All the Pretty Horses-Cormac McCarthy ------------------ "He was under more balls than a midget hooker."-Bobby Hill visit www.swirve.com, coming January 20th, the top 10 films of 2000! and, http://www.geocities.com/clutch34_2000 for great Rocket insight by some of your fellow BBS posters!
For Whom the Bell Tolls - Hemmingway ------------------ "Thirty-seven?" -Randall, Clerks www.clutchtown.com
A Tale of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia-Marquez. ------------------ RealGM Rockets Draft Obligations Summary http://www.gaffordstudios.cjb.net/
Freaky RM95 - I was just thinking about doing a book thread. So many books to choose from. Sorry, but I'll have to list a few. Cloud Street, Tim Winton In to Thin Air, Jon Krakauer A Sunburnt Country, Bill Bryson Best new Author (for me): Vince Flynn (Transfer of Power & Term Limits) ------------------ Maybe all the rulers are wrong. Current Rocket's Salary & Contract Info
The Poisonwood bible - Barbara Kingsolver Happy New Year All! ------------------ 'Deeds, not words, shall speak me.'
Anything by James Patterson or John Sandford. I love murder/detective stories!!!! ------------------ Behad Sergeant at Arms of the Clutch BBS
Boogie Man, by Charles Schaar-Murray. This brings up another question: what bookstores in Houston do you like the best? I'm getting kind of sick of the Barnes & Noble/B. Dalton/Borders routine! ------------------ "Blues is a Healer" --John Lee Hooker
All I Need To Know About Filmmaking I Learned From the Toxic Avenger By Lloyd Kaufman. I don't read a lot of fiction, and certainly don't read any high-brow fiction (unless Elmore Leonard has recently become classified as high brow). ------------------ Houston Sports Board [This message has been edited by mrpaige (edited January 03, 2001).]
Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy Bonfire of the Vanities - Tom Wolfe 100 Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia-Marquez Libra - Don DeLillo couldn't pick just one... I've always been embarrassed to read pure sci-fi novels. I always put 'em in the same category as romance (or Grisham) novels: purely formulaic serials. I have to admit, though, that I loved Armor by John Steakley. First sci-fi I've ever enjoyed. Apparently, it won some Sci-Fi awards, so I don't have to be too ashamed for liking it.
I use http://www.half.com They have a huge range of used books and usually only cost you about $1 to $2 plus $2 shipping. ------------------ Maybe all the rulers are wrong. Current Rocket's Salary & Contract Info [This message has been edited by davo (edited January 03, 2001).]
Jam, I read a book by DeLillo called Mao II. I thought it was the biggest piece of garbage I ever read cover to cover. Was that a fluke or is the author just going to rub me the wrong way? ------------------ RealGM Rockets Draft Obligations Summary http://www.gaffordstudios.cjb.net/
"Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream" by Duany, Plater-Zyberk and Speck was absolutely fascinating. I expected it to be pretty dry, but I couldn't put it down. As far as book shopping goes, Brazos Books in West U. is an excellent independent bookstore and provides a nice change of pace from the usual mega chain. Body, Mind and Soul in Highland Village is a neat place to check out if you need any type of spiritual or new-agey books (as well as CDs, gifts or your astrological chart). I recently checked out the new Borders across from Whole Foods on Kirby -- blech. Despite the fact that it was huge, it seemed to have a pretty unimaginative selection. Add to that the fact that it's ALWAYS crowded and you have a recipe for disaster. I'll avoid that place like the plague.
That's funny JuanV, I was trying to decide whether to list Mao II or Libra as my favorite DeLillo. I read both of 'em this fall and loved 'em. I've also read and loved his Underworld and White Noise. FWIW, my friends either love or hate him. My mother never forgave me for making her finish White Noise. DeLillo does have tons of really dry text analyzing what a particular character is thinking with no action or real plot advancement. I think the first 90 pages of Underworld is one of my all time favorite bits of prose. The first 90 pages are about Frank Sinatra, JEdgar Hoover, and Jackie Gleason watching the Giants/Dodgers Shot Heard Round the World game in NY in 1951. We see three famous men's reaction to the game, hear the famous Russ Hodges call, then follow the home run ball after the fans scrabble for it in the stands. Perhaps my favorite baseball writing ever. I remember hearing about Phil Jackson reading Underworld during one of the Bulls last championship runs. He said he had read 500 pages, but just couldn't finish the last few hundred. I was having the same trouble , but I finally did finish it.
Probably The Woman in White, by Wilkie Collins. ------------------ My dream job is to be a Houston Rockets towel boy.
rascal - I love reading about sprawl myself. Check this out: http://riceinfo.rice.edu/~lda/Sprawl_Net/Features/INGEutopia1.html . A Rice architecture professor's take on the sprawl around Houston. Good reading. What about Half Price Books? I've started doing all my shopping at used book stores or on-line (or just borrowing). I finally got fed up when I went to Bookstop looking for a newish Wolfe book, and Bookstop only had 2 or 3 of Wolfe's 12 books. Also fed up with paying $14 for new paperbacks. $14 for a paperback?!? Outrageous!
WOW, i read sprawl too but i think that was last year i cant remember. I love that stuff. also i liked bonfire of the vanities. Wolf is good. good enough for me to poop on!! no, i actually like his stuff. Im gonna also add that everyone should read "catch-22" not that is a good book. I mean a really good book. well peace ------------------ Hanta-Force Paintball http://www.hanta-force.com
trite... but perhaps Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt. Timothy Zhan's The Last Command. Madiq Alley by Mahfouz? ------------------ We're going to stay together until something happens, if something happens. - Sidney Lowe on Shareef's career in Vancouver.
Return To The Scene Of The Crime: A Guide To Infamous Places In Chicago by Rich Lindberg Debt Of Honor and Executive Orders by Tom Clancy. ------------------ The Badministrator
I just finished reading Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man , which is considered classic literature; in other words, it is boring beyond imagination. The White House Connection by Jack Higgins is one of the best books I can remember reading in 2000. ------------------
Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance by Rob Pirsig, I snagged the book in 98 but didn't get around to reading it until this year. ------------------ Ceo of the Walt Williams fan club. Web site coming soon atheistalliance.org
