ChiefsPlanet - Books Ok for the high brow crowd what books you are reading

much to the detriment of the items on my 'to do' list, I'm immersed in "dead or alive" by tom clancy (and other unnamed author; or at least, I don't remember the co-author's name)

great stuff.

'Hamas' Jenkins

01-26-2011 11:29 PM

Neuromancer.

joesomebody

01-26-2011 11:32 PM

Into the Storm by Taylor Anderson

http://www.amazon.com/Into-Storm-Des...6106275&sr=8-3

I'm actually reading the second book now, Maelstrom. Very strange concept, but great books.

BIG K

01-26-2011 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by big nasty kcnut (Post 3082899)

I'm reading The New American Revolution by tammy bruce. She is a great thinker and funny.

Just began reading the book "The Greatest Generation" by Tom Brokaw. I was turned to it by another planateer recently....My curiousity was piqued because I have always felt that the generation of world war II was the last great generation of Americans....

Ebolapox

01-26-2011 11:38 PM

for what it's worth (and not to turn this thread into one of those threads), e-readers freaking rock.

Cheater5

01-27-2011 03:40 AM

Finished "War" by Sebastian Junger - author follows one platoon of paratroopers over the course of a 15 month deployment (2007-08) to the Korengal Valley in Afghanistan; hard to put down. Sometimes you might have to. Excellent read.

Started "The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable" by Nasim Nicholas Taleb.

http://www.amazon.com/Black-Swan-Imp.../dp/1400063515

Saccopoo

01-27-2011 03:56 AM

If you are into science fiction, this is a must:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...YL._SL500_.jpg

Some of the best characterizations since "To Kill a Mockingbird":
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__yA9G6mLej...nedy-toole.jpg

The last time I was in the slammer, they had a ton of these, and they were awesome:
http://www.theexecutionermackbolan.c...er_boo-330.jpg

Nobody, and I mean, nobody, kicks more ass than Mack Bolan.

Chief Chief

01-27-2011 03:51 PM

"Unbroken" by Lauren Hillenbrand, who also authored the bestseller "Seabiscuit: An American Legend". Captivating! (no pun intended)

Halfcan

01-27-2011 04:08 PM

Reading Keith Richards biography right now.

Very interesting book. Nice details about growing up in Post WW2 England-rough stuff!

Chiefnj2

01-27-2011 04:15 PM

I just finished reading all 3 Hunger Games books in less than a week. I enjoyed them very much.

I just started The Book Thief (about 40 pages in) and I'm just not into it.

chiefs1111

01-27-2011 04:22 PM

currently reading I Am Legend

keg in kc

01-27-2011 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by keg in kc (Post 7325484)

I'm making another attempt to slog through Joseph Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces. I picked it up about a year ago, and while the idea of the monomyth grabs my imagination, the book itself clearly did not; I couldn't make it more than a couple of pages on my initial effort.

(It's better than Tylenol PM if any of you ever have problems sleeping.)

But I've managed to make it through Chapter 1 this time around, and I'm going to keep soldiering on.

Three weeks later....I'm still at the beginning of Chapter 2. LMAO

I've gotten into a Gene Wolfe kick. Read Pirate Freedom (which I really, really liked - I could swear somebody told me it sucked) and re-read The Knight, and I've just started re-reading The Wizard. Also been reading The Best of Gene Wolfe, which is a collection of stories from throughout his career.

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