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44I love that old Robert E. Howard stuff, but how was he a greater influence than Tom Clarke-6/9/2002
43The Mote in God's Eye was pretty good...Tom Clarke-6/9/2002
42Why do you hate to admit to liking Niven and Pournelle? Agree on Lucifer'sTom Clarke-6/9/2002
41<i>Robert Crais</i> The "Elvis Cole" series, of course. ALindyBill-6/9/2002
40If you like Michael Connelly, then you'll love Robert Crais. He has a serieSmoothSail-6/9/2002
39<i>a good Dagny Taggart? </i> Sharon Stone always wanted the part. LindyBill-6/9/2002
38It's been a couple of years since I read about the miniseries. I would castnestegger-6/9/2002
37<i>Cold Mountain, Charles Frazier</i> Excellent! I understand he haLindyBill-6/9/2002
36<i> Niven and Pournelle</i> "Lucifers Hammer" was fantastLindyBill-6/9/2002
35<i>couldn't make it through The Stand...should I </i> I have neLindyBill-6/9/2002
34<i>Supposedly there's a TV miniseries in the works. </i> Yeah, LindyBill-6/9/2002
33Yes, "Who is John Galt?" Supposedly there's a TV miniseries in thnestegger-6/9/2002
32<i> C-SPAN did a special on Ms. Rand a few weeks ago, and followed up the LindyBill-6/8/2002
31C-SPAN did a special on Ms. Rand a few weeks ago, and followed up the next week gao seng-6/8/2002
30This looks like a great thread, if we take the books to "The first 500"LindyBill-6/8/2002
29The Gor movies sure were lousy. But the early books were fantastic! Some of thgao seng-6/8/2002
28Da wirld's books: Bible Canterbury Tales Collected works of Bill ShakespearWharf Rat-6/8/2002
271. Lord of the Rings. 2. Thoughts without A Thinker 3. Breakfast at the Victory paul_philp-6/7/2002
26Wow! 2/3 on my way to see KVSmoothSail-6/7/2002
25How about the "Wheel of Time" its a fantasy series versus one book. Logain Ablar-6/7/2002
24Too bad - it's a classic - and you would love itSmoothSail-6/7/2002
23I tried to read Confederacy of Dunces but just couldn't get into it. It is Jorj X Mckie-6/7/2002
22The Horse's Mouth, Joyce Cary Cold Mountain, Charles Frazier A Confederacy oSmoothSail-6/7/2002
21I didn't like "Oath of Fealty" by them a lot, but I thought "gao seng-6/6/2002
20Well To Reign in Hell made my top 5, so you won't get any argument from me. Jorj X Mckie-6/6/2002
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