I'm looking for some new reading material.

I just finished going through the first 4 books in King's Dark Tower series again in preparation for the upcoming 3 that will finish the series. I also read a lot from the fanatsy genera (Brooks, Eddings, Dragonlance, etc. ) as well as Koonts and Rice.

You asked... I'll answer....

"Ordinary people, Extraordinary Marriages"
"God Knows Marriage isn't Always Easy".



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I am re-reading Allan Dean Foster's "Flinx" scifi series, for about the sixth time. After that, the "Spencer" series.

I get a kick out of the Discworld series if you haven't read it already. I think I have like three books left to finish it once I find them.

Isaac Asimov is good stuff.

I'd have to look at my books at home to get my more recent ones.

Originally posted by Priest
I'm looking for some new reading material.

I just finished going through the first 4 books in King's Dark Tower series again in preparation for the upcoming 3 that will finish the series. I also read a lot from the fanatsy genera (Brooks, Eddings, Dragonlance, etc. ) as well as Koonts and Rice.


Crap - he is finally gonna finish the series? No need to re-read them, I bet I can pick right up just fine! :bounce2:


Right now - no books. Just finished reading 3 different ones though, may pick up a few more in the coming weeks.

just finished the entire "World of Dinosaurs" series by Dr. Alain Granowsky. Took me about 30 minutes to read all 10. :D





I'm also slowly re-reading Covey's First Things First.

The adventures of Dick and Jane

Good book:flipoff2:

Plato's republic
Aristotle
Socrates
Thucydides
Augustine
and teh others :flipoff2:

Teach Yourself Visual Basic In Twenty-one Days


If you are a Sci-Fi or Fantasy fan I have four words for you:

Jerry Pournelle
David Weber

Weber has some of the most well developed characters. They are believable, and likable.

Pournelle, let's just say I'd carry his child.

I'm going to start reading "The Haj" as soon as I get it..

Originally posted by DRM



Crap - he is finally gonna finish the series? No need to re-read them, I bet I can pick right up just fine! :bounce2:



Yeah... I was really jazzed when I heard that he is finishing the series. There are going to be three more books with the first of those, "The Wolves of Calla" being released the first week of November followed by two others in the first and second quarters of 2004. You may want to pick up the latest releases of the books and re-read them as he has re edited the books to create more continuity since it has take him 30+ years to complete the series. I think the first one has been extended as much as 30 pages. At the very least go to the bookstore so you can sit down and read his new forwards as they provide some enlightenment.

ENDER'S GAME I can't recomend it enough. I can't wait for the author to finis the last 2 books in the series. Right now there's 7 in the series and I'm pretty suer there's going to be either 8 or 9 in all. 2, 3, and 4 were a little iffy but the first and the last three are AWESOME!!!! The author is Orson Scott Card, look him up.

Originally posted by Michael Klotz
(P)lato's republic
(A)ristotle
(S)ocrates
(T)hucydides
(A)ugustine
and teh others :flipoff2:

That says PASTA... he he, neato.

Originally posted by Priest
I'm looking for some new reading material.

I just finished going through the first 4 books in King's Dark Tower series again in preparation for the upcoming 3 that will finish the series. I also read a lot from the fanatsy genera (Brooks, Eddings, Dragonlance, etc. ) as well as Koonts and Rice.


I have gotten out of book reading for awhile need to pick them up agian. I have all the Eddings and quite a few Dragonlance. Piers Anthony has some good books as well that if you like the others you would most likely enjoy.

wtf? how do you guys read books if you never leave pbb?? while taking a shit?:confused:

I was reading a book called "the growth of the mind and the origins of human intelligence", but I didn't really get into it. So now I'm going to finish the Chronicles of narnia series.

Reed

A realy good series would be Sword of Truth by Terry Goodkind
and I just started to reread the Dune Series

I'll second the Ender's Game comment... Actually met Orson Scott Card in college, he's an alum of my university, and he did a creative writing workshop with us. Fascinating individual...

