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Dragonriders of Pern Dragonquest by Anne McCaffrey. Its so great im really into Dragons and these books give me everything i want.
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I'm currently reading Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey.
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Ah, I really enjoyed the Kushiel books,
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though the sex could be disturbing (the main character has training as a spy and a courtesan, so the sex can be a bit graphic - though it is always important to both the plot and character development - makingthis is one of the best uses of sex scenes I am aware of in fantasy - it is there, and can be quite icky (many of the scenes involve S&M) - but it is never gratuitous.)
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I just began ''The Darkness That Comes Before''.
But if you're all about the destination, then take a fucking flight.
We're going nowhere slowly, but we're seeing all the sights.
And we're definitely going to hell, but we'll have all the best stories to tell.


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Sunder wrote:Dragonriders of Pern Dragonquest by Anne McCaffrey. Its so great im really into Dragons and these books give me everything i want.
I am glad you are enjoying them. :) You might also enjoy the Termeraire (dragon) books by Naomi Novik as well. 8)
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God Emperor of Dune

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Sunder wrote:Dragonriders of Pern Dragonquest by Anne McCaffrey. Its so great im really into Dragons and these books give me everything i want.
We used to have a McCaffrey forum here, but it was deleted due to inactivity. I'm a fan of DoP as well, but IMHO they're not in the same league as Covenant.
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Dune. I had never read it before.
War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. John Stuart Mill
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What? What? Never? :lol:

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Last of the Wilds - Trudi Canavan
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I just began ''The Darkness That Comes Before''.
Sweeet! Excellent series. Ranks up there with the classics!
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Brinn wrote:
I just began ''The Darkness That Comes Before''.
Sweeet! Excellent series. Ranks up there with the classics!
That it is. I love Bakker. :biggrin:

That said, I did have a bit of trouble initally getting into the first book. Every time I would really get into a particular character or plot, Bakker would shift things on me. But I stuck with it, and am very glad I did. Really good stuff, just wonderful. 8)
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Reading, for the umpteenth time, ALL the TC books. Am into number four now; will be done with all six (don't own ROTE yet, but have read it from the library) in a couple of weeks. I devour books. Can't get enough of the TC chronicles. I believe SRD is a genius, but just wish I didn't need a dictionary to read them. I have a decent vocab, but not large enough to include "inhermeticeutable." I can't even find the meaning of that one. No one has it listed online or anywhere else. It was said by Pitchwife, I believe, in the 2nd chronicles, but I forget which book. I'm in that set now; I'll try to notate where it is. Anyone know what it means? How about "coloquy?" This would be a great topic! I think I might see about that.......
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I am going togo back to the well on the GAP.. Decided just today.
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Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay
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Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind.

I'm really not sure if I'm enjoying it or not, but it has got me hooked anyway! Went out today and bought the whole series secondhand, of course!)
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Cordelia's Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold, this is a fixup of Shards of Honor and Barrayar.
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Half way through A Game of Thrones.
Waddley wrote:your Highness Sir Dr. Loredoctor, PhD, Esq, the Magnificent, First of his name, Second Cousin of Dragons, White-Gold-Plate Wielder!
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I startedthe compilations of Edgar Allen Poe, darkness abounds..........
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Floating High But I'm Always Down......
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Heretics of Dune.

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