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    Ancient Programmer Paratima's Avatar
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    Whoever started this thread - Very Cool! Ya learn stuff about yer buds by seeing what books they're into. Neat stuff.

    Anyway, since the last time I posted... Nah, too many.

    Just finishing "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan & about to start "Pale Blue Dot", ditto. Very highly recommended!
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    I finished reading the second book in the Inheritence trilogy (Eragon was the first); Eldest. It's a pretty good story, throws some plot twists in it. Unfortunately, these books aren't for kids. I had to stop about every other page to look up some stupid word that is too advanced for the story...

    I started reading Leviathan, but quickly bored of it. So now, for the time being, I'm reading some FoxTrot and Dilbert comics...

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    I am currently reading "The Financier" by Theodore Dreiser. It is pretty good so far.

    From amazon:
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    Based on the life of flamboyant financier C.T. Yerkes, Dreiser's portrayal of the unscrupulous magnate Cowperwood embodies the idea that behind every great fortune there is a crime. You don't read Dreiser for literary finesse, but his great intensity and keen journalistic eye give this portrait a powerful reality

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    Definitely a nice thread! I'm afraid time constraints have led my serious reading astray. I'm being forced into the more humorous like of:

    Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory
    Radical Marketing
    Entrepreneurial FInance
    Capital Acquisition and Cash Flow Management

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    Currently I'm at the end of Diplomatic Immunity from Vorkosigan Saga. After that I plan to read Ethan of Athos also from Vorkosigan Saga. And after that I have only 3 more books from this SF series that I didn't read. I'm in this series almost for a year now, and I already know I will miss good old Miles once I complete them all. Fortunately, there is a news that Bujold work on a new book from this series.
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    alpha,

    did you read The Tawny Man trilogy from Robin Hobb? I'm on the 3rd one of that. Very good, basically follows on almost directly from the Farseer trilogy. If anything I think the characterizations are even better in this one..

    Did your g/f finish the Magician's Guild ? Next one, The Novice gets better and the third one is just awesome..

    What to read next....

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    I've actually just started Fool's Errand in the last few days and I'm liking what I'm reading so far. Glad to hear it hasn't been a let down for you and I'm hoping it is as good as I want it to be. I've been saving it for when I was finished with a couple of games, otherwise I knew it wouldn't get my full attention.

    My gf did finish Magician's Guild (in a matter of days) and was eager to buy the next ones straight away but we've been on a bit of a budget since then so they are being saved for her birthday in June. Thanks for such a good recommendation!

    As for a counter-recommendation, there is a fantasy quartet by Marc Alexander called The Wells of Ythan which I found to be very easy reading a few years ago (not sure how it would hold up these days).

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