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ralord82276 🚫

I have read and liked a lot of Lazlo Zalezac's stories but the descriptions of the ones left do not inspire confidence in their content. I am hoping some of you can guide me towards the ones most worth reading.
My favs of his are the John Carter/Happy Harry series, the Magic series, Millionaire Next Door, The Future of Miss Powers, Emend by Eclipse, and Thunder and Lightning.
I do like A King and his Queen but I don't consider it among his best works.
I have also read Service Society and while the overarching story was good, the pace of the story frankly sucked and he got bogged down in tangential descriptions IMO.
I know he has a lot of other stories but based on just the posted info blurb for each, I haven't seen any that appealed to me enough to read it.
But if there are more gems in his writing (similar to the stories of his I already identified as my favs), I don't want to miss them and would appreciate if anyone familiar with them would give me a heads up as to which they are. Many Thanks for any assistance.

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The Outsider 🚫

@ralord82276

My favorites are Millionaire Next Door, Thunder and Lightening, and Pfand X. I enjoyed Emend by Eclipse, though I haven't reread it yet.

As always, your mileage may vary.

Switch Blayde 🚫

@ralord82276

I happen to be reading "Fat Farm" at the moment. I would not recommend it. I don't know why it has the high rating it has. I've never read anything else from him.

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ystokes 🚫

@Switch Blayde

I've never read anything else from him.

You really need to read Millionaire Next Door and Thunder and Lightening. Both have great messages in them.

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Switch Blayde 🚫

@ystokes

You really need to read

I started reading "Glen Wiseman," but didn't finish. The reason I'm still reading "Fat Farm" is to finish one of his stories.

I'll give your suggestions a try. There's a lot about his writing style that I don't like so no matter how good the plot is, it's not enjoyable to read.

Soronel 🚫

@ralord82276

"Hunter" and "Glen Wiseman" are also quite good (though I suppose the latter is now somewhat dated). As are the Jade Force stories. Crossroads are also very good (although mostly only the stories LZ actually wrote, the others are very much hit-and-miss).

The Donaldsons stories are short and pretty amusing. Mothers and Daughters is much longer but also amusing.

The Quatyl is the site's#1 incomplete story that I most wish had been finished (((he suffered a computer crash and wasn't able to recover the loss). Even so it is very well written.

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Dinsdale 🚫

@Soronel

(he suffered a computer crash and wasn't able to recover the loss)

A near miss by a bolt of lightning fried his computer and if he had backups, they were unreadable.

His "The Reset Manifesto" was very popular at the time, I thought it was decent but overrated (it has a lot in common with Pfand X).
Nobody has mentioned "Loose Cannons" or "Country Boys", I preferred the first of the two.
People loved "Hunter", I really disliked it.
As for "Fat Farm": No. Avoid.

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Soronel 🚫

@Dinsdale

Agreed, Fat Farm is probably my least favorite of his long form stories.

Switch Blayde 🚫

@Dinsdale

As for "Fat Farm": No. Avoid.

Yet it has an 8.38 score.
*shakes head*

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John Demille 🚫

@Switch Blayde

Yet it has an 8.38 score.
*shakes head*

I think it has the most sex of all his stories.

awnlee jawking 🚫

@Switch Blayde

Yet it has an 8.38 score.
*shakes head*

Alternatively, "shakes pear" :-)

AJ

richardshagrin 🚫

@ralord82276

If his Farm name was Al, reading his Fat Farm story could be Fat Al.

remarcsd 🚫

@ralord82276

I realise it not quite the same category as the stories you mention but the Jade Force series is very much up to LZ's high standards.

The opening to the initial story did not draw me in, but my faith in the author encouraged me to persist and he did not let me down.

red61544 🚫

@ralord82276

Read the three stories about the "Donaldsons". https://storiesonline.net/a/lazlo-zalezac/2

When you finish the Donaldson's, try "Country Boys".
https://storiesonline.net/s/62742/country-boys

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