Also if you are a geek, Neal Stephenson is a must:
Cryptonomicon (if you make the first 100 pages, you won't be able to put it down).
Snowcrash

Considering the general atmosphere of chit-chat, I'm surprised nobody has brought up Spider Robinson's Callahan's Crosstime Saloon Series... AWESOME books, written about a goofy, but good hearted bunch of drunks, much like.... here. Their motto: shared pain is divided, while shared joy is multiplied.

got my sci-fi & fantasy book club order last week. :D
so far on my list to read:
the Sight, dragon henge, celtic legends, how to write sci-fi & fantasy, spells and charms.
and do this week form book of the month club:
dragon queen & raven warrior by alice borchardt
susan cooper 5 book set, disney story book for morgan:D

Watership Down by Richard Adams is a great book.
Currently reading The Restaurant at the End of the Universe - Douglas Adams.

anyone read Teeth of a Tiger yet? I waiting for paperback before i buy it.

Guide to Flash MX

Originally posted by iamjacob
ENDER'S GAME I can't recomend it enough. I can't wait for the author to finis the last 2 books in the series. Right now there's 7 in the series and I'm pretty suer there's going to be either 8 or 9 in all. 2, 3, and 4 were a little iffy but the first and the last three are AWESOME!!!! The author is Orson Scott Card, look him up.

kick ass stuff!


right now I'm re-reading the hobbit (read like 8 times :eek:) and then I'm going to re-read Lord of the Rings (also read like 8 times) before the movie comes out, hopefully. Then I'm going to re-read Dune and then start in on the Dark Tower series.

Robert Jordan the wheel of time series is pretty good. Not as good a Tolkien, but good reading none the less.

Hey Priest,

You into westerns?

What to expect when you're expecting:bounce2: :bounce:

and

It's a girl thing..........( how to talk to your daughter about puberty:eek:

Jen

Originally posted by Priest
I'm looking for some new reading material.

I just finished going through the first 4 books in King's Dark Tower series again in preparation for the upcoming 3 that will finish the series. I also read a lot from the fanatsy genera (Brooks, Eddings, Dragonlance, etc. ) as well as Koonts and Rice.

Whoa, whoa, wait a minute! Which is the last book? Wizzard and glass, right? Whoops, just checked;
The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, Book 1)
The Drawing of the Three (The Dark Tower, Book 2)
The Waste Lands (The Dark Tower, Book 3)
Wizard and Glass (The Dark Tower, Book 4)
When is the release and what's the name? Been waiting a long time.

Right now I'm reading;
Ghost Soldiers
The Forgotten Epic Story of World War II's Most Dramatic Mission. Hampton Sides. Doubleday, 2001.
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And Just finished, Ira Levin's 'This Perfect Day' for the third time.
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Mystic River by Dennis Lehane.
Clint Eastwood directed the movie that comes
out today. The critics are raving about this book/movie,
look for it to be nominated for several oscars.

I'm rereading Cold Zero: Inside the FBI Hostage Rescue Team,
by Christopher Whitcomb.

I think my next book will be No Heroes: Inside the Fbi's Secret Counter-Terror Force, by Danny O. Coulson and Elaine Shannon

I just finished "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu, though I doubt there will be any sequals as it was written in about 480 BC.
Truely incredible book.
When I go on deployments, I read classics, My favorite is Dante's "Inferno"

Originally posted by JeepinDoug
When is the release and what's the name? Been waiting a long time.


The Dark Tower V: The Wolves of the Calla
Release date 11/4/03

The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susanna
Release date Summer 2004

The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower
Release date 11/04


See my previous post in response to DRM for a few more details. If you are a fan of the series so far I highly suggest you pick up and read the re-edited re-releases of the first 4 books.

Originally posted by Bubba Ray Boudreaux
Hey Priest,

You into westerns?

I was raised on westerns and got a bit burned out on them. I've read a ton of Louis Lamore and Zane Grey novels but I'll ocassionaly pick up one that looks interesting.

Just read 'Into the wild' by John Krakauer

About a college student who gets rid of his possesions to see America, ends up living, and dying, in Alaska. True story, good read.

"Blue Adept" by Piers Anthony. Pretty good sci-fi/fantasy.

