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Wow, that's quite some list there Kathy. :woot:

My first favorite books were of the spy novel genre... Ian Flemming ( ), Robert Ludlum and Alistair Maclean were the first authors to catch my attention when I began looking for books to read for fun. From there, my reading choices were varied with no standout authors until I started reading Tom Clancy's work... he is certainly the master of his genre.

Less then five years ago I ran into Terry Goodkind's heavily themed fantasy fiction series and quicky devoured it all. Simply said, I cannot heap enough praise in his direction. I've read every book a few times because I enjoy them so much, and even see some deeper themes with every go through. I wanted more and was reading about his themes on a TG fan site when Ayn Rand's name was brought up a few times so I decided to check out what she had to offer. The word was that she had two novels of stature (The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged), so I read them both, enjoying them very much. From there I started reading a bit more about her philosophy "Objectivism" (which her fiction work is mainly a vehicle for communicating). I find some of what she says a bit dated (understandably so considering the timing and background of the writings), but on a whole she has some excellent ideas that are still relevant. I'd really like to read her non-fiction book "Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology" (which might respond to some of the problems I have with her philosophy), but I haven't gotten my hands on a copy of it yet.

Most recently, I've been reading through Frank Herbert's Dune series. It was recommended by a friend a long time ago, and I thought I'd give it a read. The first book was good enough (entertaining story, with quite a few thought provoking quotes) that I just continued on with the next one... and now I'm into the sixth and final book.

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