Greasy B Posted January 26, 2016 Posted January 26, 2016 2 hours ago, mic said: I need a good trout or fly book. Any recommendations. Do you want to get in on the GB book of the month club? Meet me for lunch and I'll bring a couple. His father touches the Claw in spite of Kevin's warnings and breaks two legs just as a thunderstorm tears the house apart. Kevin runs away with the Claw. He becomes captain of the Greasy Bastard, a small ship carrying rubber goods between England and Burma. Michael Palin, Terry Jones, 1974
Norm M Posted January 27, 2016 Posted January 27, 2016 7 hours ago, mic said: I need a good trout or fly book. Any recommendations. https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=tom+rosenbauer+books what a long strange trip it's been , put a dip in your hip, a glide in your stride and come on to the mother ship , the learning never ends
JestersHK Posted February 8, 2016 Posted February 8, 2016 I've been on a post-apocalyptic binge for the past 6 months or so. I by no means consider myself a dooms day prepper, but the wife and I do have a plan if things ever took a turn for the worse. The following books will really open your eyes on just how quick things can go south. They also gave me some great ideas on how to manage in a world where we take so much for granted on a daily basis. Not the happiest of subject matters and some very dark books, but I've even had my wife read through a few of these just so she 'gets' it... The Borrowed World by Franklin Horton - A mans journey back to his family after hes stranded on a business trip during a crisis Ashes of the Unspeakable by Franklin Horton - The follow up and book 2 of the trilogy, read them back to back and waiting for book 3 Lights Out by David Crawford - A small communities journey of survival after a EMP changes the US forever One Second After by William Forstchen - Similar to Lights out but on a smaller family scale. EMP attack, very dark book One Year After by William Forstchen - Follow up book not as good more on post apocalyptic warfare and politics The Road by Cormac McCarthy - A father and son survive in post apocalyptic future, also a very dark book Also read the following sprinkled in which were good reads and gave me a break from the gloom and doom The Martian by Andy Weir - Have yet to watch the movie but the book was fantastic and couldnt put it down The Wayward Pines Trilogy by Blake Crouch - The TV show was horrible compared to the books... American Sniper by Chris Kyle - Great read, and a pretty decent movie too. The Revenant by Michael Punke - Great read and good movie Started the Wheel of Time series now, but just not that into it... Thats all for now.
Quillback Posted February 8, 2016 Posted February 8, 2016 1 hour ago, JestersHK said: The Road by Cormac McCarthy - A father and son survive in post apocalyptic future, also a very dark book I have read The Road - as you say dark and grim, but a good read. McCarthy also wrote No Country for Old Men. Another book worth reading if you haven't already.
Quillback Posted February 8, 2016 Posted February 8, 2016 Just finished 'A Midnight Clear' by William Wharton. Read it about 20 years ago, and it was time for a re-read. It's about a squad of GI's on outpost duty in the Ardennes right before the Germans launched their offensive that is known as the Battle of the Bulge. Not a Sergeant-Rock type book, more about the stupidity and waste of war and the miserable conditions these guys had to endure. The author was a WWII infantryman serving in Europe, almost reads like an auto-biography. JestersHK 1
JestersHK Posted February 8, 2016 Posted February 8, 2016 54 minutes ago, Quillback said: Just finished 'A Midnight Clear' by William Wharton. Read it about 20 years ago, and it was time for a re-read. It's about a squad of GI's on outpost duty in the Ardennes right before the Germans launched their offensive that is known as the Battle of the Bulge. Not a Sergeant-Rock type book, more about the stupidity and waste of war and the miserable conditions these guys had to endure. The author was a WWII infantryman serving in Europe, almost reads like an auto-biography. A Midnight Clear is an outstanding book Quill! Been a while since I read it as well. And I have read most of McCarthys stuff, not a huge western reader, but he nails it most of the time.
Norm M Posted February 9, 2016 Posted February 9, 2016 Eric Flint's Ring of Fire series what a long strange trip it's been , put a dip in your hip, a glide in your stride and come on to the mother ship , the learning never ends
Al Agnew Posted February 9, 2016 Posted February 9, 2016 9 hours ago, JestersHK said: I've been on a post-apocalyptic binge for the past 6 months or so. I by no means consider myself a dooms day prepper, but the wife and I do have a plan if things ever took a turn for the worse. The following books will really open your eyes on just how quick things can go south. They also gave me some great ideas on how to manage in a world where we take so much for granted on a daily basis. Not the happiest of subject matters and some very dark books, but I've even had my wife read through a few of these just so she 'gets' it... The Borrowed World by Franklin Horton - A mans journey back to his family after hes stranded on a business trip during a crisis Ashes of the Unspeakable by Franklin Horton - The follow up and book 2 of the trilogy, read them back to back and waiting for book 3 Lights Out by David Crawford - A small communities journey of survival after a EMP changes the US forever One Second After by William Forstchen - Similar to Lights out but on a smaller family scale. EMP attack, very dark book One Year After by William Forstchen - Follow up book not as good more on post apocalyptic warfare and politics The Road by Cormac McCarthy - A father and son survive in post apocalyptic future, also a very dark book Also read the following sprinkled in which were good reads and gave me a break from the gloom and doom The Martian by Andy Weir - Have yet to watch the movie but the book was fantastic and couldnt put it down The Wayward Pines Trilogy by Blake Crouch - The TV show was horrible compared to the books... American Sniper by Chris Kyle - Great read, and a pretty decent movie too. The Revenant by Michael Punke - Great read and good movie Started the Wheel of Time series now, but just not that into it... Thats all for now. I gotta admit that I never finished the Wheel of Time series. Way too slow and plodding, in my opinion. Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series is much more satisfying. Although, once the original series of about 15 books was finished, I think the publisher begged him to continue it somehow, with a new "Richard and Kahlan" short series that takes up where the original series finished, and puts them into another whole set of dangers. I just finished the final book of it, and it was not as good and the last book especially ended up pretty lamely in my opinion. I also gotta admit that I found the "Game of Thrones" books to be pretty marginal as far as entertainment.
ness Posted February 9, 2016 Author Posted February 9, 2016 On 2/8/2016 at 1:45 PM, Quillback said: Just finished 'A Midnight Clear' by William Wharton. Read it about 20 years ago, and it was time for a re-read. It's about a squad of GI's on outpost duty in the Ardennes right before the Germans launched their offensive that is known as the Battle of the Bulge. Not a Sergeant-Rock type book, more about the stupidity and waste of war and the miserable conditions these guys had to endure. The author was a WWII infantryman serving in Europe, almost reads like an auto-biography. Sounds like an excellent novel. It's now on the wish list. John
ness Posted February 9, 2016 Author Posted February 9, 2016 ...Leviticus...Numbers...I hope the action picks up soon! John
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