Originally posted by Priest


The Dark Tower V: The Wolves of the Calla
Release date 11/4/03

The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susanna
Release date Summer 2004

The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower
Release date 11/04


See my previous post in response to DRM for a few more details. If you are a fan of the series so far I highly suggest you pick up and read the re-edited re-releases of the first 4 books.

Yes, I'm a fan but not enough to know when the rest would come out. Are the re-release that much better? I don't know if I wanna re read the Gunslinger, it was a bit slow. I love the Dark Tower books though, Roland is way cool.
You might like 'This Perfect Day', it's kinda "Logan's Run" type of story, out of print but available through amazon.

100 Billion Suns - basic layman book on stellar science. How stars are formed, what runs them, internal processes, life cycle etc. I'll be asking Paz for clarification I thought, but the book is good enough that I've gotten into some fairly technical territory with understanding.

Getting to Yes - The current Mantra on win-win negotiation. Boring, dry, and extremely useful.

Red Rabbit - Tom Clancy. Not reccommended. Clancy clearly wrote it to satisfy the fans (like me) of Jack Ryan. Not even the prose was up to Clancy snuff.

One of the 'OUt of Earth' (???) series by C.S. Lewis. FAscinating moralism, boring as hell Sci-Fi. I'll try to finish the trilogy.

I've got three recommendations for ya. They are westerns, yet the first two are big and the story of the main character is past most everything L'Mour did and I never read Zane Grey, but judging by what I have seen, these books will blow him out of the water.

Here's the links to them..............
Brules (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0440217288/qid=1066272457/sr=8-2/ref=sr_8_2/103-6239040-9999066?v=glance&s=books&n=507846)
The Scout (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0440217296/ref=pd_bxgy_text_1/103-6239040-9999066?v=glance&s=books&st=*)
The Legend of the Painted Horse (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0385312016/qid=1066272703/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/103-6239040-9999066?v=glance&s=books)

The first one, most of the story takes place where I'm from, so that set it off a little bit, but the story grabbed me hard. The second one is almost as good and long while the third one is just okay.

If you are looking for a kickass story, I suggest you grab these books. I listed them in chronological order of the story and me thinks if you read them, you would be very happy reader:D

Originally posted by JeepinDoug


Yes, I'm a fan but not enough to know when the rest would come out. Are the re-release that much better? I don't know if I wanna re read the Gunslinger, it was a bit slow. I love the Dark Tower books though, Roland is way cool.


I found that the re-releases just tied things together much better and filled in some of the holes. Like I said to DRM, at the very least go down to Barnes and Noble and read the new forward that he has put into the books. It will give you a bit of "enlightenment". I didn't even know they had been re-edited until I went to pick them up for a re-read in anticipation for the new one's coming out. I read so many books (1 per week normaly, 2-3 per week when traveling) that I was a bit fuzzy on the details because it had been so long since I read them.

Tom Clancy's "The Sum of All Fears"

The movie was fawking stupid... absolutely butchered...

But the book was the most spellbinding novel I've ever picked up.

Originally posted by rusted

Red Rabbit - Tom Clancy. Not reccommended. Clancy clearly wrote it to satisfy the fans (like me) of Jack Ryan. Not even the prose was up to Clancy snuff.



That one was the worst. I wish I could take it back it sucked so bad. Way too much use of profanity and sex. His books never used to have that much. And the plot wasn't all that great either.

Originally posted by nailhead
Just read 'Into the wild' by John Krakauer

About a college student who gets rid of his possesions to see America, ends up living, and dying, in Alaska. True story, good read.
That IS a good book! read it ~2 yrs ago.Not too long iether from what I remember. Into thin Air was waaaay better than any movie "adaptaions"...

Originally posted by HotDog!
Tom Clancy's "The Sum of All Fears"

The movie was fawking stupid... absolutely butchered...

But the book was the most spellbinding novel I've ever picked up.

