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Books

There is only one book that I want to read, Frank Herbert's DUNE.:kilroy:
 
thedude247 said:
There is only one book that I want to read, Frank Herbert's DUNE.:kilroy:
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Read the entire series....it is well worth the time and a great read all around.

I love books. Have a small library of keepers that I will always have on hand...but usually I pick books up used, read them, and pass them on.

I also have a thing for OLD books....the smell of a book that has celebrated its 100th, 150th birthday is something that few people understand why I like the smell of. Not the smell of old musty books that have gotten damp and moldy. But the smell of an old book that has been properly stored, properly cared for. I have small, carefully arranged collection of books that are more than 100 years old...the oldest was published in 1806..and the smell of that book is better than the smell of even the finest leaf tobacco, hand rolled cigar (also another passion of mine).

OBIO
 
I'm an avid reader. I go nuts if I don't have a new book to start when I finish one. I've read every book by Nelson DeMille, and also Stephen Coonts. I'll read anything that catches my fancy.

If anyone ever read any of the "Wingman" series written by a guy using the name Mack Maloney, he is a friend of mine and he included me and a few friends in a few of the books. That was kind of fun.

Jim
 
thedude247 said:
There is only one book that I want to read, Frank Herbert's DUNE.:kilroy:
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OBIO said:
Read the entire series....it is well worth the time and a great read all around.
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i mostly agree with this. it really would be missing out to only read the first one. however, by the time you get to the end of the series, you'll see the end is a long way from the beginning. i suspect you know what i'm trying to say.
 
OBIO said:
Read the entire series....it is well worth the time and a great read all around.

OBIO
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Trust me when I say, the first time I see them I will definatly buy them. I like the first movie for what it was, but I know its inacuracy to the book. And the Sci-Fi Mini-series was actually quite entertaining, aside from the the semti-corny Visuals.
 
the movie with sting and virginia madsen wasn't as far off as most movies tend to be. i mean, sure, you can only cram so much into a 2 hour film, but still they a better job than they do most of the time, i thought.
 
JimC1702 said:
I'm an avid reader. I go nuts if I don't have a new book to start when I finish one. I've read every book by Nelson DeMille, and also Stephen Coonts. I'll read anything that catches my fancy.

If anyone ever read any of the "Wingman" series written by a guy using the name Mack Maloney, he is a friend of mine and he included me and a few friends in a few of the books. That was kind of fun.

Jim
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Wow! I thought I was the only one who read that series, really good.

I REALLY recommend the Honor Harrington series by David Weber. Lots of good old space combat and a great heroine. Love SF and combat novels. Also heavily into Napolionic sea war series (Alexander Kent, Hornblower, Dewey Lamb). I find it hard now to root for the American's during the Revolutionary war as I find myself on the English side after reading so many novels!

Bob
 
I have just finished reading "Permissible limits" by Graham Hurley. :applause:
It is a great read, and PLUS - it's all about warbirds....

It is based on the story of Carolyn Grace;
The narrator/main character "Ellie Bruce" is married to an accentric historic aircraft rebuilder, who owns a Tiger-Moth, Harvard, and P-51D. It is very realistically written and has loads of flying sequences, and is set at Sandown on the Isle of Wight.
Warbird enthusiasts, I strongly recommend this book.
 
We won't discuss my library then. I have everything from religion, engineering, and history, to education and science fiction.

I have a whole room of my house devoted to just my library.
 
I love to read and always have. I can do without the computer, the T.V....but I cannot do without a decent library.

My favorites of late are the books by the late Patrick O'Brian with Jack Aubrey and Dr. Steve Maturin of His Majesty's Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. I read and re-read these so much that my kids bought me the whole set last Christmas.

I also like any of the spy novels by John Le Carre, particularly those that pertain to his master spy George Smiley. I enjoy his writing enough to ignore his virulant anti-Americanism, which is overt enough to be pathetic at times. Unfortunately, I've read them all, so I'm out of Smiley. :blind:

I also enjoy his professional arch nemises, Frederick Forsyth. Check it out, these guys fight a lot in the literary press....keeps things interesting.

I'm also have a fairly long commute (long, but easy), and I listen to audio books. Current one is an Inspector Lindley mystery by Elizabeth George. Since I've listened to these all out of order, I know what character is going to be dead by the end, but I work around that. For pure recreation I enjoy mystery's. M.C. Beaton is a current favorite of mine.

For non-fiction I revert to history. I like "A History of the English Speaking Peoples" by Winston Churchill, and his "The Second World War". To balance that I also read Simon Schama's "A History of Britain" , and own the History Channel DVD series which is excellent.

Current book is "Ex-Libris" by Ross King. Half way through.....
 
Speaking of Coontz's Cannibal Queen, Merc Air's Flight 19 flew his route once. Here it is (attached) if anyone's interested in flying it themselves...
 
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