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- The Partner (John Grisham) - re-read...
- Playing for Pizza (John Grisham) - another really good basic story
by John Grisham...
- Jedi Twilight (Michael Reaves) - looks like there's another series
in the Star Wars universe...
-
 Somewhere In Time
(Richard Matheson) - I've gotta admit that I was a little apprehensive about reading this - I really loved the movie, and I wasn't sure I'd
be able to even chance reading the book and discovering it was very different
from the movie. As it turned out, I was overjoyed - the movie apparently
followed the book closely. There are some differences, but (in my opinion) the
differences in the movie only made the story better...
- Endgame Enigma (James P Hogan) - another old re-read...
- Orion Among the Stars (Ben Bova) -
- Orion and the Conqueror (Ben Bova) -
- Orion In the Dying Time (Ben Bova) - another re-read
- The Wheel of Darkness (Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child) -
- Vengeance of Orion (Ben Bova) - another re-read - this whole
series was/is really good. I've read most of them a couple of times now...
- Orion (Ben Bova) - yep, another re-read
- Something's Alive on the Titanic (Robert Serling) - another
re-read (from a long time ago) from the pile...
- The Trinity Vector (Steve Perry) - an older re-read...
- The Brethren (John Grisham) - a re-read...
- Sacrifice (Karen Traviss) - was waiting on this one. For some
reason it wasn't available in paperback until now; the later books in the
series (Star Wars Legacy of the Force) have been available for a while...
- Empire (Orson Scott Card) - re-read...
- Through Darkest America (Neal Barrett, Jr) - I'd read this a good
many years ago; I dusted it off and read it again. It was good (though a
little disturbing). I just now discovered that there was a sequel; I'll
probably try to find a copy (Amazon or eBay should have one)...
-
Christ
the Lord, Out of Egypt (Anne Rice) - read this again...
-
Revelation
(Karen Traviss) - another "Legacy of the Force" book in the Star Wars
series...
-
 The
Partner (John Grisham) - Although I enjoy all of John Grisham's stories,
this one was to be extra-good; the story is
gradually revealed throughout the book...
- The Brethren (John Grisham) - awfully good, as always for John
Grisham...
- Eternity (Greg Bear) - the sequel to Eon (another re-read)...
- Eon (Greg Bear) - another sci-fi re-read...
- Maximum Ride - Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports (James
Patterson) - another story in the "Maximum Ride" series. There's a good
storyline with these books, though the reading is a little annoying...
- The Summons (John Grisham) - another re-read...
- The King of Torts (John Grisham) - re-read...
- Colony (Ben Bova) - I've read this a couple of times over the
years, though it's been a while now...
- Empire (Orson Scott Card) - I thought this was awfully good (I
like Orson Scott Card's writing); it's probably quite plausible too...
- Conquistador (S M Stirling) - This was a Christmas gift from my
cousin Sol. I really enjoyed it; I think I'll try to read some more of this
guy's stuff...
- The Approaching Storm (Alan Dean Foster) - and another...
- Digital Fortress (Dan Brown) - another re-read...
- State of Fear (Michael Crichton) - re-read...
- Fury (Aaron Allston) - a new book in the Star Wars universe...
- Tyrant's Test (Michael P Kube-McDowell) - another Star Wars
re-read...
-
 The Innocent Man (John Grisham) - this was really good! A good
account of a true story; pretty sad at the end...
- Next (Michael Crichton) - this was good, makes you wonder. Seems
like Michael Crichton must have an "inside track" on a lot of current
technological-type stuff...
- Before the Storm (Michael P Kube-McDowell) - another one...
- The Crystal Star - another Star Wars re-read...
- Children of the Jedi - yep, another re-read...
- Specter of the Past (Timothy Zahn) - another re-read...
- Splinter of the Mind's Eye (Alan Dean Foster) - another re-read...
- I, Jedi - yet another re-read from "the pile"...
- Howard Hughes, His Weird and Wanton Ways - found this in my utility
shed (?); it appears to have been written shortly after Howard Hughes' death...
- Pinhook, Finding Wholeness in a Fragmented Land (Janisse Ray) - I
picked this up while washing clothes at the Laundromat; sort of a plea to help
conserve the Pinhook Swamp that lies just below the Okefenokee. It was
interesting...
- Inferno (Troy Denning) - another Star Wars novel. Really good. The
continuing Star Wars saga is proving to be interesting; imagine Han and Leia's
son (Luke's nephew) being seduced by the "dark side" and becoming a Sith and
then trying to recruit Luke's son Ben as his apprentice! Interesting...
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 Howard Hughes - the Untold Story (Peter Harry Brown and Pat H
Broeske) - This seemed to be a really good account of Howard Hughes' life,
which I find fascinating. It was both inspiring and sad in the final years...
- The Broker (John Grisham) - yep, another re-read...
- Caribbean (James A Michener) - another one from "the pile".
This was really good; it's like a history lesson but told as
a series a stories...
- Darth Bane - Path of Destruction (Drew Karpyshyn) - another book in
the Star Wars series/universe - really good!
- The Codex (Douglas Preston) - a re-read from the collection...
-
 Jacob Summerlin, King of the Crackers - I picked this up from
Amazon.com. It's a mini-biography of Jacob Summerlin, who was a early Florida
pioneer. He eventually became a big-time cattle baron of sorts. He also made a
great impact on early Florida history. I'm trying to figure out how/if he may
be related to my family line. After reading it I still don't know if our
families are related, but it was very interesting reading anyway...
- Betrayal (Aaron Allston) - the second in a new Star Wars series.
I'm not fond of this author's writing, but I hate to not finish the series...
