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el caminero
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First grownup book i read was richard connell's the most dangerous game, after hearing orson welles do the radio version of it. Ten years old. Had already read all the encyclopedia browns and vintage hardy boys (what a gang of idiots!) And moved on to agatha christie, mary stewart, rex stout, and the odd mickey spillane. Then alistair mclain, and clive cussler, among heinlein, smith, del rey, asimov, clarke, l'amour, then dick francis, and hillerman. Louis l'amour tricked me into picking up every ambler written....
Now you have me thinking! Brains Benton and Rick Brant mystery novels!
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Horatio Hornblower series by C.S. Forester are great reads, sort of like Richard Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwall. Don't know which were written first though. One if by land the other by sea! Both highly recommended!
el caminero
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Dont recall benton, but read brant when i found them.
bobsyouruncle
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bobsyouruncle
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The Most Dangerous Game was my first also book. I've never forgotten it. I just watched the original movie again a few months ago, starring a young Joel McCrea and Fay Wray, 1932. The biggest book I tackled was Atlas Shrugged. Very prophetic in today's times.
Stephen Hunter is another author I read. Charles and Earl Swagger are interesting characters and Bob Lee uncovers little nuggets of interesting information on them in the course of the novel.
Not trying to be a smarty pants, I believe the female lead was Catherine Hepburn not Audrey.
Colonialgirl
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I grew up reading ALL the Science Fiction writers and include the Sci-Fi monthly magazines too ! Read a bunch of westerns, WW2 books etc etc. Not to brag but my reading speed is 1000 wpm with about a 99% understanding and retention. Was loads of fun in high school and college, through the text books before even the first quarter !
Just got Black Autumn.
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Thanks to tho OP for starting this thread, I'm always looking for book recommendations.
Fly Boys, by Bradley, a real eye opener about WWII in the South Pacific
A Sense of Honor, by Webb, an outstanding book about the Naval Academy
About Face, by Hack, a great autobiography
Dispatches, by Herr, a great Vietnam War book in my opinion, but may not appeal to everyone
The 13th Valley, by Delvechio, Vietnam War fiction
The Berrybender series and the 'Thalia, TX' books by McMurtry. The Lonesome Dove Series as well. If you've seen the miniseries and not read the book(s) you are missing out. There are very, very few authors that can make me laugh outright or choke up while reading, but Larry McMurtry is the only one that can get either reaction from me. To me, Larry was in a class all by himself, RIP.
Louis L'amour. I've read and re-read all of his books many, many times, from when I first learned to read.
Centennial, by Mitchner, although there's a bit of a lib slant to it toward the end. We watch little to no TV, but recently started rewatching the miniseries.
The Son, or American Rust by Meyer. Both good reads
Fly Boys, by Bradley, a real eye opener about WWII in the South Pacific
A Sense of Honor, by Webb, an outstanding book about the Naval Academy
About Face, by Hack, a great autobiography
Dispatches, by Herr, a great Vietnam War book in my opinion, but may not appeal to everyone
The 13th Valley, by Delvechio, Vietnam War fiction
The Berrybender series and the 'Thalia, TX' books by McMurtry. The Lonesome Dove Series as well. If you've seen the miniseries and not read the book(s) you are missing out. There are very, very few authors that can make me laugh outright or choke up while reading, but Larry McMurtry is the only one that can get either reaction from me. To me, Larry was in a class all by himself, RIP.
Louis L'amour. I've read and re-read all of his books many, many times, from when I first learned to read.
Centennial, by Mitchner, although there's a bit of a lib slant to it toward the end. We watch little to no TV, but recently started rewatching the miniseries.
The Son, or American Rust by Meyer. Both good reads
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One of the best factual books of the Iraq War. A must read. The Lie's, the deceit, and the money makers. Is History repeating itself?
The Assassins' Gate
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I have read many different book topic's and have 2 published fictional police stories.
This book I am still reading; "African Game Trails" by Theodore Roosevelt. Published in 1910
If you're interested in hunting/living in Africa in the early 1900s. He details all that when he hunted in 1909.
I learned of his Safari in school but never really cared that much. It's really mostly killing as opposed to hunting. Since the Smithsonian wanted many game and birds for their display. The book shows he and his son killed 512 mainly big game during the safari. Others with him shot or trapped many smaller birds and animals. I am doubting his marksmanship, at one point he claimed to shoot 75 rounds and killed 14 animals.
This book I am still reading; "African Game Trails" by Theodore Roosevelt. Published in 1910
If you're interested in hunting/living in Africa in the early 1900s. He details all that when he hunted in 1909.
I learned of his Safari in school but never really cared that much. It's really mostly killing as opposed to hunting. Since the Smithsonian wanted many game and birds for their display. The book shows he and his son killed 512 mainly big game during the safari. Others with him shot or trapped many smaller birds and animals. I am doubting his marksmanship, at one point he claimed to shoot 75 rounds and killed 14 animals.
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Took this one with me to the DMV today. I read a lot of Alistair MacLean novels growing up, and most of his stuff still holds up well today. HMS Ulysses, MacLean's 1955 novel about the final voyage of a WWII British cruiser on a Murmansk convoy - and its crew's desperate fight against the Germans, the weather, their own Admiralty and each other - was the book that launched his career. And it's still one of his best.
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Great recommendations posted by one and all...
I just finished reading a book I picked up at the Sparks Library freebie book shelves. It is called Act of Treason by Vince Flynn. It is an advance uncorrected proof. It has a few spelling errors, but not much to detract from the main plot. Flynn has written at least seven other books and possibly more since this one was copyrighted in 2006. It involves politicals, an assasination, false identities which involves, Swisss bankers and Bosnian and Russian KGB, with several twists and turns. I highly recommend this maze of intrigue.
I just finished reading a book I picked up at the Sparks Library freebie book shelves. It is called Act of Treason by Vince Flynn. It is an advance uncorrected proof. It has a few spelling errors, but not much to detract from the main plot. Flynn has written at least seven other books and possibly more since this one was copyrighted in 2006. It involves politicals, an assasination, false identities which involves, Swisss bankers and Bosnian and Russian KGB, with several twists and turns. I highly recommend this maze of intrigue.
el caminero
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However, ya really wanta scare some people, tell them to read Rainbow Six; by tom clancy back in 1998, rather a while before the wuhani moonbat flu.
