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DavisGunkie
Trad climber
Davis, CA
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Sep 27, 2006 - 12:35pm PT
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i tend to read most of myh books over and over again since i hate dropping money on new books that i don't know will be good or not
i tend to read Christopher moore books over and over again. Currently rereading David Sedairis(sp?) stuff again.
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Elcapinyoazz
Mountain climber
Anchorage, Alaska
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Sep 27, 2006 - 12:56pm PT
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Back when I had the Westy: "How to keep your volkswagen alive" Read about once a week prior to turning wrenches.
“Reminiscences of a Stock Operator” by Edwin Lefevre
"Market Wizards II" by Jack Schwager
"Technical Analysis Explained" by Martin Pring
"Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets" by John Murphy
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Euroford
Trad climber
chicago
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Sep 27, 2006 - 12:58pm PT
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again, i'm just being a smartass.
thanks for all of the great reading recomendations!
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jackass
climber
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Sep 27, 2006 - 01:02pm PT
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Coming out of the Ice by Victor Herman
You won't forget it. I always go back to it. Hard to find, but is worth finding.
and the very best:
The Little Prince
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hardman
Trad climber
love the eastern sierras
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Sep 27, 2006 - 01:15pm PT
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one i often read it has to be the funniest book too
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
one pass away from the big ditch
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Sep 27, 2006 - 01:15pm PT
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Fools Progress Edward Abbey
Dragon Lance novels
Incarnations of Immortality Piers Anthony
Big Wall climbing Strassman
Foucault, Nietzche and Plato (tho it's been awhile for any of them)
Yosemite Climber (not really reading as much as drooling)
mostly guidebooks really, california, though I will pick up the occasional PNW or Colorado book while on the pooper.
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goatboy smellz
climber
northboulder, co
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Sep 27, 2006 - 01:20pm PT
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how about authorz?
good to go!
sun tzu
todd swain
anton chekhow
richard rossiter
alan watts
lou dawson
charles buowski
bernard gillet
pleaze +...
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Elcapinyoazz
Mountain climber
Anchorage, Alaska
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Sep 27, 2006 - 01:20pm PT
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Fatty, I've read all the value guys. And when valuations are reasonable again (cheap) again, I'll put O'Neils CANSLIM to work for some long term additions to the taxable buy and hold portfolio.
But in the slop and chop of the last 4 years, I've made my loot trading strictly on technicals. Swing trading hot/cold sectors (energy and homebuilders lately) and daytrading gappers. On the daytrades, half the time I don't even know what the company does or it's name...they're just symbols to me. As long as it's liquid and moving on significantly above avg volume, and I can get a consolidation zone to execute against I'll trade it.
You are an investor, I am a trader. Different methodology and approach, different view of capital. To dismiss TA is foolhardy, even for long term guys like yourself.
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HighDesertDJ
Trad climber
Arid-zona
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Sep 27, 2006 - 01:22pm PT
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Endurance
Watership Down
Illusions
The Dark is Rising
Camp 4
And the book I read more as a kid as probably any book I've ever read since: Charolette's Web
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pc
climber
East of Seattle
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Sep 27, 2006 - 01:35pm PT
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Currently, the ones I'm reading over and over again. Every night...
Green Eggs and Ham (Seuss)
Peter Rabbitt
The Goodnight Book
Wind in the Willows - K. Grahame (I try to imitate the cartoon voices when I read it, gotta love the weasels)
Aesop's Fables - Jack and the Beanstalk (mostly)
pc
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Sep 27, 2006 - 01:42pm PT
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Authors? Thomas Berger, Steinbeck, Franklin W. Dixon ( a long time ago! )
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goatboy smellz
climber
northboulder, co
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Sep 27, 2006 - 01:43pm PT
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watership down, will love & haunt me throughout my life...
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Loomis
climber
Praha,Ceská republika
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Sep 27, 2006 - 01:52pm PT
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Melissa, happy to see that you like Czech authors, would like to recommend Jan Neruda's “Prague Tales” The poet (Chilean) Pablo Neruda chose his last name to pay tribute to his writing style. See the Movie IL Postino
Dogfather, Zen and the art... Read that one 4 times, very good read, each time another discovery/perspective. The sequel to Zen and the art…Lila, Pales in comparison.
And Catch 22 a brilliant book, Loomis.
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caughtinside
Social climber
Davis, CA
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Sep 27, 2006 - 01:57pm PT
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Catch 22 for sure
Cryptonomicon--neal stephenson
Glad to see others had Snow Crash on the list, that book was fantastic. I should read it again... gotta love it when the main character's name is Hiro Protagonist. classic.
Mitch--go to the library dude! Buks is free there!
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paulj
climber
utah
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Sep 27, 2006 - 02:02pm PT
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"The Master and Margarita" by Bulgakov.
A story about good and evil, Jesus and Pilate, true love, and the search for a good apartment in Moscow.
It's a new book everytime I read it.
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G_Gnome
Boulder climber
Sick Midget Land
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Sep 27, 2006 - 02:15pm PT
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Hmmm, mostly SF or Fantasy for me. I guess I like to escape reality when I read.
'Dune' series by Herbert
'Faded Sun' by Cherryh - Also 'Downbelow Station' and others in that Universe are all excellent
'Lord of Light' and 'Creatures of Light and Darkness' and 'Dilvish, The Damned' by Zelazny - all his books are great
'Earthsea Cycle' and 'The Lathe of Heaven' by Ursula Le Guin
'Galapagos' or anything else by Vonnegut
'Savage Arena' by Tasker - my favorite climbing book. The Boardman/Tasker Omnibus is a must read.
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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Sep 27, 2006 - 03:31pm PT
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"Green Eggs & Ham," by D. Seuss. No matter how many times I read it, that crazy, unexpected ending throws me for a loop everytime, you know?!
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Sep 27, 2006 - 03:38pm PT
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couple things
1) I really like the Catch-22 movie, not sure it Could be done better.-Of course it's not as good as the book.
2) Cryptominacron? No way! I think Neal lost it somewhere around then (he should have called it quits before and after the Vickes sketch). Quicksilver didn't do it for me either, I've been hovering around page 300 of the Confusion for over amonth, and may or may not finish it (okay I probably will, I do like Jack & Eliza)
Snowcrash was genius, the diamond age was a quirky success, I liked Zodiak, Big U had it's moments, it goes down hill from there (just my opinion)
-extended rant; Neal stephenson and Kim Stanely Robinson may have been seperated at birth. Their collective best work is bang-on brilliant, their other stuff is moments of brilliance buried in a morass of, something,
The Mars books rock, but I really don't get the other ones, they don't rock.
It all seems to work for 'somebody' though, so what do I know?
As for non linear reading;
You can always open,
the art of War,
The Watercourse way
Hagakure, Way of the Samurai
or Zippy
Randomly, and come across something meaningful to your day.
Oh yeah back ot, most read,
Grendel-John Gardiner the best perspective I've seen on that tail. Most of his books have have run laps through my eyes/ brain.
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Sep 27, 2006 - 03:56pm PT
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I should read that one, when I get around to it.
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smitty
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, Ca
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Sep 27, 2006 - 04:06pm PT
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I've read "The way of the peaceful warrior" eight times.
"Caught Inside" is a close second...it resides in my bathroom!
I'm geared up to read "Lonesome Dove" again!
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