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What about Unsafe at any Speed, or a Burt Monroe biography. In terms of fiction I'll second the vote for Dan Brown books, any of them. Don't be prejudice because of the movies, they don't do them any justice, although I haven't seen the Angels and Demons movie yet.
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Bryce Courtney
L ron hubbard Tolkein Joan Divinge David eddings kell to name a few |
For more fiction - Martin Cruz Smith's (in order) Gorky Park; Polar Star; and Red Square. Good murder mysteries mixed with some Soviet-era politics.
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Originally Posted by curly
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What about Unsafe at any Speed, or a Burt Monroe biography. In terms of fiction I'll second the vote for Dan Brown books, any of them. Don't be prejudice because of the movies, they don't do them any justice, although I haven't seen the Angels and Demons movie yet.
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Originally Posted by magnamx-5
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L ron hubbard
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Remember, he was a Sci-Fi writer before he created scientology.
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Exactly why I'd take that recommendation from anyone but a Scientologist.
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Originally Posted by chriscar
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the world is flat 3.0: A brief history of the twenty-first century by thomas l. Friedman
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Battlefeild earth is epicly good man ive nvr read his scientology stuff so no im not a couch jumper. Im just very mad and dissapointed at how totally wrong they got the movie, the only elements they carried over where a few of the names :(
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Originally Posted by chriscar
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Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwel
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century by Thomas L. Friedman Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (P.S.) by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner C All of these are awesome books. I drive about 75,000 miles a year and listen to tons of them. My fav is freakonomics though. I have the unabridged audiobook for it and loved it. |
Blink was kind of boring now that I think about it. It's basically a book explaining first impressions. Tipping Point and Outliers were much better.
One of the real stand out short stories of Freakonimics is chapter 3. Why Do Drug Dealers Still Live with Their Moms? C |
Don't read anything that L Ron Hubbard wrote, he was a bit of a hack. Read about him, that is a way more interesting story. He was absolutely fucking nuts.
Battlefield Earth was O.K. but far from the best Sci-Fi ever written. The Mission Earth epic 10 book series was laughable. William Gibson or Neal Stephenson have both written some of the most excellent fiction. Cryptonomicon by NS and the Sprawl Series by WG are awesome. I can't get into audio books. I tried to listen to Neuromancer by Gibson, but it was read by Bruce Sterling who is a fucking tool. |
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