Just Finished an 7 Book Saga
Just Finished an 7 Book Saga
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SystemParanoia

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14,343 posts

229 months

Tuesday 5th August 2008
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Kevin J andersons Saga of Seven Suns.

Its taken 8 years to get to this point, but what a fantastic read!! the highs.. the lows.. the Klisklis smile


Would recommend to anyone into their space scifi biggrin

10/10 smile


now im off to start again biggrin

randomman

2,215 posts

220 months

Tuesday 5th August 2008
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I read his Star Wars Trilogy that he did (Jedi Academy), I quite liked them at the time, may have to give these a go!

Edited by randomman on Tuesday 5th August 10:09

GingerNinja

3,991 posts

289 months

Tuesday 5th August 2008
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Amateur.

Try Robert Jordan's Wheel Of Time series - it's 11 books long (currently) and the author went off and died before he finished.

jesta1865

3,453 posts

240 months

Tuesday 5th August 2008
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i am reading this at the moment, along with rama series, dune series, foundation series, and discworld.

hmm its a wonder i have a family really :-) jester

Hedders

24,460 posts

278 months

Tuesday 5th August 2008
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I really need to start reading again...

PH is about all i bloody read these days!

DeadMeat_UK

3,058 posts

313 months

Tuesday 5th August 2008
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jesta1865 said:
i am reading this at the moment, along with rama series, dune series, foundation series, and discworld.
jester
Rama, the only Sci-fi I've read twice. Fantastic stuff. How does the 7 suns compare ? If I liked Rama, would I like this ?

On a slightly off topic note, I'm just reading Bryson- Tales from a Big Country and absolutely wetting myself.

RobDickinson

31,343 posts

285 months

Tuesday 5th August 2008
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I thought it wanderred and wandered, stretched plot lines out and realy didnt have much to say.

5/10

SystemParanoia

Original Poster:

14,343 posts

229 months

Tuesday 5th August 2008
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GingerNinja said:
Amateur.

Try Robert Jordan's Wheel Of Time series - it's 11 books long (currently) and the author went off and died before he finished.
now thats just frustrating!!

he needs re-lifeing!! ( pandoras star )

Mr E

23,098 posts

290 months

Tuesday 5th August 2008
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I read the first two and didn't rate them personally.

GingerNinja

3,991 posts

289 months

Tuesday 5th August 2008
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SystemParanoia said:
GingerNinja said:
Amateur.

Try Robert Jordan's Wheel Of Time series - it's 11 books long (currently) and the author went off and died before he finished.
now thats just frustrating!!

he needs re-lifeing!! ( pandoras star )
Well.....I believe he carried on working on the plot right up until his death, and his widow has engaged someone else to write the next installment based on all that work.....hopefully, they'll draw it to an end!

Adenauer

18,982 posts

267 months

Tuesday 5th August 2008
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Hedders said:
I really need to start reading again...

PH is about all i bloody read these days!
If you're after something that's entertaining, sad, and hilarious, look no further than this thumbup

One of my old drinking buddies from Bath had a heart attack, then his wife died, then he went to live in a shack in the Pyrennes, then he toured France on a three wheeler thing all in aid of the British Heart Foundation, then his dad died, and then he wrote a book about the whole thing. My copy arrived yesterday and I'm already whizzing through it, it's fekkin awsome. I'd recommend it if you fancy a good read thumbup



Synopsis
"French Letters" or a journey to at least three places is a w*rk of non-fiction written by a fifty something English man. A heart attack gave him the tap on the shoulder and changed his life. Quitting w*rk and Britain for the French High Pyrenees, he tried to become a mountain man but found himself journeying around France in an unreliable three-wheeled vehicle, called Peter, at a frustrating stop-start pace. With a head for escape, a desire to keep moving and a dodgy heart torn between the girl he thought he loved and the new life he thought he could sustain, the true story unfolds gently to culminate in Brancaster on the North Norfolk coast of England. This is the place where he comes to be with his dying Father and it's probably the place where he learns more about himself and those he really loves. Funny and peculiar, "French Letters" is a travel book, a journey to at least three places.

Parrot of Doom

23,075 posts

265 months

Tuesday 5th August 2008
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I hope so, because it was getting bloody boring by book 5.

