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GuardDuty

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« on: <08-29-19/2039:18> »
I'm taking a dive into the shadowrun novels I never got to read lately, and I have to say it's been pretty hit and miss (Dragonheart Saga, what a fraggin' let down you were!).  That leads me to ask, what is everyone's favorite bit of shadowrun fiction?

PS I was always led to believe that the events leading to the military blockade of Crater Lake were incorporated in a novel, but my limited Google-fu has not revealed the name to me (if it's true).  Any help would be appreciated.
PPS No it's not Worlds Without End (which was also a letdown)

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« Reply #1 on: <08-29-19/2131:28> »
The original trilogy, Secrets of Power.

Ghost Rigger

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« Reply #2 on: <08-29-19/2149:27> »
Never read any of the official SR fiction. However, I have enjoyed reading 2D's Storytime.
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« Reply #3 on: <08-29-19/2239:26> »
OG trilogy, 2xs, Burning Bright. For me the rest varied form mediocre to bad.


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« Reply #4 on: <08-29-19/2315:28> »
OG trilogy, 2xs, Burning Bright. For me the rest varied form mediocre to bad.

I just finished Burning Bright a few days ago, and it was fantastic.

Shinobi Killfist

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« Reply #5 on: <08-29-19/2327:30> »
Have most of these been switched to kindle?
I’ll rebuy all of them to have them on my phone. All
My favorite series I’ve done that for but last time I checked only the current ones were kindle.

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« Reply #6 on: <08-29-19/2341:02> »
Original trilogy really shaped my image of the setting when it came out.  After that anything from Nigel Findley or Carl Sargent and Marc Gascoigne.
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« Reply #7 on: <08-30-19/0840:53> »
Here is the list of books available in EPUB/MOBI format on DriveThruRPG: Shadowrun books. I'm not sure why that one BattleTech book shows up... :P

Edit: You may want to look around a bit outside the filtered list I posted too, I don't think it grabbed everything.

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« Reply #8 on: <08-30-19/0919:19> »
Burning Bright was incredible, definitely the best of the bunch.

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« Reply #9 on: <08-30-19/1009:43> »
Another vote for Burning Bright. I also enjoyed 2XS and the original Secrets of Power trilogy. Never trust and Elf and Into the Shadows(anthology) were good. Changeling has some good characters and House of the Sun is a follow up to 2XS.

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« Reply #10 on: <08-30-19/1107:50> »
Since some of my favorites have already been mentioned I'd like to toss a few into the mix. Dead Air, Shadowplay, Streets of Blood.
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