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Engelbrecht posted:Maybe the Sandgorgon from The One Tree? Though as I remember those were bipedal with paddle arms to smash through things. They were usually imprisoned in a giant sand whirlwind called Sandgorgon's Doom but could be let out by the bad guy of that particular episode (Kasreyn of the Gyre) to batter the crap out of whatever pissed him off, if that helps. Yup, that's it exactly, thanks. I'd totally forgotten to search for the Thomas Covenant series.
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Unkempt posted:This one. It's out of print, but there's some used ones on Amazon. Cool, Unfortunately no luck on the epub front, guess I'll have to grab it used. I'm going to put the name into a text file this time, I couldn't possibly lose a text file...
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Jan 2, 2011 04:52
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I read this book in the late 90s. It was about two friends and they made a game of hopping fences through yards at night. I can't remember much else, except the main character's friend dies. I think it was a young-adult book.
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hooah posted:Yup, that's it exactly, thanks. I'd totally forgotten to search for the Thomas Covenant series. One from me now, probably a short story - it's about someone landing on an island and heading underground to explore what's basically an abandoned supervillain hideout. ISTR something about history or reality changing while he's doing it, so the base starts coming back to life. Anyone know that, or is it just something bizarre I woke up with that I should write myself?
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Well, there is a book called Soon I will be Invincible , it's a book in a world where superheroes exist, and supervillains exist. I remember a latter part of the book taking place in an old jungle island base that starts coming back to life. Dunno if that helps or not, them dastardly villains build things that last 
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I'm having some trouble remembering a series of books I read a few years ago. The books were about a group of Australian teenagers who went camping when the country was invaded by an unknown foreign power. (another country, not like, aliens or something) They try to survive in the outback and try to save their families (with some success) and it's a 6-7 (maybe 8) book series. Any ideas?
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Never read them, but Google thinks maybe it's this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomorrow_series
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Yeah it's the Tomorrow series. Check out the movie adaptation that came out this year, too!
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:Well, there is a book called Soon I will be Invincible , it's a book in a world where superheroes exist, and supervillains exist. I remember a latter part of the book taking place in an old jungle island base that starts coming back to life. Ed: the vibe of the base was more 60s Bond villain than any other kind, if that helps.
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OK, I guess no one will ever be able to help me identify the items from my first post. Maybe this will be a little easier: I read this book a few times, starting probably fifteen years ago, give or take. The book had two novels (novellas?) under one cover. The stories were probably just common pulp, but I really liked the first one. The book may have been published by TOR or a similar imprint. The first story in the book was a spy tale about a guy who gets mixed up in some sort of plot involving super-secret good guy and bad guy groups. Think KAOS and CONTROL, but slightly more serious. I remember the main character was a jogger or a runner, I think he was out running when he accidentally got involved in the spy business. The "good" guys basically gave the protagonist the choice of joining them or dying, so he joined them. I think there was a scene where the hero had to create a distraction involving a lobster in a casino or restaurant. I think one of the spy organizations was called "WEB" or "WEBB" and the story may have had a title like "Web of Deceit" or "Webb of Deception." Edit: Oh, yeah, there was also a scene with the good guys being handcuffed and left somewhere, and by the time they got free, there was concern over the tight cuffs/manacles/shackles/whatever having caused permanent damage to at least one of the characters because of restricted blood flow. The second story was about a ninja-style assassin, lots of mystical overtones. The assassin in question had a number, like "Agent 13." I'm pretty sure there was a ring with a "13" on it, and maybe that ring was used to leave marks on dead people as a sort of calling card. Agent 13, or whatever his name was, may have been getting framed for things he didn't do. I'd love have someone tell me what book this was. I've tried searching for variations on the Web and Agent 13 themes with no luck. Centripetal Horse fucked around with this message at 06:19 on Jan 3, 2011 |
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RandomEffects posted:Long shot but was it the mushroom planet series. That's it! Shows you how much I remembered about it, thanks a million!
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hemanoncrack posted:That's it! Shows you how much I remembered about it, thanks a million! ha ha how sad is it that i only know this series from the "microzine " games from the late 80's and it was only mentioned as part of solving another game. Good play lady luck i love you yet again!
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Not quite a story or a book really, but an essay in a book I read in the late 80s. The book itself was probably from the early 70s and maybe the essay was written in the late 60s. It was entitled something like 'The effects of a 10 (20?) megaton nuclear bomb on Manhattan Island' and over the course of the 10-20 pages it went on and on to describe the damage that an air or ground burst would do to NYC and the surrounding areas. Any search for it now instead is finding things related to the Manhattan project. Any help?
