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Old 03-07-2010, 08:43 AM
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I second Stephen Hunter. I've read Point of Impact, Black Light, Time to Hunt, The 47th Samurai, Night of Thunder, Hot Springs, Pale Horse Coming, Havana, and Dirty White Boys. I thought they were all excellent. I plan on reading I, Sniper next.

Tom Clancy books are pretty good too. I've read Endwar and Ghost Recon.

I just finished reading The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks and right now I'm reading World War Z.
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Old 03-07-2010, 10:40 AM
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Tom Clancy books are pretty good too. I've read Endwar and Ghost Recon.
A friend of mine, who calls himself a "Clancy-phile", read EndWar and told me it was one of the worst-written books he's ever read.
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Old 03-07-2010, 12:53 PM
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The Iliad and The Odyssey is the greatest narrative created by humans ever.
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Old 03-07-2010, 01:46 PM
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The Iliad and The Odyssey is the greatest narrative created by humans ever.
This man speaks the unquestionable, etched-in-stone truth.
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Old 03-07-2010, 02:33 PM
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The Lost Fleet is pretty awesome. I got the whole series for 6 dollars.
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Old 03-08-2010, 05:51 AM
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I like reading short horror stories or novellas. I also really like true crime books, especially Philip Carlo. I just bought Murder Machine and I am absolutely dying to read it. I just need to finish House to House by David Bellavia first. I actually have a large to do list for books lol. I just keep buying them and they pile up. Here is a short list of some books I’ve read and are about to read.
I finished reading and liked: The Iceman: Confessions of a Contract Killer, Black Mass, Moon on the Water, Nations of the Living Nations of the Dead, Shooter: The true story of the top ranked marine sniper, The Great Gatsby, Of Mice and Men.

I have yet to read: The BrotherHoods, Murder Machine, Gasipe, 13 cent killers, Voices of Courage, a few Richard Laymond novels, Coroners Journal, Grey’s Anatomy, and some Rouge Warrior books my brother let me borrow.

What sucks is I’m a slow reader. I curse my mother everyday for not getting me hooked on phonics.
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Old 03-09-2010, 08:44 AM
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I'm reading The Gun Seller. It's a book by Hugh Laurie and it's actually pretty funny and well written for a comedian/actor. I have a good pirated version if anyone wants.
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Old 03-09-2010, 09:08 PM
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Shhh, no you do not have a pirated version.
Shhhhhhhhhhhhh.
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Old 03-09-2010, 09:12 PM
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As far as Authors go i have to enjoy John Ringo and Both his "Ghost" series and his "Posleen" series of novels.

While he is now dead and his nephew has taken over his series. William W Johnstone was a pretty entertaining author and while he used clips to describe magazines his various series were entertaining and he know how to write a firefight and his writing reflected what is "known" about his background.
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Old 03-08-2010, 11:06 PM
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The Iliad and The Odyssey is the greatest narrative created by humans ever.
Too bad they are mind numbingly boring. As for my favorite book, I really don't have one because I read about 5 books a month. Monster Hunter International is pretty good though
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