im in the middle of reading this book called On Doctoring, bunch of short stories/poems about the medical field most written my dr's. also reading some short stories by O.Henry, one of my favorites
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im in the middle of reading this book called On Doctoring, bunch of short stories/poems about the medical field most written my dr's. also reading some short stories by O.Henry, one of my favorites
Right now, I'm finishing a short book on the Tour de France by Bob Roll.
Over the next month or so I'll be reading:
Dinner is Served by Arthur Inch; An english butler's guide to the art of the table.
An Army at Dawn by Rick Atkinson; On Operation Torch, the U.S. invasion of North Africa during the Second World War.
Alpine Circus by Michael Finkel; TRs from some ski dude from exotic places around the world.
dont tell me there are only two of us that read books
I can't read.:(
Just finished a few books in last few weeks.
Catch-22 - Best book ever.
Great Gatsby
Treasure Island
Now I'm reading Rainbow-6. It seems to be normal Clancy material.
I don't have cable and have lots of time on my hands. Also Japanese porn sucks crap.
If you like Clancy and haven't read it be sure and check out "Without Remorse."Quote:
Originally posted by Toque
Now I'm reading Rainbow-6. It seems to be normal Clancy material.
Clark at his wrecking machine best.
BobMc
Current:
- Touching the Void
- Hold'em Poker for Advanced Players
On the to-do list:
- Lullaby - Palahniuk
- Art of War - Sun Tzu
- Kama Sutra ;)
"Cashflow Quadrant" by Robert Kiyasaki (sp?) is my current read
On the list:
"Rise and Fight Again" which is about the revolutionary war and how we didn't win all that many battles but we somehow won.
"Think and Grow Rich" by Napolean Hill.
I've also got a book about Doug Scott's climb of the South Face of Annapurna and a book about John Wesley Powell that are on the list but the titles escape me.
One of the best books i've ever read was A Clockwork Orange.
Other then that I love my Hemingway.
My favorite Clancy book actually. It would probably make a good movie.Quote:
"Without Remorse."
Clark at his wrecking machine best.
But now I'm just trying to knock off the rest of his books. They kind of annoy me but only 1 more to go after Rainbow. His newest one. Not sure of the title.
Teeth of the Tiger?Quote:
Originally posted by Toque
My favorite Clancy book actually. It would probably make a good movie.
But now I'm just trying to knock off the rest of his books. They kind of annoy me but only 1 more to go after Rainbow. His newest one. Not sure of the title.
R6, Without Remorse, and Teeth of the Tiger are my favorites.
Geezus, don't give that hack Clancy any more of your money, please.
And maybe there's a better forum for this topic, but whatever.
I know you have a library card. Fess up.Quote:
Originally posted by iceman
Geezus, don't give that hack Clancy any more of your money, please.
And maybe there's a better forum for this topic, but whatever.
I'm reading Master and Commander. Figured I should read it before seeing the movie. I'm maybe 100 pages into it. So far it's good, but not much action.
Dude, stick with it. Those are great books by a great writer and you will get a lot out of them.Quote:
Originally posted by The AD
I'm reading Master and Commander. Figured I should read it before seeing the movie. I'm maybe 100 pages into it. So far it's good, but not much action.
Which puts them in direct opposition to Clancy's pile of steaming shit.
But I'm in favor of reading no matter what the material, so go read that shit 13!
likewise with the movie, ad.
http://tetongravity.com/forums/showt...threadid=11820
I just finished Hard Bop: jazz and black music 1955-1965. If you like jazz history, its a good read, those ten years were, in my book, the best 10 years for music during the twentieth century.
Also just completed Robert Frost: The Work of Knowing by Richard Poirier. If Frost's poetry is your thang, this is the authoritative criticism. Dreadfully slow reading, but really interesting. Look at Frost's stuff much differently now. Its no longer, "thats a pretty poem".
I'm always reading, usually several books at once. The bathroom book over the past month has been Hayduke Lives!. Great book, but not as great as Monkey Wrench Gang.
I just finished Digital Fortress and I am about to start Life of Pi by Yann Martel.
I'm currently reading "All Things Possible" by Kurt Warner.
Last summer I read all of the Harry Potter books. The latest one, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" brings up some very interesting points on what is happening in education.
I agree with putting "The Art of War" on your to-do list, 13, and would like to add one of my favorites by Kurt Vonnegut, "Slaughterhouse Five", if you haven't already read it.
I read a lot of good books on tape. Actually I guess they're books on CD. And I guess I'm not really reading them. And when the guy reading the books tries to do the women's character's voices it gets kind-of weird.
The last two:
The Da Vinci Code
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Powstash, it sounds like you've raided my dad's library. I think GT has every personal finance book ever created. He's been kind enough to send me numerous Keosaki (sp? as well) CDs with regard to Real Estate investing. I think I did the Cash Flow Quadrant one as well. GT's even got a Keosaki board game about cash flow. Another one in that same arena he recommends is: "The Richest Man in Babylon".
Could someone clue me into the Davinci code thing? Seems to be on everyones list, but it looks like total bs to me.
Zen...Motorcycle Maint. is a fantastic read. Couldnt understand shit the first time, just picked up that it was a cross country journey, but each successive time I've read it a uncover a new layer, it feels like a different book each time I go back to it(and I go back to it a lot). The book has seen its share of miles too, seen a few oceans, bays, gulfs, and still has sand in its pages. Probably my most cherished paperback.
Here's a book not to read: Galileo's Daughter. Worst. Book. Ever.
Try Don Delillo's White Noise, Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian, and Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club (better than the movie fer shur). All good, with extra doses of the old ultra-violence in the last two.
