Thread: What books and mags do you read

Anything by Clive Cussler
Also Matthew Riley

Shooters Journal
Guns Australia
American Handgunner
Timber Trader
Forest & Logger
Timber Trade Journal
Australian Photography

Just finished reading Thunder Run by David Zucchino.
Great read about the run into Baghdad.

yep another Matthew Reilly fan here too. Dick Francis

Stirlo, try S.E. Hinton and see what you think, eg, "That was then, this is now"


I've been through the fantasy, murder mysteries, science fiction - love the Chaos worlds and RingWorlds, and am now doing the romance thing, might move on to vampires next, just for something different. I go through so many books so quickly, that I may soon have to start at the "A" shelf and take the first 15 books of the shelf and keep going that way

cheers
Wendy

The complete idiot's guide to wanking( long story...don't ask).

One of those little 'Home Reakoner' books...

'Use the right word' by readers Digest. 1st edition too ! how lucky am I.

Macquarie dictionary....I'm up to the 'F' s.

Wendy, concur with SE Hinton, thought they were great when I was younger, The Outsiders, and Tex were a couple of other titles I think.

Went through a James Patterson phase, Dick Francis, Peter Corris, Arthur Hailey, Carl Hiassen.

Waiting to read The Da Vinci Code, sounds interesting.


Cheers..........Sean

Originally Posted by rufflyrustic

Stirlo, try S.E. Hinton and see what you think, eg, "That was then, this is now"



cheers
Wendy

write good books does he?
what type/genre

I'll read almost anything. I draw the line at letterbox flyers though.

My fave genre'd have to be SciFi... but with the emphasis on the Sci and not so much Fi. Can't stand SF based on thinly concealed "magic." Grew up on Asimov & Clarke, they make the popular STrek muck look like the pulp it is.

Also love the old '50s WWII novels; "Sink the Scarnhorst," "Battle of the Bismark" and the African Campaign tank novels. "Reach for the sky" (Douglas Bader's story) and the escapes from POW camps. Good stuff. Of course, they were written by people who'd actually been there and survived... (Or are these tabu subjects 'cos they're about war & guns and wars kill people? )

Terry Pratchett's _Discworld_ series is a good laugh, just for a change. I'm slowly collecting the set.

Sadly, most of my reading lately has been reference books & manuals. Mind you, I'm damned sure some of them are as big a work of fiction as Tolkien!

Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!

I'll read almost anything. I draw the line at letterbox flyers though.

My fave genre'd have to be SciFi... but with the emphasis on the Sci and not so much Fi. Can't stand SF based on thinly concealed "magic." Grew up on Asimov & Clarke, they make the popular STrek muck look like the pulp it is.

Also love the old '50s WWII novels; "Sink the Scarnhorst," "Battle of the Bismark" and the African Campaign tank novels. "Reach for the sky" (Douglas Bader's story) and the escapes from POW camps. Good stuff. Of course, they were written by people who'd actually been there and survived... (Or are these tabu subjects 'cos they're about war & guns and wars kill people? )

Terry Pratchett's _Discworld_ series is a good laugh, just for a change. I'm slowly collecting the set.

Sadly, most of my reading lately has been reference books & manuals. Mind you, I'm damned sure some of them are as big a work of fiction as Tolkien!

Unfortunatly Andy, I couldnt read your post as you avatar is too busy and distracting.

I just scrolled past it.

Al

I've just read "Angels and Demons" by Dan Brown. Even better than the Da Vinci Code IMHO. I've also read a book called "The Duppy Conquerer". It's about a Jamaican boy that has to battle his families curse during his travels through the world. It is a really wierd plot with unexpected twists but I couldn't put it down. It's not a spook black magic book and worth a read.

Originally Posted by ss_11000

write good books does he?
what type/genre

Actually, S E Hinton is a She and very good She writer too

Her first few books, another was Rumble Fish I think, should be right up your alley, because she wrote them about teenagers purely for teenagers, not kids and not adults, just someone like you Stirlo.

Anyway, I went back and re-read all her books recently, was a great trip down memory lane.

cheers
Wendy

This is one of those annual questions.

Read everything. Woodworking magazines, gardening books, landscaping books, newspapers, websites etc.

Fav books.
Dice man
Grapes of Wrath
Da Vinci
Light on the Hill
Corellis Mandolin
Tolkien
Stephen Donaldson
Stranger in strange land
Rustle in the grass

etc etc

artemis fowl -cant remember who wrote it but it is a good series ( i've only read one of the books though)

Originally Posted by rufflyrustic

Actually, S E Hinton is a She and very good She writer too

Her first few books, another was Rumble Fish I think, should be right up your alley, because she wrote them about teenagers purely for teenagers, not kids and not adults, just someone like you Stirlo.

Anyway, I went back and re-read all her books recently, was a great trip down memory lane.

cheers
Wendy

y r female writers using initials instead of thier names ( like jk rowling )?

i'll go to the library when i get back to school and have a flick thru a SE hinton book and see what they're like

I wondered how the more religious types found Brown's books, especially the Da Vinci Code...but I suppose that would be discussing religion:eek:

I got the trial subscriptions to a few work related mags the other week and they were 85% advertising

I spend as much time reading as I do in the shed, and fairly eclectic with it. At present I'm going through a bit of a Sci-Fi phase, well into Peter Hamilton's 'The Reality Dysfunction' which is pretty heavy going. If you like the da Vinci code, try Umberto Eco's 'Foucault's Pendulum', a far better read, and better depth of knowledge too...I've read it 3 times. Same authr as 'Name of the Rose'.
I read lots of history stuff, recently went through a period of Islamic history, esp. the Ottomans; but also prehistory, paleo-botany and formation of landscape etc. Love stuff about the history of technology, and part of my thesis was on how artists have depicted machines, and used them.
Working at a uni means accss to a huge range of books.
Mags...I usually stick to woodwork, Grass Roots, and gardening, but have been known to poke my nose into women's trash gossip rags! :eek:

Cheers