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Timeline is a really good book. I was going to post about it but I forgot. there were so many unexpected things in that book (which is what made it good). I'm really lucky. I work at remote storage for all the libraries in south east PA. I work alone or with my brother so I can listen to books on tape while I put books away... and get paid for it:D :D ... me so lucky:D

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Originally posted by greedo626

Timeline is a really good book. I was going to post about it but I forgot. there were so many unexpected things in that book (which is what made it good). I'm really lucky. I work at remote storage for all the libraries in south east PA. I work alone or with my brother so I can listen to books on tape while I put books away... and get paid for it:D :D ... me so lucky:D

 

They are right now turning it into a movie. Lets hope the do it right, and not have a "Lost World" on our hands;)

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Originally posted by ckcsaber

They are right now turning it into a movie. Lets hope the do it right, and not have a "Lost World" on our hands;)

 

I think the movie is supposed to come out in November.........I think the lost world was a better movie than Sphere........that movie was HORRIBLE compared to the book.......

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Originally posted by ET Warrior

I think the movie is supposed to come out in November.........I think the lost world was a better movie than Sphere........that movie was HORRIBLE compared to the book.......

 

I completly forgot about "Sphere". It really was horrible, and Dustin Hoffman didn't help...

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Here are a few more good reads if you're into SF...

 

The Mote In God's Eye, Dream Park by Larry Niven

Fade Out by Patrick Tilley

Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein

Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. D.ick (made into the film Blade Runner)

The Engines Of God by Jack McDevitt

The Stone God Awakens by Philip Jose Farmer

The Deathworld trilogy by Harry Harrison

The Skylark, Lensman and Lord Tedric series by E.E. 'Doc' Smith - (Lord Tedric and the Iron Sphere is a rip-off of Star Wars, BTW).

Who Goes There? a short story by John W. Campbell on which The Thing was based.

The Antenna Syndrome by Alan Marks - it's like a weird PI gig, and for some reason I just found it immensely entertaining.

Invasion Of The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney

Any of the Aliens novels (not the ones based on the films, but the extended universe) are also a good read.

 

I also used to enjoy the Fargo (soldier of fortune) stories by John Benteen

 

And if you haven't read them...go and read the original James Bond novels by Ian Fleming - because they can be quite different from the movies.

 

I obviously spent far too much time browsing through second-hand book shops in my youth. :D

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Originally posted by AcrylicGuitar

Ahem...:D

Can someone tell me about the Tom Clancy Books: Splinter Cell and Rainbow Six?

Like, are they a good read....worht the time...or should I just skip em?

There is no splinter Cell book, but the Rainbow Six book is cool, though a bit long.

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