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Brian’s favorite books

The Great Dune Trilogy by Frank Herbert

The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov

The Belgariad Boxed Set by David Eddings

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever by Stephen R. Donaldson

Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke

A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.

Startide Rising by David Brin

Guardians of the West by David Eddings

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke

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Platform Decay

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Platform Decay (The Murderbot Diaries, #8)

by Martha Wells (Goodreads Author)

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Black Powder War

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Black Powder War (Temeraire, #3)

by Naomi Novik (Goodreads Author)

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Empire of Ivory

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Empire of Ivory (Temeraire, #4)

by Naomi Novik (Goodreads Author)

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