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RE: Epic book series (any genre) - 2/11/2021 11:02:40 AM   
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Status: offline 		Can't believe I almost forget Maurice Druon's series The Iron King and following books. Historical fiction about 14th century France. Reviewers call it "the original Game of Thrones"--intrigue, war, love, etc. Very good, at least the first five books. The last, sixth, book is totally different and unconnected to the first five, and sucks.

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RE: Epic book series (any genre) - 2/12/2021 4:55:31 AM   
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ORIGINAL: MrsWargamer

Has anyone else read the Brotherhood of War series by WEB Griffin? Really fun read series.


Yes, I read it. But I found it a bit repetitive after a while. Fun read though.

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RE: Epic book series (any genre) - 2/12/2021 4:57:37 AM   
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Status: offline 		Re-reading the Sharpe series now. First time I read it in chronological order. And a couple of newer volumes that I previously missed.

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01 Sharpe's Tiger Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Seringapatam, 1799 1997
02 Sharpe's Triumph Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Assaye, September 1803 1998
03 Sharpe's Fortress Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Gawilghur, December 1803 1999
04 Sharpe's Trafalgar Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Trafalgar, October 1805 2000
05 Sharpe's Prey Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Copenhagen, 1807 2001
06 Sharpe's Rifles Richard Sharpe and the French Invasion of Galicia, January 1809 1988
07 Sharpe's Havoc Richard Sharpe and the Campaign in Northern Portugal, Spring 1809 2003
08 Sharpe's Eagle Richard Sharpe and the Talavera Campaign, July 1809 1981
09 Sharpe's Gold Richard Sharpe and the Destruction of Almeida, August 1810 1981
10 Sharpe's Escape Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Bussaco, September 1810 2004
11 Sharpe's Fury Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Barrosa March 1811, Winter 1811 2007
12 Sharpe's Battle Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro, May 1811 1995
13 Sharpe's Company Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Badajoz, January to April 1812 1982
14 Sharpe's Sword Richard Sharpe and the Salamanca Campaign, June and July 1812 1983
15 Sharpe's Skirmish Richard Sharpe and the Defence of the Tormes, August 1812 (short story) 1999 revised extended edition published 2002
16 Sharpe's Enemy Richard Sharpe and the Defence of Portugal, Christmas 1812 1984
17 Sharpe's Honour Richard Sharpe and the Vitoria Campaign, February to June 1813 1985
18 Sharpe's Regiment Richard Sharpe and the Invasion of France, June to November 1813 1986
19 Sharpe's Christmas December 1813, Franco-Spanish border (short story) 1994 revised edition published 2003
20 Sharpe's Siege Richard Sharpe and the Winter Campaign, 1814 1987
21 Sharpe's Revenge Richard Sharpe and the Peace of 1814 1989
22 Sharpe's Waterloo Richard Sharpe and the Waterloo Campaign, 15 June to 18 June 1815 1990
23 Sharpe's Ransom December 1816, Normandy (short story) 1994 revised edition published 2003
24 Sharpe's Devil Richard Sharpe, Thomas Cochrane and the Emperor, 1820–21 1992

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RE: Epic book series (any genre) - 2/12/2021 6:12:02 AM   
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Not sure if they can be counted as a book series - but I'll count them anyway.

Four books by the wonderful Geirr H Haarr that centre on the naval campaigns of 1939-40 in and around the North Sea

No Room For Mistakes
The Gathering Storm
The German Invasion of Norway
The Battle of Norway

Stonkingly good reads










I have them all. Very detailed, even if a bit dry. Sometimes the author starts to describe technical specs in painful detail. Not an easy reading like "Castles of Steel", but a must but for all naval aficionados.

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RE: Epic book series (any genre) - 2/13/2021 12:25:34 AM   
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Terry Pratchett - Discworld series


This. The best 30 or so books ever.

