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Bikertrash05
| | Posted on Sunday, January 31, 2010 - 03:18 pm: | 
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Eaton_corners
| | Posted on Sunday, January 31, 2010 - 03:25 pm: |
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"Green" by Ted Dekker
The latest of a series starting with Black; Red; White.
One of my favorites is "The Oath" by Frank E. Peretti. |
Edgydrifter
| | Posted on Sunday, January 31, 2010 - 07:22 pm: |
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"Anathem" by Neal Stephenson. His best book since "The Diamond Age" IMO. |
Hughlysses
| | Posted on Sunday, January 31, 2010 - 08:05 pm: |
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Forgot about a great one I read just before Christmas:
Very interesting look at how so many of us have been pushed into desk jobs and led to believe working with our hands is "below" us. He also points out "hands on" type jobs (like construction workers, electricians, equipment repairmen, etc.) are the only ones that can't be exported to India or China. |
Firstbatch
| | Posted on Sunday, January 31, 2010 - 09:12 pm: |
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Great book that is now out of print but you can Google and download the PDF. Very relevant review of the mystery around fractional reserve banking through history and now with what is going on with our massive bailout.
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Milt
| | Posted on Sunday, January 31, 2010 - 11:08 pm: |
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I'd recommend 3 that I've read in the last year or so. Each one caused me to read several additional books on each subject.
1) The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William M. Shirer
2) The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes
3) Genius by James Gleich |
Swordsman
| | Posted on Sunday, January 31, 2010 - 11:19 pm: |
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"The Cartamandua Legacy" by Carol Berg
Just finished it a few days ago. Good fantasy stuff... a new fave. I'm surprised I liked it as well as I did considering it was written in 1st person, and historically I hate books written from that perspective.
Edgy, I read Anathem awhile back. Good book, but when the author sees fit to include a dictionary of terms while you're reading, you know it's gonna be a long ride. Definitely the most difficult-to-read book I've ever tackled.
~SM
(Message edited by Swordsman on January 31, 2010) |
Andymnelson
| | Posted on Monday, February 01, 2010 - 04:14 pm: |
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Strokizator
| | Posted on Monday, February 01, 2010 - 04:51 pm: |
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I just finished an old (1957) book by James Michener called "A Bridge at Andau" about the Hungarian Revolution of '56. It ought to be required reading in high school. |
Iman501
| | Posted on Monday, February 01, 2010 - 05:10 pm: |
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next time theres a movie that you'd like to see, just buy the book of it instead and read that! |
Finmars
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 02, 2010 - 03:23 am: |
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Spitfire: Portrait of a Legend by Leo McKinstry and have just finished the "Nights Dawn Trilogy" by Peter F Hamilton,an interesting amalgam of hard Sci-Fi and Horror.+ 1 on Pratchett I have been a fan since I read the original Carpet People at age 11. I still have the book. |
Crusty
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 02, 2010 - 06:06 am: |
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DON MARTIN STEPS OUT
DON MARTIN BOUNCES BACK
DON MARTIN DROPS 13 STORIES |
Road_thing
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 02, 2010 - 03:24 pm: |
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Love Don Martin!
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Reindog
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 02, 2010 - 04:29 pm: |
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Don Martin was one wild cat. I bought the two volume set last year.
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Hughlysses
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 02, 2010 - 04:57 pm: |
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Don Martin- Wow- that brings back some memories! Mad Magazine in the 1960's. |
Whatever
| | Posted on Monday, February 08, 2010 - 12:21 pm: |
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I just got the latest. And I can tell after 40 pages I will not be able to put this one down...