- The Scarlett Letter (Nathanial Hawthorne) - yeah, the one most all
of us probably read in high school English/Literature class. Don't ask me why
I decided to pull this out and read it. I guess there wasn't anything new out,
and I actually did enjoy it. Hard to believe, but this was actually first
published in 1850! It's over 150 years old now!...
- Maximum Ride - School's Out-Forever (James Patterson) - the
2nd in a 3-pt series (I believe); although I get the idea these are aimed at
readers much younger than me, I've enjoyed them so far. Interesting note -
this book mentioned General Coffee State Park in Douglas GA as a location...
-
 Scarlett (Alexandra Ripley) - this is the only book I've ever
bought in hardback - I couldn't wait to read it (it was released sometime in
the late '80's/early '90's). I've just now read it again and DAMN! I'd
forgotten just how good it was...
- Exile (Aaron Allston) - a new novel in the Star Wars series. I
don't say this often about any book that I read, but this one wasn't very
good; the story was fine, but the writing itself wasn't very good...
- This Day All Gods Die (Stephen R Donaldson) - This was some
story!...
- Chaos and Order (Stephen R Donaldson) - re-read - this is a 5-book
series, by the way...
- A Dark and Hungry God Arises (Stephen R Donaldson) - re-read...
- Forbidden Knowledge (Stephen R Donaldson) - re-read...
- The Real Story (Stephen R Donaldson) - re-read...
- The Mummy or Ramses the Damned (Anne Rice) - yep, another re-read.
I really enjoyed this the first time I read it; I've been waiting on the
sequel, but according to Anne Rice there's probably not gonna be one...
- Timeline (Michael Crichton) - yet another re-read; the book is
much better than the movie turned out to be...
- Prey (Michael Crichton) - another re-read...
-
 The Testament (John Grisham) - excellent! This might be John
Grisham's best novel; very much like his usual writing, but with much more
depth of characters and quite a bit of adventure-telling...
- Christ the Lord - Out of Egypt (Anne Rice) - didn't really know
what to expect with this one, though I was really looking forward to it. It
was really good; an account of the life of young Jesus told in the first
person (I'm sure the list of writers who could possibly pull this off is very
short - Anne Rice did an extremely good job); very well-done and a very
plausible story. Anyone who is considering reading it and might possibly be
worrying about the content shouldn't fear...
- Darksaber (Kevin J Anderson) - another re-read from the pile
- Ordinary Heroes (Scott Turow) - this was really good! A
really good and believable story...
- Imajica (Clive Barker) - This was good. Though I had read it
before, it had been a while, so it was like reading it for the first time. It
was probably as long as Bram Stoker's Dracula (600+ pages in paperback)...
- The Earth Lords (Gordon R Dickson) - re-read...
- A Case of Need (Michael Crichton - writing as Jeremy Hudson) -
another re-read...
- Terminal Man (Michael Crichton) - another re-read; haven't seen
anything new that sounds interesting...
-
Belinda (Anne Rice - writing as Anne Rampling) - I've read this a
couple of times already, recently decided to read it again; this is one of
Anne Rice's racier and more controversial novels, but it is really good -
basically: 16 year-old girl, 44 year-old man...
- The Laws of Our Fathers (Scott Turow) - finally finished this; it
had a lot of characters to keep up with, so it took me a while to plow through
and keep it all straight. It was pretty good...
- Maximum Ride (James Patterson) - this sounded interesting;
once I started on it I was kinda disappointed (it read more like a kid's
book); it was still alright...
-
 The King of Torts (John Grisham) - I'm on a John Grisham run
lately...
- The Summons (John Grisham)
- State of Fear (Michael Crichton)
- Pleading Guilty (Scott Turow)
- Rich Dad - Poor Dad (Robert T Kiwosaki) - I
got this book as a Christmas gift from my cousin a couple of years ago. I would urge anyone who
is not extremely comfortable with their financial situation to read it -
and keep it close by and re-read it once in a while...
-
 The Broker (John Grisham) - I'd forgotten how much I used to enjoy
John Grisham's writing, so I decided to give it another try...
- A Painted House (John Grisham) - this was really good. I haven't
read anything by John Grisham in a while (all those lawyer stories got old),
and I really enjoyed this story. Nothing fancy, just a good old-fashioned
story...
- Angels & Demons (Dan Brown)
- Deception Point (Dan Brown)
- Brain Child (George Turner)
- If the Stars Are Gods (Gregory Benford and Gordon Eklund)
- Orion In the Dying Time (Ben Bova)
- Vengeance of Orion (Ben Bova)
- Orion and the Conqueror (Ben Bova)
- Digital Fortress (Dan Brown)
- Orion Among the Stars (Ben Bova)
- Prey (Michael Crichton) - this was awfully good, kinda a modernized
Andromeda Strain (it'll probably be made into a movie which if done right
should be quite good)
- Orion (Ben Bova)
- The DaVinci Code (Dan Brown) - finally found it in paperback (go
eBay!)...
- Star Wars - Attack of the Clones (R A Salvatore)
- The Codex (Douglas Preston) - this was pretty good - as advertised
on the cover, it was a "blend of Raiders of the Lost Ark along with The
Amazing Race"...
- The Rainmaker (John Grisham) - just finished reading this for a
second time (I thought that I hadn't read it yet, but after reading it again I
could remember it - I do that sometimes)...
- Holy Blood/Holy Grail (Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, and Henry
Lincoln) - picked this up to read while waiting on The DaVinci Code to come
out in paperback; as I understand it, it's kinda related. It was really
interesting; I think this is a re-release that was originally published in the
early '80's...
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