{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"Cloud Kicker (critialcloudkicker)'s status on Thursday, 06-Nov-14 16:55:29 UTC","author_name":"Cloud Kicker (critialcloudkicker)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/critialcloudkicker","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3717528","html":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/29796\" class=\"url\" title=\"Griffin\"><span class=\"fn nickname mention\">vcgriffin<\/span><\/a><\/span> The Vorkosian Saga ( maybe a bit of low-tier now that I recall it ) Lois McMaster Bjugold ) Going Postal ( Terry Pratchett ) The Mote in God's Eye ( was promising, was forbidden to read that book any further by someone ) I am Legend ( R Matheson ) Conan the Barbarian ( series, I think the writers changed somewhere down the road ), the farseer triology ( Robin Bobb ) Old Man's War ( <span class=\"spbar\" style=\"color:#000;background-color:#000;\">PLOT TWIST !<\/span> John Scalzi ) Wicked ( G Maguire ) The culture series ( AIAN or IAIN M Banks ) Furies of Calderon ( Jim Butcher ) The Book of the new sun \/ Shadow &amp; Claw ( Gene Wolfe ) Star Wars the thrawn triology ( CMON ! ) The mars trilogy ( Kim Stanley Robinson ) Lusifer's Hammer ( once again, forbidden to read further once passing the 40th page ) Doomsday book ( Connie Willis ) ... ... ... I guess that is all the recommendation I can do as far as &quot;books you remember = good, or left an impression&quot; goes"}