SystemParanoia

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14,343 posts

229 months

Tuesday 5th August 2008
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Mr E said:
I read the first two and didn't rate them personally.
the elemental wars really got the pulse racing.

and the fact that i was always wondering what unorthodox solution the romers would come up to sole yet another fkup of a situation to be in lol smile

satans worm

2,466 posts

248 months

Tuesday 5th August 2008
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SystemParanoia said:
Kevin J andersons Saga of Seven Suns.

Its taken 8 years to get to this point, but what a fantastic read!! the highs.. the lows.. the Klisklis smile


Would recommend to anyone into their space scifi biggrin

10/10 smile


now im off to start again biggrin
Have also read it and quite good, although a bit immature?

Would recomend reading Alistair Reynolds, the books are not one saga but they all take place in the same galaxy, the best sci fi books ive read, although Peter Hamilton is also very good


SystemParanoia

Original Poster:

14,343 posts

229 months

Tuesday 5th August 2008
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satans worm said:
SystemParanoia said:
Kevin J andersons Saga of Seven Suns.

Its taken 8 years to get to this point, but what a fantastic read!! the highs.. the lows.. the Klisklis smile


Would recommend to anyone into their space scifi biggrin

10/10 smile


now im off to start again biggrin
Have also read it and quite good, although a bit immature?

Would recomend reading Alistair Reynolds, the books are not one saga but they all take place in the same galaxy, the best sci fi books ive read, although Peter Hamilton is also very good
Yes, i have Peter F Hamiltons Pandoras Star books

and a few mths ago got his "into the void" book, awaiting on the next installment.


i may have something from alistair reynolds. i cant recall though.

i dont seem to get along with ian m banks's style of writing tho. i wanted to like "against a dark background" but i just got bored frown

captainzep

13,306 posts

223 months

Tuesday 5th August 2008
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[looks over top of glasses]

Can I be the first to draw attention to this post's title?

'Just finished an 7 Book Saga'

Presumably the OP drove to work in 'an car' closely followed by drinking 'an cup of tea'.

http://www.english-zone.com/grammar/a-anlessn.html

I blame J0no.


Thudd

3,100 posts

238 months

Tuesday 5th August 2008
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I'm not impressed by Kevin J Anderson.

He's just a second-rate ghost writer who lacks ideas of his own.
The stuff he did on Dune lacked Vision. I read them all, waiting for something new and extraordinary, but it never came. True talent like Herbert (or even Clarke or Asimov, until they got old and confused and started trying to link all their existing Sagas together) is lightyears ahead.

SystemParanoia

Original Poster:

14,343 posts

229 months

Tuesday 5th August 2008
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captainzep][looks over top of glasses said:
Can I be the first to draw attention to this post's title?

'Just finished an 7 Book Saga'

Presumably the OP drove to work in 'an car' closely followed by drinking 'an cup of tea'.

http://www.english-zone.com/grammar/a-anlessn.html

I blame J0no.
lol typo, the subject was gonna be something else, but changed my mind and didn't delete the 'n' read

Edited by SystemParanoia on Tuesday 5th August 11:25

satans worm

2,466 posts

248 months

Tuesday 5th August 2008
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SystemParanoia said:
satans worm said:
SystemParanoia said:
Kevin J andersons Saga of Seven Suns.

Its taken 8 years to get to this point, but what a fantastic read!! the highs.. the lows.. the Klisklis smile


Would recommend to anyone into their space scifi biggrin

10/10 smile


now im off to start again biggrin
Have also read it and quite good, although a bit immature?

Would recomend reading Alistair Reynolds, the books are not one saga but they all take place in the same galaxy, the best sci fi books ive read, although Peter Hamilton is also very good
Yes, i have Peter F Hamiltons Pandoras Star books

and a few mths ago got his "into the void" book, awaiting on the next installment.


i may have something from alistair reynolds. i cant recall though.

i dont seem to get along with ian m banks's style of writing tho. i wanted to like "against a dark background" but i just got bored frown
L Ron Hubbard did a decology, got to book 7 but never finished, his book 'Battlefield Earth' is also very good, and thick!


Eddh

4,656 posts

223 months

Tuesday 5th August 2008
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I read Harry Potter, that has 7 books in it biggrin