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Audiobooks I have Read Recently: (Sanderson is Awesome) * The Reckoners #1/#2 * Stormlight Archive #1/#2 * Mistborn #1/#2/#3 * Ghost in the Wires: My A

Audiobooks I have Read Recently: (Sanderson is Awesome) * The Reckoners #1/#2 * Stormlight Archive #1/#2 * Mistborn #1/#2/#3 * Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures As the World's Most Wanted Hacker Digital Books: * How to Win Friends and Influence People * Malazon Book #1 * The Forever War * The Martian Things on my List: * Think and Grow Rich * Watership Down * Rainbows End * Snow Crash * What is Zen * Wool: Silo * Founders at Work * Light Bringer * Hyperion * The War of Art * Atlas Shrugged * The Demon Haunted World * Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software * Joe Abercrombie's books * Rich Dad Poor Dad * Founders at Work * Fear the Sky * Daemon -- EDIT ADDED Things I recommend: * All of Brandon Sanderson's Books * The Kingkiller Chronicles * How to Win Friends and Influence People * Issac Asimov's short stories and Foundation series * The Forever War * Gentleman Bastards * Ready Player One * The Martian * A Wizard of Earthsea EDIT: Short Reading I Recommend: * http://www.multivax.com/last_question.html

Gotperl 12y ago
Add "Deamon" by Daniel Suarez to your list.
- iN7h33nD 12y ago
  Added thanks!
- amostii 12y ago
  +1
- BostonEnginerd 12y ago
  I really enjoyed the Daemon series. In a similar vein, you might want to try William Hertling's Avogadro Corp.series.
navbaker 12y ago
It looks like you have pretty similar taste to mine, what did you think of Malazon #1? Would you continue the series? I've seen lots of conflicting reviews...
- iN7h33nD 12y ago
  I also saw conflicting reviews and have since stopped the series. Its not bad, but I find it really hard to get into. I may pick the series up at a later date.
tpae 12y ago
I read all those books! You read the Dune series too?
- iN7h33nD 12y ago
  Also on my list but I missed it. Thanks for brining it up!
mathattack 12y ago
If I can jump in... I'm a third of the way through Hyperion, and it's very interesting. It's Science Fiction that causes one to think. Atlas Shrugged is an important intellectual work whether you agree with the philosophy or not. It's a long slog, but worth reading to understand the people who follow it. It will just take a long long time. I read it when I was doing regular coast to coast flights. The Demon Haunted World is vintage Sagan. Very well worth readying, though as an HN member it's probably preaching to the choir.
- iN7h33nD 12y ago
  I have tried Hyperion a few times but I find it a little too slow and I give up. One of these days I will get to it. Thanks for the input!
  - mathattack 12y ago
    It is slow - perhaps because it covers deeper content and ideas? I generally read it on the exercise bike in the morning. :-) I do think it's very Literary science fiction, which may be what pulls down the pacing.
edge17 12y ago
Can someone enlighten me about how to read the Foundation series? Do you read them in the order of publication or the chronology of the story?
- davedx 12y ago
  I think order of publication. The last books were a sort of prequel and written accordingly. Amazing series!
- sanderjd 12y ago
  I read in order of publication! Seemed to work well.
  - michaelgold 12y ago
    I read Foundation, then the two prequels, then everything else by publication date. I remember this working well, but this was around 20 years ago :)
- iN7h33nD 12y ago
  Read the first three in publication order. Not sure how to reas after that as I stopped reading on the forth book as I found it dull, although I may pick it back up one day.
jraedisch 12y ago
Scifi wise I would like to add Metagame by Sam Landstrom to the mix. It is a relatively recent and enjoyable dystopian story about a gamified future. I liked all of your recommendations that I know, so I will probably try some of the others.
exar0815 12y ago
The Martian... Just wow! I got totally hooked! And a book I would recommend to you is Enders Game and the following ones... They are just great!
- iN7h33nD 12y ago
  Enders game was a good read. I could never get into anything after that though.

Gotperl 12y ago

Add "Deamon" by Daniel Suarez to your list.

iN7h33nD 12y ago
Added thanks!
amostii 12y ago
+1
BostonEnginerd 12y ago
I really enjoyed the Daemon series. In a similar vein, you might want to try William Hertling's Avogadro Corp.series.

navbaker 12y ago

It looks like you have pretty similar taste to mine, what did you think of Malazon #1? Would you continue the series? I've seen lots of conflicting reviews...

iN7h33nD 12y ago
I also saw conflicting reviews and have since stopped the series. Its not bad, but I find it really hard to get into. I may pick the series up at a later date.

tpae 12y ago

I read all those books! You read the Dune series too?

iN7h33nD 12y ago
Also on my list but I missed it. Thanks for brining it up!

mathattack 12y ago

If I can jump in... I'm a third of the way through Hyperion, and it's very interesting. It's Science Fiction that causes one to think. Atlas Shrugged is an important intellectual work whether you agree with the philosophy or not. It's a long slog, but worth reading to understand the people who follow it. It will just take a long long time. I read it when I was doing regular coast to coast flights. The Demon Haunted World is vintage Sagan. Very well worth readying, though as an HN member it's probably preaching to the choir.

iN7h33nD 12y ago
I have tried Hyperion a few times but I find it a little too slow and I give up. One of these days I will get to it. Thanks for the input!
- mathattack 12y ago
  It is slow - perhaps because it covers deeper content and ideas? I generally read it on the exercise bike in the morning. :-) I do think it's very Literary science fiction, which may be what pulls down the pacing.

edge17 12y ago

Can someone enlighten me about how to read the Foundation series? Do you read them in the order of publication or the chronology of the story?

davedx 12y ago
I think order of publication. The last books were a sort of prequel and written accordingly. Amazing series!
sanderjd 12y ago
I read in order of publication! Seemed to work well.
- michaelgold 12y ago
  I read Foundation, then the two prequels, then everything else by publication date. I remember this working well, but this was around 20 years ago :)
iN7h33nD 12y ago
Read the first three in publication order. Not sure how to reas after that as I stopped reading on the forth book as I found it dull, although I may pick it back up one day.

jraedisch 12y ago

Scifi wise I would like to add Metagame by Sam Landstrom to the mix. It is a relatively recent and enjoyable dystopian story about a gamified future. I liked all of your recommendations that I know, so I will probably try some of the others.

exar0815 12y ago

The Martian... Just wow! I got totally hooked! And a book I would recommend to you is Enders Game and the following ones... They are just great!

iN7h33nD 12y ago
Enders game was a good read. I could never get into anything after that though.