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I really hope you realize it's a joke.
I really hope you realize it's a joke.
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npoe dindt pick pu on that
You are the Wormtongue of AO.~bofh
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I don't read much, but I loved J. R. R. Tolkien's stuff. The scenes he paints with his words are just great.
I really want to read some more of Palahniuk's stuff ... he wrote Fight Club and someone of this forum mentioned a few other books of his that I want to check out.The only difference between martyrdom and suicide is press coverage. Comment
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Companion to Marine Sniper "Silent Warrior" also by Charles Henderson. Eye's of the Eagle, Eye's Behind the Line's by Gary Linderer. Six Silent Men Book's 1,2,and3 by Reynel Martinez, Kenn Miller, and Gary Linderer. L.R.R.P. Team Leader by John Burford. Wing's of the Eagle by W.T. Grant.
All these book's Except Sniper and Silent Warrior deal with Life in the 101st Airborne/Airmobile Div. Long Range Recon Patrol Company.
It's very Interesting getting Many different viewpoint's of the same Unit Action's, Some from the Men Directly Involved, Some from Men in another Team Listening in on the Radio to see if they're Friend's will Live or Die, and Some form the Men Who Inserted and Extracted thes Brave Men on they're Mission's in Charlie's Back Yard. {Sorry for that HUGE compound sentence.
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That is just One Tiny Section of My Library, Which include's Large amount's of Military History, Adventure, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Alternate Realitie's.
We did'nt have a T.V. until I was 14 yr's old, so I learned to read and Enjoy it, I'm 43 now and I don't Throw Book's Away!
Rick
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I read all the time. Books I've read include:
Star Wars X-Wing series (best Star Wars books EVER)
Star Trek Memories
Star Trek: Vendetta
Star Trek: The Return
Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow (same end storyline, but a different perspective)
Harry Potter books 1-4 (can't wait until book 5)
Wheel of Time books 1-4 (currently reading book 5)
No Shirt, No Shoes, No Problem (Jeff Foxworthy)
Chili Dogs only Bark at Night
The Client
Jurrasic Park
The Hunt for Red October
Clan of the Cave Bear
Writers of the Future (only 2 of them, can't remember which ones)
Obviously, I can't remember all of the books I've read, but the ones listed are some of the more memorable ones.There are three kinds of people in the world: Those who can count, and those who can't.
With understanding comes understanding.
If the saying is true that we are what we eat, aren't we all just cannibals?Comment
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My two favorite recommendations...
"The Sigma Protocol" by Robert Ludlum and "The Immortals" by Tracy Hickman. Both are fiction but the great things about their writing is that it just seems like these things truly could happen.
I also recommend two series for those who love sci-fi. One is called "Bio of a Space Tyrant" and has several books to it and the other is "Incarnations of Immortality" which has people playing the roles of Death, Mother Nature, Time, War, God "Good" and the Devil "Evil". It takes place in a world where magic exists side-by-side with technology. Very interesting.Last edited by Hasty8; 03-11-2003, 09:21 PM.Return to the free market. Get rid of all government regulations and let society make it's own decisions. Time and again the relaxing of government regulations has increased profits, innovation and the economy.Comment
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The Green Mile
The Green Mile...Stephen King...
Great book.Comment
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Re: My two favorite recommendations...
Yes! I read everything I could get my hands on by Piers Anthony when I was in grade school. "On a Pale Horse" is one of his best and the "Bio of a Space Tyrant" is definitely an awesome five-book series.Originally posted by Hasty8
I also recommend two series for those who love sci-fi. One is called "Bio of a Space Tyrant" and has several books to it and the other is "Incarnations of Immortality" which has people playing the roles of Death, Mother Nature, Time, War, God "Good" and the Devil "Evil". It takes place in a world where magic exists side-by-side with technology. Very interesting.
My favorite book is "Deathstalker" by Simon R. Greene. It's a five-book series, but it starts to get a bit stale after the third. Hasn't stopped me from reading the series countless times, though.
For those of you looking for a more realistic piece of fiction, you'd probably like anything done by Stephen Hunter. Pick up "Point of Impact," the first in a series of stories involving a former Marine sniper who was one of the best in Vietnam.
For even lighter material, John Sandford's "_____ Prey" books are a good read. The stories center around a Twin Cities police detective. I started reading them when I worked at a bookstore in college and really enjoyed them when I needed something light.
For non-fiction, nothing beats Peter McWilliams' "Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do." It's focuses on "the absurdity of consensual crimes in a free society" and can be quite an eye-opener.Comment
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Forgotten realms
dragonlance
David Eddings
Terry Brooks (especally the word & the void trilogy
The complete and unbridged prophicies of nostradomis(sp?)
Stephen King
Dean Koontz
and just about anything else that catches my eye
"I am Nobody and Nobody is Perfect: Therefore i`m Perfect"
"Hear and you forget; see and you remember; do and you understand."Comment
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I just read The Shadow by Bob Woodward (politcal book), um hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, lord of the rings trilogy, Plato's Repubilc, advanced acoustics, and some other stuff.Comment
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I read all the time. Not counting school text books I like to read up on foreing cultures and history. Some of the good books that I have read is
Zimmerman Telegram by Tuchman
The Man who bought his freedom by Equiano
Freidricksburg Friedricksburg by Rabel
What to do by Lenin
The Master and Margarita by Bulgakov
Heart of a Dog by Bulgakov
like everybody probably I like Art of War, the Prince, and the Communist Manifesto
Into the Whirlwind
Ten Days that Shook the World
Guns of August
Death Trap
and many many moreComment
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Anybody Who Enjoy's, Dragon's and Sci Fi Need's to read
Anne McCaffery's "Dragonrider's of Pern" Series.
She Started it in the 60's, and She's still adding book's
to the serie's. And that's on top of all her other serie's,
and single book's. I Own Them All! McCaffrey is a Truly
Great Sci Fi and Fantasy Writer.
Rick
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J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye, I have a copy in my desk at work and several at home.
Harold Coyle isn't a bad read either, Team Yankee wasn't bad. Tons of Stephen King and Dean Koontz line my shelves, James Patterson for my wife and some Ann Rule for some very well told true crime novels.
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Haven't read much (compared to what I used to) for a couple years now....not really sure why.
Last thing I read was Aftermath by...uhh...I don't know who. Pretty good...it's about an EMP from an exploding star that shuts down most of the world's electronics.
"I would like nothing more than to walk around
wearing a shirt with a giant arrow pointing
downwards, but I have this strange feeling
that most people would take it as some kind
of sexual suggestion rather than an attempt
to infer one's final destination."Comment
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i just finished a book called PiHKAL, by alexander and ann shulgin, and i would recomend that EVERYONE read it...Comment
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hehe
i just finished the whole series of books by Leonard Goldberg, and read a couple by Robin Cook, and i'm starting on a series of books by Joanne Fluke with a food-related theme
if you know any of these authors(sp?), they all write murder stuff and whatnot, mom's making me go to bed, so i'll explain more tomorrow
ever see a 14 year-old that reads multiple 500+ page books?
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