What do you like to read?
I like to read about WWII in particular.
I also read all of John Grisham's stuff.
Besides that there are magazines. Popular Mechanics and Readers Digest for quick reads.
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What do you like to read?
I like to read about WWII in particular.
I also read all of John Grisham's stuff.
Besides that there are magazines. Popular Mechanics and Readers Digest for quick reads.
Barely Legal, Juggs, and Swank, for starters... ::Banana::
Classy....Quote:
Originally Posted by trickyrix
Only the best goes in my bathroom...
I research WWII aviation.
also Traditional Hot Rod stuff (Pin-ups a plus)
Rick you crack me up! :clap:
I stick to magazines and textbooks. Lately, that is biology, chemistry, Bicycling mag, and RoadRacerX (motorcycle racing). This summer is calculus!
Right now, all I get is assigned reading for school. :(
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Originally Posted by trickyrix
If you're reading these, you're missing the point. :rolleyes:
It's sorta like readin' a graphic novel... pictures with captions to move the story along.;)Quote:
Originally Posted by black roadster
Currently reading "The Prince of Darkness" by Robert Novak, a behind the scenes insider perspective on Washington DC, "The DaVinci Code" and "The Book of General Ignorance", a collection of trivia and common misconceptions. For example, what were George Washington's false teeth made of?Wood?Hippopotamus ivory.
True of False? Drinking alcohol kills brain cells.
False. This was a scare tactic dreamed up during the temperance movement.
Hey, you never know when you might be on Jeopardy!::Banana::
Books? Don't get me started ;)
I'm a Dale Brown (not Dan Brown), Tom Clancy, and Stephen Coonts fan... I love military fiction. There's a LOT of others I like, but I can never remember authors. I also read sci-fi, spy novels, old classics.... I do a lot of reading.
Magazines: Model Aviation, Flying Models, Model Airplane News, Backyard Flyer, Quiet Flyer, RC Modeler, Car & Driver, Road & Track, etc :D
I read whatever I can get my hands on. It improves my mind (God knows I need it).
I tried Stephen King and got bored ;)
OK OK... I guess I've got some faves...
Fiction:
Christopher Moore
Karl Hiaasen
Stephen Koontz
John Grisham
Ann Rice (not all, but most)
Tom Clancy (again, not all of them, but quite a few)
Lonesome Dove - McMurtry's other stuff hasn't impressed me
Non-Fiction:
Hunter S Thompson (Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 is a masterpiece, but I'm a fan in general)
Tim Cahill (go read Road Fever and try not to picture doing that in a Miata - seriously)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - I've read it twice, very intense
Blue Highways by William Least Heat Moon - another really good read, IMO
The Rape of Nanking - I was really looking forward to her next book, but the author killed herself in the meantime. This is seriously one of the best (yet most brutal) books I've ever read.
Mags:
Road & Track (I have to say I like a good Peter Egan column, plus I grew up with access to every issue back to mid 1966)
Car and Driver (John Phillips cracks me up)
Automobile (although it seems to be slipping)
Cycle World (always a good read - see Peter Egan)
Barely Legal (Helloooooo Kitty)
Juggs (Need I say more?)
Swank (Really, the class act of the bunch)
::Banana::
I like Clive Cussler though they all seem the same now. (Indiana Jones meets Jacques Cousteau meets James Bond)
I really liked Dan Brown's Deception Point and Angels & Demons but DaVinci Code was ok (jumping outta helicopter with no parachute and living?).
I used to like Dale Brown until he invented the Tin Man which defies logic and physics.
Mortal Allies and The Kingmaker by Brian Haig (son of Secretary of State Alexander Haig) are great JAG fiction. He's got "smart ass" down to an art form with these military/legal thrillers.
Don't read many magazines and try to read the Dallas Morning News daily but it gets to be more ads and fluff-n-stuff and less news. Also very thin paper stock makes it almost impossible to hold vertically.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesna_Vulovi%C4%87 ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Nails
hehe you found an interesting story there but in the book our hero bails out and has a piece of sheet metal or plywood or something that he's able to drop/glide with and survive over the Vatican if I remember right.
She survived inside the plane itself, "Vulović says that she was found in the middle section of the plane".
Mythbusters busted that one anyway ::Banana::Quote:
Originally Posted by Nails
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBus...lywood_Builder
Okay, if you want to be picky ;)Quote:
She survived inside the plane itself, "Vulović says that she was found in the middle section of the plane".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Alkemade
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Magee
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I.M.Chisov
Any sci-fi/fantasy recommendations? Space related or magic related.
Mens Journal is a good magazine.
If you are looking for space related sci-fi fantasy, I really liked the Foundation series by Isaac Asimov. It's made up of 7 books that were written between the 1950's through the 1990's. Other good ones are I, Robot, and The Death Dealers.
As far as military stories go, I really enjoyed Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo.
Iain M. Banks' Culture series of novels is pretty good. I also enjoyed Peter Hamilton's Night's Dawn trilogy. Orson Scott Card's Ender series is also entertaining, if a bit "lighter" than my previous two suggestions.Quote:
Originally Posted by azzenco
I'm currently reading Neil Gaiman's American Gods, which I picked up last night. So far it seems to have some promise. I'm a pretty voracious reader, and I'll typically read anything that holds still long enough.
I subscribe to several magazines: Time, US News & World Report, Automotive Engineering, Off Highway Engineering, Grassroots Motorsports, Sports Car, Evo, Road & Track (primarily for Peter Egan's column, and Sports Car International.
And I thought your tire budget was expensive, sheesh ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by altiain
Grassroots comes with a NASA membership, Sports Car comes with an SCCA membership, the Engineering mags come with an SAE membership and are paid for by my company, and we used Continental miles for the Time, R&T, and US News subscriptions (along with a couple of home decor mags for my wife). So really I only pay for two magazine subsciptions. :wink:
I read a lot in Iraq and carried a paperback with me almost the entire time. It was handy during any down time or playing the waiting game.
However, while in school I'm mainly limited to Textbooks.
My indulgence reading is mainly the new Star Wars novels, but the newest ones are starting to get a little formulatic. They'll keep my Star Wars hunger sated until the new series' come out.
Fiction: I have enjoyed Tom Clancy, John Grisham, Anne Rice, Chuck Palahniuk and both the Browns.
As for Sci-Fi/Alternative History, I'm currently enjoying SM Striling's Emberverse series http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._M._S...erverse_series
I also enjoyed his Terminator Series, they're significantly better than the T3 Movie. Harry Turtledove is usually a pretty good read as well.
Non-fiction: I really enjoyed Freakonomics, the World is Flat and Blink. On my to read list is the Lucifer Effect and Black Swan.
Magazines:
Bike (UK)
Top Gear (only while in Barnes and Noble)
Esquire
Sport Compact Car (expired subscription)
Grassroots Motorsports
Texas Rider
Runner's World
Chris
I am surprised to see no one mentioning Hemming's Sports & Exotic Cars magazine. Contrary to the name, they tend to focus on older obtainable cars. Pick one up if you get a chance.
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Originally Posted by jrj512
One Fantasy series I enjoyed was Incarnations of Immortality by Piers Anthony.