Some of my favorite science fiction which are all very well known are:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Dune
Ender's Game
The Stand
I Am Legend
You might also enjoy The Hunger Games. It's a young adult novel (I'm not even aware of your age but I thought it worth stating), but it's an easy read, and very good.If you are not much of a reader it might do you well to read the Harry Potter series. Once again a young adult series, but very good, and they read quick and easy.
Here is a list of free books I have read on my Kindle and that I enjoyed. Free from Amazon. (Have about 10 on my Kindle I have yet to read)
Nasty Little F!#*ERS
Uncle Flynn
The Heart of an Assassin
Vermin
Dust
The Old Man and The Wasteland
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Just got a Kindle as a way to kick start me into reading. Its a habit I would like to start and what better way to do it then with the kindle.
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03-04-2012 11:58 PM
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03-05-2012 12:00 AM
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World War Z, The Game of Thrones series, Helmet for my pillow, All quiet on the western front, watership down, redwall series, the hobbit, LoTR,
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03-05-2012 07:28 PM
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How did you get those book for free?
Originally Posted by VDubby18
Some of my favorite science fiction which are all very well known are:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Dune
Ender's Game
The Stand
I Am Legend
You might also enjoy The Hunger Games. It's a young adult novel (I'm not even aware of your age but I thought it worth stating), but it's an easy read, and very good. If you are not much of a reader it might do you well to read the Harry Potter series. Once again a young adult series, but very good, and they read quick and easy.
Here is a list of free books I have read on my Kindle and that I enjoyed. Free from Amazon. (Have about 10 on my Kindle I have yet to read)
Nasty Little F!#*ERS
Uncle Flynn
The Heart of an Assassin
Vermin
Dust
The Old Man and The WastelandFew people understand the psychology of dealing with a highway traffic cop. A normal speeder will panic and immediately pull over to the side. This is wrong. It arouses contempt in the cop heart. Make the bastard chase you. He will follow.
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03-06-2012 04:17 PM
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Do you want long or short reads? I'd skip Game of Thrones as a warming-up book.
Fiction: World War Z is a quick read. Look into The Talented Mr. Ripley and Ripley's Game, etc. Michael Crichton books, Star Wars books
Non-Fiction/Travel: Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air and Into the Wild.//// twitter: mbull //// flickr ////
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03-06-2012 04:33 PM
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I'll give Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy a huge
Douglas Adams is my favorite author anyway. Also try:
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul
Anything by Kurt Vonnegut - try Slaughterhouse 5 since you like sic-fi
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03-06-2012 07:23 PM
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Go to Baenebooks.com they have many of their books free for download. Try out two of my favorite military SciFi writers, John Ringo and David Weber
John Ringo's first book of his first series is great take on alien invasion of earth, I have read every book in the serires several times over. First is A Hymn Before Battle. Here is the download page. http://www.baenebooks.com/p-217-a-hy...re-battle.aspx
David Weber started an Epic story line with his first Honor Harrington book, first female protagonist that I actually enjoyed reading about. Here is download page for On Basilisk Station http://www.baenebooks.com/p-304-on-b...k-station.aspx
These two authors also teamed up for another scifi military series which blends high tech military scifi with a progression through different levels of tech from spears to black powder, great believable alien characters and non-stop action. First book is March to the Sea, http://www.baenebooks.com/p-265-march-to-the-sea.aspx
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03-06-2012 10:19 PM
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Originally Posted by KeiCar
There are tons of free books offered for the Kindle. Sometimes the author just feels like being a nice person, or because they want to get their material out there into peoples hands.
Just search in the kindle store for terms like "free science fiction" or "free mystery".
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03-08-2012 12:58 PM
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I highly, highly recommend Stephen R. Donaldson's The Gap Cycle.
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03-12-2012 07:19 AM
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Patrick Rothfuss - The Name of the Wind and the second in that series, The Wise Man's Fear. Trust me on this.
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04-03-2012 02:40 PM
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Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson - it reads like it should be an action movie
Armor - John Steakley - also similar. if you've ever played Halo it will seem eerily familiar
Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card - is amazing
Dune - Frank Herbert - very cool
oddly enough, I enjoyed The Hunger Games trilogy (read it once I knew the movie was coming out). It has its annoying parts, especially the way it's written in the female 1st-person voice, but it's still a quick one.
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