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| Author: | fenderstrat72 [ 09 Jan 2006, 23:15 ] |
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Currently I am reading Dark Tower VII by Stephen King. I have been a fan of this series for a long time. I must admit I never thought he would finish it, now I am behind finishing it. Roland and his band of misfits (Ka Tet) must save the world. Hile Gunslingers. <img src="http://www.stephenking.com/images/dt7/dt7_thumb.jpg" border=0> Fender "A woman drove me to drink and I hadn't even the courtesy to thank her". W.C. Fields Edited by - Fenderstrat72 on Jan 09 2006 10:16 PM |
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| Author: | Dutchy [ 09 Jan 2006, 23:29 ] |
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At the moment I read a book from Lynn MacDonald: "1914". She write good about the Great War. But as everytime, I read other books at the same time. A sportsbook about last year from a Dutch writer and bought last a very old book (written and published in 1916) about German Zeppelin raids in the Great War. Salute Dutchy ------------------------ Termites do it in the dark! (47FS Barksdale afb) Edited by - dutchy on Jan 10 2006 12:17 AM Edited by - dutchy on Jan 10 2006 01:36 AM |
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| Author: | JMF [ 10 Jan 2006, 01:48 ] |
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Big Sur by Kerouac and Finnegans Wake by Joyce |
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| Author: | 44hollowpoint [ 10 Jan 2006, 05:04 ] |
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Well it's lunchtime so I'm currently reading the back of a tin of soup. As for books, I'm currently on "The Definative Book of Body Language" by Allan & Barbara Pease and "Generation Kill" by Evan Wright You're born, you keep your head down and you die. If you're lucky... |
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| Author: | jackb [ 10 Jan 2006, 06:34 ] |
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Last one I finished was "Baa baaa black sheep" by Col. "Pappy" Boyington. I am saving the next books for my upcoming deployment" "How to talk to a liberal (if you dare)" by Ann Coulter and "Friday" by Robert Heinlen" They say that the only two things certain in life are death and taxes. I prefer them in that order. |
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| Author: | 30mike-mike [ 10 Jan 2006, 07:16 ] |
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"Strategy for Defeat: the Luftwaffe 1933-1945" by Williamson Murray "Global Security Concerns. Anticipating the Twenty-First Century" by Karl Magyar "The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill" by Dominique Enright "Pilots Without Maintainers are Just Pedestrians With Leather Jackets and Cool Sunglasses." |
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| Author: | Stinger [ 10 Jan 2006, 09:57 ] |
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"Weird Texas" has several authors. "One of you is gonna fall and die, and I'm not cleaning it up" <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/jollyrogerspaintball/cup.gif" border=0> |
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| Author: | chadrewsky [ 10 Jan 2006, 13:13 ] |
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I am currently reading a book about the 1972 Munich Crisis, and the Israeili reprisals that followed. Can't think of the name now, because its sitting on my nightstand and I am goofing off at the office, but I believe its called "Black September" So far a good read, it blows my mind how much the Germans botched that rescue attempt. Very tragic episode in history, |
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| Author: | jackb [ 10 Jan 2006, 18:36 ] |
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<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote> it blows my mind how much the Germans botched that rescue attempt. Very tragic episode in history <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote> They sure did botch it. Didn't help any when they released the terrorists a little while later. They say that the only two things certain in life are death and taxes. I prefer them in that order. |
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| Author: | TheBigThug [ 10 Jan 2006, 18:45 ] |
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It will be interesting in seeing the New Movie "munich" seeing how its portrayed about the isreali assin that when after them. "The greatest pleasure is to vanquish your enemies, to chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth, to see their near and dear bathed in tears, to ride their horses and sleep on the white bellies of their wives and daughters." -Genghis Khan |
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| Author: | M21 Sniper [ 10 Jan 2006, 20:17 ] |
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I just got done a book about midway called "Shattered Sword". Pretty good stuff. <b>There are two kinds of soldiers. Snipers...and targets.</b> <img src="http://www.creedmoorsports.com/images/SA9121-M21.JPG" border=0> |
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| Author: | fenderstrat72 [ 10 Jan 2006, 20:40 ] |
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Snipe you got mail. Just where the heck have you been Bro? Hope your New Year was a good one? Fender "A woman drove me to drink and I hadn't even the courtesy to thank her". W.C. Fields |
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| Author: | M&M [ 10 Jan 2006, 20:51 ] |
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1A-10A-2-1-1 <img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle> <img src="http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/457/bgnrjsiiw81q1gc.jpg" border=0> Gravity....its not just a good idea, its the law. |
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| Author: | fenderstrat72 [ 10 Jan 2006, 21:01 ] |
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M&M you should know that one by heart, Fender "A woman drove me to drink and I hadn't even the courtesy to thank her". W.C. Fields |