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RE: Epic book series (any genre) - 2/13/2021 12:36:19 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Orm

Re-reading the Sharpe series now. First time I read it in chronological order. And a couple of newer volumes that I previously missed.

xxxx


01 Sharpe's Tiger Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Seringapatam, 1799 1997
02 Sharpe's Triumph Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Assaye, September 1803 1998
03 Sharpe's Fortress Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Gawilghur, December 1803 1999
04 Sharpe's Trafalgar Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Trafalgar, October 1805 2000
05 Sharpe's Prey Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Copenhagen, 1807 2001
06 Sharpe's Rifles Richard Sharpe and the French Invasion of Galicia, January 1809 1988
07 Sharpe's Havoc Richard Sharpe and the Campaign in Northern Portugal, Spring 1809 2003
08 Sharpe's Eagle Richard Sharpe and the Talavera Campaign, July 1809 1981
09 Sharpe's Gold Richard Sharpe and the Destruction of Almeida, August 1810 1981
10 Sharpe's Escape Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Bussaco, September 1810 2004
11 Sharpe's Fury Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Barrosa March 1811, Winter 1811 2007
12 Sharpe's Battle Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro, May 1811 1995
13 Sharpe's Company Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Badajoz, January to April 1812 1982
14 Sharpe's Sword Richard Sharpe and the Salamanca Campaign, June and July 1812 1983
15 Sharpe's Skirmish Richard Sharpe and the Defence of the Tormes, August 1812 (short story) 1999 revised extended edition published 2002
16 Sharpe's Enemy Richard Sharpe and the Defence of Portugal, Christmas 1812 1984
17 Sharpe's Honour Richard Sharpe and the Vitoria Campaign, February to June 1813 1985
18 Sharpe's Regiment Richard Sharpe and the Invasion of France, June to November 1813 1986
19 Sharpe's Christmas December 1813, Franco-Spanish border (short story) 1994 revised edition published 2003
20 Sharpe's Siege Richard Sharpe and the Winter Campaign, 1814 1987
21 Sharpe's Revenge Richard Sharpe and the Peace of 1814 1989
22 Sharpe's Waterloo Richard Sharpe and the Waterloo Campaign, 15 June to 18 June 1815 1990
23 Sharpe's Ransom December 1816, Normandy (short story) 1994 revised edition published 2003
24 Sharpe's Devil Richard Sharpe, Thomas Cochrane and the Emperor, 1820–21 1992




How could I forget this series? Excellent!

RR

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RE: Epic book series (any genre) - 2/13/2021 7:23:51 AM   
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ORIGINAL: MrsWargamer

Series guys, series :)

But I like seeing mention of occasional great works.

Has anyone else read the Brotherhood of War series by WEB Griffin? Really fun read series.
That and the series called There Will Be War edited by Pournelle Basically a series of short fictions divided into types.



You might want to check out the series The Corps, by the same author, WEB Griffin. I didn't think it was quite as enjoyable as The Brotherhood, but sill fun read.

Another series, in SciFy - war is David Webbers Honor Harrington series.

Rick

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RE: Epic book series (any genre) - 2/13/2021 1:43:43 PM   
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RE: Epic book series (any genre) - 2/13/2021 7:14:24 PM   
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Status: offline 		I seldom read fiction so the best "series" would be
something non-fictional like the Time-Life Series on WWII,
The Old West, Ancient Empires etc.

I enjoy the genre of books that focus on one
subject and follow it throughout history. Kurlansky
has done this with each of his Salt, Paper and Cod books.
Ennos recently released "The Age of Wood - Our Most Useful
Material and the Construction of Civilization".

Such books reveal fascinating tidbits. For example,
some of England's woodland extant today was originally
planted as a means to sustain their (extinct) wooden shipbuilding
industry. The first modern steam powered machine tool
was made for the purpose of automating production
of wooden block and tack gear for Royal Navy ships during
the Napoleonic era. This machinery remained in service
until the 1960's!
Portsmouth Block Mills

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RE: Epic book series (any genre) - 2/14/2021 12:41:59 PM   
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The Belgariad and Mallorean by David Edddings is worth a mention if you like Fastasy.



The Belgariad is fantastic.

The Mallorean is.... not.
It's nice to hang out with the characters again, but the overall storyline of the second series is mediocre, at best.

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RE: Epic book series (any genre) - 2/14/2021 12:43:40 PM   
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ORIGINAL: MrsWargamer

Has anyone else read the Brotherhood of War series by WEB Griffin? Really fun read series.


Have you read the Men At War series about the OSS in WW2. Really fun series. Not high literature, mind you, but enjoyable.

WEB Griffin originally published them under a pen name before they were re-released under his own name.

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RE: Epic book series (any genre) - 2/14/2021 12:45:18 PM   
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ORIGINAL: MrsWargamer

What are yer favs. I'm considering a series needs at a minimum of 5 thick ole books to be epic.

The Complete Hammer's Slammers. Only 3 books, but each is around 500 pages thicc.


If you track all of them down as their individual books before they were collected into "The Complete..." then it's about 6-7 separate books

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