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RWB
Thank God for Blue Monsters
RWB
7,370 Posts
12 Jul 2003, 6:27am

Your book collection?

What books do you have? Read, reading, etc... whatever you wann put down

Right now here is my list.

Read at least once
The BattleTech Universe
The Warrior Trilogy by Michael A. Stackpole
Warrior: En Garde Twice
Warrior: Riposte 1.5 Times
Warrior: Coupé

The Blood of Kerensky Trilogy by Michael A. Stackpole
Lethal Heritage
Blood Legacy
Lost Destiny

Currently Reading/Unfinished
Wolves on the Border by Robert N. Charrette
The Universe in a Nutshell by Stephen Hawking
Normandy 1944 by Stephen Badsey

Current Main Book of study
The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

Next Main Book
Sun Tzu: The Art of War

Unread Books
MechWarrior Dark Age
Ghost War by Michael A. Stackpole
A Call to Arms by Loren L. Coleman

Other:
Art of War An actual ART book of War
Skywatching Astronomy stuff I enjoy
A+ Certification 3rd Ed. Microsoft book for my A+ of course, and always a little handy
Network+ Certification Bible Where would I be without networks? Never read this book, bought just before I got fired.
Windows 2000 Server for Dummies Read Above forementioned *ugly grin* except I had the chance to read it partially

And of course where would I be without my real Bible... which has never been read fully. I will work on that mainly after I finish the Sun Tzu Art of War book. Theology is the key to winning any War.

But all in all I am very unorganized in my reading, I generally have to read a book twice before it dawns on me. But meanwhile I read another book at the same time. I usually only read when I have free time of boredom.
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12 Jul 2003, 6:42am
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (best book in the world)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson (awesome book, awesome movie)
1984 by George Orwell (don't laugh, its good)

those are my most recent reads... the whole list would be huge
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Butters
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12 Jul 2003, 7:25am

My library

--Autobios--
Ms. America - Howard Stern
Private Parts - Howard Stern
Have a Nice Day - Mick Foley
The Rock Says.... - The Rock
The O'reilly Factor - Bill Oreilly

--Misc--
The Second Treatise of Government - John Locke

--Entertainment--
Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 1999
Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2000
Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2001
Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2002
Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2003

--Computer Books--
A bunch of
Microsoft Press C++, J++, and Visual Studio 6.0 Books
Some visual basic book
Sams C++ for linux
Linux C++ Bible
Linux C++

..and much much more. asking $1200, offer good until July 11, 2003
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MarkTAW
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12 Jul 2003, 7:41am
I have over 400 books on my amazon wish list, and at least that many on the shelves of my house. When you ask me about books, it really has to be in the context of something.

That said, I'm currently enjoying the Philip Pullman "His Dark Materials" trilogy as a book on tape when I go bicycling. I'm amazed how subversive this series of childrens books is.

I'm also in the middle of writing my own book... which will also be very subversive. =b I expect to release it serially starting about a year from now. A title hasn't suggested itself to me yet, but you'll know when it hits.
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12 Jul 2003, 8:01am
Theres only one book you ever need ... The Complete Hitchhikers guide to the Universe - all 5 books in one pretty edition ... best book ever written .. period

that being said my two current major books are The Advanced Renderman Companion and The Maya C++ API book ...letsa take a quick guess as to what i do
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khan
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12 Jul 2003, 10:07pm
sun tzu is a good read. i just got done reading "The Art of Maneuver: Maneuver Warfare theory and AirLand Battle", now starting on "Barbarossa: The Russian-German Conflict." After that, I'm re-reading return of the king before the movie comes out in december.
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RWB
Thank God for Blue Monsters
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12 Jul 2003, 11:15pm
That reminds me, I forgot to add in my LoTR collection including The Hobbit.
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Thrax
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12 Jul 2003, 11:25pm
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
The Hobbit
The Silmarillion
The Man Kzin series
Good Omens
Ringworld
Footfalls
Rising Sun
Andromeda Strain
Timeline
Jurassic Park
Congo
Mein Kampf
The Collected Tales of Gill "The Arm" Hamilton
The Time Machine
Event Horizon
The Science of Star Wars
Escape from Warsaw
Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War
Animal Farm
1984
Meditations by Marcus Aurelias
The Art of War by Sun Tzu

