farmerisme July 4, 2006 Share farmerisme Member July 4, 2006 I would love to have this forum here. I would be willing to moderate or whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmerisme July 7, 2006 Author Share farmerisme Member July 7, 2006 Heh, guess not much interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witt July 9, 2006 Share witt Member July 9, 2006 We can start a book club farmer, I was just wondering if we had one the other day. I usually manage to get through a book every week or so, not including my school stuff. I just finished a book called Confessions of an Economic Hitman, it was pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmerisme July 9, 2006 Author Share farmerisme Member July 9, 2006 Yeah I used to read a ton, now I go thru a book every few weeks or so. Been reading mostly history lately but have made my way through a sampling of about everything out there. Just finished David Copperfield by Dickens. What is confessions about witt? Read a book called 'Barbarians at the gate' about the hostile takeover of RJR Nabisco. Thought I wouldn't like the heavy economical stuff but it was really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witt July 9, 2006 Share witt Member July 9, 2006 It's about an economist who works for a Halliburton-type company. Basically, he goes to less-developed countries and convinces them to accept huge loans from the United States, then hire his company to build up the country. The money never leaves the United States, it's just transferred from the government to corporations. Then, the less-developed country is never able to repay their debts, so the US government demands oil, or to be allowed to build military bases there. It's a true story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatwad July 9, 2006 Share Meatwad Member July 9, 2006 You guys read Flags of our Fathers? They're making a movie on it coming out this fall/winter, directed by Clint Eastwood and Steven Spielberg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmerisme July 9, 2006 Author Share farmerisme Member July 9, 2006 Ever since I took a history of WW2 class in college a few years ago I have been reading tons of WW2 books. Gotten through a bunch but the two that are next on my list are Flags of our fathers and Crusade in Europe (Eisenhower)... I have heard both are really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tristan July 20, 2006 Share Tristan Member July 20, 2006 Heading up to the lake couple weeks from now. Can you recommend a good read? I have all day to relax in an armchair for a week straight. I like to read conspiracy novels, hostage situations, myteries, you get the idea. So, if you guys could put some input into what I pick out when I go to the library, that would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playaa July 20, 2006 Share Playaa Member July 20, 2006 books RULE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allanon July 20, 2006 Share Allanon Member July 20, 2006 (edited) books RULE! Lol, I'm more of a fantasy and sci-fi reader. Anyone that wants a book that in my opinion is underated read Lillith's Brood, which is the name of the three part trilogy by the late Octavia Butler. Also, the wheel of time, all the Shannara books, Forgotten Realms, Dragonlance, Dune, etc. And for anyone's that a fan of historical fiction try Gates of Fire, about the battle of Thermopolae, really great read. Edited July 20, 2006 by Allanon754.gc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vovik July 20, 2006 Share Vovik Member July 20, 2006 I don't like to read and don't read but I like intelligent conversations if this forum would lead to them I'd check it out of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmerisme July 20, 2006 Author Share farmerisme Member July 20, 2006 Jester, you should pick up a clancy novel or two if you have not read em... pretty good government/specialforces/conspiracy stories. He has some really good information and neat technology/military stuff. My favorites are 'rainbow six' or 'the sum of all fears'. Both of those are pretty fun easy reads. For something a bit harder (but still an awesome book) try 'in cold blood', a nonfiction story by Truman Capote. Allanon, I used to read a bunch of fantasy stuff, 'wheel of time' was an awesome series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tristan July 20, 2006 Share Tristan Member July 20, 2006 Jester, you should pick up a clancy novel or two if you have not read em... pretty good government/specialforces/conspiracy stories. He has some really good information and neat technology/military stuff. My favorites are 'rainbow six' or 'the sum of all fears'. Both of those are pretty fun easy reads. For something a bit harder (but still an awesome book) try 'in cold blood', a nonfiction story by Truman Capote. Allanon, I used to read a bunch of fantasy stuff, 'wheel of time' was an awesome series. I'll pick up all 3, thanks Farmer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witt July 21, 2006 Share witt Member July 21, 2006 Rainbow Six is a good book, and long- it'll keep you occupied. I read mostly non-fiction. I'm almost finished with Chuck Klosterman's "Sex, Drugs, and Cocoapuffs" which is sort of a social commentary. Next up is a book called "The Tipping Point" and after that I'm gonna finish "Everything Bad is Good for You." Once I'm done with those I've gotta head back to the bookstore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmerisme July 21, 2006 Author Share farmerisme Member July 21, 2006 I have not read any of those Witt, though I have thought about "The Tipping Point". I rotate between fiction and nonfiction. I tend to get weary of reading only one or the other. Every once in a while I need a easy action packed Steven King type book to fly through. I just finished "David Copperfield" by Dickens... a very good book that speaks alot about the development of people in their youth. Dickens is so very good. Reminds me of Steinbeck. Starting a collection of short stories by Nikolai Leskov. A lesser know Russian novelist from the 19th century. Something about the language and characters in Russian novels that appeals to me. I have read a few of these short stories and even though they are simple they are entertaining. Next after that I am going to read a book "Citizens" by Simon Schama. It is a history of the French Revolution. Heard it is pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackieChan July 22, 2006 Share JackieChan GC Alumni July 22, 2006 I would have put the nintendo power choice, but that is kind of a lie since I read what I type as I type it, plus every post I find on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*BiGBonES** July 23, 2006 Share *BiGBonES** Member July 23, 2006 i'd be interested if a reading list was set (e.g. one book each month) then we get together and discuss the book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmerisme July 23, 2006 Author Share farmerisme Member July 23, 2006 i'd be interested if a reading list was set (e.g. one book each month) then we get together and discuss the book. That would be an interesting option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playaa July 28, 2006 Share Playaa Member July 28, 2006 I approve of the reading list. let's DO IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohawk July 28, 2006 Share mohawk Member July 28, 2006 i'd be involved. I'm currently reading Jon Krakauer's "Under the Banner of Heaven." Its a story about the Mormon Fundamentalists.. pretty interesting read so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stutters July 28, 2006 Share stutters GC Alumni July 28, 2006 good fiction novel: "a drink before war" by dennis lehane. he's the guy that wrote "mystic river" and has a good angle with cynicism, mystery, and easy reading. if you like tom clancy, but want something a little less paramilitary, try this. excerpt: Kenzie is explaining how he came to afford his overpriced Boston lawyer who goes for the high hundreds per hour. the lawyer was being blackmailed by a street gang. $500,000 in exchange for the compromising documents. Kenzie and his brother were going down to make the exchange, but this took place instead...impromtu. For reasons I can't even remeber anymore, I brought Bubba along for the ride when I went down to Connecticut. After finding out that the blackmailers were a rogue group with no connections, no real muscle, and absolutely no juice with any politicians, we met two of them in a Harford high-rise. Bubba held one guy by his ankles out a twelfth floor window while I negotiated with the guy's partner. By the time Bubba's victim had voided himself, his partner had decided that yes, one dollar was a very fair settlement price. I paid him in pennies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatwad July 29, 2006 Share Meatwad Member July 29, 2006 I've got every Clancy book. Literally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barter_Town July 29, 2006 Share Barter_Town Member July 29, 2006 Hurray for English majors! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stutters July 29, 2006 Share stutters GC Alumni July 29, 2006 Hurray for English majors!uh, my girlfriend is an english major. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackieChan July 30, 2006 Share JackieChan GC Alumni July 30, 2006 Oh yeah! I forgot about my favorite part about Literature forums! Fan Fictions! Man... I loved doing them then and doing them now... This is JackieChan, and I approve of a lit forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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