincewind and the wizards (CoM)
Death (He appears in every book so I'll include him here but he really starts after the witches in Mort..)
Granny Weatherwax and the Witches(Equal Rites/Wyrd Sisters)
The Guards (GG)
The History Monks/Lu Tze (Small gods though he's everywhere and pops up in various storylines)
Susan Sto Helit (soul music but her story starts in Mort)
Moist Von Lipwig (Going Postal)
There are stand alone books, Pyramids, Small gods(though can technically be seen as a lu tze book), The Truth (though this involves the guards)

You can read them out of order but you'll find yourself itching to go back to the earlier story books to find out how certain events happend...

::edit:: Theres also a number of childrens books set in DW The Amazing maurice (a retelling of the pied piper of hamlin) and the tiffany aching books(could be seen as part of the witches and guards books)
Post edited August 21, 2011 by wodmarach
Posted August 21, 2011
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wodmarach: interesting stuff
Thank you, I appreciate it.
Posted August 21, 2011
Paradise Lost - Smyrna 1922 - The Destruction of Islam's city of Tolerance by Giles Milton

I just finished it today, and it tells about a little known and horrible event [see HERE]

The Northern Wars 1558 - 1721 by Robert I. Frost

Denmark-Norway, Sweden, Poland-Lithuania and Muscowy duking it out for control of the Baltic. Guess who won ? I am in 1648 right now :)

Well, yes, I am more into history book.
Post edited August 21, 2011 by Narwhal
Posted August 21, 2011
Right now I'm currently reading A Dance with Dragons which is the 5th book in the A Song of Ice and Fire series. I'm 150 pages into it and loving it.

I'm also reading Atlas Shrugged off and on and I'm 66 pages into it so far. I got over 1100 pages left.
Posted August 21, 2011
A Clash of Kings, because of the Game of Thrones TV-series, I'm now reading the books. Very nice fantasy.
Posted August 21, 2011
I just finished Ciaphas Cain: Defendender of the imperium, now i started Eric one of the discworld novels.
Posted August 21, 2011
Visions of America, volume 1 and 2 by Keene et. al., Heritage of World Civilizations by Craig et. al., The Infernal Machine by Carr, In Spite of the Gods by Luce, and Palestine: Peace not Apartheid by Jimmy Carter...yes, I'm reading them all right now (it's for my work).
Though I'd love to re-re-re-re-read The Misenchanted Sword by Lawrence Watt-Evans instead
Post edited August 21, 2011 by VetMichael
Posted August 21, 2011
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VetMichael: Though I'd love to re-re-re-re-read The Misenchanted Sword by Lawrence Watt-Evans instead
Holy crap, I read that a long time ago and totally forgot about it. Very fun read. I'm now moving onto the second book of Pliocene exile, The Golden Torc.
Posted August 21, 2011
I'm currently focused on two books, though I have more in various stages of completion.

The first one is 1493 by Charles C. Mann. It explores how the Columbian Exchange (the network of global trade that was set in motion by Columbus coming to the Americas) changed the world and how its effects are still seen today.

The other one is America Walked into a Bar by Christine Sismondo. It explores the role the bar and tavern has played in the history of the US. Quite a fun read actually.
Posted August 22, 2011
Currently Hyperion by Dan Simmons and re-reading King of the Murgos by David Eddings.
Posted August 22, 2011
X-Wing: Solo Command

It's the 7th book (of 9) of the X-Wing series. It's he first time I'm reading the series in english and there are a lot of jokes you don't get in the translation.
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