Just finished 2 Clancy-esque books: "Thje Jericho something or other" :D by Oliver North, and "The last Jihad" by Joel Rosenberg I think?
I really ejoyed 'em, and I'm not a big fan of gov't initials...
Don't think I'll be reading any middle east terrorist books for a while tho.:)

Originally posted by Aron82
Robert Jordan the wheel of time series is pretty good. Not as good a Tolkien, but good reading none the less.

I'll second this along with the Robert Jordan recommendation. :D

Right now I'm reading a bunch of books for school:

Two Lives of Charlemagne - Einhard and Notker

Goodwives - Laurel Ulrich

among a bunch of other exciting books ;)

But for fun I'm re-reading the Wheel of Time series and I'm on the second book The Great Hunt and also The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon which is really good :D

Originally posted by Aron82
Robert Jordan the wheel of time series is pretty good. Not as good a Tolkien, but good reading none the less.

I've read all of the series (except the newest one.... waiting for the next one to come out before I do). I think the first three were really good, and after that the series started going down hill and getting drug out. I think he should just up and finished it already instead of releasing books where nothing happens. There's my rant!

right now I'm reading two peices of shit.

I can't recommned this book enough,it's so good I plan on reading it for the third time soon.

http://mc.clintock.com/second_floor/bookcase_2/ICON-images/blood_meridian.jpg

Critics have compared Cormac McCarthy's nightmarish yet beautifully written adventure masterpiece, Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West, with the best works of Dante, Poe, De Sade, Melville, Faulkner, Flannery O'Connor and William Styron. The critic Harold Bloom, among others, has declared it one of the greatest novels of the Twentieth Century, and perhaps the greatest by a living American writer. Critics cite its magnificent language, its uncompromising representation of a crucial period of American history, and its unapologetic, bleak vision of the inevitability of suffering and violence. (http://www.cormacmccarthy.com/works/bloodmeridian.htm)

Originally posted by R O
right now I'm reading two peices of shit.

I can't recommned this book enough,it's so good I plan on reading it for the third time soon.
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CRAP! THAT'S the book I've been trying to read! From your past reccommendations! On the Amazon wish list right now!

ttt

Too busy to surf during the week. :)

Ghost Soldiers -- good book.

Latest book:

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Flyboys.

If any of you LSLC folks want to borrow it, I'll bring it to the next meeting. Good book. Recommended, but "hell of a thing"

Tom :usa:

Transgenic Animals in Agriculture and Pathways To Pregnancy and Parturition.

I could list the journal articles I'm reading as well, but since I'm working on my dissertation nobody wants to see that list. Hell, I don't want to see that full list most days.

Originally posted by Heavy Metal Toy


I've read all of the series (except the newest one.... waiting for the next one to come out before I do). I think the first three were really good, and after that the series started going down hill and getting drug out. I think he should just up and finished it already instead of releasing books where nothing happens. There's my rant!

Amen Brother.....! Get on with the story line already, and quit taking up two pages with descriptions of the characters wardrobes.

The fawker totally ensnared me with the first four books in the series, and now like a crackhead I'm waiting for my next fix. No matter how long it's gonna take, or how disapointing it's likely gonna be.

The soul of a chef. Just finished letters to a young chef and Kitchen confidential. Also currently into Alice Waters Vegetables book. Gee, can you tell I cook for a living?

Just finished reading Battlefield Earth again, great book...the movie sucked ass though. Gonna start the Devine Comedy now.

Waiting for the new King to come out. Read Insomnia recently. I had to re-read the Stand and a few others since i finished Wizard and Glass a bout a year ago. If you haven't read the Talisman and its sequel Black House, do so. Fawking sweet. Also just re-read Eyes of the Dragon. Read it so long ago I didn't remember all of the good Flagg stuff in it. Flagg is the uber-villian.

I'd like to re-read The Stars My Destination. Let someone borrow it a few years ago and never saw it again. It has to be one of the best novels ever written.

Think I'm gonna read Slaughterhouse 5 and a few of you guys' recommendations after Wolves of Calla. I gotta hit up some of the classics.

I have been reading Wilbur Smith lately. He is from south Africa, and has a lot of books about the settling of africa by the English and the Dutch. Ton's of Pirate stuff. Excellent reading. The kind that is so suspensful, you find yourself throwing the book across the room because you are so intensely involved in the story. Try "bird of Prey", then "Monsoon"

I second the vote for Ghost Soldiers, it was a great read.