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Spiderman
| | Posted on Monday, February 08, 2010 - 12:32 pm: |
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read the Kwame Sutra at Borders last night, just a bad reminder of how effed the city of Detroit has become 
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Bobh
| | Posted on Monday, February 08, 2010 - 04:28 pm: |
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Just read Drury and Clavin's "The Last Stand of Fox Company", a truly inspiring book about a small group of Marines that held off many thousands of Chinese soldiers in late 1950 near the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea long enough to allow the thousands of trapped Marines to fight their way out. The courage, heroism, and hardships endured by the men of Fox Company are a defining moment in the U.S. Marine Corps saga. A wonderful book that made me feel the mortar shells dropping in, the sub-zero freezing cold, and the constant fear of being over run by overwhelming numbers of enemy troops. |
86129squids
| | Posted on Monday, February 08, 2010 - 05:04 pm: |
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Good thread- no, haven't read any real good books lately.
Edgy- Stevenson's "Snow Crash" is his best work. One of my favorite sci-fi novels, many great concepts in that book. Didn't think his later works measured up.
Can't remember the name one of my favorite sci-fi writers- he wrote "Ender's Game" and several sequels to it- interestingly, he was raised a Mormon and went on to become a great sci-fi and historical fiction writer.
All of Frank Herbert's stuff.
Sheri Tepper wrote some good sci-fi, too- several books.
One of my fave texts from school, "The McDonaldization of Society". I've no other textbook with more highlights and comments in the margin.
My next read will be my sister's doctoral dissertation, "Spiritual Formation and Southern Baptist Clergy" by Candace Kay Hardin. |
86129squids
| | Posted on Monday, February 08, 2010 - 05:06 pm: |
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Hugh- I may have to get that book just for the perfect cover photo!
Youn's are gonna get my sociologist mind back online... |
86129squids
| | Posted on Monday, February 08, 2010 - 05:10 pm: |
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I loved "Mad" magazine, and "Cracked".
Used to walk to the store with my buddies growing up, would read all the Mad and Cracked I could at the newsstand without spending the $$$.
Brilliant stuff. R. Crumb did some great stuff too. |
Aesquire
| | Posted on Monday, February 08, 2010 - 07:55 pm: |
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I go though about 2 a week.
I got the "Sportbike riding" book for Christmas, and am saving it for closer to spring. ( otherwise I'll be running the M2 in the shed & looking at snow with CO poisoning. )
Today finished "Destroyer of Worlds" by Larry Niven & Ed Lerner. Very good, but you really need to read the previous books. ( Niven's Known Space & Ringworld stories ) Anything by Niven..read it.
Also finished this weekend "War Games" by Christopher Anvil. A collection of greats from the 60-70's. Anything by Anvil is great.
For those who don't like Sci-fi, How about some anti-terrorist porn?
"Ghost" by John Ringo. Warning There is sex, violence, politics, and kinky sex. It's the start of a series, and will, I promise, not be well received by anti military minds. If you're a vet... let me know.
Also on the pile to read & re-read are works by Clive Cussler, Tom Clancy, and a history book by Victor Davis Hanson. |
Edgydrifter
| | Posted on Monday, February 08, 2010 - 08:13 pm: |
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86129squids: Orson Scott Card wrote Ender's Game , but it's been so long since I read it I couldn't say much more about it than that. If space opera is your thing (Niven, Baxter, etc.), you might want to check out Peter Hamilton's Night's Dawn trilogy. Zombies + spaceships = awesome. Not really zombies, but sort-of zombies. Must read to understand.
Swordsman: If you want to have a go at even more impenetrable stuff from Stephenson, pick up a copy of his Baroque Cycle . It's got everything--sex, violence, pirates, Isaac Newton, espionage, smallpox, and loads of economic theory. |
Hughlysses
| | Posted on Monday, February 08, 2010 - 08:34 pm: |
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Working on this right now:
My daughter gave me the original a couple of years ago; a niece gave me this one for Christmas this year. The first was very enjoyable. From Amazon.com's review:
" Four years in the making, SuperFreakonomics asks not only the tough questions, but the unexpected ones: What's more dangerous, driving drunk or walking drunk? Why is chemotherapy prescribed so often if it's so ineffective? Can a sex change boost your salary?
