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  1. 03-17-2012, 04:25 AM #151
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    I just got the advance readers copy of Phillip Kerr's latest novel, "Prague Fatal". I don't k now if anyone here is a fan of Kerr's Bernie Gunther mysteries but this one is only the second one I've read and it's a pretty good series. If you like nior and hard-boiled detective fiction you'll like them.
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    Just about halfway through Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe.
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    Yesterday I changed my iPad 1 to iPad 3 and now I still sending again my books from amazon to the new iPad.
    It is amazing how much beautiful books you get for less.
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    Quote Originally Posted by eTom View Post
    Yestersay I changed my iPad 1 to iPad 3 and now I still sending again my books from amazon to the new iPad.It is amazing how much beautiful books you get for less.
    I truly wish that I could come to love e-books as there is such a wealth of great books for little or no money available for download. I have a Kindle and have tried it again and again. With me there is just something to be said about the feel and smell of a physical book.
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    I just found this thread and oh man can I list off a long list. But I'll just mention a few authors:

    Chuck palahniuk (surprised I didn't see him on the lists)
    Vonnegut
    Chuck klosterman
    Neil Stephenson
    Phillip k. Dick
    David foster Wallace
    Alan Moore (I'm not a comic book guy but the Watchmen was amazing).

    My favorite book of all time is probably The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime by Mark Haddon amazing book!
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    I'm w/ Theseus. Physical - just can't beat it.
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    I'm a huge Heinlein and Niven fan
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    Quote Originally Posted by Theseus View Post
    I truly wish that I could come to love e-books as there is such a wealth of great books for little or no money available for download. I have a Kindle and have tried it again and again. With me there is just something to be said about the feel and smell of a physical book.
    That may be true, but i've no more space for physical books in my home.
    I like it to travel and so I've my good books with me.
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    I like Conan Doyle, John Steinbeck, Robert Louis Stevenson, Jack London, John Grisham. and many other authors.

    I am surprised that nobody mentioned Robert Ludlum or Daniel Silva. Their espionage novels are among the best I have ever read.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chimensch View Post
    We don't have a TV in the house (it's toxic) so, in the evenings, my wife and I read outloud to each other. We just finished reading the seven volumes of Proust's "Remembrance of things past". It took us 2 years. Now we've started Bouvard & Pecuchet by Flaubert.
    How in the world do you know what to think without a TV to tell you?
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