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And the best looking.
But seriously.... Boris Akunin's books are pretty cool if you like detective stuff (which I do).
But seriously.... Boris Akunin's books are pretty cool if you like detective stuff (which I do).
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catch -22"Everything for the State, nothing against the State, nothing outside the State" - Benito MussoliniComment
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And the sequel, some 25 years later, Closing TimeGolfing since 67Comment
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I was about 1/2 through it but had to turn it back into the libraryOriginally posted by Zoid
Pratchett is indeed a riot, but lately he´s been rather boring. The last really good book he wrote was "The Truth"... But I reread "Pyramids" the other night and it was hilarious with the reluctant assasin/pharaoh and the worlds greatest mathematician/camel
But I like his more recent stuff. I liked Going Postal and Thud. His Wee Free Men and Hatful of Sky are great children's books, so much that you don't even know they're children's books.
"We like five things: stealin'...and drinkin'...and fightin'...and drinkin' and fightin'...and stealin' and drinkin' and fightin'.
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our_man- don't judge him by the witches novels- those are by far his most tedious and boring. Not worth reading at all.
The ones where he covers Death or the City Watch are by far the most amusing.
Zoid- I dunno. Every new book has read funnier than the last ever since the Fifth Elephant (c1998??) Pratchett just keeps getting better.
His earlier works like the color of magic, feet of clay, and the light fantastic are mostly blah... but then he starts coming into his own with historical and philosophical and all other types of satire later...-->Visit CGN!
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Ted Striker wouldn't have let this pass without aEntranced by a resolute Englishwoman whose capacity for debauchery knows no bounds
Am I the only who thinks its more interesting than damn elves? Elves 
Nuke the elves, I say!
Last edited by Nostromo; July 13, 2006, 21:53.Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy – LessingComment
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Originally posted by DarkCloud
our_man- don't judge him by the witches novels- those are by far his most tedious and boring. Not worth reading at all.
I liked the witches.
The only book I didn't like was his first: The Colour of Magic but currently I'm giving that one a second chance. The Fifth Elephant was also weak. At first, I didn't like Small Gods but it won me over by the end.
I really liked: Hogfather, Moving Pictures, Night Watch (although you need to know Discworld to fully appreciate it), and Interesting Times--in fact, I'm already collecting stuff with which to make a Cohen the Barbarian costume for myself this Holloween.Comment
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I second the Masters of Rome series suggestion. Six great books, about 1000 pages each. The only problem is that McCullough tends to over idealize the main characters, most of all Caesar."Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master" - Commissioner Pravin Lal.Comment
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When I did a course on the late Roman Republic, I kept imagining the whole story like a multi-episode movie. Now that book series seems to be exactly what I was thinking of, just as in books.
And I remember my parents have one book by C. McC at home, might check if it's one of these.Comment
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Ah, it's probably the Thorn birds though. shouldn't stop me from getting one of those Masters of Rome ones.
Which one is the one with Sulla Pompei and Caesar now?Comment
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Which one is the one with Sulla Pompei and Caesar now?
IIRC Fortune's Favorites (it's the third) is the book which starts with Pompey joining Sulla in the civil war."Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master" - Commissioner Pravin Lal.Comment
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Ah, 83ish. Sounds good. Does the second one deal with the Gracchhus rebellion?Comment
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Ah, 83ish. Sounds good. Does the second one deal with the Gracchhus rebellion?
No. The Gracchi are ~120-130, while the first book starts with Gaius Marius marrying Julia at about 110.
Basically, the whole series is from the rise of Marius until Philippi."Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master" - Commissioner Pravin Lal.Comment
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Cool. As I was saying earlier, I'd like to see some movie trilogy about that exact time. Knowing there is a popular book series makes it just more likely. Imagine a cool Hollywood Rome blockbuster trilogy like LotR, only better
Men of Rome 2 - This time, Sulla does it the hard way.Comment
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It's almost impossible to get these in right order at amazon. Is this order correct?
First Man of Rome
Grass Crown
Fortune's Favourite's
Caesar - Let the Dice Roll
Caesar's Women
The October Horse
Is it possible to start with the third one? it's the one I care about the most. Is it much about women and plots?Comment
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