Hey guys-getting ready for vacation and wondering if anyone has some good book recommendations. Nothing technical just looking for some good can't put them down type. Thanks !! [Beer]
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Hey guys-getting ready for vacation and wondering if anyone has some good book recommendations. Nothing technical just looking for some good can't put them down type. Thanks !! [Beer]
Marine Sniper - One of my favorites!
Night Stalker - Couldn't put it down.
"Rainbow Six"-Tom Clancy, "Bravo Two-Zero"-Andy McNabb,.
"The Road" by Cormack McCarthy, if you like bleak post-apocalyptic tragedies. Very good read, by the same author that wrote "No Country for Old Men".
Man has to carve fake bullets out of wood...
Patriots by James Wesley Rawles is always a good one. "Lights out" is internet only but a good read.
Stan, "The Road" is a good read, but it's written weird. If you want to read it, let me know and I'll bring it by when I pick up those Magpuls.Quote:
Originally Posted by AZFats
As far as internet reading goes, Lights Out, Deep Winter and Shattered (sequel to Deep Winter) are all very good.
Do as I say, not as I do
Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning
Wore the covers off "Marine Sniper" Carlos was a great man-too bad he didn't get better treatment.Quote:
Originally Posted by westy1970
Thanks guys-sounds like I have some good choices.
Lone Survivor.
You HAVE to read this book. The second half of the book is incredible.
"The Zombie Survival Guide" by Max Brooks. Boarders has it.
and then max brook's world war z: an oral history of the zombie war. great read. it's like a modern day war of the worlds. no $h*t, this is how the world is going to end.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel187
or if you're into libertarian gun fiction, matthew bracken's enemies foreign and domestic is a can't-put-down page turner.
just my $0.02.
Well so far-Day by Day Armageddon and World War Z.Starting The Road next. First book made me start looking for more ammo and MRE's !!!!
[Beer]
Anything by W.E.B. Griffin is always fun. When I was a little younger working a graveyard clerk job I read his whole "the corps" series in about a week! They are definately great books!
world war z is also in audio book form, great for driving. PM me if you want a burned copy.
If you are into SciFi at all, a really good book is Dies The Fire by S.M. Stirling.
Be careful though - there are 3 sequels and once you read this book you'll insist on reading the sequels!
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Die...1460417/?itm=1
(Also in unabridged 17 CD set if you need something to listen to while driving).
Synopsis
The Change occurred when an electrical storm centered over the island of Nantucket produced a blinding white flash that rendered all electronic devices and fuels inoperable. What follows is the most terrible global catastrophe in the history of the human race-and a Dark Age more universal and complete than could possibly be imagined.
Publishers Weekly
What is the foundation of our civilization? asks Stirling (Conquistador) in this rousing tale of the aftermath of an uncanny event, "the Change," that renders electronics and explosives (including firearms) inoperative. As American society disintegrates, without either a government able to maintain order or an economy capable of sustaining a large population, most of the world dies off from a combination of famine, plague, brigandage and just plain bad luck. The survivors are those who adapt most quickly, either by making it to the country and growing their own crops-or by taking those crops from others by force. Chief among the latter is a former professor of medieval history with visions of empire, who sends bicycling hordes of street thugs into the countryside. Those opposing him include an ex-Marine bush pilot, who teams up with a Texas horse wrangler and a teenage Tolkien fanatic to create something very much like the Riders of Rohan. Ultimately, Stirling shows that while our technology influences the means by which we live, it is the myths we believe in that determine how we live. The novel's dual themes-myth and technology-should appeal to both fantasy and hard SF readers as well as to techno-thriller fans.
Finished up the week with Zombie Survival Guide(do ya know they had it in the humor section haha !!)and Alas Babylon. Almost didn't go back to work today due to paranoia !! [ROFL1]
Zombie Survival Guide is mandatory reading.
Picked a few books up at Barnes and Noble last week...
US Army Field Survival Manual
Bravo Two Zero - Andy McNab
In The Company of Heroes - Michael Durant
AK-47 - Michael Hodges
America: A Citizen's Guide To Democratic Inaction - Jon Stewart
+1 I have about worn the covers off of mine. I go back to it a couple of times a year.Quote:
Originally Posted by RYAN50BMG
DO any of you own, or have you read through The Patriots Handbook by George Grant?
This is an amazing book that you don't just sit down and read as it's more of a reference book. It could take months to go through this book. It's billed as "A Citizenship Primer for a New Generation of Americans".
This is a great reference book which brings together so many of our historical documents. By his presentation, it appears that Dr. Grant is a true American Patriot.
I'm sure that there are multiple venues to acquire this book, but it can be found @ Barnes & Noble at:
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Pat...1824032/?itm=5 (If nothing else, this link will help to ensure you get the right book!).
Honestly I found it a bit of a letdown...some of the logic is seriously flawed...
Which book? Zombie Survival Guide or Patriots Handbook?
Zombie Survival Guide...I mean, really, a dirt bike is the best means of transportation through an infested zone???
