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Re: Links to Good Reading (Part 2)

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arargh wrote:The table of contents entry for the chapter does not have the correct URL.
Aha, I had the same problem. Rapina changed the link, but the the Chronicles' Table of Contents was cached in my browser. Once I refreshed the page, I could see and click to "A Tail of Trolls".
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Greetings All

I am trying to figure out the author and title to a series of books published in the 1990's i believe.
Plot is

The moon is actually a battleship of a galactic empire that fell, the entire moon. a man of earth is the genetic descendant of the captain and the moon has a AI that needs him to return as the menace that killed off the empire is coming back.

First 2 books are what happenes with this crisis and the third is the children of those who manned the battleship moon.

any assistance would be Greatly appreciated!

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Re: Links to Good Reading (Part 2)

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JohnDelvfar wrote:Greetings All

I am trying to figure out the author and title to a series of books published in the 1990's i believe.
Plot is

The moon is actually a battleship of a galactic empire that fell, the entire moon. a man of earth is the genetic descendant of the captain and the moon has a AI that needs him to return as the menace that killed off the empire is coming back.

First 2 books are what happenes with this crisis and the third is the children of those who manned the battleship moon.

any assistance would be Greatly appreciated!

John Delvfar
The author is David Weber. Can't remember the title. There are 3 books in the series if memory serves.
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Mutineer's Moon by David Weber.
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The series is called Dahak trilogy by David Weber. First book is available in Baen's Free Library
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Abaddon wrote:The series is called Dahak trilogy by David Weber. First book is available in Baen's Free Library
The entire trilogy is available as one omnibus Empire From the Ashes, including for free from http://baencd.freedoors.org/Books/Empir ... /index.htm.
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Empire from the Ashes rocks, also check out from David Weber the re-issued (5 or more years ago) the full "In FURY Born" a most excellent read.
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You can also still get almost all of the free Baen Cds from our and Baen's favorite red shirt :lol: "Joe Buckley" :) At "the fifth Imperium"

http://baencd.thefifthimperium.com/

Can't read them online any longer but the whole Cds are still available for download......both Iso and Ripped formats
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Re: Links to Good Reading (Part 2)

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Those are what I was looking for!!

Thank you very much!

And for the Baen Books link as well.

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Funny, I had same problem lol
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Re-reading Kevin Hearne's Iron Druid series. Hounded, Hexed, Hammered,... Lots of fun. Has the 2nd best question in fiction I have seen lately. Atticus, the protagonist, is talking to a vampire and mentions a book named Everyone Poops. He then asks what vampires do with the blood they take in. The vampire refuses to answer. It does explain the glittery piles found in the woods near Forks, Washington.


Best question is from Terry Pratchett in Hogfather. The whole book came about because he wondered what the Tooth Fairy did with all those teeth.
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The thread about voting at TopWebFiction reminded me that I have found quite a few good stories from their list and here is few of them I recently found and recommend:

1. The Gods are Bastards:
Set in a familiar high-fantasy universe of wizards, dragons and elves, the action takes place roughly fifteen hundred years after the medieval stasis in which most high fantasy is set, during an era much like Earth’s Industrial Revolution. Mass production of enchanted goods has revolutionized all aspects of life, energy weapons have made blades and armor all but obsolete, and the world is connected and illuminated by magical analogues of trains, telegraphs and electric lights. With progress has come social and political upheaval: the scattered feudal kingdoms of yore have been consolidated into a now-precarious Empire, the clerics of various gods have organized themselves into a mighty Universal Church, and the first stirrings of modern education and an Enlightenment ethos have taken root in a young University. On the other hand, dragons are nearly extinct, elves have been herded onto reservations, and the days when a person could make a living as a wandering adventurer are long since over.
https://tiraas.wordpress.com/about/

Updates Mon and Wed with bonus chapters on Fridays

2. A Practical Guide to Evil Do Wrong, Right:
A Practical Guide to Evil is a YA fantasy novel about a young girl named Catherine Foundling making her way through the world – though, in a departure from the norm, not on the side of the heroes. Is there such a thing as doing bad things for good reasons, or is she just rationalizing her desire for control? Good and Evil are tricky concepts, and the more power you get the blurrier the lines between them become.

Updates every Wednesday.
https://practicalguidetoevil.wordpress.com/summary/

3. Super Powereds:
Welcome to Super Powereds, the story of five young people with abilities they cannot control, called "Powereds" by society. They are resigned to life with their personal hurdles, until one day each is approached by a company claiming they have a new procedure to turn Powereds into Supers, people who can control their abilities at will.

The offers are true, and now each of the new Supers has enrolled at Lander University to participate in the Hero Certification Course and prove they can be just as useful as those who were born Super. But can they? And will the control they gained be permanent or will they eventually be turned back into their previous unstable selves?
http://www.drewhayesnovels.com/superpowereds/

Updates about every 2 to 3 days.

4. Void Domain:
Brakket Magical Academy in Northwestern United States is on its last legs. Enrollment of new students is at an all time low. The academy instructors go out to recruit prospective children other magical academies have ignored.

Eva is one such recruit. After witnessing her perform magic no teenage mage should have learned, an instructor of the academy offers her a full ride scholarship. Eva does not turn down the opportunity to learn magic in a proper capacity and quickly ships out to Montana.

Barely a day there and things already seem off. Every student has the same scholarship, odd-smelling men wander the town, and a spider demon has decided Eva’s dorm room is the place to be.
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Re: Links to Good Reading (Part 2)

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For those among you, who would like to still read the baen CD's online, I have found this link!!!

http://hell.pl/szymon/Baen/

Just klick on the Pictures and you are go!

Enjoy!! :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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A Practical Guide to Evil Do Wrong, Right:

A Practical Guide to Evil is a YA fantasy novel about a young girl named Catherine Foundling making her way through the world – though, in a departure from the norm, not on the side of the heroes. Is there such a thing as doing bad things for good reasons, or is she just rationalizing her desire for control? Good and Evil are tricky concepts, and the more power you get the blurrier the lines between them become.

Updates every Wednesday.


https://practicalguidetoevil.wordpress.com/summary/
This is pretty good. Few spelling mistakes, some grammer... but pretty good.
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Re: Links to Good Reading (Part 2)

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Wolfee wrote:
A Practical Guide to Evil Do Wrong, Right:

A Practical Guide to Evil is a YA fantasy novel about a young girl named Catherine Foundling making her way through the world – though, in a departure from the norm, not on the side of the heroes. Is there such a thing as doing bad things for good reasons, or is she just rationalizing her desire for control? Good and Evil are tricky concepts, and the more power you get the blurrier the lines between them become.

Updates every Wednesday.


https://practicalguidetoevil.wordpress.com/summary/
This is pretty good. Few spelling mistakes, some grammer... but pretty good.
The little historical quotes at the beginning of each chapter can be very good since alot of them take old proverbs and twist them such as:
“Before embarking on a journey of revenge, dig two graves. One for the fool and one for all those pesky relatives.”
– Dread Emperor Vindictive the First

“Where have all the good men gone? Graveyards, mostly.”
– Dread Emperor Malevolent III, the Pithy

“Those who live by the sword kill those who don’t.”
– Dread Emperor Vile the First

“The best revenge isn’t living well, it’s living to crucify all your enemies.”
– Dread Emperor Malevolent III, the Pithy
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