lummox Posted July 26, 2004 Posted July 26, 2004 i ken reed gud. i like it. dont get to do it much anymore with work. but a couple trip cancellations let me crack that dead tree stuff. just read 'perfect circle'. fuking fun read. working through 'place of names'. that literary shit gives me headaches but saramago is pretty good. also recently read 'waiting'. that was purty gud 2. course there are the playboys on the boat. wtf is up with the shaved snatches? ifn i wanted to perv out on a big titted 12 year old i would go to the mall. what you all reading that is good (and climbing related stuff dont count cuz its all shit)? Quote
fenderfour Posted July 26, 2004 Posted July 26, 2004 Edgar Allen Poe is great for the 90+ degree temps in Seattle over the past couple of days. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is a classic. I read it the first time a few years back, and now I'm hoping to get a little more out of it. Quote
RobBob Posted July 26, 2004 Posted July 26, 2004 wtf is up with the shaved snatches? ifn i wanted to perv out on a big titted 12 year old i would go to the mall. my sentiments exactly July reading: Da Vinci Code EcoTopia Eat, Drink and be Healthy (harvard med sch) Encounters with the Archdruid bathroom chapters: Colorado 14ers Quote
glacier Posted July 26, 2004 Posted July 26, 2004 Just finished: The Peloponnesian War, by Donald Kagan A History of Warfare, by John Keegan I, Robot, by Asimov currently diving into Catch-22 Quote
larrythellama Posted July 26, 2004 Posted July 26, 2004 Catch-22 is soo funny! follow that one up with "Johnny's got his gun" Quote
glacier Posted July 26, 2004 Posted July 26, 2004 I was thinking of "Going After Cacciato" by Tim O'Brien for continued commentary/satire of warfare. Quote
larrythellama Posted July 27, 2004 Posted July 27, 2004 that one after johnny got his gun, it runs with the ww2 theme. tho o'brien writes quite well too. Quote
jjd Posted July 27, 2004 Posted July 27, 2004 Innovations in Pension Fund Management Pioneering Portfolio Management The Winner's Curse Feudalism in Japan Quote
ChrisT Posted July 27, 2004 Posted July 27, 2004 lummox, you were always an insatiable reader... quickies: balzac and the little chinese seamstress the great gatsby just started: schindler's list Quote
Beck Posted July 27, 2004 Posted July 27, 2004 Hotel America: Scenes in the lobby of the Fin-de-Siecle by Lewis Lapham. Quote
AaronB Posted July 27, 2004 Posted July 27, 2004 A bell for Adano by John Hersey and once again "The Lost Weekend" charles jackson Quote
Off_White Posted July 27, 2004 Posted July 27, 2004 The Scar by China Mieville, which I'm only just starting, looks to be awesome, in a Gene Wolfe wierd world kind of way. Mostly set at sea, a bonus for you, eh Lummox? In terms of Tim O'Brien, I really liked The Things They Carried. It had an awesome way of speaking so realisticly in the first person, you believed it was non-fiction. O'Brien would periodically pierce the veil to remind you it was fiction, and damned if by the next story you didn't buy right back into it. One of the better Vietnam books I've read. Quote
cj001f Posted July 27, 2004 Posted July 27, 2004 As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning - Laurie Lee A World Never to Return Man-Eaters Motel - Denis Boyles Quote
glacier Posted July 27, 2004 Posted July 27, 2004 Yeah, I just picked up The Scar , too, since it finally came out in paperback - Read Perdido Street Station last year. Blew me away. The Things They Carried was the first O'Brien book I read- a good Vietnam narrative. Quote
Distel32 Posted July 27, 2004 Posted July 27, 2004 read Snow Falling on Cedars currently working through "Colloquial Mongolian" and "Mongolian 217r" Quote
bird Posted July 27, 2004 Posted July 27, 2004 I'm finishing up Crime and Punishment right now. The last few books I've read recently were Against All Enemies, the third Harry Potter, Hotel New Hampshire, Slaughterhouse 5, and Touching the Void(shit alpine slogging literature, sorry Lummox). Quote
Dan_Harris Posted July 28, 2004 Posted July 28, 2004 Notes from a Small Island Jack Daws When the Game Stands Tall The Indian History of the Modoc War Quote
Alpine_Tom Posted July 28, 2004 Posted July 28, 2004 Innovations in Pension Fund Management Pioneering Portfolio Management The Winner's Curse Feudalism in Japan A perfect list for the beach! I recently finished Seabiscuit, which I really liked. Genome, by Matt Ridley, one of those books you feel like you should restart right after finishing to get all you missed the first time. Folly, a mystery by Laurie R. King. Takes place on a San Juan island. April 1865, the Month that Saved America (Jay Winks) interesting even if you're not a particularly interested in Civil War history. The Book of Joe (Jonathan Tropper) and, my first recommendation: Climbing with Sasha, by Warren Guntheroth. He's a local doc, a Mountaineer (I think). The book is about his experiences climbing with his Siberian Husky. A really fun read. Quote
Dan_Harris Posted July 28, 2004 Posted July 28, 2004 oops, I forgot, The Lost Conntinent - Travels in Small Town America Quote
willstrickland Posted July 28, 2004 Posted July 28, 2004 No Hatch to Match: Agressive Strategies for Fly-Fishing Between Hatches - Osthoff Running on Empty: How the Democratic and Republican Parties are Bankrupting Our Future and What Americans Can Do about it - Peterson Nymph Fishing - Hughes Krishnamurti to Himself - J. Krishnamurti Quote
Greg_W Posted July 28, 2004 Posted July 28, 2004 Just finished: "Blood in the Face", "Water Dog", and "The Complete Book of Chesapeake Bay Retrievers" Working on: "The Art of Raising a Puppy" by the Monks of New Skete Just started: a biography of Ayn Rand Quote
b-rock Posted July 28, 2004 Posted July 28, 2004 "Running on Empty: How the Democratic and Republican Parties are Bankrupting Our Future and What Americans Can Do about it - Peterson" Nice, I've been a Peterson fan ever since "Facing Up" with Paul Tsongas. I'll have to check this one out. Quote
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