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December 30th, 2007, 05:00 AM
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 Joined: Feb 7th, 2005 Last Online: 02:12 PM Location: Worcestersheshershire MA Age: 27 Posts: 2,522
Car: 1988 Mazda 323 GTX / 1997 Saab 900s Rep Power: 32     |  The Final Gear Literary Society or... What are you reading right now? I felt like making a thread about books since i spend a huge percentage of my time reading i thought it would be something interesting for us to talk about. To start off i think i will just list a few of the books/authors i really really like and what i am reading currently. Feel free to join in with your favorites or comentary on anyone elses choices. Favorite authors/series: Bernard Cornwell (Sharpes series) David Weber (Honor Harrington, Dahak, 1632) William Gibson (pretty much everything) Neal Stephenson (early works) Neal Gaiman Clive Cussler Terry Goodkind George RR Martin Phillup Pullman Stephen Hunter Tom Clancy (early works) as you can see i tend towards Fantasy and Sci-Fi with a bit of thriller thrown in on the side Currently i am reading All Tomorrows Parties by William Gibson and the newest of the Gaunts Ghosts books by Dan Abbnet. I really wish that Gibson would go back to the earlier more pure cyberpunk feel of his earlier works but still this current book is pretty fantastic. The Gaunts Ghosts book is good so far not really on par with gibson for wordcraft but still very entertaining since i love the warhammer 40K setting so very much. as an aside i suggest to anyone on this forum that you read Alex Roys The Driver it's fucking awesome easily one of the best car related books i have ever read. so thats pretty much it for me what is everyone else out there reading these days?
__________________ Proud owner of a 1988 mazda 323 GTX: The “Auto racing, bull fighting, and mountain climbing are the only real sports ... all others are games.” ~Ernest Hemingway~ It's all about having the right priorities. You can sleep in your car but you can't race your house -|- Basically i go accurately and on special lines Last edited by The_Finn; December 30th, 2007 at 05:06 AM.. |
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December 30th, 2007, 05:10 AM
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| Previously Known As powerof1000  Joined: Mar 13th, 2007 Last Online: January 6th, 2009 Location: NZ Age: 15 Posts: 1,241
Rep Power: 13   | Right now i'm reading Jeremy's new book, Don't stop me now. And i'm pretty sure that i'll be getting James May's 20th Century for my birthday soon so I can't wait for that  |
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December 30th, 2007, 05:27 AM
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| Banned By Request  Joined: Feb 19th, 2007 Last Online: 01:19 PM Location: Lafayette, PRNJ, Amerikistan Age: 17 Posts: 1,912
Car: None... :'c LFS Status:  Rep Power: 25 | Going to start reading "The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" soon. Just picked the book up today, erm, yesterday. (It's 12:27 am. I should be asleep now)
__________________  The things one must have in life:1)anonymity 2)floppy hair 3)a taste for cardboard 4)POWERRR!!!! Robert Kubica and BMW-Sauber for 2009... (Just you wait...) DSRacing status: Filling in the giant footprints around the shop... Join the second round of the FinalGear Wacky Races! |
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December 30th, 2007, 05:50 AM
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| Gulf Livery Rules  Joined: Jan 14th, 2007 Last Online: 01:04 PM Location: Slovenistan Age: 24 Posts: 6,890
Car: Mitsubishi Carisma GDI Rep Power: 74 | Rereading the guide right now. Just finished The Restaurant At the End of the Universe last night.
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December 30th, 2007, 06:33 AM
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| n00b of the year  Joined: Jun 23rd, 2006 Last Online: 05:41 AM Location: Canadaland :) Posts: 4,907
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December 30th, 2007, 10:32 AM
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| "bangle for president"  Joined: Jan 14th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: belgium!! Age: 24 Posts: 6,085
Car: yamaha banshee (and an opel astra from work) Rep Power: 29 |  it's a book...and it's got a lot of text...and today i discovered the M1 was originally assembled by lamborghini, didn't know that so you learn sth new every shit you take 
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December 30th, 2007, 10:42 AM
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| Gulf Livery Rules Joined: Jan 14th, 2007 Last Online: 01:04 PM Location: Slovenistan Age: 24 Posts: 6,890
Car: Mitsubishi Carisma GDI Rep Power: 74 | Well, you would know if you had watched all the eps of TG.
