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[GSG]

Have you read it?

I love that movie, but I always forget about the book.

 

[carlfense]

I've been reading all of the original Sherlock Holmes stories.

I just finished these early this year. VERY good reads. I didn't think I'd like them much, but I got hooked. Do you have the Classics two-volume series from Barnes & Noble? That's where I got mine. You can't beat the price. I will definitely be reading this again, soon.

@Carlfense - if you like history, specifically ancient history, I recommend Colleen McCullough's Rome series, starting with The First Man in Rome. It is an absolutely brilliant series. Her Julius Caesar is an incomparable character.

I also highly recommend anything by Pressfield (who focuses on the ancient Greeks). Start with Gates of Fire and work your way through the Alexander series. Crazy-good stuff.

I have insomnia, so I read a lot while I wait for the pills to kick in. Right now I'm re-reading some schlock I picked up as a kid, the Mordant's Need series by Donaldson. It's cheesy, and the first book is incredibly dull (and the characters are vapid), but it picks up in the second book, IIRC.

I've read over 300 novels since I started this campaign in January, 2007. It's been a lot of fun.

Thanks! I will check them out.

 

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Have you read it?

I love that movie, but I always forget about the book.

Just got done reading it. It is easily one of the funniest books I have ever read, so worth it.

 

[PaulCrewe]

Where's Waldo it was a rollercoaster ride for my emotions every page.

 

[PaulCrewe]

Have you read it?

I love that movie, but I always forget about the book.

Just got done reading it. It is easily one of the funniest books I have ever read, so worth it.

The book is 1,000,000x better than the movie.

aspeedin, you gotta read the second one now. a$$hole$ Finish First. It gets even better

 

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Have you read it?

I love that movie, but I always forget about the book.

Just got done reading it. It is easily one of the funniest books I have ever read, so worth it.

The book is 1,000,000x better than the movie.

aspeedin, you gotta read the second one now. a$$hole$ Finish First. It gets even better

I just bought it on Amazon, I can't wait to get it. That guys life is insane, some of the crap he has done is just incredible.

 

[PaulCrewe]

Have you read it?

I love that movie, but I always forget about the book.

Just got done reading it. It is easily one of the funniest books I have ever read, so worth it.

The book is 1,000,000x better than the movie.

aspeedin, you gotta read the second one now. a$$hole$ Finish First. It gets even better

I just bought it on Amazon, I can't wait to get it. That guys life is insane, some of the crap he has done is just incredible.

Not gonna give anything away but his story about Tuckerfest in NJ and when he goes to Austin are the two best stories in the second book. His third book was supposed to comeout this year.

And to think this guy has a Law degree from Duke.

 

[Ratt Mhule]

Have you read it?

I love that movie, but I always forget about the book.

Just got done reading it. It is easily one of the funniest books I have ever read, so worth it.

The book is 1,000,000x better than the movie.

aspeedin, you gotta read the second one now. a$$hole$ Finish First. It gets even better

I just bought it on Amazon, I can't wait to get it. That guys life is insane, some of the crap he has done is just incredible.

Not gonna give anything away but his story about Tuckerfest in NJ and when he goes to Austin are the two best stories in the second book. His third book was supposed to comeout this year.

And to think this guy has a Law degree from Duke.

What is this book about? Biography of some guy?

 

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Have you read it?

I love that movie, but I always forget about the book.

Just got done reading it. It is easily one of the funniest books I have ever read, so worth it.

The book is 1,000,000x better than the movie.

aspeedin, you gotta read the second one now. a$$hole$ Finish First. It gets even better

I just bought it on Amazon, I can't wait to get it. That guys life is insane, some of the crap he has done is just incredible.

Not gonna give anything away but his story about Tuckerfest in NJ and when he goes to Austin are the two best stories in the second book. His third book was supposed to comeout this year.

And to think this guy has a Law degree from Duke.

