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I'm looking for books...

Name: Anonymous 2007-03-12 14:32 ID:lHWxvj+L

... with one main theme: Some ancient, powerful, hi-tech civilizations, now non-existant, with their ruins laying everywhere, and the action of book is set many, manyyyyy years after the epoch of that civilization.
Something like Xenogears (yes, yes, i know, that it is a video game, not a book, but i couldn't find any book with that theme, so i gave a game-based example.), or Origin: spirit of the past (that's an anime, but it had some "ancient" ruins).
So, please, could you give me some titles?

Name: Anonymous 2007-03-12 14:46 ID:F4z657Rs

"The Man of the Past" by Joseph Belgenstein is one of the best books that fits your genre. A strange mixture of William Gibson and historical and fantasy novels.

Some others that are really great are "Cybertron Wars" by Daryl Nixon, "Ruins of Chternoxyl" by Conrad Ambrose, and "Prelude to a Finale" by Ryuichi Tamura.

Name: Anonymous 2007-03-12 14:50 ID:wm1hwKKG

A Canticle of Leibowitz

Name: Anonymous 2007-03-12 17:09 ID:lHWxvj+L

>>2
Thanks for so many titles, but i have searched the internet using google to find more about these books, but i cannot find anything at all about them!As if they were nonexistant, and it is surely impossible to find any of these in my nearest bookstore :(.

>>3
Thanks, found some info about that book, looks very promising :D.

Name: Anonymous 2007-03-14 14:26 ID:iJKpJKvN

Are there more books than those?

Name: Anonymous 2007-03-14 15:15 ID:+o9rnQw8

>>5

Yes, many.

Name: Anonymous 2007-03-15 18:11 ID:4G8s+Gu4

try asking a LIBRARIAN!

Name: Anonymous 2007-03-15 22:32 ID:UXaiGKCa

mara and dann by doris lessing is good but quite moralistic. john wyndhams's the chyrsalids is a total classic

Name: Anonymous 2007-03-20 9:03 ID:9FFEfvRN

The Dying Earth by Jack Vance?

Name: Anonymous 2007-03-20 16:31 ID:J1r2yzwN

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Name: Anonymous 2007-03-21 7:00 ID:zPFUWAlf

Lies of Locke Lamora.

Technically on theme and very enjoyable

Name: Anonymous 2007-03-25 23:17 ID:1IFYFDbl

The Stand is pretty good too though the time span is waaaaaay shorter that what you wanted

Name: Anonymous 2007-03-26 0:45 ID:Grt/rHHx

Dark tower series.

Name: Anonymous 2007-03-26 11:58 ID:gOiEiP9a

>>3

Name: Anonymous 2007-03-26 16:49 ID:ZNkc4yuz

why the hell would you read a book??  clearly just watch the movie.   douche

Name: Anonymous 2007-04-15 3:58 ID:QfDK9/jn

>>12
Is The Stand by Stephen King?

Name: Anonymous 2007-04-15 12:59 ID:RnSACD13

I loved the Tripod trilogy and the Sword of the Spirits trilogy both by Samuel Youd (under the pseudonym of John Christopher) when I was 13.  I remember it being well-written, but then again I was 13 so no guarantees.

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