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December 30th, 2007, 11:10 AM
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| Previously Known As TopGearFan+  Joined: Oct 11th, 2006 Last Online: 02:13 PM Location: The sun never sets on the British empire Age: 18 Posts: 811
Car: Honda Jazz Rep Power: 12 | I'm reading "Canadian history for dummies" and then my next book is one about maritime history of Britain and Ireland.
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December 30th, 2007, 11:18 AM
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 Joined: Dec 24th, 2005 Last Online: 04:43 AM Location: Northridge (LA)/India Age: 26 Posts: 224
Rep Power: 15 | Foundation - Issac Asimov Completed Foundation, Foundation & Empire and now in Second Foundation |
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December 30th, 2007, 12:56 PM
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| Wants Rick Astley's Babies  Joined: Nov 12th, 2004 Last Online: 06:22 AM Location: Regensburg, Bavaria Age: 27 Posts: 6,028
Car: Golf LFS Status:  Rep Power: 40  | Nice thread, even though we had a "recommed a book" thread before, I believe (started it). Its old, though. Anyway, right now I'm a bit focused on books and articles about facial and mandibuar surgery and mandibular orthodontics. Also I like Frank Perry, Bill Brysons Travel Guides, Henning Mankell and all the cheap thrills authors a la Dan Brown, Grisham, Gerritsen...
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December 30th, 2007, 01:00 PM
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| Cigar Smoking Man  Joined: Dec 11th, 2005 Last Online: 02:04 AM Location: A-Town, Illinois. Age: 33 Posts: 5,115
Car: MY07 G11 WRX-TR WRB. Rep Power: 91 | I am reading "Citizen Soldiers" by Steven Ambrose.
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December 30th, 2007, 01:05 PM
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| Global Moderator  Joined: Jan 18th, 2006 Last Online: 02:10 PM Location: [ˈne:dərlɑnt] Age: 29 Posts: 3,598
Car: 1990 Mercedes-Benz 190E (W201) Rep Power: 67 | Terry Pratchett - Making Money
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December 30th, 2007, 01:21 PM
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| Previously known as ssnapier  Joined: May 23rd, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Fort Detrick, Maryland Posts: 1,372
Car: RS2'd 95 Audi S-6 '06 Jetta TDI Rep Power: 24 | Next by Micheal Crichton, and I also started reading the Bible for the very first time (New Testament first).
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December 30th, 2007, 02:03 PM
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| Joined: Feb 7th, 2005 Last Online: 02:12 PM Location: Worcestersheshershire MA Age: 27 Posts: 2,522
Car: 1988 Mazda 323 GTX / 1997 Saab 900s Rep Power: 32 | Quote:
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__________________ Proud owner of a 1988 mazda 323 GTX: The “Auto racing, bull fighting, and mountain climbing are the only real sports ... all others are games.” ~Ernest Hemingway~ It's all about having the right priorities. You can sleep in your car but you can't race your house -|- Basically i go accurately and on special lines Last edited by The_Finn; December 30th, 2007 at 02:08 PM.. | ||
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December 30th, 2007, 06:15 PM
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| Ibiza-Proll  Joined: Apr 2nd, 2006 Last Online: 11:59 AM Location: Germany Posts: 2,396
Car: SEAT Ibiza LPG ;) Rep Power: 68 | I finished all Preston & Child books - they were awesome - and am reading World War Z and the Zombie Survival guide now, next up the Star Wars Dark Nest trilogy... 
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December 30th, 2007, 08:36 PM
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December 30th, 2007, 09:14 PM
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Rep Power: 14 | I'm currently reading Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld, which I'm really enjoying. Quote:
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December 30th, 2007, 11:37 PM
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| Global Moderator  Joined: May 19th, 2004 Last Online: 09:14 AM Location: Hamburg, Germany Age: 26 Posts: 4,345
Car: Does a bicycle count? Rep Power: 47 | I just read Fleshmarket Close by Ian Rankin. Worthwile IMO. |
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December 30th, 2007, 11:38 PM
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 Joined: Jun 7th, 2004 Last Online: 01:43 PM Location: Wales, UK Age: 22 Posts: 1,010
Car: 205 1.9 GTI Rep Power: 23 | One Hundred Days by Admiral Sandy Woodward and Patrick Robinson, the memoirs of the british battle group commander in the falklands, pretty good read so far. The Hitchhikers Guide books are probably some of my favorite books of all time, though the first is the best by quite some way.
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December 31st, 2007, 12:28 AM
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