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Most scifi by Heinlein starring the immortal Lazarus Long.  This book details many of the events of his life.

This is one of Robert Crais's detective novels starring private eye Elvis Cole and his ever vigilant partner Joe Pike.  The novel begins with Cole taking on the case of a young bride to be worried about her LAPD fiance and his suddenly strange behavior.  Plenty of action and humor.

This is the second book in the second trilogy of Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel series.  It was deeply touching.  I couldn't put it down.  It's almost 900 pages long, making it one of the longest books I've read in a while. 

This the excellent continuation of Carey's Kushiel series.  This is the first of a new trilogy that follows the life of Prine Imriel, the adopted son of the courtesan Phedre.

Continuation of the Legacy of the Force series in which Luke Skywalker's nephew Jacen Solo treads the path to becoming the next Dark Lord of the Sith.  Tragic and exciting, this series is revitalizing the Star Wars story line.

This a nice science fiction tale of what humans are capable of when they believe they are being deprived of something they are entitled too.  Very good story starring Lazarus Long.

This is a good piece of science fiction revolving around the overthrow of a theocracy that rules America with an iron fist.

This is, by far, the best examination of the issues surrounding race relations in contemporary America that I have ever read.  I suggest it to anyone interested in the subject.  An excellent examination of the evolution of race relations since the 1950s. 

For a 'classic' of science fiction, this is one of the worst books I've ever read.  I'm very disappointed.  Kind of an obvious 'we're just as bad as the enemy' Vietnam era anti-war book.  Dumb in that it fails to take into account that in both the book (and in the Vietnam War) the enemy (Androids, N.