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| Author: | chadrewsky [ 10 Jan 2006, 22:17 ] |
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<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>It will be interesting in seeing the New Movie "munich" seeing how its portrayed about the isreali assin that when after them. <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote> Yeah, I am looking foward to seeing that movie. I also saw "Syriana" a few weeks back, very thought provoking. |
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| Author: | Horrido [ 10 Jan 2006, 22:54 ] |
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<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>Currently I am reading Dark Tower VII by Stephen King. <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote> The man in black fled across the desert... And the gunslinger followed. <BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote> Last one I finished was "Baa baaa black sheep" by Col. "Pappy" Boyington.<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote> I've got a signed copy of <i>Bye! Bye! Black Sheep!</i> by Masajiro Kawato, the guy that shot him down. <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle> Currently, <i>Infantry Attacks</i> by Irwin Rommel. Admit nothing... Deny everything... Make counter-accusations. |
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| Author: | Homer32 [ 11 Jan 2006, 18:06 ] |
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Just finished Red Rabbit/Tom Clancy. I hope this wasnt his best book... this was the first one of Clancy I read. Now I started his "The Teeth of the tiger"... Lets see. "Did you know? You can use your old motor oil to fertilize your lawn! -- Environmental Protection Agency." http://www.reelwavs.com/movies/dumb_and ... dumb13.wav |
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| Author: | chadrewsky [ 11 Jan 2006, 19:38 ] |
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"Red" Rabbit was middle of the road for Tom Clancy. My personal favorite was "Red Storm Rising" Just cause I am a child of the cold war. |
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| Author: | 80-0248 [ 11 Jan 2006, 19:58 ] |
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<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote> "Red" Rabbit was middle of the road for Tom Clancy. My personal favorite was "Red Storm Rising" Just cause I am a child of the cold war. <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote> I'm about 2/3 through "Every Man a Tiger" by Tom Clancy with one of my former commanders, Gen. Chuck Horner, former 9th Air Force commander and CENTAF commander during Desert Shield/Desert Storm. It's been an interesting read, since I (along with several others on this board) were over there during the time all that is described in the book was going on. I'm enjoying reading the "behind the scenes" stuff that us folks "out in the trenches", so to speak, didn't have the "need to know" at the time. Gives me a new appreciation for just how amazing a feat it was to do what we did then. -=> coming to you "almost live" from Searcy, Arkansas <=- |
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| Author: | jackb [ 11 Jan 2006, 20:06 ] |
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Red Rabbit is OK. I heard Clancy wrote that one with Ben Affleck in mind as Jack Ryan. Supposedly he never liked Harrison Ford as Jack Ryan. I think Red Storm Rising is great, tied as my favorite with The Sum of All Fears. I thought Teeth of the Tiger was awful. Really terrible. I wish I could unread it. I was so dissapointed. I look at it like this: it's an OK book, if someone else had written it. But I expected alot better from Tom Clancy. They say that the only two things certain in life are death and taxes. I prefer them in that order. |
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| Author: | Horrido [ 12 Jan 2006, 00:10 ] |
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It's important to remember that <i>Red Storm Rising</i> was co-authored with Larry Bond, who wrote <i>Vortex</i> (a civil war in South Africa) and <i>Red Phoenix</i> (a second Korean War scenario). He is superior to Clancy in my opinion. Admit nothing... Deny everything... Make counter-accusations. |
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| Author: | jackb [ 12 Jan 2006, 05:39 ] |
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Red Phoenix, huh? Never heard of it, Sounds cool though, I will try to check it out. I like alot of sci-fi like Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlen, L. Sprague DeCamp, Larry Niven.... and the "techno-thriller" genre like Clancy and others. The past few years though I've read more of the real-life military books like <i>The Guts to Try</i>, about the failed Iranian Embassy hostage rescue and <i>Shadow Warriors</i> They say that the only two things certain in life are death and taxes. I prefer them in that order. |
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| Author: | M&M [ 12 Jan 2006, 05:41 ] |
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I thought Red Phoenix was an excellant book. <img src="http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/457/bgnrjsiiw81q1gc.jpg" border=0> Gravity....its not just a good idea, its the law. |
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| Author: | 30mike-mike [ 12 Jan 2006, 06:11 ] |
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30MM Jr read "Red Storm..." so many times it literally fell apart in his hands. He wanted to do a book report on it in junior high, and I had to give him written permission cuz his teacher thought it'd be too intense for him! <img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle> "Pilots Without Maintainers are Just Pedestrians With Leather Jackets and Cool Sunglasses." |
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| Author: | Dutchy [ 12 Jan 2006, 06:52 ] |
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Books from Stephen Coonts are also good to read. One of mine favourite writers. Salute Dutchy ------------------------ Termites do it in the dark! (47FS Barksdale afb) |
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