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My War, How I Miss It So  -   by Anthony Loyd. His truth is better than any fiction, unless fantasizing is your gig.

Nice to see The Forgotten Soldier make someone's list.

Up late? Check out Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson, you'll be up all night tomorrow too.

Read anything you can about genetic engineering. Those who control the food supply control the politics, economics and future of the world.

If genetically engineered species of crops replace those of local origin, whether by accident or design, and Monsanto controls the supply of crop seeds, then who controls the region?

Issues (like this) insidiously affect individual autonomy and freedom more than any gun control legislation - if you aren't outraged by these backdoor machinations, you aren't paying attention.

Reading Andy McNab's latest offering won't teach you much that's of any use but Vince Flynn imagined a clever solution in Term Limits.

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African Rifles and Cartridges. John Taylor

Homage to Catalona. George Orwell

On the Black Hill. Bruce Chatwin

Anything by Jim Corbett, esp the Maneating Leopard of Rudrapryag.

Hunter by J A Hunter

Huckleberry Finn. Mark Twain

African Hunter.  James Mellon

Winning Rugby. Hugh de Lacy with Grant Fox. (brilliant book for 'the mind game')

The AA book of British Birds.

Horn of the Hunter. Ruark

Swallows and Amazon series, Ransom

and of course beyond fundamentals and Michael Plaxcos book

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I just read the whole National Enquirer from front to back,

does that count????? he he

Does wfmft= Rob Leatham,

Enquiring minds want to know

he he

(Edited by bird at 8:40 pm on Aug. 27, 2001)

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sorry for the weak attempt at humor.

After seeing all the books listed I had to break up the Ivory Tower "well read" person with a little ribald commentary.

Sometimes I cannot help myself.

Robbie is great of course, but don't count yourself out

Brian...

Brian Enos changed the way of modern pistol shooting.

Your book, video, this forum, etc...

My vote goes to BE...

BE speaks to the next generation of shooters.

Without that there is no future sage.

BTW, the last book I read was

Kitchen Table Wisdom my Rachel Naomi Remen.

check it out...

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I have 3 must read authors - have everything they've written (in order...)

John Steinbeck

Robert Heinlein

Johanna Lindsey

Actual favorite books not written by the above 3 -

The Goal, Iliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox

Webster's Dictionary

The Bible

I'm actually an AVID reader - i'll read anything :-)

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I've recently - like this morning - finished reading Roger Bannister's book, The Four Minute Mile. In case the title wasn't a subtle clue, and you don't recognize the name, Bannister was the first man in recorded human history to run a sub-four minute mile. This is a wonderful book, in part because Bannister has an engaging writing style, his personality as it comes through in the book is highly likeable, and the story of his racing career and how it led to a quest to break the four-minute mile barrier is truly interesting. More than that, he has some very thought provoking insights and personal opinions on just why people play games, why the human desire to excel, that can translate directly into the action shooting sports - hell, they could translate to any sport, really.

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Off the top of my head, here are some of my fav's

100 years of solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Smileys People - John le Carre

Shibumi - Eric von Lustbader

Red Storm Rising - Clancy

War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy

Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Harley Davidsons Owners Manual (what can I say?)

Russka - Edward Rutherford

But my favourite book is any one I have not yet read... the journey is the thing!

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I see many of my own favorites on lists already posted. Here are some I have loved which have not been mentioned yet:

Fiction:

Stand on Zanzibar-JohnBrunner

Pale Fire-Vladimir Nabokov

I Am a Cat-Soseki

The Baron in the Trees-Italo Calvino

A Personal Anthology, and Labyrinths-Jorge Luis Borges

Kwaidan-Lafcadio Hearn

Dead Souls-Nikolai Gogol (actually a very satirical and funny book)

The Dalkey Archive, and The Third Policeman-Flann O'Brian

Non-Fiction:

