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Offline Gus

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Re: Favorite Book
« Reply #15 on: August 26, 2011, 04:56:06 pm »
On a non fiction note how about "On The Shoulders of Giants" by Stephen Hawking?
Been working on this one for a while. Some of it comes easy, some of it does not.   :)

Also into the second volume of TBB and liking that quite a bit.

For Fiction/ Fantasy, I'm waiting on the final installment of the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan.
Pretty good set of books over all. Probably 10 to 20 thousand pages to be had with this series.
The series is being finished by Brandon Sanderson, using Jordan's notes and outlines.
Jordan having passed a couple of years ago.

"The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever" are also a pretty good fantasy crawl
by Stephen R. Donaldson.

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Re: Favorite Book
« Reply #16 on: August 27, 2011, 01:49:30 am »
Have any of you met...

Jack Reacher..or

Virgil Flowers...or Doc Ford or

The Scarlet Shadow ...or maybe Terl or

my favorite Bob "the nailer " Swagger ?   Just wondering. Try anything by Peter Hathaway Capstick they are all good. Out of the thousands of books I have read (old, damnit, real old) my two favorites are:
Bob, son of Battle by Alfred Ollivant published by Grosset and Dunlap circa 1898.

Hunters Horn_ Harriette Arnow-Library of Congress #78-67251 ISBN:0-380-42283-2  Published 1949.

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Offline deerhunter97370

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Re: Favorite Book
« Reply #17 on: August 29, 2011, 03:22:58 pm »
The Raven King  Trilogy By Stephen Lawhead.

Downs the Fire, Protector's War, and Meeting at Corvallis by S.M. Sterling

I haven't read it yet and it doesn't come out till sometime in February but The Forest Laird by John Whyte.

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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Favorite Book
« Reply #18 on: August 29, 2011, 03:59:54 pm »
Quote from: deerhunter97370 on August 29, 2011, 03:22:58 pm
Downs the Fire, Protector's War, and Meeting at Corvallis by S.M. Sterling


I've read The Lord Protector's War by S.M. Sterling.  Rolicking romp through post-Apocalyptic times complete with English men-at-arms, Oregon hippies shooting yew longbows (fairly well described, makes me think the author did some actual research), and decent descriptions of how cultures work.  I did choke a bit at the neo-Paganism stuff, though.

P.C. Wren's classic Beau Geste is hard to beat for a mystery, stiff upper lip English glory and honor, and a look into turn of the 20th century English History
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Re: Favorite Book
« Reply #19 on: August 29, 2011, 05:40:24 pm »
I just finished         The Mad Trapper Of Rat River        I thought it was a great book and a true story.

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Re: Favorite Book
« Reply #20 on: August 29, 2011, 06:42:25 pm »
Quote from: M-P on August 22, 2011, 02:46:16 am
'The Old Man and the Sea' by Hemingway and 'Moby Dick'.  Ron

For sure Ron.  Short stories, To Build a Fire, The Sea Wolf, All Quiet on the Western Front, The Things they Carried.....  Motorcycle Diaries
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Re: Favorite Book
« Reply #21 on: August 29, 2011, 06:54:27 pm »
Just, To Build a Fire is a short story.  The rest are novels.. and then there is Heart of Darkness and Metamorphosis   
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Re: Favorite Book
« Reply #22 on: August 30, 2011, 10:58:35 am »
This is a good thread/
I like reading and there are lots of new ideas here for me.
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Re: Favorite Book
« Reply #23 on: August 30, 2011, 12:17:42 pm »
I have just read "From Billets to Bows" by Glenn St Charles, and am now reading "The Art of Making Selfbows" by Stim Wilcox. 

The former turned out to be more of a general historical American archery book - enjoyable and interesting, speaking/typing as an Englishman - but not really what I was expecting. 

Stim Wilcox's book is far more of a technical nature, and much more what I was hoping for - very interesting!  It can be a little heavy going occasionally, and there is some weak humour which can distract at times, but he does discuss all aspects of the making of self bows from wood cutting to the finished item in great detail.  Again, from my view as an Englishman, Wilcox does narrow his range down to mainly discussing Osage flatbows (finding Osage is like finding hen's teeth in the UK!), but his experience and attention to detail shine through, and can be applied to all bows in my opinion. Expensive but worth it.
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Re: Favorite Book
« Reply #24 on: August 30, 2011, 12:38:05 pm »
Then there is, Sounder, In Cold Blood, Crime and Punishment, All the pretty horses.
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« Reply #25 on: August 30, 2011, 10:21:27 pm »
My favoriteis  S.M. Stirling's trilogy "Dies the Fire", published by ROC:

   1.  Dies the Fire - published August 2004
   2.  The Protector's War - published September 2005
   3.  A Meeting at Corvallis - published September 2006
   4.  The Sunrise Lands - published September 2007
   5.  The Scourge of God - published September 2008
   6.  The Sword of the Lady - published 25 August 2009
   7.  The High King of Montival - published September 2010
   8.  The Tears of the Sun - to be published September 2011 [9 sample chapters]
   9.  Lord of Mountains - to be published 2012(?)
   10. The Given Sacrifice - to be published 2013(?)

A trilogy set in the world that the island of Nantucket left behind when it became an "Island in the Sea of Time". This world is hit by "The Change" causing electricity, high gas pressures, and fast combustion (including explosives and gunpowder) to stop working.

In the series, modern-day Nantucket  is thrown back in time to the Bronze Age. Dies the Fire chronicles the struggle of two groups who try to survive "The Change," a sudden worldwide event that alters physical laws so that electricity, gunpowder, and most other forms of high-energy-density technology  no longer work. As a result, modern civilization comes crashing down.

This is very bad news for the majority of the population, but the books follow some of the survivors and show how different groups choose different ways to adapt to the changed world.

When gun's won't work time for the bow and arrow to become king.  Lots of knife's and swords thrown in.
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Offline YosemiteBen

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Re: Favorite Book
« Reply #26 on: August 31, 2011, 02:07:36 pm »
People of the Wolf series by Michael and Kathleen O'Neal-Gear - a somewhat archaeologically based series on the habitation of the Americas from the Bering straits.
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Re: Favorite Book
« Reply #27 on: August 31, 2011, 03:27:54 pm »
My turn again... ;D

Anything by Jack London, short story or novel.

I love that guy's work.
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Re: Favorite Book
« Reply #28 on: August 31, 2011, 03:33:37 pm »
fo sho.... Jack London is the man.. Bowtarist have you read the Sea Wolf and To Build a Fire???  Outstanding works...

An outstanding book that will give you a deeper understanding of Hispanic and Mexican/American customs, ideas and believes is, Bless Me Ultima
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« Reply #29 on: September 04, 2011, 02:39:35 am »
Sorry guys iv been without internet since the hurricane.  Thanks for all the suggestions!
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