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I'm trying to find a short story I read, I think it was in an anthology of science fiction. The story was about these two people responsible for preventing the development of Artificial Intelligences before they became sentient as they would inevitably enslave humanity. I think they could travel in time or between dimensions or something in order to prevent the development of AIs. Anyway, the two characters eventually figure out that they've been brainwashed and are being used by an AI to wipe out any competition to itself. Just as they have this realisation their minds are adjusted and memories wiped by the AI to prevent their rebellion, the story ends with them heading off to destroy another proto-AI. I know this is pretty vague but anyone have any ideas?
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Jan 5, 2011 11:56
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Sunday Punch posted:I'm trying to find a short story I read, I think it was in an anthology of science fiction. The story was about these two people responsible for preventing the development of Artificial Intelligences before they became sentient as they would inevitably enslave humanity. I think they could travel in time or between dimensions or something in order to prevent the development of AIs. Anyway, the two characters eventually figure out that they've been brainwashed and are being used by an AI to wipe out any competition to itself. Just as they have this realisation their minds are adjusted and memories wiped by the AI to prevent their rebellion, the story ends with them heading off to destroy another proto-AI.
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That's the one, thanks a lot! That story gave me the chills when I first read it, think that's why it stuck with me.
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I remember hearing about a Sci-Fi book on the forums before that sounded rather interesting. The plot involved an alien invasion (I think) and the aliens are happily killing all the regular humans thinking that, like bees, they're all just mindless drone workers that don't count for anything, and that only the kings and queens should be preserved. I think perhaps the humans had been doing the same to the aliens, but I'm not certain. When they aliens find out they're mortified that they've killed all these sentient beings. It sounded really interesting and I'd love it if someone could point me in the direction of it. Thank you 
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pandasmustdie posted:I remember hearing about a Sci-Fi book on the forums before that sounded rather interesting. That's a really really minor plot point of Ender's Game, but without more to go on, I'm not sure that's what it was.
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Hughlander posted:That's a really really minor plot point of Ender's Game, but without more to go on, I'm not sure that's what it was. That's exactly the one. Thank you!
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I'm feeling nostalgic and I'm thinking about buying a book that I read as a little kid, but I can't remember the name of it. Basically it was a (fictional) story about a school where a caste system was implemented, denoted by arm bands. I think blue was the upper-tier one, there were two middle-tier castes, and a yellow caste of the lowest. You had to be nice to the castepeople above you, and you could demand stuff from a lower-caste person. Because this was a child's book, I vaguely remember it being only simple things. According to the rules, you could be promoted to a better caste, or demoted to a worst caste. The children had to write journals about their experiences, and give them to the teachers. The reveal at the end was that the teachers were using the system to teach why caste systems don't work and/or aren't good. People were only being promoted / demoted if they weren't learning that lesson, not because they were doing anything inherently better or worse. Person in the upper-middle band, for example, would be demoted because they had an upper-middle band existence. Someone in the lowest-tier band would be promoted because they vowed to be nicer if they were in the higher tiers. It's a kids book, like I said, but I have a strange interest in seeking it out. MisterBibs fucked around with this message at 00:57 on Jan 6, 2011 |
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I used to have a few short-story books by this author when I was younger, I can't remember most of the stories but one of them was about this kid that got hooked up to an EEG machine or something and then giant monsters were eating everything. Another one was about a kid that somehow figured out how everything ever would work out and suddenly life was amazingly boring because he know what the result would be to anything he ever did. I think another one had a portal under a bed or something. All by the same author, and I can't for the life of me remember what the hell is name was/what the books were called 
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MisterBibs posted:Basically it was a (fictional) story about a school where a caste system was implemented, denoted by arm bands. I think blue was the upper-tier one, there were two middle-tier castes, and a yellow caste of the lowest. You had to be nice to the castepeople above you, and you could demand stuff from a lower-caste person. Because this was a child's book, I vaguely remember it being only simple things.
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There was a book I read a few years ago and I don't know what it was. I do remember telling my girlfriend at the time about it, and I haven't seen her for over a decade so it was a while ago. I think the wife in the book was named Meghan, and because my girl at the time was named Meghan and I think I told her about it for that reason so I'm pretty sure about the protagonists wife having that name. The one part that sticks out was when the main character guy was mowing the lawn and he was saying "I love you darling, oh, I love you!" or something like that. The problem was that he was in trouble, maybe targeted by the mob or something but there was a 50's style Americana suburban vibe going on like poo poo was too perfect but with a sinister undercurrent. I can provide more if nobody can identify by this.
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Lets see if anyone can help me find this book Okay its a fantasy novel, I believe its from one of the official forgotten realms/dragonlance lines, it features a story about an apprentice wizard/mage who if i remember correctly travels around the world. The story starts off more lighthearted but other than that I never got to finish it.
