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Fish 06-14-2006 11:38 PM

Want a really trippy read along the lines of Neil Gaiman?

In Silent Graves by Gary A. Braunbeck.

It's a horror thriller that I happened upon and was completely unable to put down. The visual imagery is very unique and the writer's imagination is spellbinding. Really grabs you.

Read some of the reviews in the link to get a better idea..... they are obviously better at reviewing a book than I am.

Anyway, check it out.... It's a one of a kind book....

BigOlChiefsfan 06-15-2006 05:54 AM

I really liked Cormac McCarthy's "No Country For Old Men". If you haven't read any of his stuff before, this is a good one to start with.

BucEyedPea 06-15-2006 05:57 AM

History of Dead Languages
written in Sanskrit and Latin


Military Blunders of the British Empire

4th and Long 06-15-2006 06:16 AM

http://www.nhccnm.org/Resources/curious-george.gif

BucEyedPea 06-15-2006 06:17 AM

What are you tellin' us 4th....that you can't read so only do videos?
The thread is about reading.
That's a video.

4th and Long 06-15-2006 06:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BucEyedPea
What are you tellin' us 4th....that you can't read so only do videos?
The thread is about reading.
That's a video.

Damnit! No wonder I can't get the pages to turn! :cuss:

Inspector 06-15-2006 06:24 AM

Not very high brow, but I'm currently reading "Velocity" by Koontz.

I've have finished every Grisham I can find...

Raiderhater 06-15-2006 08:15 AM

Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow.

Rain Man 06-15-2006 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by 4th and Long


Are you at the part yet where the French accuse him of doping?

Rain Man 06-15-2006 08:28 AM

I've got an unusual situation of having two books going now, which breaks a longstanding Rain Man rule.

At the gym, when I'm on the exercise machines, I'm reading "The Know-It-All", a light non-fiction book about a guy who is trying to read the Encyclopedia Brittanica.

At home, I'm reading "Lost in Tibet", a non-fiction book about a U.S. transport plane crew that got off course and crashed in Tibet during WWII. The book includes stories of the crew, but also discusses the political implications of their arrival in Tibet on Sino-Anglo-Tibetan relations.

Frazod 06-15-2006 08:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by raiderhader
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow.

Cool. You'll love it.

4th and Long 06-15-2006 08:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rain Man
Are you at the part yet where the French accuse him of doping?

Yeah I got past that part and I'm now to the part where the French Drug Testing Agency was actually altering the test results.

Sam Hall 06-15-2006 08:55 AM

"The Secret Man" by Bob Woodward

I'm curious about that stuff since I'm a journalism major. I just finished "All the President's Men". I've learned a lot about what it takes to be a good reporter than those books. The scope of Watergate was huge, and Woodward and Bernstein had to be persistent.

Frazod 06-15-2006 09:09 AM

I think I'll go looking for Gates of Fire at lunch.

PunkinDrublic 06-15-2006 09:13 AM

I'm re-reading "The Game, penetrating the secret society of pickup artists" by Neil Strauss. Without a doubt the most fascinating book I've ever read.

"The Rantings of a Single Male, Losing patience with feminism, political correctness and basically everything" by Thomas Ellis. Hilarious anti-feminism book.


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