DaVinci code...an enjoyable read. Don't think too hard while you're reading it, you'll ruin it.
Right now: Caught Inside by Daniel Duane
Up next: Lolita. Never read it, figure I better add it to the cache.
God I hate Don Delillo. Talented, certainly. The guy can write, no question about it. Pretentious and overwrought? I think so.Quote:
Originally posted by Grifter
Try Don Delillo's White Noise
IMVHO, of course.
Be prepared... Tough read.Quote:
Originally posted by Schmear
Up next: Lolita. Never read it, figure I better add it to the cache.
Since this was originally a summer reading topic, i.e., "what should I read on the beach?", do yourself the ultimate favor and go pick up "The Deep Blue Good-By" by John D. MacDonald, the first in the Travis McGee series, and thank me later.
Trust me on this one.
I read a nice book entitled On the Beach a decade or so ago. It was about the last months of the human race following global nuclear war. Set in southern Australia as the extreme southen hemisphere would be the last place on earth to get nuclear fallout.Quote:
Originally posted by iceman
Since this was originally a summer reading topic, i.e., "what should I read on the beach?"...
Yeah, I read that too, about 30 years ago. Nevil Shute. Not exactly cheerful, but a decent book nonetheless. But like I said, do yourself a favor and try John D. MacDonald.
I'm a weird fucker... I never read one book at a time... I keep my palce in usually 3-6 books at one time. It must be my short attention span. "Stupid TV... ruined my... uh... what was I saying?" -Homer
Currently reading:
Atlas Shrugged
Secret Life of Dust
The Cruise of the German Raider Atlantis
Currently Rereading:
The Effects of Nuclear Weapons
Terrorism
Military Radiobiology
On the top of my stack (all rereads):
Summit
Terror in the Mind of God
The Demolished Man
1984
Very good book. Listened to that on tape while driving across Kansas once.Quote:
Originally posted by Viva
I read a nice book entitled On the Beach a decade or so ago. It was about the last months of the human race following global nuclear war. Set in southern Australia as the extreme southen hemisphere would be the last place on earth to get nuclear fallout.
Your comment is music to my ears.Quote:
Originally posted by 13
Be prepared... Tough read.
For beach novels nothing beats a good Elmore Leonard novel. Since our family vacations down in FL I try to read FL books, another good one florida crime novel writer is E.C. Aires.
Carl Hiaasen's Stormy Weather is a riot. I love stupid criminals.
Jesus Christ, no one you are so damn hostile.Quote:
Originally posted by SummitCo 1776
German Raider
Nuclear Weapons
Terrorism
Military
Terror
Demolished
Cant, MacDonald is the original Florida mystery writer, Hiaasen does the intros to the new release that is taking place now.
If you like Hiaasen, "Tourist Season" is his funniest, absolutely stupid criminal fun.
James W. Sherman is another Florida guy I like, not as silly as Hiaasen or as well-wrought as MacDonald, but good just the same.
lolQuote:
Originally posted by CantDog
Jesus Christ, no one you are so damn hostile.
Demolished Man is great scifi by Alfred Bester about telepathy
Nuclear was my field of study.
... and I like military history :p
Clancy rules his genre by being a publishers dream. A series of character driven books which draw the readers in awaiting each new development. Whether you like the prose or not, he does appeal to the masses. Will it be regarded as true literature in the future, I doubt it.Quote:
Originally posted by iceman
Which puts them in direct opposition to Clancy's pile of steaming shit.
But, that being said, the man knows his shit. His technical/strategy novels from what I've heard are pretty spot on. Though rather dry they are interesting in their own way.
You may not like him Ice, but give "Without Remorse" a try. Pretty good character study, unlike most of the Clancy stat-o-thons.
BobMc
Bob, I've read a couple, and I must admit that they've been page-turners. I still think he's a poor writer, but he does have a flair for plot, no question. Unfortunately I know too much about Clancy the man at this point and I can't seem to read his stuff without filtering it through what I know.Quote:
Originally posted by BobMc
Clancy rules his genre by being a publishers dream. A series of character driven books which draw the readers in awaiting each new development. Whether you like the prose or not, he does appeal to the masses. Will it be regarded as true literature in the future, I doubt it.
But, that being said, the man knows his shit. His technical/strategy novels from what I've heard are pretty spot on. Though rather dry they are interesting in their own way.
You may not like him Ice, but give "Without Remorse" a try. Pretty good character study, unlike most of the Clancy stat-o-thons.
BobMc
Clancy didn't write most of the books with his name on it. The ones he did write are pretty decent:
Clancy books I liked:
Red Storm Rising (GOLD)
Sum of All Fears (SWEET)
Rainbow Six (fun the whole way through... odd for a Clancy book)
Hunt for Red October (except for the slow parts, thte movie producers didn't read these parts (ie anyhting not on a ship/sub))
Books that were so-so:
Patriot Games, cool parts but a lot of slowness
Clear and Present Danger too much writing, too much sucking
Books that reall sucked ass:
Op Center series (all 475296 of them)
His hacker series... forget the name... all sucked ass
Bear and the Dragon or whatever
edit: I agree with iceman... he is great at plot... not the best writer
Currently, Bringing Down the House by Ben Mezrich
One of my all time favorites is King Rat by James Clavell.
Bonfires of the Vanaties by Tom Wolfe is an excellent read.
Hells Angels by Hunter S. Thompson is fantastic.
Very strange, but I can't get past page 40 or so of On the Road.
I also looked through a dog eared black market Hustler this morning.