insaneflyingmonkey Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 ^^^ Good Book ^^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loot Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 Eric L Haney's Inside Delta Force for the second time this year. Really good storyteller and a great story about the early days of the unit. That and Generation Kill has been my summer reading.... Oh yeah AP Bio but thats not as important. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Slink Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 1984 by George Orwell Excellent, just finished it. Read this a while ago. I quite enjoyed it.... The Solitaire Mystery Ever wondered about cards? This game shows a trip from Norway to Athens to find a boy's mother. He also recieves a book detailing a German sailor's stay on an island. There his playing cards somehow become alive. They also fortell the future once every four years. Quite an interesting book. You should try it. For an entertaining card game check this: http://www.crimron.net/cmo.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaDude Posted July 29, 2004 Share Posted July 29, 2004 Almost finished with Vertical Burn, which is a firefighter mystery novel. If you like firefighting I can't reccomend it enough. Just started Cornwell's The Archers Tale. About an English long-bowman in the 100 Years War. Great read so far. After that I plan on reading the 9/11 Commission Report. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Slink Posted July 31, 2004 Share Posted July 31, 2004 Just finished Up For Grabs by John Harris. He writes quite good war stories, mostly set in WWII. They almost always could have happened. If you don't worry too much about historical accuracy they are a good read. Up For Grabs details the story of a concert party stuck behind Italian lines 1942 just after the push towards El Alamein. I enjoyed it. Delta: Who Cornwell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaDude Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 Oops...not Cornwell but Bernard Cornwall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadly_sniper22 Posted August 1, 2004 Author Share Posted August 1, 2004 just got TC's Rainbow Six Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteKnight77 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 I am reading Tom Clancy's Battle Ready. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squad_e Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 CHRIS RYAN - Tenth Man Down.. seems good so far... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Slink Posted August 2, 2004 Share Posted August 2, 2004 Oops...not Cornwell but Bernard Cornwall. I'll surely see if one's around.... Reading Fist of God by Frederick Forsyth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Slink Posted August 3, 2004 Share Posted August 3, 2004 Gee this book is long-winded. It's a good book, don't think I'm not enjoying it, I just think it could have been a great deal shorter without as much of the 'back-story'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabellum Posted August 3, 2004 Share Posted August 3, 2004 Greetings fellow Ghosts! @Parabellum - if you like Pressfield's writing style, I highly recommend "Tides Of War" - it is the story of Alcibiades and the Peloponnesian war. Gates of Fire was amazing, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Currently, I'm quite invovled in a series by Jack Whyte - a Canadian author - entitled A Dream Of Eagles. The first book is entitled the Skystone and it follows the premise that Camulod was founded by 2 famailies, both veterens of the Roman army, one a maker of swords.....it takes the whole Arthurian legend and steeps it in a healthy dose of fact, and historical fiction to turn out a plausible history of how Arthur, Camulod, Excaliber, and the Round Table came into being. It is a five book series that has captivated my interest through 4 books so far. I highly recommend this to anyone as Whyte's writing style gives you believable, human characters and not just historical fluff. PrimusPilus I very much enjoy his writing style. I like how he's intertwined his fiction with a very important piece of ancient history. I also like Frame Stories, and Gates of Fire is an excellent example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sapper6 Posted August 3, 2004 Share Posted August 3, 2004 my current read is the Book of Five Rings...just finished the Tao of Jeet Kune Do. thats right, just another martial arts junkie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyro_Monty Posted August 4, 2004 Share Posted August 4, 2004 Reading Fist of God by Frederick Forsyth. In my opinion, that's one of Forsyth's worst. There are some blatantly racist references plus the format is just his typical formulaic fashion. To be honest, The Day of the Jackal and The Veteran are the only decent novels/collection of short stories of his worth reading. Plus The Shepherd, if you count that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Slink Posted August 4, 2004 Share Posted August 4, 2004 Finished it. I didn't think much of it for the reasons I stated above. It's just got too much back story. I don't really care much about Gerry Bull's life. Give this to Clancy or someone like that and it could be a great deal of fun. The Shepard and Day of the Jackal are good. I'll stick to Pratchett, Freer and Flint thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Slink Posted August 4, 2004 Share Posted August 4, 2004 I'm reading another John Harris: Army of Shadows. It's a fictional account of the French Resistance in WWII. Quite good so far. Also read Casino Royale by Ian Fleming. I think it's the first Bond book which explains why nothing much happens. Quite boring actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B|AcK_w|dOw Posted August 4, 2004 Share Posted August 4, 2004 Just finshed Exectuive Orders last week, and since I didn't have Rainbow 6 I started to re-read Red Storm Rising. Damn good book, one of my favourites. Sorry if it's been asked before, but does anybody read George R.R. Martin? (Mainly ASOIAF) another of my favs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Slink Posted August 6, 2004 Share Posted August 6, 2004 Finished Army of Shadows Quite an entertaining read. I don't know how plausible everything is but I enjoyed it. The moral is that war isn't good. Even if you win. I'm now reading the Testament by John Grisham. Bit slow-paced but an interesting book nonetheless. I like Runaway Jury better though. Hopefully I'll be able to read This Rough Magic over the long-weekend.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyro_Monty Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 Damn, nobody been reading this month? Oh well, I finished PKD's Ubik about a week back then, after seeing the Bourne Supremecy at the cinema, decided to go back and re-read the first two Bourne novels. I suppose that's my attempt to read all of PKD's '50s and '60s work put on hold... ... For now. By the way, for those who are interested, Ubik was okay, though I wouldn't recommend it if you're not familiar with Dick's style -- probably start out with something like Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? or one of the better-known books. Oh, and I just found out that they're making a movie out of A Scanner Darkly! The cast list is truly perfect and I can't wait to see how it turns out. The ending is so un-Holywood! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whisper_44 Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 About Halfway through In the Company of Heroes: A True Story by Michael J. Durant, So far, it's an excellent book.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiteStalka Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 Currently reading The Jerico Sanction by Oliver North Good book so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Slink Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 I read so much it isn't worth keeping you guys up to date. I've been going through the Dragons of Pern by Anne McCaffery. They're quite good but don't last long enough. Other than that not much, The Carpet People and the Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett, Born to Run and Beyond World's End by Mercedes Lackey, The Forlorn and Rats, Bats and Vats by Dave Freer and Eric Flint. Anyone read Witches of Karres? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefly2442 Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeUcEsWiLd Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unseen_Warrior Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 my most recent books were: The Expendables China Wind Op-Center 2059, one of the first war stories i wrote Op Center books are pretty good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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