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evil spiff posted:You got it! Amazing... Seriously, MY WIFE thanks you - she had been trying to remember for days. Darn, beat me to it.   I had to go dig up my copy to confirm that one of the girls she stays with is named Katie.
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I'm looking for a book that I can only vaguely remember. It involved a race of reptilian humanoids, possibly shapeshifters. At some point in the book the human protagonist possibly goes to one of their meetings... possibly with a reptilian love interest? Also maybe some parts of the book take place in a mental institution of some sort. There was lots of stuff in it about the reptilian core of the human brain, and how we've repressed it throughout history, and the was possibly some Egyptian mythology in there as well. The cover had a reptile eye on it, and I think the title was in the format of "The (something)s". Orrrr I could just be going insane. Any ideas?
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Oh Noetry posted:I'm looking for a book that I can only vaguely remember. It involved a race of reptilian humanoids, possibly shapeshifters. At some point in the book the human protagonist possibly goes to one of their meetings... possibly with a reptilian love interest? Also maybe some parts of the book take place in a mental institution of some sort.
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Jun 14, 2011 11:20
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Engelbrecht posted:Christopher Pike, The Listeners? Yes! I had a feeling it was called that, but when I googled that title, I got the same title by some other guy, completely different topic, so I thought I was going mad. Thank you so much, it's been bugging me all day.
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Jun 14, 2011 12:14
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Oh Noetry posted:Yes! I had a feeling it was called that, but when I googled that title, I got the same title by some other guy, completely different topic, so I thought I was going mad. Thank you so much, it's been bugging me all day.
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I'm looking for a short horror story I remember reading as a teenager. It was in a compilation of short stories. I'm quite sure the title of the story is "Boo!", which makes actually searching for it a pain in the rear end. The plot is basically A narrated flashlight tour of an old empty house, slowly going floor to floor and room to room, and finally when the very last section of the house has been shown to be empty, something behind the person yells "BOO!!" I remember it being quite a good G rated story for scaring the poo poo out of kids. If I could get the author, or name of the compilation, or god willing the text, that would be awesome.
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Jun 14, 2011 21:35
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GenoCanSing posted:I'm looking for a short horror story I remember reading as a teenager. It was in a compilation of short stories. I'm quite sure the title of the story is "Boo!", which makes actually searching for it a pain in the rear end. Reminds me of something from the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark compilations called The Attic which sounds like a similar fun little G-rated story. It ends with the guy goin up to his attic and letting out a blood-curdling scream....because he stepped on a nail. There's a reading of it here. Might fit your need if what you're looking for doesn't pop up in this thread. That said, I wouldn't recommend reading some of the other Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark to anyone under the age of, say 30.
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For years I've been trying to find a book or short story. Its set in the future where the human race is fighting bugs. The main character is in a type of advanced recon unit where the mortality rate is 100%, but somehow he keeps surviving the missions after everyone else in the units die. This is where it gets fuzzy. He wears a black suit and helmet. He has a second personality i think that takes over his body in these your gonna die fights.... GISing doesn't do anything for me.
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Jun 16, 2011 02:15
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Ranccor posted:For years I've been trying to find a book or short story. Its set in the future where the human race is fighting bugs. The main character is in a type of advanced recon unit where the mortality rate is 100%, but somehow he keeps surviving the missions after everyone else in the units die. This is where it gets fuzzy. He wears a black suit and helmet. He has a second personality i think that takes over his body in these your gonna die fights.... GISing doesn't do anything for me. Could it be Joe Haldeman's The Forever War? It's not perfect, but yeah, the mortality rate is near 100%, the aliens are somewhat bug/crustacean-like, they have pretty badass spacesuits, and they are conditioned to go apeshit in battle.
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Jun 16, 2011 02:34
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Ranccor posted:For years I've been trying to find a book or short story. Its set in the future where the human race is fighting bugs. The main character is in a type of advanced recon unit where the mortality rate is 100%, but somehow he keeps surviving the missions after everyone else in the units die. This is where it gets fuzzy. He wears a black suit and helmet. He has a second personality i think that takes over his body in these your gonna die fights.... GISing doesn't do anything for me. That's Armor by John Steakley. The main character is Felix, he's a scout (as opposed, IIRC to a warrior or something, and it's against the ants). http://www.amazon.com/Armor-science-fiction-John-Steakley/dp/0886773687/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1308189295&sr=8-1
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Okay this is all I can remember, if anyone can name this you'll be my hero... We were assigned a portion of this book in middle school I think, and it involved alchemists in Poland in the middle ages. I can't remember too many details about the plot, but there was something about turning lead into gold, and there were pretty lengthy passages about peasant life and church life at the time. I remember the beginning focusing on one specific alchemist that had supposedly gotten on the right track or something and maybe there was an older kid in it? But I can't quite recall. That's about all I can recall other than I think one word in the title sounded particularly Polish. Maybe it started with a 'K' ?
