skybytch 259 #1 March 28, 2002 Stealing from the smart people thread...What's everybody reading? List your top 5 or so all time favorite books, the book you most recently finished and what you're reading now...me - Favorites - Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert Heinlein)1984 (George Orwell)Gone with the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)The entire Foundation series (Isaac Asimov)The entire Riverworld series (Philip Jose Farmer)Snow Crash (Neal Stephenson)Just finished - Foundation's Fear by Gregory Benford. The first installment of the "Second Foundation series" Excellent.Kate handed me Sky Blues by Vicki Hendricks this morning; I'll be digging into that tonight. Not my normal choice of reading material but it's got skydiving in it and they've asked us if we want to sell it so I'll be "test reading" it...pull & flare,lisa"But our reality is in fact entire illusion!"-Gregory Benford Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rgoper 0 #2 March 28, 2002 lisa:you know i can't read!Richard"All This Pressure, It's Makes My Head Wanna Bust Right Open!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveMonkey 0 #3 March 28, 2002 Bravo Two Zero - Andy McNab1984The HobbitRed DwarfRed Dwarf - Backwards I'm not crazy - I'm a Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChromeBoy 0 #4 March 28, 2002 Favorites -1984Catcher in the RyeNow - Mostly business books. Jack Welch currently. Also reading one called Smoke Jumper about Firefighter Paratroopers...Smoke Jumpers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ramon 0 #5 March 28, 2002 'I Claudius' Robert Graves'Dune' Series Frank Herbert'War and Peace' Tolstoy (I swear I never would have read this had I not been bored in Abu Dhabi for 2 months)'The fountainhead' Ayn Rand (she is full of shit, but a good writer)'Slaughterhouse 5' Kurt VonnegutI read so much that I picked those 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jumperpaula 0 #6 March 28, 2002 Im reading The Parachute Manual vol 1 now, finished Dave Dewolfes tips on packing ,and the Cypress manual and a few H&C manuals. Got lots of rigging reading left. Im totally Engrossed in Stephen Kings Dark Tower series. Im on book 3, the Waste Lands now. Can't put it down. (Please don't let Stephen King die before he finishes this series...) Fly Your Slot ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lazerq3 0 #7 March 28, 2002 All of DR Sues(sp)!!!!....and "Superfudge"!!!jason Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ramon 0 #8 March 28, 2002 couldn't finish Riverworld series started good though.Read ringworld seriesAsimov is fun (foundation etc), esay to see how everyone copies him in theose robot movies (I robot).You like Science fiction try some of the old old stuff (Alfred Bester books)right now I'm readingCity by Clifford Simak (very old) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airdrew20012001 0 #9 March 28, 2002 Cat in the Hat Comes BackWhere the Sidewalk EndsHustler (monthly - ok...I just look at the pictures)The Comics that come with Bazooka GumDrewfus McDoofus Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 259 #10 March 28, 2002 QuoteRead ringworld seriesYeah, I love Niven's stuff too. I'm off to B&N tonight, will check out Bestler. Thanks for the tip!pull & flare,lisa"But our reality is in fact entire illusion!"-Gregory Benford Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bbarnhouse 0 #11 March 28, 2002 How the Irish Saved CivilizationRob RoyMary Queen of ScottsStill Here~ Ram DassHandbook for the SoulI really enjoyed the Harry Potter series with my kids.It only takes a little pixie dust...... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NathanL100 0 #12 March 28, 2002 Catcher In The RyeIndustry of Souls - Martin BoothInto the Wild - John KrakauerFahrenheit 451 - BradburyThe Count of Monte Cristo (unabridged verison) - DumasThe Tesseract - Alex GarlandBlind Man's Bluff - Sherry SontagCouldn't narrow it down to five. Just keep your mind open and suck in the experience. And if it hurts, you know what? It's probably worth it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ramon 0 #13 March 28, 2002 Surprisingly better than a lot of mass marketed Fantasy. I threw The Sword of Shannara in the f***ing garbage after I got off a 12 hour flight.I had to read all the Harry Potters though.ramon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChromeBoy 0 #14 March 28, 2002 QuoteInto the Wild - John KrakauerThat reminds. Into Thin Air by John Krakauer is an awesome book for those who haven't read it. It's about the 1996 Everest Expedition Tradegy. Well written and an edge of the seat page turner. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymedic 0 #15 March 28, 2002 fav's...farenheight 4511984Johnny got his gunCatcher in the Rye(I know they make ya read it in school but I absolutely love this book)To Kill a mockingbird(above comment applies here too)Just finished:10 things you can't say in america(Larry Elder)(A Black man that tells it the way it is!!!!!)and also just finished Black Hawk Down...very very intense...marcBSBD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkySurfSnow 0 #16 March 28, 2002 The Stars My Destination -Alfred BesterThe Moon is a Harsh Mistress -Robert HeinleinSurfing California -Bank WrightNeuromancer -William GibsonA Breif History of Time -Stephen Hawking Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kingbunky 3 #17 March 28, 2002 favourites:douglas adams (hitchhiker and dirk gently)tom clancy (ryan/clark series)the hiram key by christopher knight and robert lomaspainted house by john grishamdark tower series by stephen kingcurrently re-reading the skydiver's handbook by dan poynter, the sun has to shine soon and i want to be prepared for pff!nothing succeeds like a budgie with no teeth Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NathanL100 0 #18 March 29, 2002 Yeah anything by Krakauer is good and if you like his stuff you'll like anything by Sebastien Juenger (sp?) His new book Fire is awesome.Just keep your mind open and suck in the experience. And if it hurts, you know what? It's probably worth it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #19 March 29, 2002 Tom Clancy Rainbow Six (i played the computer games first and am now reading the book)I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrunkMonkey 0 #20 March 29, 2002 Favorites:Trainspotting--(Irvine Welsh)The Short-Timers--(Gustave Hasford)--The book "Full Metal Jacket" was based uponFilth--(Irvine Welsh)Interview With the Vampire--(Anne Rice)Carrie--(Stephen King)Red Storm Rising--(Tom Clancy)Most recently finished:The Vampire Lestat--(Anne Rice)Working on "Queen of the Damned"--going to finish it before I see the movie. I'm sure it won't live up to the book.Gawd--my book fav's make me seem just a little messed up, eh? :-)DZ is open Friday-WHOOHOOO!!!Have a drink and think of skydiving!!-NeilA-34924 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hooked 0 #21 March 29, 2002 I read so much, it would be too hard to pick 5 favorites but one series stands out as favorites and that is:Jean Auel - Clan of the Cave Bear, The Valley of Horses, and The Mammoth Hunters.I am currently reading the "Riverman" by Robert KeppelNext book I read will be Painted House by GrishamJ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JeanJeanie 0 #22 March 29, 2002 Curious George............. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lazerq3 0 #23 March 29, 2002 Anyone ever read "Where the Red Fern Grows"??jason Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymedic 0 #24 March 29, 2002 ME jason, ME....love that book....marcBSBD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JeanJeanie 0 #25 March 29, 2002 OK,Anything by Steven Kingthough I think that Insomnia is my favorite.Currently reading Hearts in Atlantis.Illusions by BachDiary of a Madman by one of them russians...........And of course ,Curious George............www.boneheadcomposites.comjeanjeanieJeanjeanie Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