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I read this book probably about five to six years ago. From what I can remember, it was horror/mystery. The protagonist was a younger boy, who was I think in the sixth grade. The town he was in started having weird stuff going on. Can't for the life of me remember what, but poo poo went down. I remember a few specific scenes: -The protagonist makes out with his love interest. They sneak out of a get together and go to the barn because it's raining, they make out. This sticks out in my mind because I thought he was rather young and the scene was fairly sexual, almost too much so. -The kids are playing baseball together at the diamond/park, and at first it's all boys, shirts vs. skins. The love interest shows up and wants to play. Being boys, the try to make her go on the skins team, so she would have to take off her shirt. She runs home crying. Stupid boys. -There is a truck (red?) that smells horrible and chases the protagonist at a couple points in the book. One, he is riding his bike and manages to jump off the road. The others I don't remember. -Lastly, near the end, he enters a building, the school I think, and kills whatever is terrorizing the town. I think he ends up burning the place down. EDIT: I think there may have been a sequel, where the boy comes back to the town after a long time. ThePopeOfFun fucked around with this message at 10:04 on Jan 8, 2011 |
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itotaku posted:Lets see if anyone can help me find this book Could be one of the books from The Cleric Quintet. Features Cadderly as the protagonist and Danica as his love interest. They fight Aballister, a power hungry mage and other creatures along the way. Fantasy ensues.
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ThePopeOfFun posted:I read this book probably about five to six years ago. From what I can remember, it was horror/mystery. The protagonist was a younger boy, who was I think in the sixth grade. The town he was in started having weird stuff going on. Can't for the life of me remember what, but poo poo went down. I remember a few specific scenes: It's a very faint stab in the dark, but perhaps Summer of Night by Dan Simmons? The sequel, which I just this minute found existed, is A Winter Haunting. Resident Idiot fucked around with this message at 15:30 on Jan 8, 2011 |
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Jan 8, 2011 15:28
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Gorbash posted:It's a very faint stab in the dark, but perhaps Summer of Night by Dan Simmons? The sequel, which I just this minute found existed, is A Winter Haunting. That was going to be my guess as well.
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itotaku posted:Lets see if anyone can help me find this book Stab in the dark - "Magician: Apprentice" by Raymond Feist?
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Gorbash posted:It's a very faint stab in the dark, but perhaps Summer of Night by Dan Simmons? The sequel, which I just this minute found existed, is A Winter Haunting. Encryptic posted:That was going to be my guess as well. Thank you both very much! That's it.
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Popular Human posted:Stab in the dark - "Magician: Apprentice" by Raymond Feist? mmm no I am fairly sure its from either forgotten realms or dragonlance
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itotaku posted:mmm no I am fairly sure its from either forgotten realms or dragonlance ThePopeOfFun posted:Could be one of the books from The Cleric Quintet. Features Cadderly as the protagonist and Danica as his love interest. They fight Aballister, a power hungry mage and other creatures along the way. Fantasy ensues. Going to throw this up again in case you missed it.
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Disgruntled journalist living in New York City. Subplot about satellite crashing to earth. Cover has Japanese movie monsters on it.
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itotaku posted:Lets see if anyone can help me find this book Is it from the Spelljammer series. yeah that's right a series based on D&D In Space. I only mention it as other were not correct and it starts in Dragonlance. He is not a mage but a farmer who has a magic cloak that for some reason leads him to the heart of the universe or some crap.
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no thats not it - I looked through the DL and the Forgotten Realms series list and its not in there -maybe it was a stand alone not connected? Hmm I remember something about a tower and an invasion but most of the stuff is blank, I do know the first chapter was more light hearted.
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PureRok posted:I read this book in the late 90s. It was about two friends and they made a game of hopping fences through yards at night. I can't remember much else, except the main character's friend dies. I think it was a young-adult book. Bridge to Terabithia, maybe?
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This was a novel I skim read at a holiday house so my memory's not that great, it was a trashy, faux-historical, romance which started with the main character being raped by some important dude. Later she fell in love with him, then she fell in love with someone else and they went on a boat. For some reason there was a hot tubbing scene on the boat where she "lovingly washed his man jewels". Then while possibly still on the boat the first guy showed up and fought a duel with the second guy over the lady. The first guy won and took her as his prize and that's all I remember. Any suggestions to what this book could have been?
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The Uber Skull posted:Any suggestions to what this book could have been?
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BattyKiara posted:Bridge to Terabithia, maybe? No. Both kids are in their mid-teens are are male.
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The Uber Skull posted:This was a novel I skim read at a holiday house so my memory's not that great, it was a trashy, faux-historical, romance which started with the main character being raped by some important dude. Later she fell in love with him, then she fell in love with someone else and they went on a boat. For some reason there was a hot tubbing scene on the boat where she "lovingly washed his man jewels". Then while possibly still on the boat the first guy showed up and fought a duel with the second guy over the lady. The first guy won and took her as his prize and that's all I remember. Faux-historical with a hot tub? Oh, I can't wait to hear what this one is. 
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