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What are you reading, Chapter 2

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stratovani said:
Today I finished up an interesting historical book called The Fifties, by David Halberstam, all about - you guessed it - the 1950s. It's the decade I was born in, and it's an interesting read, covering all kinds of subjects, from the Korean War to the rise of Castro in Cuba. It clocks in at 733 pages, which makes it the longest book I've ever read.

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I too lived through the 50's (born in the 40's), but I dn't think I ever want to revisit them - even via a book!
 
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Just finished...
It - Stephen King - I hadn't read this since Jr. High, it had a very different impact on me now that I'm some 25 years older.

The Bear and the Dragon - Tom Clancy - And now I can finally say I read a Clancy novel, or should I say a TCN?

Reading...
The Other Hollywood: The Uncensored Oral History of the Porn Film Industry - Legs Mcneil, Jennifer Osborne, and Peter Pavia - Told entirely by quotes from extensive interviews of dozens of people in the porn industry, law enforcement, and the Mob. Its mind boggling the research and interview time that must have gone into this book.

The Tables All Were Broken, McNeill's Take on the End of Professional Wrestling As We Know It - Pat McNeill - A reprinting of the weekly Pro Wrestling Torch columns by Pat McNeill covering the approx 18 months in 2000-2001 when two of the three largest wrestling companies went belly-up. Only for the most die hard of pro wrestling fans.

Full Dark, No Stars - Stephen King - A collection of four novellas, kind of uneven in tone, the four stories are all linked by retribution themes. I really like the first one "1922".
 
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crucislancer said:
Yes, more then half of the novels he wrote before 1960 were aimed at the juvenile market. I'm not sure what the point of your comment was.


I just started The Caves of Steel by Asimov and Equations of Life by Simon Morden.
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My point was that it might seem a bit trite for a reader expecting a novel written for the adult market and who is not that familiar with his work. Obviously you are though.


Next up is D-Day by Antony Beevor.
 
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Thor said:
My point was that it might seem a bit trite for a reader expecting a novel written for the adult market and who is not that familiar with his work. Obviously you are though.


Next up is D-Day by Antony Beevor.
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Ah, I see. I’ve only read a couple of his juveniles, but just about everything from Starship Troopers on, so I wanted to go back and read what I skipped.

I’ve been meaning to check out Beevor’s book on Stalingrad.

Currently restarting The Keep by F. Paul Wilson. I started it a couple of months ago and got sidetracked with something else, going to knuckle down and finish it this time.
 
#552
This. Just got it, looks interesting:

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#553
It's not a book that I am currently reading but rather a book that I wrote called Drylor The First Artifact. It follows a young half-elf named Von whom suffers amnesia and slowly struggles to regain his memory throughout the book. Each time he remembers something from the past he realizes it was all a lie and is sent back to square one.

As he regains his memory he learns that his brother has been corrupted by his own powers and is set on massacring the innocent people of Drylor, the world the book takes place in. Von, the only other person on Drylor with powers like his brother’s knows only he can stop him.

As Von’s memory slowly returns, he discovers that he is the only one who can protect Drylor—a world that abandoned him—from its greatest evil, his own brother. Through his journey to the truth, Von meets an unlikely group of friends who are willing to sacrifice everything to help him stop his brother Scarlet from annihilating the only world they have ever known.

If any of you guys are avid fantasy readers then you might be interested in checking it out. You can find it for sale through Amazon, Barnes and Noble or any other major online book retailers! =D

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#554
I finished Slaughter House Five yesterday and enjoyed it pretty well. Matticus and Floyd Eye, I needed you guys there to spoon feed me the satire and political, moral, social issues held within. As it was, I had to look up some "cliff notes" and various essays online for further investigation.

Don't know what's next. Still got bout half of Hunter S. Thompson's Hey Rube to finish while I make a decision on something a bit heavier.
 
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TJ55 said:
I finished Slaughter House Five yesterday and enjoyed it pretty well. Matticus and Floyd Eye, I needed you guys there to spoon feed me the satire and political, moral, social issues held within. As it was, I had to look up some "cliff notes" and various essays online for further investigation.

Don't know what's next. Still got bout half of Hunter S. Thompson's Hey Rube to finish while I make a decision on something a bit heavier.
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If you liked Slaughterhouse Five, then i would suggest my favorite Vonnegut book "Cats Cradle". Or, if you dont mind going out there a bit, Chuck Palahniuk's "Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey"
 
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