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Jun 16, 2011 03:06
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trashcanman posted:We were assigned a portion of this book in middle school I think, and it involved alchemists in Poland in the middle ages. Off of a quick search, could be The Trumpeter of Krakow. It won a Newberry medal in 1929, so was quite possibly assigned. http://www.amazon.com/Trumpeter-Krakow-Eric-P-Kelly/dp/0689715714/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1308191172&sr=8-1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trumpeter_of_Krakow (will spoil the plot)
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ulmont posted:Off of a quick search, could be The Trumpeter of Krakow. It won a Newberry medal in 1929, so was quite possibly assigned. Holy poo poo! There it is! I lost this book and faked it on the test and somehow did well  Always meant to finish it.
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Can anyone help me identify a book? It's something to do with hiking and a girl becomes lost on a trail. I think it's Stephen King but I'm not sure.
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VaultAggie posted:Can anyone help me identify a book? It's something to do with hiking and a girl becomes lost on a trail. I think it's Stephen King but I'm not sure. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon I think?
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Jun 16, 2011 04:42
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VaultAggie posted:Can anyone help me identify a book? It's something to do with hiking and a girl becomes lost on a trail. I think it's Stephen King but I'm not sure. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
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Jun 16, 2011 04:43
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Thanks! I've been trying to figure it out for nearly a week now.
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ulmont posted:That's Armor by John Steakley. The main character is Felix, he's a scout (as opposed, IIRC to a warrior or something, and it's against the ants). Felix! yes! Thank you! funkybottoms posted:Could it be Joe Haldeman's The Forever War? It's not perfect, but yeah, the mortality rate is near 100%, the aliens are somewhat bug/crustacean-like, they have pretty badass spacesuits, and they are conditioned to go apeshit in battle. I'm going to have to read that too now.
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Ranccor posted:I'm going to have to read that too now. I recommend The Forever War to everyone, indiscriminately!
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Earlier tonight I thought of a book I read in the past and I can't remember what it was. It was your typical murder mystery, and the victim was found strung up in front of a drive-in movie screen, I think - possibly in a room next to the screen, but definitely at a drive-in movie theater. Anybody have any ideas?
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There was a series (of series) with each book (in one of the series) starting with "Golden ______". The very first book started with the protagonist being a young boy growing up with a kind of beast-magic that was looked down upon. He grows up, does some cool stuff, yatta yatta. Then he gets taken as a page in some castle, gets recruited by this master assassin guy, and learns to be a kung-fu, alchemist-operative who also is a raging berserker [a specific moment in the books is when this guy goes on a viking ship and literally flips his poo poo and axe murders like 100 people]. Later on he's adopted by the king, I think, and then has some strange succession issues due to politics and an impending invasion. Then the realm is ending due to dark magic or whatever, and the secret to saving it is to put all their eggs into the "Summon Huge Fuckin' Dragons"-basket. This involves trekking into the Dark Forest and conversing with basically Elves. Oh, this guy eventually falls in love with some hippy from a mountain town who is also some kind of passable sorceress. Then this guy grows old as gently caress, cynical as gently caress, and has basically killed everyone who he respected and, in the process, lost basically everyone he loved except for his dog, though even his dog had to be reanimated from the grave, or something. So the next series of books involves this guy as the old Master Assassin Sensei whereupon he trains the new killer viking kung-fu beast-magic alchemist raging berserker protege. An underlying theme in all of the books is this guys' ability to use beast-magic and his relationship with the rest of normal society. The beast- society thinks he's just the establishment's tool, and the establishment thinks he's a fuckin' danger to society and wants to hang him. I think I've read the first two books of this new series, but then I ran out of books. I want to read this again, but I have no idea what its name is. It's pretty choice trash-fantasy -- the synopsis sounds pretty bland but the storytelling and pacing are fantastic. DNK fucked around with this message at 14:20 on Jun 22, 2011 |
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DNK posted:There was a series (of series) with each book (in one of the series) starting with "Golden ______". The very first book started with the protagonist being a young boy growing up with a kind of beast-magic that was looked down upon. He grows up, does some cool stuff, yatta yatta. That's the Farseer and Tawny Man series by Robin Hobb.
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Piell posted:That's the Farseer and Tawny Man series by Robin Hobb. Yup! Thanks a ton!
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There was a book I read in high school that I'm trying to find again. It was based (I think) in Washington state and it was about a Japanese guy being tried for a murder or something that he didn't commit. I think there was something about snow or pines or something. I had the hankering to read it lately, but obviously I have very little to go on!
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Circle Nine posted:There was a book I read in high school that I'm trying to find again. It was based (I think) in Washington state and it was about a Japanese guy being tried for a murder or something that he didn't commit. I think there was something about snow or pines or something. I had the hankering to read it lately, but obviously I have very little to go on! East is East?
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100 Years in Iraq posted:East is East? Nope, but thanks though. If I'm remembering correctly while the story is about him and his trial, it's not so much a focus on the guy so much as it is the community around him. But again, this was like 7 or 8 years ago that I read it so my memory of it is hazy at best.
