• This is a political forum that is non-biased/non-partisan and treats every person's position on topics equally. This debate forum is not aligned to any political party. In today's politics, many ideas are split between and even within all the political parties. Often we find ourselves agreeing on one platform but some topics break our mold. We are here to discuss them in a civil political debate. If this is your first visit to our political forums, be sure to check out the RULES. Registering for debate politics is necessary before posting. Register today to participate - it's free!

Help Me SPend My Annual Amazon Gift Money

Redress

Liberal Fascist For Life!
DP Veteran
Joined
Mar 5, 2008
Messages
111,860
Reaction score
58,495
Location
Sarasota Fla
Gender
Undisclosed
Political Leaning
Undisclosed
Traditionally, I get a fair amount of money to drop on Amazon. I generally read sci/fi/fantasy, though will read just about anything. What should I get this year?
 

liblady

pirate lover
DP Veteran
Joined
Aug 7, 2009
Messages
16,164
Reaction score
5,060
Location
St Thomas, VI
Gender
Female
Political Leaning
Progressive
Traditionally, I get a fair amount of money to drop on Amazon. I generally read sci/fi/fantasy, though will read just about anything. What should I get this year?

have you read Wicked?
 

haymarket

DP Veteran
Joined
Sep 3, 2010
Messages
120,954
Reaction score
28,531
Gender
Undisclosed
Political Leaning
Undisclosed
A collection of the old LITTLE NEMO IN SLUMBERLAND would be worth looking at if you have any interest in comics or graphic arts.
 

Redress

Liberal Fascist For Life!
DP Veteran
Joined
Mar 5, 2008
Messages
111,860
Reaction score
58,495
Location
Sarasota Fla
Gender
Undisclosed
Political Leaning
Undisclosed
A collection of the old LITTLE NEMO IN SLUMBERLAND would be worth looking at if you have any interest in comics or graphic arts.

I do. Can you tell me about this one?
 

spud_meister

Veni, vidi, dormivi!
DP Veteran
Joined
Nov 6, 2009
Messages
36,566
Reaction score
21,909
Location
Didjabringabeeralong
Gender
Male
Political Leaning
Communist
I suggest The Saga of Seven Suns, by Kevin J Anderson, I just finished reading them, it's a great series.
 

Josie

Come alive
Supporting Member
DP Veteran
Joined
Mar 25, 2010
Messages
53,510
Reaction score
27,542
Gender
Female
Political Leaning
Libertarian - Right
And hated it. I love the Oz books, and don't think any one should **** with them.

I hated it too. The musical, however, I loved.

Just a question.....where can I get this fair amount of money to drop on amazon? :)
 

Redress

Liberal Fascist For Life!
DP Veteran
Joined
Mar 5, 2008
Messages
111,860
Reaction score
58,495
Location
Sarasota Fla
Gender
Undisclosed
Political Leaning
Undisclosed
I hated it too. The musical, however, I loved.

Just a question.....where can I get this fair amount of money to drop on amazon? :)

I get it from my relatives for Christmas. Birthday too, but that is a few months away.
 

haymarket

DP Veteran
Joined
Sep 3, 2010
Messages
120,954
Reaction score
28,531
Gender
Undisclosed
Political Leaning
Undisclosed
Redress
if you want to know more about LITTLE NEMO IN SLUMBERLAND, just google it or go to Wikipedia and put it in. Also look for Images when you google it. It is simply the greatest newspaper comic strip ever created.

A simple search will generate tons of stuff for you to look at. Then go to Amazon and see what they have to offer or Ebay has older NEMO that is out of print.

I am eager to hear what you think of it.
 

RightinNYC

Girthless
DP Veteran
Joined
Mar 21, 2005
Messages
25,893
Reaction score
12,484
Location
New York, NY
Gender
Male
Political Leaning
Slightly Conservative

Redress

Liberal Fascist For Life!
DP Veteran
Joined
Mar 5, 2008
Messages
111,860
Reaction score
58,495
Location
Sarasota Fla
Gender
Undisclosed
Political Leaning
Undisclosed
Ever consider getting an Ereaders like the kindle, etc?
They release free books for them, from time to time.

I will have to consider that, thank you. Thanks for all the suggestions and keep them coming.
 

Redress

Liberal Fascist For Life!
DP Veteran
Joined
Mar 5, 2008
Messages
111,860
Reaction score
58,495
Location
Sarasota Fla
Gender
Undisclosed
Political Leaning
Undisclosed
I asked around on Kindle, and my sister has one and loves it, and hints that it might be a Christmas gift.
 

SFLRN

DP Veteran
Joined
Jul 1, 2006
Messages
1,008
Reaction score
95
Gender
Male
Political Leaning
Libertarian
Off the top of my head:
Policy Books: The Great Crash by John Galbraith (a thoroughly Keynesian take on the great Depression and Galbraith is an engaging writer), , The Rise of the Western World: A New Economic History by North and Thomas (really interesting economic history book covering from after the fall of the Roman empire to the beginning of the Industrial Revolution),
Fiction: The Stranger by Albert Camus (great stream of conscious flow), this is probably public access by now, but Voltaire's Candide always makes me laugh (hysterically).
 

tryreading

Steve
DP Veteran
Joined
Oct 8, 2005
Messages
4,809
Reaction score
764
Location
Central Florida
Gender
Male
Political Leaning
Moderate
Traditionally, I get a fair amount of money to drop on Amazon. I generally read sci/fi/fantasy, though will read just about anything. What should I get this year?

Stephen Baxter. If you want to read some hard science fiction written by the best.
 

Barbbtx

DP Veteran
Joined
Jan 7, 2010
Messages
8,467
Reaction score
1,993
Location
W'Ford TX
Gender
Female
Political Leaning
Conservative
Traditionally, I get a fair amount of money to drop on Amazon. I generally read sci/fi/fantasy, though will read just about anything. What should I get this year?

Aren't you going to boycott Amazon until they stop selling the child porn books?
 

Morality Games

DP Veteran
Joined
Jul 14, 2009
Messages
3,733
Reaction score
1,156
Location
Iowa
Gender
Male
Political Leaning
Centrist
Le Morte D'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table

The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki
 

Redress

Liberal Fascist For Life!
DP Veteran
Joined
Mar 5, 2008
Messages
111,860
Reaction score
58,495
Location
Sarasota Fla
Gender
Undisclosed
Political Leaning
Undisclosed
Aren't you going to boycott Amazon until they stop selling the child porn books?

1) no

2) If you are referring to the pedophilia book, they already stopped selling it
 
Top Bottom