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sachmo · #81 March 3rd, 2004, 06:43 PM

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Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
I was browsing www.drunkduck.com and i want to ask something: does the 'warrior who's family/village/little dog was killed and is now out for revenge, finds out important stuff about his world blah blah blah' make you think 'must kill cliche', too?

Sounds like the basic plot for the movie Beastmaster.

I'm starting S.M. Stirling's Island In The Sea of Time, in which the island of Nantuckett gets transported back to 1350 B.C. I was wondering how many more books like this exist. There's Eric Flint's Ring of Fire books, there's the Lost Regiment series (I keep forgetting the author's name), and Stirling's trilogy. I like these type of books. How many more books are out there that I haven't heard of? Does anyone know?

There is a book called 1786 (I believe) where a town in Virginia is transported back to that year. I also read a book years ago called Remember the Alamo! where a group of soldiers goes back to the Alamo to try and win the battle for Texas...

gregebowman · #82 March 3rd, 2004, 07:34 PM

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Originally posted by sachmo:

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Originally posted by gregebowman:

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Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
I was browsing www.drunkduck.com and i want to ask something: does the 'warrior who's family/village/little dog was killed and is now out for revenge, finds out important stuff about his world blah blah blah' make you think 'must kill cliche', too?

Sounds like the basic plot for the movie Beastmaster.

I'm starting S.M. Stirling's Island In The Sea of Time, in which the island of Nantuckett gets transported back to 1350 B.C. I was wondering how many more books like this exist. There's Eric Flint's Ring of Fire books, there's the Lost Regiment series (I keep forgetting the author's name), and Stirling's trilogy. I like these type of books. How many more books are out there that I haven't heard of? Does anyone know?
There is a book called 1786 (I believe) where a town in Virginia is transported back to that year. I also read a book years ago called Remember the Alamo! where a group of soldiers goes back to the Alamo to try and win the battle for Texas...

Don't know about 1786, but there's the book 1632 and 1633, written by Eric Flint. Also, I asked the question about the Alamo book a few months ago, and am currently looking for that trilogy (Remember the Alamo, Remember Gettysburg and Remember Little Big Horn). I was talking more about people displaced through time and/or space, like the earlier examples I listed.

narf poit chez BOOM · #83 March 4th, 2004, 12:16 AM

I think 1786 is the first book in a paralel series.

and 'out for revenge' has been used so many times as a plot line it just gets annoying.

gregebowman · #84 March 4th, 2004, 10:52 PM

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Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
I think 1786 is the first book in a paralel series.

and 'out for revenge' has been used so many times as a plot line it just gets annoying.

Do you remember who the author of this 1786 was? If you let me know that, I can see if this bookstore I go to has it.

narf poit chez BOOM · #85 March 5th, 2004, 12:07 AM

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Do you remember who the author of this 1786 was? If you let me know that, I can see if this bookstore I go to has it.

Eric Flints homepage, works in progress. loads slow for me.

[ March 04, 2004, 22:12: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]

narf poit chez BOOM · #86 March 5th, 2004, 11:20 PM

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Originally posted by gregebowman:
Eric Flint is the author of the 1632 and 1633 books. Apparently 1786 is going to be another book in that series, but hasn't been written yet, according to that website. If you get the chance, check out his first 2 books. They're pretty good. About a West Virginia town full of coal miners and good ole boys take on Europe during the 30 Year War. I can't wait for the rest of the series to be written. [/QB]

Definitly. I own 1632 in paperback and 1633 on webscription.

[ March 05, 2004, 21:20: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]

gregebowman · #87 March 6th, 2004, 02:50 AM

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Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:

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Originally posted by gregebowman:
Do you remember who the author of this 1786 was? If you let me know that, I can see if this bookstore I go to has it.

Eric Flints homepage, works in progress. loads slow for me.

Eric Flint is the author of the 1632 and 1633 books. Apparently 1786 is going to be another book in that series, but hasn't been written yet, according to that website. If you get the chance, check out his first 2 books. They're pretty good. About a West Virginia town full of coal miners and good ole boys take on Europe during the 30 Year War. I can't wait for the rest of the series to be written.