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Circle Nine posted:There was a book I read in high school that I'm trying to find again. It was based (I think) in Washington state and it was about a Japanese guy being tried for a murder or something that he didn't commit. I think there was something about snow or pines or something. I had the hankering to read it lately, but obviously I have very little to go on! Snow Falling on Cedars?
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utada posted:Snow Falling on Cedars? Yes, that is it! Thank you very much.
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Two books: The first was a hardback I had ages ago with two stories in it. Basically advertisement gone mad. The first one follows some ad-man around when he gets screwed over by his company and ends up with the resistance. I remember flintstones cars and wood jewelry and a giant chicken cancer called "chick little". The second half I could have sworn was called Merchants of Venus but I guess isn't. Basically all the people who hated advertisement went to venus and little like communist hippies. The second book was five parts, and took place in the future. Some supercomputer was running things and had spread humanity out to the stars, genetically engineering them to fit whatever planet. It had some bounty hunting robots called Vals and the story follows a group of ragtag rebels looking for these five rings that let them shut down this master computer. The guys name is on the tip of my tongue, and I know he does a lot of stuff with weird body changing situations. I think the other book I read by him had some zoo planet where the humans get turned into local aliens by these gate things. Anyway the main character was...a native american fellow with two wives. I recall they stole a big starship at some point in the first or second book, so there you go.
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Synnr posted:The first was a hardback I had ages ago with two stories in it. Basically advertisement gone mad. The first one follows some ad-man around when he gets screwed over by his company and ends up with the resistance. I remember flintstones cars and wood jewelry and a giant chicken cancer called "chick little". The second half I could have sworn was called Merchants of Venus but I guess isn't. Basically all the people who hated advertisement went to venus and little like communist hippies. Is this The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl and Cyril M. Kornbluth, and its sequel The Merchants' War, originally published as VENUS, INC.?
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Synnr posted:. The guys name is on the tip of my tongue, and I know he does a lot of stuff with weird body changing situations. I don't know the book, but how can this not be Jack Chalker?
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Disappointing egg posted:Is this The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl and Cyril M. Kornbluth, and its sequel The Merchants' War, originally published as VENUS, INC.? I sort of see where I was confusing myself, this is it! fritz posted:I don't know the book, but how can this not be Jack Chalker? And this is it too! I knew it was a C name, I just kept thinking chandler for some reason. Thanks guys!
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I heard about this book on the podcast "the D6 Generation," but I can't find the title of the book. It's a science fiction book where all the other races in the universe discover space travel early in their development except for humans. Then aliens that conquered the rest of the universe, who I think are fuzzy bears(?), reach earth. Although humans are harder to conqueror because humans have more advanced weapons. And I think the aliens have steam powered weapons, but I could be wrong.
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Mander Char Char posted:I heard about this book on the podcast "the D6 Generation," but I can't find the title of the book. There is a short story titled The Road Not Taken by Turtledove. I'm not sure if the Hoka teddy bear guys are the aliens in that or not, it has been awhile.
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Synnr posted:There is a short story titled The Road Not Taken by Turtledove. I'm not sure if the Hoka teddy bear guys are the aliens in that or not, it has been awhile. Yah it's a thread favorite to, I think this is at least the 3rd time it's come up, last time just a month or two back. You can google for the story itself and there's supposed to be a sequel somewhere but I didn't find it when I looked.
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Synnr posted:There is a short story titled The Road Not Taken by Turtledove. I'm not sure if the Hoka teddy bear guys are the aliens in that or not, it has been awhile. Oh cool. That sounds like that is the story. Cool. Thanks Synnr. =)
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So there was a fantasy book I read when I was around nine or so, set in what I remember to be "the world of a million spheres" and there's some dude who has to kill the Jack, Queen and King of.....something. And eat their hearts. I think.  Google results just bring me Elric books, but that doesn't seem right. Help Goons! This has been sporadically driving me crazy for the longest time. Edit: I think Engelbrecht has it right, I'm gonna see if I can find a copy of the trilogy and find out. Thanks a bunch. Nihilith fucked around with this message at 03:54 on Jun 25, 2011 |
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There's something I remember reading WAY back, and I remember very little about it, much less the title. Firstly, not a novel - I believe it was one of those big illustrated books - done like a comic. I'm pretty sure it was set in a boys school, maybe boarding school (it was about a bunch of boys getting up to various mischief), and I know the art style was that old cartoony kind that uses pretty much faded red and blue as well as white. Can anyone help me out here? Even knowing the name of that art style would be great.
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Nihilith posted:So there was a fantasy book I read when I was around nine or so, set in what I remember to be "the world of a million spheres" and there's some dude who has to kill the Jack, Queen and King of.....something. And eat their hearts. I think. The million spheres thing probably means it is some Moorcock story set in his immortal champion universe, but I am not familiar with them enough to guess. They aren't all Elric though.
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Nihilith posted:So there was a fantasy book I read when I was around nine or so, set in what I remember to be "the world of a million spheres" and there's some dude who has to kill the Jack, Queen and King of.....something. And eat their hearts. I think.
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