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Am Legend by Richard Matheson
 What
a great book, the best book I read all year in fact. This is a vampire
story that has more twists than a Chubby Checker record. If you can
find this baby you won't be sorry.
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A
Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
 A
funny, sad, and pathetic book all rolled into one. Sad, because you
wonder how much of the work is autobiographical. The story though is
delicious. Worth checking out.
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Rude
Astronauts by Allen Steele
 Now
this one was a nice surprise. You really can't judge a book by its cover.
This is collection of short stories, that are tied together. A very
pleasant surprise.
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The
Dragon Knight Series by Gordon R. Dickson
 High
marks for this series. Eight books in, and I really enjoyed them all.
Some of the books were better than others, but very solid entertainment.
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Marriage
of the Living Dark by David Wingrove
 The
final book in the Chung Kuo series. One of the finest series of books
I've ever read. I really enjoyed this book, but found that it really
didn't match the intensity and complexity of the previous works. As
the series progressed it did get a bit out there are times, and this
book spends a lot of time way out there. Still, it was a very
good book.
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Black
Sunday by Thomas Harris
 Coming
in at number six, was the old Thomas Harris novel Black Sunday. Bang.
Good book.
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The
Incarnations of Immortality by Piers Anthony
 This
series is really pretty good, and moved along through Death, Time, War
etc. A couple of the books were outstanding, and the with the exception
of the final book, which was crap, I found them all to be thought provoking
and immensely entertaining.
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2001
and 2010 by Arthur C. Clarke
  Pretty
much everyone has heard of HAL, and 2001. I'd never read the book
though. So I picked it up along with 2010 and was blown away. Oddly
enough, I enjoyed 2010 more than it's acclaimed predesessor. 2061,
and 3001 well, that's another story . . .
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Wizard
and Glass by Stephen King
 Returning
to the world of Roland the Gunslinger, King again treats the reader
to a thick meaty adventure.
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Ronan's
Rescue and Ronan's Revenge by James Bibby
  Writing
humorous fantasy isn't as easy as it seems. Somebody once said dying
is easy, comedy is tough. If you tell somebody that a book is
going to be funny, it better be funny. For what ever reason the Ronan
books by Bibby really struck me as pretty funny stuff. I was surprised
when he made my own top 10 list. Gee.
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