My favorite story of Tuckers is when he was an intern at some Law Firm in Northern California. That whole chapter is a riot. Anything with Sligblade is hilarious too.

 

[Husker_x]

@carlfense

Martin's books are pretty stellar. I haven't read much fantasy, either. These really suck you in. I like that the story is more military/political than magical. Just started the fourth one now that I learned there is a release date for the fifth. I liked the HBO series, too, but I thought it took a little bit to hit its stride. The novel felt like a more complete experience, but that's the way it goes a lot of the time with adaptations.

@knapplc

X1000 yes on Pressfield and especially Gates of Fire. I'm still in mourning that they decided to make the graphic novel 300 into a film before GOF. There's just no comparison. People thought they were watching a badass Sparta movie but they weren't. They were munching cold leftovers.

Colleen McCullough just about killed me, though. No Roman army business at all in the first million page novel. I didn't care for the prose much, either. I hear the series gets better after the first one. Hope so.

@Anyone

Here's a few I've read recently that I would recommend: Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank; A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. d!(k (the audio version read by Paul Giamatti is spectacular); Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy (bizarre and literary but still very interesting); A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess; The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (another fantasy book by a new author that's picked up some praise); King Lear by William Shakespeare.

 

[knapplc]

@knapplc

X1000 yes on Pressfield and especially Gates of Fire. I'm still in mourning that they decided to make the graphic novel 300 into a film before GOF. There's just no comparison. People thought they were watching a badass Sparta movie but they weren't. They were munching cold leftovers.

Colleen McCullough just about killed me, though. No Roman army business at all in the first million page novel. I didn't care for the prose much, either. I hear the series gets better after the first one. Hope so.

Agree about 300 vs. GoF. It's doubtful GoF ever gets made as a movie at this point, and that's a tragedy. I don't know if I've mentioned this before, but I've exchanged many emails with Pressfield about his ancient Greek work and writing in general. He's a very approachable guy. I've never met him in person, but if I'm ever in the neighborhood when he's speaking, I'll definitely be there. He's been doing a tour of army bases the past month or so in support of The Profession, his latest work. Sadly, everything has been on the coasts - where the military bases are.

I also agree about McCullough's writing when it comes to battles. Being a woman, she's far more interested in character development than in military strategy, so when there was this big chapters-long buildup to Gaius Marius taking his legions up to Gaul for the first battle of the series - and then the whole battle was described in about four paragraphs. She writes voluminously and in tremendous detail about a tremendous amount of characters, so it's hard to keep track sometimes, but taken as a whole, the series is very satisfying.

Here's a few I've read recently that I would recommend: Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank; A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. d!(k (the audio version read by Paul Giamatti is spectacular); Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy (bizarre and literary but still very interesting); A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess; The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (another fantasy book by a new author that's picked up some praise); King Lear by William Shakespeare.

I've never read A Clockwork Orange, or watched the movie. I probably need to get that done soon.

 

[Nebula]

Alas, Babylon is a great book. I enjoyed A Clockwork Orange quite a bit. I think I read the first thirty pages and then started over after I had a better grasp of the slang Burgess invented. My favorite Burgess book is The Wanting Seed. Definitely recommend that.

 

[PaulCrewe]

What is this book about? Biography of some guy?

More or less they are stories of the debotchery he and his buddies have done in the pass, as well as messed up tales of chicks that he has bagged. All toilet humor, and very jacka$$-ish but friggin hilarious. And like I said earlier this guy is a law grad that has had some huge intern jobs. He is a riot

 

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What is this book about? Biography of some guy?

More or less they are stories of the debotchery he and his buddies have done in the pass, as well as messed up tales of chicks that he has bagged. All toilet humor, and very jacka$$-ish but friggin hilarious. And like I said earlier this guy is a law grad that has had some huge intern jobs. He is a riot

Po- If you get the chance, give the book a try. It will have you laughing from start to finish.

I just started the second one, and already it is giving the first one a run for its money.