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Is The Virginian by Owen Wister one of the best books ever? If not what is?
Posted on 08/29/2007 9:01:26 PM PDT by samadams2000
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To: Triggerhippie
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand is a great read. If you like one-dimensional characters whose only real purpose is to serve as props for an overlong speech disguised as a novel.
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posted on
08/30/2007 2:28:52 AM PDT
by
PJ-Comix
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To: skepsel
“A Perfect Spy” by John LeCarre. Almost anything else by John LeCarre, at least his earlier works.
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posted on
08/30/2007 2:29:53 AM PDT
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(NYT Headline: Protocols of the Learned Elders of CBS: Fake but Accurate, Experts Say)
To: samadams2000
Captain from Castile, Samuel Shellabarger. And don't forget
War and Peace and
Moby Dick!
Thanks for the tip about The Virginian.
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posted on
08/30/2007 2:31:41 AM PDT
by
Savage Beast
("History is not just cruel. It is witty." ~Charles Krauthammer)
To: samadams2000
If you like Westerns done with a deft touch of humor, try:
Fraser, George MacDonald, Flash for Freedom!
Fraser, George MacDonald, Flashman and the Redskins
Fraser, George MacDonald, Flashman and the Angel of the Lord
Great stuff...
To: samadams2000
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posted on
08/30/2007 2:48:07 AM PDT
by
Beckwith
(dhimmicrats and the liberal media have .chosen sides -- Islamofascism)
To: samadams2000
Looks like I picked up some good tips. Thanks, Everybody!
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posted on
08/30/2007 2:51:56 AM PDT
by
Savage Beast
("History is not just cruel. It is witty." ~Charles Krauthammer)
To: Luke Skyfreeper
LOL. The best all time opening line of a children’s book. For those who don’t know what we are talking about, it’s the book of the Narnia series called “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.”
My favorite “fun stuff”
If you like Sci Fi with a sort of Dashiell Hammett bent, I’ve always loved the Amber novels by Roger Zelazny.
Interesting, descriptive stories (fascinating for those in the medical or animal field, also Anglophiles)- the James Herriot books.
The Lord of the Rings, and I’ve always had a weird fascination with the Nun’s Story, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, A Night to Remember (Titanic), and Mrs. Mike. They were all novels based strongly on interesting slices of real life.
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posted on
08/30/2007 3:22:05 AM PDT
by
I still care
("Remember... for it is the doom of men that they forget" - Merlin, from Excalibur)
To: samadams2000
Once and Future King T.H. White
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posted on
08/30/2007 3:51:01 AM PDT
by
gusopol3
To: BnBlFlag
Last of the Breed had simply the absolute best ending sentence of any book ever written. I can quote it form memory but won’t ruin it for the rest of the readers to this post.
I’m a fan of techno-thrillers like Clancy, Larry Bond and Stephen Coonts.
Vince Flynn also writes very good political CIA type books.
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posted on
08/30/2007 5:31:57 AM PDT
by
cyclotic
(Support Scouting-Raising boys to be men, and politically incorrect at the same time.)
To: Slicksadick
Replay.... I loved that book. I agree.
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posted on
08/30/2007 6:41:13 AM PDT
by
Dick Vomer
(liberals suck....... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.,)
To: cyclotic
“I’m a fan of Techno-Thrillers........”
Just read “The Afghan” by Frederick Forsyth. An excellent book.
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posted on
08/30/2007 6:42:50 AM PDT
by
BnBlFlag
(Deo Vindice/Semper Fidelis "Ya gotta saddle up your boys; Ya gotta draw a hard line")
To: JesusBmyGod
Still Life with Woodpecker-Tom Robbins
Illusion-Richard Bach
Catch-22 -Heller
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas-Hunter Thompson
Dead Solid Perfect -Dan Jenkins
The Franchise-Peter Gent
The Forgotten Soldier-Guy Sajer
Road to Serfdom-Hayek
Meditations-Marcus Aurelius
An education for our time-Josiah Bunting
Slaughter House Five-Vonnegut
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posted on
08/30/2007 7:04:48 AM PDT
by
Dick Vomer
(liberals suck....... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.,)
To: B-Chan
I had forgotten “Crime and Punishment” It was a riveting and thought provoking book. One of the best.
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posted on
08/30/2007 7:07:37 AM PDT
by
yarddog
(`)
To: Savage Beast
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posted on
08/30/2007 7:44:17 AM PDT
by
samadams2000
(Someone important make......The Call!)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
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posted on
08/30/2007 7:45:42 AM PDT
by
samadams2000
(Someone important make......The Call!)
To: Walkenfree
That was a great book. Concur.
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posted on
08/30/2007 7:48:51 AM PDT
by
samadams2000
(Someone important make......The Call!)
To: I_like_good_things_too
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posted on
08/30/2007 9:02:07 AM PDT
by
Tired of Taxes
(Dad, I will always think of you.)
To: cyclotic
I’m a fan of techno-thrillers like Clancy, Larry Bond and Stephen Coonts. Have you read Cryptonomicon by Neil Stephenson? Deals with cyphers, modern and WWII, the evolution of computers, and Japanese war loot in the Phillipines.
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posted on
08/30/2007 9:04:27 AM PDT
by
LexBaird
(Tyrannosaurus Lex, unapologetic carnivore)
To: Coyoteman
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, by Robert A. Heinlein.I just started it. It'll be interesting to see if it lives up to its reputation.
To: samadams2000
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posted on
08/30/2007 9:07:27 AM PDT
by
gcruse
(...now I have to feed the dog as if nothing has happened.)
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