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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Nov 30, 2012 - 12:14pm PT
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I'm wondering why Locker is being so modest
as to not tout his masterpieces - Into The Blue and Into The Glue.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Nov 30, 2012 - 12:15pm PT
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Brandon, have you read hearts in Atlantis? It's another excellent king novel with loose ties to the dark tower series..
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Nov 30, 2012 - 12:16pm PT
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Come on locker!! Happy ending! I thought you'd be all over that!! ;)
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Nov 30, 2012 - 12:28pm PT
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...and our loss. ;-)
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 30, 2012 - 12:30pm PT
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Lame. I like the crass Locker.
I felt as if I was playing slow pitch softball, and you whiffed.
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deschamps
Trad climber
Out and about
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Nov 30, 2012 - 12:30pm PT
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I just finished Atlas Shrugged. It's the best book I have ever read.
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smith curry
climber
nashville,TN
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Nov 30, 2012 - 12:51pm PT
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"Cloud Atlas" David Mitchell--- Simply amazing.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Nov 30, 2012 - 12:51pm PT
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How about...."To delete or not to delete" by Insecure Threadstarter- great read!
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karodrinker
Trad climber
San Jose, CA
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Nov 30, 2012 - 12:52pm PT
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Journey to the Center of the Earth, Jules Verne.
Rereading it and am reminded just how awesome his prose is.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 30, 2012 - 12:55pm PT
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Hey, bite me Jim!
I went with Blood Meridian.
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Nov 30, 2012 - 12:59pm PT
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In no particular order of preference:
Hemingway:
For Whom the Bells Toll
A Farewell to Arms
Garcia Marquez:
Love in the Time of Cholera
One Hundred Years of Solitude
DeLillo:
White Noise
Libra
Camus, The Plague
Malraux, Man's Fate
Dickens:
Nicholas Nickleby
Mystery of Edwin Drood
Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
Heller, Catch 22
Bernard Malamud, The Fixer
Nathaniel West:
Miss Lonely Hearts
Night of the Locust
You can tell I don't read too many contemporary authors. Just so much good older stuff to read. Lately I've gravitated toward nonfiction. "Cadillac Desert" is a great read but an omen to the future water problems of the West. Sebastian Junger and John Krakauer are well represented in this category too.
So many good books; so little time.
Edit: thought of a few more
Stevenson:
Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde
Treasure Island
Conan Doyle:
Hounds of the Baskervilles
Lost World
Wells:
The Time Machine
War of the Worlds
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Nov 30, 2012 - 01:01pm PT
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Locker is reformed??? That's it. I quit. See you guys never.... ;)
Ya right......
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Bad Acronym
climber
Little Death Hollow
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Nov 30, 2012 - 01:06pm PT
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"Money" - Martin Amis
"Pontypool Changes Everything" - Tony Burgess
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Nov 30, 2012 - 01:08pm PT
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Will you be allowed to do the "other gender" Saints? If not, there's this guy Lucifer I'd like you to meet.
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John M
climber
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Nov 30, 2012 - 01:11pm PT
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Do books come and go for you?
I loved the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy series and also
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. I laughed so hard reading these books tears would roll down my face.
but when I went to reread them they fell flat.
I'm coming up blank right now for a recommendation. Been reading mostly junk right now.
If you like the Jack Reacher character, then try Craig Johnson's Longmire books.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Nov 30, 2012 - 01:26pm PT
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What was his complaint? The glass was too thick?? ;)
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looking sketchy there...
Social climber
Latitute 33
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Nov 30, 2012 - 01:30pm PT
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Just finished this book; Excellent read:
The Art of Fielding
By Chad Harbach
528 pages; Little, Brown and Company
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mcreel
climber
Barcelona
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Nov 30, 2012 - 01:38pm PT
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"The Power of the Dog and The The Sheep Queen-Thomas Savage"
BOOM! More proof that the internet is a giagantic brain!
Read those, especially the first.
Plus, you cant go wrong with Tolstoy or Chekov!
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nutjob
Gym climber
Berkeley, CA
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Nov 30, 2012 - 01:43pm PT
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If you like the Edward Abby prose, you might also like Cormac McCarthy. It's a very different, more spare writing style than I normally read, but I'm enjoying it a lot. Subject matter is fairly dark and bleak though.
I never heard of Wilbur Smith until a few years ago, but I've read 20+ books by him since then. Pirate adventures, early exploration/conquests in Africa, etc. Great for simple entertainment, but a notch higher writing quality than Michael Crichton or Tom Clancy or other authors that typically end up as blockbuster hollywood movies. I've never read or been interested in Stephen King, so can't compare to that.
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weezy
climber
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Nov 30, 2012 - 02:03pm PT
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I went with Blood Meridian.
Hooo, buddy. Get ready for this one.
I've read BM three times and I'm still trying to sort it out. I probably think about the epilogue more than any other piece of fiction I've read.
Also, Portnoy's Complaint has one of the best "punchlines" to end a book ever.
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