Mar 26
Desolation Island by Patrick O’brian
The Fortune of War by Patrick O’brian
The Forever War by John Haldeman
Six Frigates by Ian W. Toll
Neuromancer by William Gibson
Pattern Recognition by William Gibson
Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan
The Ruins by Scott Smith
It by Stephen King
Added 4-2-07:
Johnny Too Bad by John Dufresne
Added 6-1-07 (after getting on a Hemingway kick):
The Green Hills of Africa by Ernest Hemingway
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories by Ernest Hemingway
Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
If you liked that post, then try these...
Spring on March 12th, 2006
Lone Wolf & Cub on March 6th, 2006
Vacation on May 1st, 2006
Society of S on October 17th, 2007
Patrick O'Brian, Bloody Olde England on January 28th, 2008
April 19th, 2007 at 8:35 pm
Is this your first time throu the Aubrey-Maturin canon? I absolutely love it. I wouldn’t have read Pride and Prejudice had I not first read POB.
Also, if you like the Napoleonic War as a setting, try the Temeraire books by Naomi Novik
June 1st, 2007 at 7:19 pm
Yes, this is my first trip through and it’s fantastic; I probably will read P&P as soon as I get through the O’Brien novels. As for Temeraire, I picked it up and tried it but the writing style disagreed with me and I had to give it up. I did see it covered in my wife’s Entertainment Weekly, though, so I know it’s gotten some good press and has a solid fan base, it just didn’t suit me, even though I do love me some dragons. I thought it started out great, on the ship, but then once they got to training it seemed all predictable and … I’m not sure how to put it, maybe ‘formatted’ is right. Anyway, my own dragon novel is completed, maybe it’ll get some of the same press Temeraire got. One can always hope :-)