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Book recommendation
I just finished The Martian on Audible. And I've got my next book credit coming up at the end of the week. Anyone got a good book recommendation?
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Re: Book recommendation
The Revenant by Michael Punke
AN UNFORGETTABLE NOVEL OF REVENGE, SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, STARRING LEONARDO DICAPRIO
The year is 1823, and the trappers of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company live a brutal frontier life. Trapping beaver, they contend daily with the threat of Indian tribes turned warlike over the white men's encroachment on their land, and other prairie foes--like the unforgiving landscape and its creatures. Hugh Glass is among the Company's finest men, an experienced frontiersman and an expert tracker. But when a scouting mission puts him face-to-face with a grizzly bear, he is viciously mauled and not expected to survive.
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AN UNFORGETTABLE NOVEL OF REVENGE, SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, STARRING LEONARDO DICAPRIO
The year is 1823, and the trappers of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company live a brutal frontier life. Trapping beaver, they contend daily with the threat of Indian tribes turned warlike over the white men's encroachment on their land, and other prairie foes--like the unforgiving landscape and its creatures. Hugh Glass is among the Company's finest men, an experienced frontiersman and an expert tracker. But when a scouting mission puts him face-to-face with a grizzly bear, he is viciously mauled and not expected to survive.
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Re: Book recommendation
I loved The Martian. His language greatly reflects my own.
I've gonna give Maze Runner a try next, while my sister is going to read Ready Player One and report back.
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Re: Book recommendation
I'm just finishing up Dean Koontz' The City. I wasn't sure that I was going to like it, but - it turns out that Ilike it a lot
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Re: Book recommendation
Steven Pressfield's "Gates of Fire" is a great read about the Spartans and the Battle of Thermopylae.
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Re: Book recommendation
aka source material for Frank Miller's "300"ABYUFAN wrote:I'm just finishing up Dean Koontz' The City. I wasn't sure that I was going to like it, but - it turns out that Ilike it a lot
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Re: Book recommendation
Oh, also Kirinyaga by Mike Resnick is fascinating.
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Re: Book recommendation
Best fiction: Les Miz (abridged version)I've read both, abridged is much betterSpiffCoug wrote:I just finished The Martian on Audible. And I've got my next book credit coming up at the end of the week. Anyone got a good book recommendation?
Best about life: Man's search for meaning (recommended in conference, so I read it and agree)
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Re: Book recommendation
Maze Runner wasn't very good. Nice idea, juvenile writing.
I've been told that Ready Player One is very good. Also, Moonwalking with Einstein. Those might be the next two on my list.
I love reading.
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