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Old 09-15-2015, 01:43 PM   #5351 (permalink)
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I need a good Sci-Fi. Any suggestions?
My all-time favorite SciFi novel:



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strang...a_Strange_Land

Other notable Heinlein works:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Puppet_Masters
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Door_into_Summer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methuselah%27s_Children
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job:_A_Comedy_of_Justice
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Old 09-15-2015, 05:11 PM   #5352 (permalink)
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So glad I came across this thread. I go to the library and just kind of stand there and glitch. How do you ever pick?


Any recommendations on non-fiction diaries? Like the Anne Frank Diary?
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Old 09-15-2015, 05:14 PM   #5353 (permalink)
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So glad I came across this thread. I go to the library and just kind of stand there and glitch. How do you ever pick?


Any recommendations on non-fiction diaries? Like the Anne Frank Diary?
Benjamin Franklin's autobiography is the best of all the biographies and autobiographies I've ever read.
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Old 09-16-2015, 07:47 PM   #5354 (permalink)
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I just love to read when gets free time sit with the new book stories. I always wait for new books and stories. And I like to read the books written by Humayan Ahmed. Right now reading "Himu"
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Old 09-16-2015, 08:00 PM   #5355 (permalink)
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I'm reading Neuromancer again.
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Old 09-17-2015, 08:20 PM   #5356 (permalink)
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Benjamin Franklin's autobiography is the best of all the biographies and autobiographies I've ever read.
Good to know, thanks!
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Old 09-17-2015, 09:53 PM   #5357 (permalink)
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Old 09-18-2015, 12:12 AM   #5358 (permalink)
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The Tommyknockers by Stephen King.
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Old 09-18-2015, 08:53 AM   #5359 (permalink)
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The Tommyknockers by Stephen King.
Classic. One of King's more "out there" stories. They made a TV mini-series out of it that was pretty bad but at least featured Traci Lords.
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Classic. One of King's more "out there" stories. They made a TV mini-series out of it that was pretty bad but at least featured Traci Lords.
And what a mini-series it was. Death by coke machine was hilarious.
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