yet another book thread

Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by GoT, Apr 21, 2013.

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  1. Cajun_Titan_33

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    Ive been reading a little ever since i read A song of ice and fire. Absolutely was the best thing ive ever read.

    Sparked my interests for scifi-ish books.

    A King Killer Chronicles turned out to be one of My favorites.

    Havent found one i just cant put down since those two though. I have a lot on the list i need to get to reading.
     
  2. Gunny

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    I think you mean fantasy, not scifi
     
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  3. GoT

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    yeah they, unfortunately IMO, get lumped together.

    I like them both and do not at all find them similar.

    I guess to people who dont read fiction then they are both fantasy of some sort
     
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  5. Gunny

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    I started reading the Jack Reacher series. They are pretty good
     
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  6. GoT

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    The Bill James Guide to Baseball Managers

    excellent read on the subject. A bit dated now as the book is from late 1990s. As usual Bill James dissects the subject matter and then presents it in a form you recognize but you will never see the whole the same way again.

    This book was written about the time I stopped watching baseball following the 1994 strike shortened season. Some of the things that have happened with baseball, particularly the relief pitchers, have happened just as James suggested.

    The condensed version - without roster expansion, and there will be no roster expansion in MLB, the usage of relief pitchers will continue but their overall innings will not increase. So expect more games where there are 5+ pitchers with the starter going 5 or 6 and 4 guys pitching 3 or 4 innings.

    Because without roster expansion the batters roster spots have been replaced by marginal relief pitchers as much as is possible already.

    Also the book gave an excellent historical overview of the role of MLB managers over the decades.

    If the subject matter is of any interest to you at all then this book is readily available used for not to much.
     
  7. GoT

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    Countermeasures

    Michael Gear's third and AFAIK final book of the Forbidden Borders Trilogy. You might say a trilogy by definition is 3 but there have been authors who cashed additional checks on the back of a trilogy.


    But I digress....


    Gear finishes the space opera and brings the +2000 page epic to a glorious page turning conclusion over the final chapters. Then the epilogue completes the larger story behind the space opera.

    I have read better ( Foundation immediately comes to mind ) space opera, but not recently.

    If you are even a casual SciFi fan I would recommend this trilogy. Readily available used for not much.
     
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  8. Gunny

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    I read The Girl on the Train (which is now a movie). It's good, but it infuriated me like the ending of Gone Girl did.
     
  9. Scarecrow

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    All the women I work with read that book and watched the movie opening night......




    I take that back, a few gay men went also.
     
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  10. Gunny

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    It's not a chick flick dude.
     
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