What the Buddha Taught-Walpola Rahula

Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism-Chogyam Trungpa

Animal Architecture-Karl von Frisch

The Looking-Glass Universe-John Briggs and David Peat

The Portable Curmudgeon and Portable Curmudgeon Redux-John Winokur

The Transformation of Nature in Art-Ananda Coomaraswamy

The Book On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are-Alan Watts

(Edited by RichardB at 11:21 pm on Oct. 10, 2001)

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I read a lot of SciFi, OK I read a LOT of SciFi.  I really enjoy David Weber.  I read most of his books, but hesitated to read any of his 'Honor Harrington' series.  yeah, yeah woman hero, space opera, right!  Well, I read "A Short, Victorious War"  OK, so he plagairized the French Revolution, it was still a good read.  The next day I went to the library and started with the first book in the Harrington series.  They are a little predictable, but he is not gentle with his characters.

Another good author of SciFi I haven't seen mentioned here is Lois McMaster Bujold.  Her series of VorKosigan novels are great, lots of action, and way too funny.  'A Civil Campaign' is hilarious.  

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Clive Cussler, anything he writes, especially since meeting him and learning he's an avid gun collector and appreciates our passion.

Samuel Clemens, anything.

Sir Conan Doyle, anything.

Unintended Consequences, a must read which almost assuredly predicts the coming second civil war.

Anything related to shooting and training, especially defensive handgun related.

Looking for any and all suggestions on material for that last topic.

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Unintended Consequences-John Ross   (Read it 3 times, Hmmm, time to read it again!)

Dune - Frank Herbert  (all 6 original books)

The Art of War - Sun Tzu

A Brief History of  Time - Stephen Hawking

Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein

Deamon Haunted World - Carl Sagan

Fear and Loathing in Las vegas - Hunter S Thompson

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintence  and  Lila (the sequal to Zen...) - Robert M Persig

 ( I don't agree with all of his conclusions, but he makes you think!)

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy  and  The Hobbit - J.R.R.Tolkien

Sand Kings - Harlan Ellison  (Short Story, appeared several years ago in Omni zine)

Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurdy (sp?)

The Real Frank Zappa Book - Frank Zappa (What is your, Conceptual... Continuity?)  ;)

Almost anything by...

Tom Clancy (that he wrote alone, Op Center doesn't cut it)

Robert Heinlein

Issac Asimov

...I'm sure theres more, but its late and I'm tired

BTW BigDave, I haven't read that book but i'm familar with the history of and the importance of Zero.

mike

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John D MacDonald's Travis McGee Novels

James Lee Burke's Dave Robicheaux series

Getting into Cussler, but dig Kurt Austen more than Dirk Pitt.

If you're into hardcore technical diving, Try "The Last Dive" by Bernie Chowdhury, or "Caverns Measureless to Man" by Sheck Exley (Those of you who study Eastern Religion/thought/philosophy will appreciate the late Sheck Exley, greatest cave diver in the history of the sport.)

 Vaguely recall enjoying Keith Laumer's "Bolo" stories from a compilation, but would llike to find more.

Love reading Cooper, Ayoob, Burkett, and oh, yeah, Enos.

Add T.  Jefferson Parker, Esp Silent Joe

I usually avoid classics, but enjoyed "Manual for War" and "The Prince", and Love Tolkien, cannot bring myself to watch the movie.

(Edited by bluemeanie at 8:29 am on April 10, 2002)

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Quote: from GunRunner on 1:18 am on Nov. 27, 2001

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintence  and  Lila (the sequal to Zen...) - Robert M Persig

 

It took a while to find some one else.  I would like to know if I am the only one who didn't sleep for two nights while reading "zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance".   I recognize it takes the right mood.  I gave it to my father to read with instructions.  He said something like it was tuff to get into.

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Just read Cold Zero by Whitcomb. Pretty good read.

Blackhawk Down was pretty Epic - probably my favorite book. Movie shouldbe good too.

Into Thin Air - about the 96' Everest exhibition was an excellent book too. I know its older - but still a great read.

JB

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Napalm & Silly Putty by George Carlin

Funny as hell, be he goes on some rants that are very thought provoking and intellectually stimulating, especially regarding religion and kids.  Highly recommend it.

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