I finished Seabiscuit last week, another good read.

I am re-reading A Man Called Intrepid, you can't go wrong there.

Originally posted by Peabody
The soul of a chef. Just finished letters to a young chef and Kitchen confidential. Also currently into Alice Waters Vegetables book. Gee, can you tell I cook for a living?


Kitchen Confidential was a great book. Have you read A Cooks Tour? Bourdain has quite a coloful vocabulary.


Just for an update I'm reading "Real Estate Principals"(oh boy, fun reading) and "Memnock the Devil" by Anne Rice.

No current book, but in the last 6 months or so I've read the first two LOTR stories, grabbed everything I could from Philip K. Dick, The Great and Secret Show from Clive Barker, and reread/studied several old Magickal texts.

"The devil in the white city"

Story of the chicago world fair

"An army at dawn"


The US army before and during Operation TORCH the invasion Of N Africa

I just got this book today....

NONE BRAVER
USAF Pararescuemen in the war on terrorism
by Michael Hirsh

Just read a few great books---

The Smoke Jumper by Nicolas Evans (Horse Whisperer etc.)

Shelter of Stones by Jean Auel

Black Hawk Down

The Smoke Jumper is definately my favorite book!

-misty

"The Prince", Niccolo Machiavelli

Originally posted by Cajun
"The Prince", Niccolo Machiavelli

One must be a fox to avoid the traps, and a bear to frighten the wolves.

I remember a lot of shit from when I read it in the 8th grade.

Originally posted by rusted


One must be a fox to avoid the traps, and a bear to frighten the wolves.

I remember a lot of shit from when I read it in the 8th grade.

Same here. I figured I would give it another shot now that I've got a few more years under my belt. It's been enjoyable so far, the translation I have has notes explaining his (Machiavelli's) references to people and places throughout history. That, and I find that I've been able to apply nearly everything to the corporate environment I work in.

Black House Stephen King.. first 200pgs blow. I stopped reading at pg 201.

Recent reads:

P.J. O'ruke, Age and Gile Beat Youth and a Bad Haircut.

Tracy Kildare (?), House

J.P. Donleavy, The Lady Who Liked Clean Restrooms.

Huntr S. Thompson, re-read Hells Angels (his best)

Richard Stark, Flashback (psydonym of great writer Donald Westlake, Mel Gibbson Movie Paybackl is based on this sires with the Parker, Porter in the movie, character)

Curent Reads:

P.J. O'rouke, Modern Manners

*something* Bouroughs, Running with Sissors

And another few I can't remember.

Cool to see lots of readers on here. Has anyone ever tried doing a book exchange? I have done iton another board and it ended up being pretty cool.

I will add to the Robert Jordan "long winded bastard" comments since I have been dragged along ofr the last 6+ books. I enjoy the story, but jebus...get to the point!

As for other reading, Tolkien is always good to re-read.
Orson Scott Card's various books have beeen quick interesting reads.

Larry Niven has some of the most creative Sci-Fi characters and technoology that are actually believable. Start with "The Mote in God's Eye" if you want to be hooked.

Several of the Terry Brooks novels/series have also been interesting such as the Shanarra series and the "Landover" series starting with "Magic Kingdom for Sale/Sold"...

I found some interesting books written by Mark Haeuserthat are apacolyptic in nature, but also remind me of "Escape from New York" as well. The only difficulty with his books is that they didnt seem to be edited and are hard to read due to spelling and punctuation errors. Fun stories though.


Book swaps sound interesting...
Scott

Originally posted by MistyandChris00
Just read a few great books---

The Smoke Jumper by Nicolas Evans (Horse Whisperer etc.)

-misty

That was a good book! I read it after a buddy o mine moved to Missoula.Gave it to him to read, wanted to compare/contrast fact/fiction...Great book.

Privatopia
Nice HOA bashing book.
Hitchhikers guide.(Gil's idea)
Cobb (the Al Stump verson)