I'm a picky reader these days. More out of time available then any real pickiness. My job takes up a lot of time. I have more time to read deployed believe it or not then back here in garrison. when I was a young man I would read almost anything I could get my hands on that was science fiction, followed by fantasy. Bradbury, Heinlen, Clark, Asimov, Niven. Many others. I enjoyed their compilations of short stories almost more sometimes then the long novels.
Being a military man, one of my all time favs is Starship Troopers. Wow. The movie didn't come close to what that book is about.
Oh yea, I got on a Stephen king kick for a long time. Not any Stephen King kick, just his books that reference anything about the Dark Tower, and all of the Dark Tower books.
One of my alltime favs is
http://www.ursulakleguin.com/ I did one of her short stories in speech one year and was runner up for the state competition. I'd recommend it to anyone.
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