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05-13-2008, 11:09 AM
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#76 | | Walk On
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Clive
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Originally Posted by CTAClone  How'd you survive? The power came back on as he was reaching through the mirror to grab me. Maybe next time.
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05-13-2008, 12:30 PM
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#77 | | Ankle Biter
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: WDM
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A great book for you fantacy lovers: The Ship of the Damned by James F. David. I started reading it in a book store one night and ended up buying it and finished it a couple hours later. It was a great read, and once I get through my stock pile of books at home it's one I plan on re-reading. Also liked a couple of his other books, Fracture and Footprints of Thunder, both of which were also great.
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Bliss to you!
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05-13-2008, 12:53 PM
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#78 | | Prospect
Join Date: Mar 2008
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The last book I read was "This Water Goes North".
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05-13-2008, 03:09 PM
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#79 | | Addict
Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Eldridge, IA
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I don't remember the last book I read, but I like just about anything by Ted Dekker or Jack Higgins. Especially Jack Higgins' "Sean Dillon" novels. The back story on Sean Dillon is he's an Irish actor whose parents get killed by the Brits (I think), and because of this he ends up joining the "glorious cause" (aka the IRA) and becomes one of their most deadly assassins. Later on in the series, Ferguson, the Prime Minister's "private investigator," sets a trap to catch Dillon on a run to the former Yugoslavia and captures him. Basically gives him an offer he can't refuse, and now he's working for the British government against the IRA. Definitely a series worth checking out if you're into spy novels and crime drama.
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05-13-2008, 04:03 PM
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#80 | | Starter
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To the Folks who mentioned The Fountainhead and Into the Wild, both are very good books, enjoyed them immensely(also found Rand's view while too rigid, to an extent true).
Since I haven't seen a anyone mention him yet, any Ray Bradbury, especially 451 should be read.
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05-13-2008, 04:09 PM
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#81 | | All-Star
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Superior, CO
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Originally Posted by Iastfan112 To the Folks who mentioned The Fountainhead and Into the Wild, both are very good books, enjoyed them immensely(also found Rand's view while too rigid, to an extent true).
Since I haven't seen a anyone mention him yet, any Ray Bradbury, especially 451 should be read. Since "Into the Wild" has received some attention on this post, I'll recommend a couple of Krakauer's other pieces of work that are pretty darn good "Into Thin Air"- about the '96 Everest expedition gone bad (he was on it), and "Under the Banner of Heaven" which focuses on Mormon fundamentalism...
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I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.
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05-13-2008, 04:15 PM
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#82 | | Starter
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Originally Posted by frontrangeclone Since "Into the Wild" has received some attention on this post, I'll recommend a couple of Krakauer's other pieces of work that are pretty darn good "Into Thin Air"- about the '96 Everest expedition gone bad (he was on it), and "Under the Banner of Heaven" which focuses on Mormon fundamentalism... "Into Thin Air" is good as well, though I'd say inferior to "Into the Wild". Krakauer caught quite a bit of flak for his writing of both pieces, romantically potraying Chris McCandless and what many viewed as inaccurate accounts of the Everest expedition.
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05-13-2008, 04:23 PM
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#83 | | Addict
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Originally Posted by frontrangeclone Since "Into the Wild" has received some attention on this post, I'll recommend a couple of Krakauer's other pieces of work that are pretty darn good "Into Thin Air"- about the '96 Everest expedition gone bad (he was on it), and "Under the Banner of Heaven" which focuses on Mormon fundamentalism... I like the way Krakauer writes. His style seems like he's right there with you as an old friend telling a story. Seems to draw me in. Ill have to check out some of his other books.
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"My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it's pretty serious. "
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05-13-2008, 04:25 PM
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#84 | | Hall-Of-Famer
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Columbus Junction
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I've read over 300 fiction books this year, (being sick had a lot to do with it) Basically, pick out something you like, and run with it. Interlibrary SILO loan is a great, great, thing.
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