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Guyute · 10-13-2006, 11:07 PM

Just finished "Ghost Force- The Secret History of the SAS". If half this stuff is true, or even if it isn't, it's a great book.

JayMcGee · 10-15-2006, 09:04 PM

If you liked that, Guyute, you might like 'the phantom major' by Virginia Cowles..... the story of David Stirling and the founding of the SBS/SAS

bluecuracao · 10-15-2006, 10:22 PM

I just found a book called Vamped in my office, by David Sosnowski--"Author of Rapture." Anyone ever read it? Is it total crap?

Shawnee123 · 10-16-2006, 09:22 AM

I just finished the worst book ever...The Hidden. Lucky it was a library freebie.

Clodfobble · 10-16-2006, 03:07 PM

I finally gave in and decided to read some of the Heinlein books we have around the house. (Generally I don't like hard sci-fi, so though it obviously came highly recommended I kept putting it off.) I started with--don't ask me why--"Job: A Comedy of Justice," and this almost stopped me from reading any of the others at all. What a retarded book.

But then I moved on to "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress," which I definitely enjoyed but wasn't blown away by. I think it would have been better if I could appreciate firsthand how revolutionary it was at the time it was written. As it is, I can intellectually know it was an amazing book for its time, but it didn't awe me. I felt the same way about J.R.R. Tolkien.

Now I've just started "Stranger in a Strange Land." This one I'm liking the best by far, and I have high hopes that it will help Heinlein live up to all the recommendations everyone gave me.

JayMcGee · 10-16-2006, 06:55 PM

Early Heinlein was very good. The Moon.. and Stranger... are probably his two finest works. 'Time enough for Love' is also not bad, but by this time he was letting his politics show. Check out his early stuff 'the puppet masters', The man who sold the moon, orphans of the sky.

Spexxvet · 10-17-2006, 10:26 AM

I just finished Dance Dance Dance, having found out about it here. I was not really impressed.

I just started Going Postal, having heard about the Discworld books here. I hope it's a good one to start with.

I'm not too influenced by you guys, am I? Just don't tell me how good it is to jump off a bridge, kay?

Ibby · 10-17-2006, 10:57 AM

diskworld?
Here ya go.

Spexxvet · 10-17-2006, 11:16 AM

Wow, it looks like I've chosen the absolute last one to start with. Are they all independant? Or should stop on page 20 and start with the color of magic

Clodfobble · 10-17-2006, 12:50 PM

Based on the chart, it looks to me like you'd want to pick up "Moving Pictures" first, then "The Truth," and then you could jump back into "Going Postal."

Undertoad · 10-17-2006, 01:23 PM

Good idea.

Ibby · 10-17-2006, 04:07 PM

Theyre almost all standalone novels in their own right, but colour of magic is the first one. I'd say finish Going Postal, then grab Colour of Magic.

JayMcGee · 10-17-2006, 07:33 PM

Pratchet has never done it for me, though the Current Wife and Wicked StepDaughter are great fans. Still, he does help solve the Christmas present issue.

I just wish I could write to deadlines like that......

busterb · 10-21-2006, 08:05 PM

Tess Gerritsen "Vanish" My 1st by her so far ok.

orthodoc · 10-21-2006, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Hoof Hearted

I just finished "The Sun Also Rises". Much preferred "For Whom the Bell Tolls" and I would like to read "Death in the Afternoon".

I read a short story in college, "The Short and Happy Life of Francis MacComber(sp)" and can't recall if Hemingway wrote it...but I remember I loved the story for all its' hidden meanings and symbolism.

Yes, 'The Short Happy Life of Francis MacComber' was written by Hemingway. It's one of my favorite stories. Like you, I didn't find "The Sun Also Rises" great, but I was also probably too young when I read it. Doesn't mean I'd like it now, though - what I can remember, I don't much like.

I just finished "The First World War" by John Keegan. Great book, very detailed. It made me both sad and furious, reading about the rigid thinking and ineptitude of the generals that resulted in casualties I could hardly comprehend. More than 250,000 just at Gallipoli! Agghh! Keegan stresses that they didn't use the communications technology available, i.e. radio. Unbelievable.

Currently I'm working through a number of P.D. James's novels. She's marvellous. And she's in her eighties and still writing the best crime fiction out there!!!

10-13-2006, 11:07 PM	#511
Guyute Gamehenge Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Halifax, NS Posts: 168	Just finished "Ghost Force- The Secret History of the SAS". If half this stuff is true, or even if it isn't, it's a great book. __________________ It's Really Plain and Easy To See, The Family grows like fungus on a tree.

10-15-2006, 09:04 PM	#512
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	If you liked that, Guyute, you might like 'the phantom major' by Virginia Cowles..... the story of David Stirling and the founding of the SBS/SAS __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.

10-16-2006, 09:22 AM	#514
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I just finished the worst book ever...The Hidden. Lucky it was a library freebie. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

10-16-2006, 06:55 PM	#516
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	Early Heinlein was very good. The Moon.. and Stranger... are probably his two finest works. 'Time enough for Love' is also not bad, but by this time he was letting his politics show. Check out his early stuff 'the puppet masters', The man who sold the moon, orphans of the sky. __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.

10-17-2006, 10:26 AM	#517
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	I just finished Dance Dance Dance, having found out about it here. I was not really impressed. I just started Going Postal, having heard about the Discworld books here. I hope it's a good one to start with. I'm not too influenced by you guys, am I? Just don't tell me how good it is to jump off a bridge, kay? __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

10-15-2006, 10:22 PM	#513
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	I just found a book called Vamped in my office, by David Sosnowski--"Author of Rapture." Anyone ever read it? Is it total crap?

10-16-2006, 03:07 PM	#515
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I finally gave in and decided to read some of the Heinlein books we have around the house. (Generally I don't like hard sci-fi, so though it obviously came highly recommended I kept putting it off.) I started with--don't ask me why--"Job: A Comedy of Justice," and this almost stopped me from reading any of the others at all. What a retarded book. But then I moved on to "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress," which I definitely enjoyed but wasn't blown away by. I think it would have been better if I could appreciate firsthand how revolutionary it was at the time it was written. As it is, I can intellectually know it was an amazing book for its time, but it didn't awe me. I felt the same way about J.R.R. Tolkien. Now I've just started "Stranger in a Strange Land." This one I'm liking the best by far, and I have high hopes that it will help Heinlein live up to all the recommendations everyone gave me.

10-17-2006, 10:57 AM	#518
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	diskworld? Here ya go. Attached Images __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

10-17-2006, 11:16 AM	#519
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Wow, it looks like I've chosen the absolute last one to start with. Are they all independant? Or should stop on page 20 and start with the color of magic __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

10-17-2006, 12:50 PM	#520
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Based on the chart, it looks to me like you'd want to pick up "Moving Pictures" first, then "The Truth," and then you could jump back into "Going Postal."

10-17-2006, 01:23 PM	#521
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Good idea.

10-17-2006, 04:07 PM	#522
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Theyre almost all standalone novels in their own right, but colour of magic is the first one. I'd say finish Going Postal, then grab Colour of Magic. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

10-17-2006, 07:33 PM	#523
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	Pratchet has never done it for me, though the Current Wife and Wicked StepDaughter are great fans. Still, he does help solve the Christmas present issue. I just wish I could write to deadlines like that...... __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.

10-21-2006, 08:05 PM	#524
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Tess Gerritsen "Vanish" My 1st by her so far ok. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

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