I have more, but that's good for now.
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csimon
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13 Jul 2003, 1:06am
too many to list all but right here at hand I have the "the nag hammadi library in english", "the dead sea scrolls (a new translation)", and "gnosis (the mysteries and christianity)".
I also have a list of architecture titles here but my favorites are "the five orders of architecture" by vignola and "the ten books on architecture" by vitruvius.

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MarkTAW
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13 Jul 2003, 1:54am
csimon - good taste in books.
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a2jfreak
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13 Jul 2003, 3:09am
Not reading any books at the moment, but my favorite book is Huck Finn!

Twain rules!
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13 Jul 2003, 3:19am
MarkTAW said
csimon - good taste in books.
well thanks there mark I also play bass.
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MrBill
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13 Jul 2003, 3:46am
I was gonna post my "book" collection, but I guess girlie magazines don't qualify.

When things settle down a bit for me, I may have to start reading real books. I haven't read a book for the fun of it in YEARS!
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13 Jul 2003, 3:53am
i just finished The Darwin Awards II: Unnatural Selection. Really quick read, but some great stories are in there. The author also makes some interesting points regarding various aspects of evolution.
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Lincoln
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13 Jul 2003, 3:59am
All works by Michael Crichton (2+ times)
All of Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt novels
All of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan novels

The Visual Quickstart Guide series is my weapon of choice for learning coding languages.
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Preacher
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13 Jul 2003, 4:00am
Gates of Fire - Top 10 books of All Time
Guns, Germs, and Steel - Amazing as well
Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
Angela's Ashes and Tis
Why the Allies Won
What's So Great About America?
The Virtue of Prosperity
Lord of the Rings - again
War of the Rats
A Brief History of Time - again and it still astounds me
Anything and Everything by John Keegan

As for my entire collection, that's WAY too big to type in. I could live without TV easily, but don't touch my books, my music, and my computer!

For those that love to read, Ebay has books so cheap its scary.
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13 Jul 2003, 6:12am
complete guide to network cabling fun stuff
complete guide to A+
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13 Jul 2003, 7:14am

Smile Personal Library Of Congress

Last time I counted was about 10 years ago - over 2,200 books. I got rid of about 500. Since then I've probably added about 500 more. Thanks go to Wonder Book. Moving is a large amount of fun.

This does not count Comic Books, which I foolishly sold right before they got to be worth big $$$.

Currently re-reading "Brave Men" by Ernie Pyle.

My collection is heavy on the SF and history, with a little of everything else, too. I have every Heinlein (including a limited, numbered, and signed first edition of "Job").


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Rot Katze
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13 Jul 2003, 7:29am
LotR series, The Hobbit, Shannara series, Wheel of Time series, alot of Tom Clancy (Red Storm Rising was my fave), Blackhawk Down right now, Clive Cussler Dirk Pitt series, Diablo series (only read the first one so far)

that's about it off the top of my head for the past 8 monthes...


EDIT: oh yeah! I forgot the Dennis L McKiernan series (All the Mithgar books are wonderful..I've read all of them..some twice!)

All Quiet on the Western Front is another of my personal faves
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TheBaron
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13 Jul 2003, 7:50am
Robert Jordan's "The Wheel of Time"

other fantasy, nothing that good :-D
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13 Jul 2003, 8:44am
clockwork orange... just about the only book i read on my own..and the ONLY book i will ever
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13 Jul 2003, 11:39pm
Homecoming series - Orson Scott Card
Ender's Game Series - Orson Scott Card
Hitchhikers guide to the galexy collection
...and about half a billion more. I'm not in that room now.
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14 Jul 2003, 12:03am
I've got just about every book michael crichton wrote...they're all excellent, thought I thought swarm was a tad on the hokey side.
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