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Gottaa

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Since I've got the iPad, for the first time in 7 years I've started reading books again, I have the iBooks app and the iPad Kindle app so have a pretty wide range available to me. I've started with Robin Hobb - Shaman's Crossing, which I guess will be follow by the other 2 in the series, then I have Alastair Reynolds - Terminal World and Rick Riordan - Percy Jackson & series. There all just samples at the moment with my theory I can read the first two chapters to see if I like them, then buy them. And I'm pretty sure the Kindle app has samples available as well.

Stuff I've read and enjoyed before now are Lord of the Rings, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle maintenance, Fast Food Nation, some Dean Koontz, most Terry Pratchett.

All suggestions are welcome

Thanks in advance.
 
Zeus

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My current favorite author is jim butcher, both for the Dresden files (about a wizard private investigator, set in modern Chicago) and the aleran codex (fairly standard fantasy thing, but well written)

the true blood books are surprisingly readable too, though I'm slightly embarrassed to admit it :p

David gemmel is another good one you didn't mention.
 
Zeus

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Janie said:
Don't touch anything he's written since about the mid 90's.

The Dresden files are fun, although the last few are starting to feel like he's running out of idea's.
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Agree about koontz, but not about Dresden. I still enjoy them all tbh.
 
Janie

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Zeus said:
Agree about koontz, but not about Dresden. I still enjoy them all tbh.
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I haven't read the latest one yet, but the last couple I think seemed shorter and more throwaway - still fun, because most of the characters are well written (although enough with Molly, her father was bad enough!).
 
Zeus

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I'd agree they're shorter, which is a shame. They seem to be more focused on main plots now, with less side stories going on. The latest one is pretty cool, with some fairly huge events happening toward the end. Just wish it wasn't a year between books! :p
 
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Gottaa said:
Since I've got the iPad, for the first time in 7 years I've started reading books again, I have the iBooks app and the iPad Kindle app so have a pretty wide range available to me. I've started with Robin Hobb - Shaman's Crossing, which I guess will be follow by the other 2 in the series, then I have Alastair Reynolds - Terminal World and Rick Riordan - Percy Jackson & series. There all just samples at the moment with my theory I can read the first two chapters to see if I like them, then buy them. And I'm pretty sure the Kindle app has samples available as well.

Stuff I've read and enjoyed before now are Lord of the Rings, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle maintenance, Fast Food Nation, some Dean Koontz, most Terry Pratchett.

All suggestions are welcome

Thanks in advance.
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If you enjoyed Zen, then Sophie's World should be an enjoyable, easy read. Conversely, you could read Pirsig's inscrutable sequel, Lila, or Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil if you really want to punish yourself :)

I read Revelation Space by Reynolds recently and really enjoyed that, so think you're onto a good series there. Found Hobb okay, but too depressing (that was the Assassin series)... perhaps also try some Hamilton if you enjoy pop sci-fi? Also, as has been stated elsewhere, Ender's Game is superb :)
 
Cullhaven

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Hernes Son
G R R Martin
Sarah Waters - start with Fingersmith, her last 2 werent as good but Fingersmith, Affinity and Tipping the velvet are excellent.
Just been re-reading Alan Garner again - never get tired of his stuff no matter how old I get. Elidor, Weirdstone of Brisingamen, Moon of Gomerath and Red Shift are good, and The Owl Service is probably his masterpiece.
Catweazle by Richard Carpenter
 
Swither

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Joe Abercrombie's triology is a good read.

Before they are hanged.
The blade itself.
The last argument of kings.
 
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Well iBooks has a lot of holes in it :) And they need to improve the interface for series of books,even when I find what i want in a series it si hard to see where in the series it is. As it is though 4 extra samples to dive into and a lot of searching to do on kindle :)

And just used the iPad for the first time to type like a normal keyboard in landscape mode and have to say it's rather good, better than I expected even when typing fast

Okay one typo, which I will leave in place, oh could have been more just noticed it is autocorrecting my typos, may turn that off but seems much more accurate than on the iPhone when texting
 
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Well had a look on Kindle for the books I couldn't get on iBooks and the store was just as bad for UK customers, and somehow it's worse seeing all the books listed, and finding out you can't download the one's you want.
 
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I totally agree Zeus, those kind of things are stupid, but I've still got around 15 books lined up ready to read, and by the time I finish all those baybe it will have improved :) I would have liked to get something like Zen though for an upcoming holiday but Sophie's world isn't on iBooks or Kindle, and I'm not sure I want something harder than Zen, it seemed perfect before, with head scratching, ponderings and the odd dictionary trip (which is built into iBooks which is nice)

Edit: Ohhhh - iBooks supports the open ePub format, that I didn't know
 
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