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05-30-2014, 09:50 AM
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Phoenix
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Silver Spring, MD
Posts: 12,143
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Dino; Living High In The Dirty Business Of Dreams by Nick Tosches.
My 2nd time around with this one. What an outstanding biography. I won't say Dean was the most complicated of the Rat Pack because Frank & Sammy certainly gave him a run for his money, but Tosches really does a great job exploring his motivation, professional & personal life & his crazy upbringing. Just a great read on a spectacular entertainer. The Jerry Lewis stuff is just mind-blowing.
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06-01-2014, 11:59 AM
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#642
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Columnist Thunder Mod
Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Denver Area, between Asgard and Krypton
Posts: 21,364
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Lord of the Flies. Time to re-explore a classic and horrifying story I haven't read since high school.
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06-04-2014, 03:35 PM
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#643
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Ghost
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Dallas, TX
Posts: 8,648
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Martin Dressler: The Tale of An American Dreamer (1996), by Steven Millhauser
I love Millhauser's short stories, but the longer his works get, the less I like them. This novel won the Pulitzer Prize, and I can't understand why.
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06-04-2014, 04:23 PM
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#644
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If you saw a heat wave, would you wave back?
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Maryland, USA
Posts: 2,992
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Still slowly working my way through the Dresden Files books. Think I am on book 8. Sprinkled with many different monthly comics and random trades my local comic shop turns me onto.
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06-24-2014, 10:48 PM
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#645
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Scarlet Witch
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Frozen Wasteland
Posts: 7,866
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Was watching "The Directors Chair" on El Rey with John Carpenter and he said "Escape from New York" was inspired by the Harry Harrison novel "Planet of No Return" so I am giving that a try.
Harrison is most famous for "Make Room! Make Room!" which was eventually changed substantially and made into the movie "Soylent Green"
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06-28-2014, 09:25 AM
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#646
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A.I.M.
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: The United States of America
Posts: 4,312
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Reread Gary Jennings "Aztec" My favorite novel of all time...Historically great, and tragic and long, but fascinating...I still cannot believe that they have not in a number of years made a film on the Conquest of Mexico or the Inca Empire yet....The ultimate IMHO clash of two(one modern,one ancient)cultures...It would be like the Brits in the 18th century going into the Roman empire...Jennings and his details are done so well.
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06-28-2014, 09:30 AM
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#647
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A.I.M.
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: The United States of America
Posts: 4,312
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Another highly recommended author would be Andrew Vachss...Hit gritty style and detail fits into the NYC streets like no other. I think F Miller took some cues from him. I'm surprised no films were made of his books especially from the Burke series. Highly recommended...Read his first Burke book "Flood" first. you just might be hooked. I cant say enough
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07-08-2014, 04:56 AM
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#648
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Hercules
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Diego
Posts: 14,169
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Journey to the center if the earth jules Verne
Been a LONG time since reading a book (other than comic) so thought id ease into some adventure books got a bunch of his books.
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07-17-2014, 03:42 PM
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#649
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Cross country skiing is great if you live in a small country.
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Lago, Hell
Posts: 1,912
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Working my way through Veronica Roth's Divergent series. Nice light fast read. Should finish Allegiant this weekend.
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07-27-2014, 10:14 PM
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#650
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I don't have a solution but I admire the problem.
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 2,553
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Quote:
Originally Posted by travis
Reread Gary Jennings "Aztec" My favorite novel of all time...Historically great, and tragic and long, but fascinating...I still cannot believe that they have not in a number of years made a film on the Conquest of Mexico or the Inca Empire yet....The ultimate IMHO clash of two(one modern,one ancient)cultures...It would be like the Brits in the 18th century going into the Roman empire...Jennings and his details are done so well.
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Those books of his are pretty good. Haven't read that one in a few years and was surprised i seen it here!
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