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Darkdragon
| | #1 posted June 1, 2009 at 11:03pm (EST) |
i want to read something on a epic scale and can emotionally pull you into the story. Can anyone recommend me something |
goldbera
  
| | #2 posted June 2, 2009 at 9:56am (EST) |
Ive been recommending this:
http://www.amazon.com/Liberation-Adventures-Collap...
maybe read the description and see if its your cup. |
SmarmySir
  
| | #3 posted June 2, 2009 at 2:52pm (EST) |
Probably the most epic book ever:
http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Book-Grammar-Punctuatio...
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Amethyst
| | #4 posted June 2, 2009 at 3:00pm (EST) |
Earth's Children series by Jean M. Auel, it's not finished, there are 5 books so far, Clan of the Cave Bear (had a movie starring Daryle Hanna), Valley Of Horses, Mammoth Hunters, Plains of Passage & Shelters of Stone.
This was not a series I thought I'd like till I saw the movie. The books are set in prehistoric times, and the author does extensive research into the plants (uses for them) and environment for the books. I think the books suffer somewhat from too much details, but it's still an engrossing story dealing with the main character who was adopted into a clan of people after being attacked by a mountain lion when she was about 6. She has a hard time since she is more from people who verbally talk, whereas these people use more guttural language and signs. She is finally accepted into the clan as their medicine woman, and later is forced out of the clan where she has to fend for herself which in itself is a major feat. |
Tony
| | #5 posted June 3, 2009 at 7:50pm (EST) |
If you are looking for fiction, check out the topic where someone is looking for fantasy recommendations.
If you are looking for true adventure, find a copy of Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World. It is the true account of the expedition led by Ernest Shackleton. 40 men set out with a plan to cross Antarctica circa 1910, but before they even make landfall their ship gets stuck in the ice. Eventually, the ice crushes the ship and they have to drag their lifeboats across the ice to open water. From there they make their way to a small deserted island. Shackleton takes 3 others in a lifeboat to South Georgia island where there is a whaling village. They land on the far side of the island, and because they don't think they can take the boat back out, they have to make their way across the mountains on foot to the village. They were inside the Antartic Circle for more than 18 months, and eveyone survived. It is an amazing story. There was a Kenneth Branaugh movie and documentary about the expedition a few years ago. |
davedude
| | #6 posted June 8, 2009 at 3:47pm (EST) |
Nothing gets more epic and scaldingly gruesome then Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian. One of the few books I can read and reread, and also the only book I've lost sleep to finish reading. |
Candle_Jack
| | #7 posted June 16, 2009 at 4:12pm (EST) |
Stephen King's IT is relatively epic.
And I also second Blood Meridian. |
oulzac
 
| | #8 posted June 16, 2009 at 5:04pm (EST) |
what kind of "story" are you looking for?
I would recommend the witcher series by Andrzej Sapkowski, the first book in the series is called the Last Wish. (fantasy)
I would also recommend the Dexter series by Jeff Lindsay, with the first book being Darkly Dreaming Dexter. (crime drams, very dark)
And I would also recommend the Riverworld series by Philip Farmer, the first book in that series is called To Your Scattered Bodies Go. (fantasy)
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nihon
 
| | #9 posted June 22, 2009 at 5:55pm (EST) |
The Honor Harrington series is great if you like epic science fiction space opera. Currently 11 books in the main series, with 4 collections of short stories an two other spin-off series with two books each.
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CTank
| #10 posted June 30, 2009 at 2:22am (EST)
edited June 30, 2009 at 2:23am (EST) |
The Pokey Little Puppy |
nihon
| | #11 posted June 30, 2009 at 3:38pm (EST) |
I read that when I was very young (many, many moons ago).
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Patiencepage
| | #12 posted July 7, 2009 at 3:27pm (EST) |
ctank wrote:
> The Pokey Little Puppy
I used to LOVE that book!
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chopsman00
| | #13 posted July 15, 2009 at 4:36pm (EST) |
If your into fantasy how about The Thomas Covanent Chronicles by Stephen R. Donaldson. There are three chronilcles containing about 8 books so far. My first fantasy and a great read. |
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