sunshine 2 #26 July 9, 2002 QuoteSunshine, be honest. Can you really concentrate when you are at the laundromat sitting on the machine doing your laundry? My sweetie takes care of me so i don't need the washing machine. QuoteIt is like a skyvan that takes quarters When's the last time you were at a laundromat? It's 6 quarters per washer. I hate not having my own washer..... ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jfields 0 #27 July 9, 2002 You're right Sunshine, it has been awhile since I've been to a laundromat. I'm glad your needs are being taken care of so well. Should that ever change, I'm sure there would be a line of guys willing for you to sit on them and feed them quarters instead of the washer anyway... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #28 July 9, 2002 I enjoy reading. I haven't gotten engrossed in a book in a long while. I do though have some favorites I've read. Firebird series "trilogy" - Kathy Tyers The 1st & 2nd Chronicles of Thomas Covenant: The Unbeliever LoTR Anything Koontz or King Anything non-fiction about he mafia I used to have a rather eclectic book collection before my ex decided she wanted it more then me anyways it's nice to see that skydivers can read and not just look at pictures.. "Not that there is anything wrong with that" "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lummy 4 #29 July 9, 2002 Ditto on Hitchhiker's Guide series... Anything Stephen King , although I prefer the older stuff especially the novella's written under Richard Bachman Anne Rice's Vampire series although some of her "other" books were a bit uh... descriptive..... Frederick Forsythe's HeeChee Chronicles Arthur C Clark's Childhood's end Currenty enjoying the Harry Potter series at a leaisurely pace of ten pages a nite Parachutist SF Chronicle.... Billboards, road signs, t shirts, DZ.com..... ooops, forgot Alice Walker...I promise not to TP Davis under canopy.. I promise not to TP Davis under canopy.. eat sushi, get smoochieTTK#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #30 July 9, 2002 I'm starting to think i'm the only person who hasn't read the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDolphin 0 #31 July 9, 2002 Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Illusions, Bridge Across Forever, One -- Richard Bach I really want to read his Ferret Chronicle books. And I really dig Harry Potter! Can't wait for the 5th book. Rhonda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
seedy 0 #32 July 9, 2002 The entire series by JRRTolkien (Hobbit, LOTR, etc) The Dune series Anything by Ray Bradbury Some by Arthur C. Clark The Illiad I intend to live forever -- so far, so good. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zilla 0 #33 July 9, 2002 In no particular order of favorites . . . Anything by Pat Conroy (Great Santini, Beach Music, etc) Anything by Stephen King, Tom Clancey, Ann Rice's Mayfair Witch Chronicles. I'm also a big fan of biographies . . . . Court-Zilla Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scoby 0 #34 July 9, 2002 My favorite books... Stranger in a Strange Land, Beyond This Horizon, The Door into Summer, Job, Starship Troopers - Robert Heinlein Snow Crash, The Diamond Age, Cryptonomicon - Neal Stephenson Breakfast of Champions, Slaughterhouse Five, Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut 1984, Animal Farm - George Orwell Brave New World - Aldous Huxley The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkein Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card Hitchhiker's Guide - Douglas Adams There's a lot more I can't think of right now. As you can tell, I skew towards science fiction and cyberpunk... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ernokaikkonen 0 #35 July 10, 2002 >Here's mine (gee, skydivers seem to have similar tastes...) Or is it that skydiving geeks on the Net have similar tastes? Erno Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallRate 0 #36 July 10, 2002 I totally forgot about Vonnegut! I'm split between Cat's Cradle and Welcome to the Monkeyhouse. 1984 was very good, of course, but scares the living crap out of me. Particularly the fact that we are witnessing the advent of "Newspeak" in our society. Not to mention the Lottery! Do you suppose Orwell had a time machine? Oh yeah, almost forgot to mention Tales of a Fourth-Grade Nothing...definite classic! FallRate Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowbird 0 #37 July 10, 2002 My favourites are numerous and changing as I read new stuff. The most recent favourite is 'Prodigal Summer' by Barbara Kingsolver. Others are the Harry Potter series the Pern series by Anne McCaffery (except the last book, it sucked) Contact by Carl Sagan Where the Red Fern Grows everything by Margaret Atwood, Farley Mowat, Jean Auel, and Stephen Donaldson. I'll have to check out some of the others mentioned. Always looking for good reading material! (Although these days all I read are my PIM's) Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. -Robert A. Heinlein Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallRate 0 #38 July 10, 2002 Scoby, you are the only person I have ever "met" to have read Ender's Game, other than the person who gave me the book. I read very little science fiction, but really enjoyed that book. That experience taught me to always take book tips from friends! FallRate Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quatorze 1 #39 July 10, 2002 I only have one little tidbit. "Who is John Galt?" Atlas Shrugged by Ayan Rand I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomAiello 26 #40 July 10, 2002 QuoteScoby, you are the only person I have ever "met" to have read Ender's Game Um. You're kidding, right? Ender's Game was practically the bible of adolescent boys when I was in high school. It's every boys wargame dream come alive. Almost everyone I know has read it, loved it, still has a copy, and read Ender's Shadow in hardback the day it came out.-- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallRate 0 #41 July 10, 2002 Nope, not kidding. But I did read it after High School, though not actually after adolescence...still dealing with that stage of life. When did you go to High School? FallRate Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emma 0 #42 July 10, 2002 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance' - this is a fab book...I read it whilst in Asia and not entirely straight and it all made perfect sense at the time... Also - 'Of Mice and Men' - Steinbeck. Must have read it 300 times and when I taught it to my bottom set psycho class of 15 year old nutters one of them actually cried at the end. It was the proudest day of my teaching career. I made them CRY! (Okay, Steinbeck did, but I take some credit for using the special 'Lenny voice' throughout.) Forster's 'Passage to India' is pretty cool, you can read it over and over and it's always good. 'Le Grand Maulnes' - Alain Fournier. Beautiful French literature. And 'Chocolate'. Can't remember who that's by though...but it is a good 'un. Too many others to list. I am a book geek. Oh, one last one, this is really really good, I've only recently discovered it - it's called 'Mouthing the Words' and it's by Camilla Gibb - written in the first person about the experience of horrific child abuse. Sorry if that sounds heavy but the prose is stunning and she really takes the reader into the child's mind. It's quite shocking. That's me done for today, anyway.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #43 July 10, 2002 when you say "books" do you mean the audio kind or the video kind? QuoteI love Stephen King....especially Talisman and the gunslinger series. Anne I liked that one alot too!My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyhi 24 #44 July 10, 2002 The Raid by Benjamin Schemmer (Strongly recommended to AggieDave) Flags of our Fathers by James Bradley Once an Eagle by Anton Myrer The Best and the Brightest by David Halberstam I started Lord of the Rings twice, but, due to an obvious personality flaw, I could never finish it.Shit happens. And it usually happens because of physics. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scottbre 0 #45 July 10, 2002 QuoteEnder's Game was practically the bible of adolescent boys when I was in high school. It's every boys wargame dream come alive. Almost everyone I know has read it, loved it, still has a copy I have 2 copies. Read it in junior high school. Read it again in high school. Again in college. And again earlier this year. But Ender's game is only the first book. The other 5 books in that series are just as good, and I own all of them and have read them all multiple times as well. In my opinion, Orson Scott Card is as talented and competent an author as Stephen King. He has a cool middle name too. "Your mother's full of stupidjuice!" My Art Project Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kingbunky 3 #46 July 10, 2002 is he the guy who did "flight of the old dog" and "day of the cheetah" ( or something simialar)? i read one about a thought controlled fighter jet that was pretty cool, and another about a super-stealth plane that i think were his. great stuff! other than that, the list would be: douglas adams - hitchhiker & dirk gently series king - the stand clancy - jack ryan / john clark series clive cussler - dirk pitt series john grisham, read them all a couple of times tolkien - lotr and the hobbit hailey - everything from the original airport to the detective tami hoag - ashes to ashes, dust to dust and a few others a bunch of sci-fi, a lot of cheesy detective/crime novels, nothing too deep."Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarkF 0 #47 July 10, 2002 Seeing as DIscworld has been mentioned.... How about Robert Rankin stuff ?? Some great titles. Armageddon the Musical, The Dance of the Voodoo Handbag, Nostradamus Ate My Hamster and The Book of Ultimate Truths among others. The Magician series and the Daughter of The Empire series by Wurts / Fiest are good reads too. I'll read science fiction by just about anyone with the exception of Stanislaw Lem. Downright STRANGE... Ooroo Mark F... P.S. HH I like the new forum format. Took a while to get used to though, but I mainly lurk anyway. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Scratch 0 #48 July 10, 2002 Stanislaw Lem!!! Jeez there is a blast from the past. Yup....very odd Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Slappie 9 #49 July 10, 2002 QuoteDo you suppose Orwell had a time machine? I hate to look ignorant when in certain company, but did Orwell write a book about a Time Machine ? or am I confusing it with the Time Machine by Orson Wells? "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Slappie 9 #50 July 10, 2002 I'm looking for someone in the Houston area I can borrow some books from. I went lastnight and tried to find The 1st Chronicles of Thomas Covenant: Unbeliever at the used book store and they didn't have them. I don't really want to buy new. So if there is anyone in the area or someone willing to loan them to me please pm me and I'll get my address or meet you at a dz in the surrounding areas. I just haven't read them since the mid 80's and was wanting to read the trilogy again, since this thread came up and reminded me of books I've enjoyed but haven't read in many years.. Thanks "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 3 Next Page 2 of 3 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
Scratch 0 #48 July 10, 2002 Stanislaw Lem!!! Jeez there is a blast from the past. Yup....very odd Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #49 July 10, 2002 QuoteDo you suppose Orwell had a time machine? I hate to look ignorant when in certain company, but did Orwell write a book about a Time Machine ? or am I confusing it with the Time Machine by Orson Wells? "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #50 July 10, 2002 I'm looking for someone in the Houston area I can borrow some books from. I went lastnight and tried to find The 1st Chronicles of Thomas Covenant: Unbeliever at the used book store and they didn't have them. I don't really want to buy new. So if there is anyone in the area or someone willing to loan them to me please pm me and I'll get my address or meet you at a dz in the surrounding areas. I just haven't read them since the mid 80's and was wanting to read the trilogy again, since this thread came up and reminded me of books I've enjoyed but haven't read in many years.. Thanks "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