SuperFreakonomics challenges the way we think all over again, exploring the hidden side of everything with such questions as:
* How is a street prostitute like a department-store Santa?
* Why are doctors so bad at washing their hands?
* How much good do car seats do?
* What's the best way to catch a terrorist?
* Did TV cause a rise in crime?
* What do hurricanes, heart attacks, and highway deaths have in common?
* Are people hard-wired for altruism or selfishness?
* Can eating kangaroo save the planet?
* Which adds more value: a pimp or a Realtor?"
Cool stuff. |
Tankhead
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 - 02:14 pm: |
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I read the tillman book. Could not put it down. I just finished Under the Banner of Heaven by Krakauer. NO offense but the mormon religion is based on some of the most kooky wacked out stuff I have ever read and I was raised Catholic. |
Whatever
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Under The Banner of Heaven was a good read, but I tell you it was one of the more creepy works I have read... for sure... very scary sh*t!!! |
Ceejay
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 - 03:05 pm: |
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freakonics was a good one-didn't know there was another.
Cormac McCarthy-any of them but Blood Meridian is the best with the Road being a close second-haven't seen the movies of any of his books yet.
currently reading the Shipping news-pretty interesting so far-just found out it was made into a movie. |
Stingaroo
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I read about 2 books a week, but last week I was pretty sick, so I burned through a couple.
God is My Copilot- Robert Scott
The Cat From Hue- John Laurence
Goodbye Darkness- William Manchester
re-read With the Old Breed- by E.B. Sledge
Captains Courageous-Rudyard Kipling |
86129squids
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+1- I was fascinated how Orson Scott Card had become such a good writer, given his religious background. I've read +-6 of his books, most of the Ender's Game series. He raises many great story points along serious ethical problems, works them well.
But hey- dude that ruled Jeopardy was Mormon too. Aint got no beef with them folks.
Been thinking lately I need to re-read "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" by Stephen Covey. Very good book, highly recommended if youn's haven't read it.
On an entirely different note- anyone here checked out "Pranks" by Re/Search press? VERY interesting read, to me a cross between a book on SERIOUS pranks and philosophy. Loved it. This publishing house has a whole catalog of edgy/strange/over the top books. |
Hughlysses
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 - 04:59 pm: |
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I've really enjoyed most of OSC's books with the exception of the last one I read- "Empire"- I thought it was really odd. It's sort of political scifi based in the present.
Regarding Mormons, I heard it put like something like this: they are generally some of the nicest, most good-hearted, sincere people you'll ever meet with a religion based on some of the worst theology ever. |
Mr_grumpy
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 - 06:02 pm: |
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Anything by Niven..read it.
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Also in an SF mode anything by Harry Harrison or Roger Zelazny oh & Heinlein of course &......
Currently re-reading "Sniper One" by Dan Mills, a true story about a British unit under seige in Iraq, a great read.
Also Terry Pratchett's "Small Gods".
I usually have 2 or 3 books on the go at any time, madame can't get her head around it. |
Jrfitzny
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 - 06:16 pm: |
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Pabst
| | Posted on Saturday, February 13, 2010 - 04:02 pm: |
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Can't wait to read Krakauer's latest. Trying to save funds by making use of the public library. I'm on the waiting list for Where Men Win Glory. Got a book for Christmas; requested it because the author, Ron Rash, is a prof at Western Carolina where youngest son Jay goes to school. The subject is logging in the mountains of western NC in the late 20's. It is an excellent read. The only fault I can find is its title: Serena. A woman's name, which will probably stop too many men from reading a book that is well worth the read. Ya'll should check it out. |
Whatever
| | Posted on Saturday, February 13, 2010 - 05:10 pm: |
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I got the Tillman book for 15 bucks off of Amazon... better than 30 bucks at Borders...
I am scrambling to get all my homework done before work starts tho... |
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