JDREDD, can you elaborate on what you like aboot Ghost Rider? Dude went through a lot in such a short period of time… I’d like to pick it up if it’s more motivational than depressing.
Cheers
[quote]conorh wrote:
Louis L’Amour, The Walking Drum or his memoir Education of a Wandering Man.
I also like Orson Scott Card as far as fiction goes.
Everyone should read Trust by Fukuyama and The Blank Slate by Pinker, but those aren’t really “recreational” titles.[/quote]
That memoir was really great stuff.
[quote]leon79 wrote:
The Stranger - Albert Camus
The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter - Carson McCullers
Soul On Ice - Eldridge Cleaver
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest - Ken Kesey
Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
Candide - Voltaire
Ham On Rye - Charles Bukowski
I like most anything by Buk or John Steinbeck.
Right now, I’m rereading “The Quiet American” by Graham Greene
Great thread.[/quote]
I like Bukowski’s poetry–I need to read more of him.
What else did Graham Greene write? I know I’ve read a couple of his…but they’re escaping me now.
Ayn Rand
The Fountainhead
Should be read by everyone.
[quote]frisbee wrote:
Kurt Vonnegut. Guy is nuts.[/quote]
Vonnegut rocks.
Also:
Moneyball
Dune; God Emperor of Dune - Frank Herbert
Mere Christianity - C.S. Lewis
Siddartha - Hesse
Collapse - Jared Diamond
Guns, Germs & Steel - Jared Diamond
1984 - Orwell
I also just read Zamyatin’s We for class, which heavily influenced 1984 - it’s a great book as well.
My favorite author is Tom Clancy.
A system of multi year training–I have been reading that for 6 months and I am still trying to comprehend it all.
Other favorites–
C. Bonet Wuthering heights
Dickens Great expectations.
Hemingway The sun also rises
A clockwork orange
And my all time favortie–
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S Thompson…God I love that book.
Will42
I’ve got to go with The Giver
I have to second the Hunter S. Thompson call. The guy did and wrote whatever the hell he wanted, which reminds me of ‘The Fountainhead’. It will change the way you look at life.
I love ‘Dune’.
For great writing, heroic characters, and pure escapism, ‘The Lord of the Rings’. It should be read by everyone.
Anything by Umberto Eco or Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Hemmingway is great too, and although people slam him sometimes for being too simple, John Steinbeck wrote from the heart.
So many books to chose from.
Art of War - SunTzu
Beyond Good and Evil - Nietzsche
The Ninja - Eric Van Lustbader
Shibumi - Trevanian.
I’m trying to remember a book I read a few decades ago and the scene is still so vivid in my memory. This man was part of a terrorist unit and he tried to rape an actress. The man in charge was livid since I guess it wasn’t part of their mandate but anyway, he grabbed the guy and tied him to a post on an ocean beach. He then tied a grenade at the man’s crotch level. He proceeded to tie a string on the grenade’s pin and the other end on a boat. He informed the man that they will come back in the morning and see if he survived the tide. The next day, the man’s hair was white.
Any ideas?
[quote]doogie wrote:
OARSMAN wrote:
Milan Kundera - Immortality
That’s a pussy-getting book if there ever was one. Let a college chick see you reading that, and her panties are soaked.
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Yeah, pretty much. (LOL). But let her see you reading “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” and she will attack you right then and there.
Kundera understands women like no other male author I’ve ever read. It’s eerie.
[quote]I AM wrote:
Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card, is the greatest book of all time. I think every T-man or woman should read it. On a different note, Hemingway is brilliant, especially A Farewell to Arms. And Michael Connelly’s books, especially the Harry Bosch ones, are T-Nation material too.[/quote]
I read that book when I was in 7th grade, it was definately the firts book I couldn’t put down cuz it was so damn good!
I’m surprised nobody mentioned “Body for Life”
Fiction:
- Life of Pi
- Hadji Murad (by Tolstoy)
- The Saracen: Land of the Infidel
The Saracen: The Holy War (the sequel) - Brave New World
dont read much fiction anymore tho. if any.
my coolest books tho (or the ones that come to mind at the moment) are:
- Pirate Utopias by Peter Lamborn Wilson
- The Crusades Through Arab Eyes
[quote]Joe Weider wrote:
leon79 wrote:
The Stranger - Albert Camus
The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter - Carson McCullers
Soul On Ice - Eldridge Cleaver
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest - Ken Kesey
Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
Candide - Voltaire
Ham On Rye - Charles Bukowski
I like most anything by Buk or John Steinbeck.
Right now, I’m rereading “The Quiet American” by Graham Greene
Great thread.
I like Bukowski’s poetry–I need to read more of him.
What else did Graham Greene write? I know I’ve read a couple of his…but they’re escaping me now.
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Some other well-known works by Graham Greene include The End of the Affair, The Power and the Glory, The Comedians. A couple of years ago, Hollywood pumped out several movies based on his books, so you might have heard of them back then. I consider him one of the most underrated authors out there.
Yeah, Bukowski’s a long-time favorite of mine. I recommend any of his books based on the various periods of his life: Ham on Rye, Factotum, Post Office, Women, Hollywood.
I also have to take my turn giving respect to Hunter S. Thompson. Fear and Loathing is a classic. And for anyone who considers him a one-hit-wonder, I’d recommend The Great Shark Hunt as an example of his more “serious” journalism.
One last thing: for any serious baseball fans out there who love the tradition of the game, a must read is The Glory of Their Times by Lawrence Ritter.
Sorry for the long post.
leon79: Brighton Rock is the Graham Greene book I read that I remember for sure.
I should check out some of his other stuff.
not sure if it has been mentioned yet, but Life of PI, by Yann Martell is a must read. Hard to put down.
Sorry about this but I am one of theose “see the movie first read the book later” people .
A few more good ones ( being very vague here, maybe you guys can help me with the titles)
The book by Joesph Pizone (Donny Brasco is based on this book)
And the Book about good fellas ( the reason Good Fellas is so long is becasue the screen play is word for word from the book) and Casino
Great stuff
Will42
How could I forget the GodFather, and the GF returns is pretty good too.
[quote]David Barr wrote:
JDREDD, can you elaborate on what you like aboot Ghost Rider? Dude went through a lot in such a short period of time… I’d like to pick it up if it’s more motivational than depressing.
Cheers
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It is certainly more motivational than depressing. It is about his road to “recovery” or more importantly to peace. It follows his 18 month trek through the rough terrain of Canada and Alaska all of the way down to Mexico on his BMW RS1100 (I believe). He is an excellent writer, capturing the beautiful wilderness, the interesting people he encounters, and his own inner demons and torment.
You certainly do not need to be a Rush fan to read the book, but if you are, or at least can appreciate their music, it makes the ride that much nicer. In the end, you walk away with a greater understanding of people, nature, and the things in our lives that can’t be controlled.