want recommendations for stories

[Traditio]

Hi,
I like stories were someone gets a lot of money (lottery, unexpected inheritance, whatever) and then his life changes.
It is not easy to search for it (or i lack the right keywords) and i would be grateful for suggestions.

Johnny Billionaire e.g. is a bad example in my point of view (not a bad story but not what i am looking for)  because the character is not really changing through the money. I think much money changes more than the appartment you live in.

thanks for any advice!
Trad

[Gary Layng]

There are so many of these on SoL that I sometimes think it should have
a category. Just a search on "lottery" in the description gives yo 22
results on SoL, and then there are the inheritance, befriended by
someone rich, etc.

Lottery alone:
Tycoon by Raven Soule starts with our hero and narrator winning the lottery.
Caring for Julie by Uncle Jim
Dollar and a Dream by Vax
Hiding in Plain Sight by Mystere
I Won! by Martinmac
Winning Numbers by Lazlong

WTSman has a few in his "George" series where a poor girl gets into a
relationship with a wealthy guy:
- Odd Job
- The Proposition
- The Fat Girl
- Evening School

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[Daniel]

In addition to the stories Gary already mentioned, there's also
"Bowling for Hearts" by Rare Dream, which would fit well into your
lottery genre.

[Traditio]

thanks Gary and Daniel.
I have read some of the stories mentioned by Gary and will look into the others.

thanks for the recommendations!

[Soronel Haetir]

BlueDragon's "John Billionaire
" (and its sequels) fits the sudden and very unexpected inheritance criteria.

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[Sagacious]

A slightly different take on this would be "Millionaire next door" by Lazlo Zalezac and "One New Horizon" by sagacious.

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[Traditio]

Millionaire next door is one of my most loved stories as it actually changed some of my views on life
Right now i read the "Bowling for Hearts" recommendation and really like the story so far.

I will look into the Sagacious story next.

[Tim Merrigan]

On 2012-02-06 07:28, Soronel Haetir wrote:

BlueDragon's "John Billionaire
" (and its sequels) fits the sudden and very unexpected inheritance criteria.

The OP said in his original post that John Billionaire didn't fit his criteria, because, while he did suddenly come into money, it didn't significantly change his life.

On 2/6/12, Traditio <arnde...@googlemail.com> wrote:

thanks Gary and Daniel.
I have read some of the stories mentioned by Gary and will look into the
others.

thanks for the recommendations!

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[Phantom]

ok heres some more some fit right in what your looking for some maybe not so.

 

 

Artie: The Golden Mule  (removed from the web...you need to find someone with a copy)

Dark Vision:

The Lottery

Dual Writer: Florida Friends series

H20wader:

Winds Series

John Wales :

  Time Book 1, Leefstic, Shawn

Latikia:

Second That Emotion

Morgan:

The Allison McGrath Clifford Series

Paul_Phenomenon:

Protect_and_Serve   (You need a Premier account at SOL)

RoustWriter: Arlene and Jeff

The Old Guy:

I Fell Through, A New Life, What The Future May Bring, Nieces

The Scot: The Hawk and The Chipmunk,

Deana Johns Aka D.J. "Doc" Pedersen: "Castle in the Sand" (You have to find someone who has it to get a copy)

 

Have some but not all the elements your looking for

 

Al Steiner: Aftermath, Doing It All Over,

Andrew Wiggin: Death By Fucking,

Celtic Cowboy:

When Dreams Come True, Finding Peace,

Cmsix: John and Argent, Nano virus

Cold Creek:

The Defenceman, The Occasional Mind Reader

GoldenMage:

Ascension Of The Alpha Male I & II , Anomaly (GoldenMage died in late 2007 or early 2008 RIP)

Joe J: Twice Lucky I, Twice Lucky II:Time for a Change, Twice Lucky III:Divergence,

John Wales : Tandra

JiMC:

Lucky Tickets and Lucky Stiff

Lazlong:

The Fountain of Youth part 1 & 2, Silent Endings - New Beginnings, help, Washed up, Wagons Ho!, Wagons Ho! - The Early Years

Lazlo Zalezac:

The John Carter stories

Ms Friday:

Past Lives (You need a Premier account at SOL)

Shrink42:

Redemption, Banner_Year

 

not quite what your looking for but great stories anyways (long serials)

Fel: The Sennadar Series (The Chronicles of Tarrin Kael ) Subjugation series, http://forums.sennadar.com/

Mike Cropo's: -- A Spartan's war series
Starts with (A Spartan's war book #1 " A time of Eden and Elves ")

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[Sam]

 Thanks for the list.  A couple of sources:

On Monday, February 6, 2012 3:01:49 PM UTC-5, Phantom wrote:



ok heres some more some fit right in what your looking for some maybe not so.

 

 

Artie: The Golden Mule  (removed from the web...you need to find someone with a copy)

Artie has left the raw files.
Look at http://www.asstr.org/files/Authors/artie/text/
files that look like tgm.? and tgmr.?.

Deana Johns Aka D.J. "Doc" Pedersen: "Castle in the Sand" (You have to find someone who has it to get a copy)

For Castle in the Sand:
http://assm1.asstr.org/cgi-bin/field_search.cgi?search={ASSM}%20Castle%20In%20The%20Sand%20[&index=subject&order=numeric

One more: The Lottery, or possibly The Lottery Winner:
http://internetdump.com/users/evault/lottery1-5.html and so on.
Warning: the format is not easy to read, and the pages have pop-up ads. Yuck.  BDSM.

Also, My Inheritance by E. Z. Riter, on SOL and ASSTR.

[Joe "Bondi" Beach]

On 2/6/12 12:39 PM, Sam wrote:

Artie: The Golden Mule  (removed from the web...you need to find someone with a copy)

Artie has left the raw files.
Look at http://www.asstr.org/files/Authors/artie/text/
files that look like tgm.? and tgmr.?.

Even better, he has PDFs of TGM and TGMR there.

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[Traditio]

wow - thanks so much for your efforts!!!!!

and a lot of it fits directly in what i like.
i already know a lot of it but a rough count give me at least 15 stories i never had read before.
Thanks for pointing them out!!! that will give stuff for month to read....

Cheers and thank you again!
Trad

(sorry if my englisch sounds awkward i am german and my reading english is better than the written one)

[BikeWriter]

The only one of my stories that really fits this is "For the Love of
an Angel" http://storiesonline.net/s/64580 it is still in progress,
but takes the girl from an abduction and rape victim for most of her
life to a billionaire heiress in two chapters.