If you have never ridden a dirt bike on a stair stepped deer trail... I would personally like full armor, but there is something to be said for being able to move around a bit. It's the same reason spec ops don't wear helmets and heavy body armor. Yes, you have better protection, but you sacrifice the ability to move fast.
Fred Bears Field Notes. This guy was incredible. His hunts were amazing, like going to Fairbanks, Alaska and spending a month in nothing but a canvas lean-to. It is well written, and all the different species and areas he hunted were very interesting.
Along those same lines another of my favorite books is called Bullets, Blood, and Backstraps by M.L. Simmons. It is available at www.elknut.com and is about an "average joe" and his hunting in the state of Oregon. Great stories with the right amount of humor.
I also reccommend "Shooter" a true story about a sniper in Iraq and Rogue Warrior by Cmdr. Richard Marcenko. Rogue Warrior was one of those books you start, and can't put down until you finished. He also has a couple of other books out that I can't wait to read.
I've read all the Rogue Warrior books that's been awhile but they were all pretty good. [Beer]
Try:
The Black Company
A merc company in a fantasy world. Caught between the "good guys" and the "bad guys" and thru circumstance winds up having to sign on with the villains but does what they can to sabotage them. First book is a bit slow as it sets up the world and the players, after that the series flies.
The Cross Time Engineer (Conrad Stargard Saga)
Fellow gets drunk, stumbles thru a time gate and finds himself in Poland 10 years before the Mongols overrun and kill everyone. Creates the steam engine, watered steel, animal husbandry...even includes references at the end of each book.
Guns of the South? :D
Bunch of modern day African...well...lets call them soldiers...get a hold of a time machine and take a bunch of AKs and other modern weapons and help the south during the Civil War...
I'll second this and add pretty much anything written by Harry Turtledove. His entire long series of the alternative US history is a very good read.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ridge
Yeah, I've read all but his latest book. I even used to use his Leadership Secrets of the Rogue Warrior book as a guide during my NCO days until retirement 3 yrs ago. I met Dick Marcinko a few times and bought him a bottle of Bombay Sapphire - his favorite. If you can ignore the extent of his "I'm the greatest" attitude, his books do make great reading.Quote:
Originally Posted by StagLefty
Since I've last posted in here, I've read:
"Lights Out" by HalfFast -pretty good survival book I thought. Very realistic.
"The Way of Kings (Stormlight Archive #1)" by Branden Sanderson - This is his first installment of his new, 10 book epic fantasy. This book was just over 1,000 pages and a great book. He included all the things I wished he would have included in his excellent Mistborn trilogy. He is planning on putting out one book (for this epic) every 3 years or so, with a stand alone book in between. Looks like I've signed up for this for the next 30 years.
"Slaughterhouse Five" by Kurt Vonnegut - I have heard this book mentioned for years and years and had no idea what it was about, just that it is considered one of the "classics." It was okay. The more I try to read the "classics," the more I'm convinced that people just read them because they are difficult (or boring) reads and they want to notch their belt. At least this book was mildly entertaining and was about as long as a kid's book by R.L. Stein.
Now that I got Slaughterhouse Five out of the way, I'm excited to start the Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher. Ironic because Slaughterhouse Five is about bombing of Dresden at the end of World War II. The books have zero relation, but I bought them at the same time.
I also picked up a copy of One Second After and World War Z. I've already read WWZ, but wanted an actual copy of it.
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Originally Posted by Ridge
Logic is that a Dirtbike is much more maneuverable, PVC-type armor will protect you much better than Kevlar and Ceramic/Steel Plates.Quote:
Originally Posted by westy1970
Zombies don't shoot
Man, I feel a little out of place on this thread...
The three books I recently picked up and am in the process of reading are:
1). Headshot: The Science Behind the JFK Assassination
Argues for the point that the commission was wrong and there was a second shooter.
2). John Adams Biography
Very interesting man. I saw the mini-series while overseas in Iraq and was interested in knowing more about the man.
3). George Washington's Sacred Heart
It is about Washington's beliefs and argues he wasn't a Diest, but a practicing Christian. Heavy religious overtones, but interesting so far.
The last book I read:
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Finished it about 10 minutes ago.
He's asleep and hopefully will stay that way for a few hours.
Being Daddy ROCKS
:D
Yeah I miss those days [Beer]Quote:
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Caillou is like a gay version of baby Georges St Pierre. It wouldn't be so bad if there were more than like 4 episodes of the show.
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/ignore
Kurt Vonnegut novels are a mindscrew. I've read a couple, but I can't take them anymore.
The daddy thing rules. Nothing better than coming home and hearing "Daddy, Daddy!" as they come running up to give you a hug.
I loved One Second After. It really got me thinking about preparedness and just how succeptible we are in our modern society. Been trying to stock up on my critical med's. We've also lost a lot of skills that we would need in a scenario like that. There's some real heart-breaking stuff in the book though and a few things that'll just piss you off 'cuz you know people would act just like that in a real situation of this nature.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuart