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cApTaInCrAp
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In need of a good book(s)
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I'm about to head up to AK again for some work. The only things up there for entertainment is beer, guys and books. I only have one book right now (replay) and i need some more. Problem is I dont really know what i enjoy.
Here's alittle list of a few things i dig on.
Murder cases (If you've seen the first 48 i like that show) Twisting plots (Movies like Revolver, Momento, Snatch, Lockstock...)
Maybe a good in depth look at yourself sorta book. I have a tendency to look at alot of stupid negative things that happen to me and i'm not liking it.
Well theres a start anyhow, if you know of any great books and/or Authors please feel free to let me know.
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Re: In need of a good book(s) [Re: cApTaInCrAp]
#14313037 - 04/18/11 03:59 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Look up Promethius Rising by R.A. Wilson for starts.
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cApTaInCrAp
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Re: In need of a good book(s) [Re: RedSnapper]
#14314550 - 04/18/11 10:54 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Will do, anyone else?
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Re: In need of a good book(s) [Re: cApTaInCrAp]
#14314580 - 04/18/11 11:00 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Blood Meridian was very, very good for me.
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Re: In need of a good book(s) [Re: cApTaInCrAp]
#14314583 - 04/18/11 11:00 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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read some classics you schmuck
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Re: In need of a good book(s) [Re: Cherk]
#14314635 - 04/18/11 11:09 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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cherokee said: read some classics you schmuck
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that is too new to be a classic
read older shit
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Re: In need of a good book(s) [Re: Cherk]
#14314656 - 04/18/11 11:13 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
cherokee said: read some classics you schmuck
You shut yer mouf when yer talkin to me!
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Re: In need of a good book(s) [Re: cApTaInCrAp]
#14314665 - 04/18/11 11:14 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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read proust
then we will be on the same level
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Re: In need of a good book(s) [Re: cApTaInCrAp]
#14314673 - 04/18/11 11:16 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Check out some Tim Powers stuff I guarantee your mind will be blown.
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Re: In need of a good book(s) [Re: muistrue]
#14314693 - 04/18/11 11:19 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Hmmm
You into Science Fiction at all?
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Re: In need of a good book(s) [Re: Fragment]
#14314707 - 04/18/11 11:22 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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cApTaInCrAp
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Re: In need of a good book(s) [Re: cApTaInCrAp]
#14314708 - 04/18/11 11:22 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Not really a sci fi kinda guy
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Re: In need of a good book(s) [Re: cApTaInCrAp]
#14314759 - 04/18/11 11:30 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan
Or the book im readin right now
The Grand Design by Steven Hawking. Absolutely amazing stuff, minimal math (afterall every equation you lose 90% of your audience ), I just picked it up tonight and was going to read the intro, ended up getting to chapter four and had to force myself to put it down,
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realfuzzhead said: ended up getting to chapter for
Good thing there's "minimal math".

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Re: In need of a good book(s) [Re: cApTaInCrAp]
#14314775 - 04/18/11 11:33 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Re: In need of a good book(s) [Re: cApTaInCrAp]
#14314780 - 04/18/11 11:34 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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If anyone likes drugs and comedy check out Cosmic Banditos by A.C. Weisbecker, it's a good one. 
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Re: In need of a good book(s) [Re: cApTaInCrAp]
#14314789 - 04/18/11 11:36 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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" Les Miserables " - Victor Hugo
" Crime And Punishment " - Fedor Dostoyevski
" Nelson Mandela's autobiography "
" Dark Alliance: The CIA, The Contras and the Crack Cocaine Explosion " - Gary Webb
" The Politics of Heroine: CIA Complicity in the global drug trade " - Alfred W. McCoy
" Ghost Plane: The True Story of CIA Rendition & Torture Program " - Stephen Grey
" The Predators Ball: The Inside Story of Drexel, And The Junk Bond Raiders " - Connie Bruck
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Re: In need of a good book(s) [Re: muistrue]
#14314848 - 04/18/11 11:46 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
FractalDust said: Check out some Tim Powers stuff I guarantee your mind will be blown.
Tim. Fuckin'. Powers.
Amen.
Especially "Anubis Gates," I don't know why anyone else would ever bother writing a time travel novel after that.
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Re: In need of a good book(s) [Re: cApTaInCrAp]
#14314873 - 04/18/11 11:50 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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cApTaInCrAp said: I'm about to head up to AK again for some work. The only things up there for entertainment is beer, guys and books. I only have one book right now (replay) and i need some more. Problem is I dont really know what i enjoy.
Here's alittle list of a few things i dig on.
Murder cases (If you've seen the first 48 i like that show) Twisting plots (Movies like Revolver, Momento, Snatch, Lockstock...)
Maybe a good in depth look at yourself sorta book. I have a tendency to look at alot of stupid negative things that happen to me and i'm not liking it.
Well theres a start anyhow, if you know of any great books and/or Authors please feel free to let me know.
The Face by Koontz was a GREAT fucking book!!!
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