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Sean M. Grimes
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 247
From: Lunenburg, MA
Registered: Apr 2000

posted 08-07-2001 01:31 AM

Ok so we have gone through music tastes, I am pretty sure that most of read more than just lamphouse manuals... well at least I hope so.

So who is it then? Lately I cannot put down Kurt Vonnegut JR. And alot of Raymond Carver. What about everyone else? I hope that this is an intresting one.

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Adam Martin
I'm not even gonna point out the irony.

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From: Dallas, TX
Registered: Nov 2000

posted 08-07-2001 01:37 AM

I've been on a James Ellroy kick recently.

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William Hooper
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From: Mobile, AL USA
Registered: Jun 99

posted 08-08-2001 01:19 AM

P.G. Wodehouse r00lz

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Christopher Duvall
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From: Denver, CO
Registered: Dec 1999

posted 08-08-2001 03:47 AM

Douglas Adams. He is the secret to life, the universe and everything.

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Bob Maar
(Maar stands for Maartini)

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From: New York City & Newport, RI
Registered: Feb 2001

posted 08-08-2001 03:59 AM

Mary Higgins Clark and John Grisham they write the books, I can't put down.

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Phil Connolly
Film Handler

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From: Derby, England
Registered: May 2000

posted 08-08-2001 09:41 AM

Douglas Adams, Philip K Dick, Issac Asimov, J R R Tolken are among may Favorites.

This week I have been reading Bill Bryson

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Colin Wiseley
Expert Film Handler

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From: Blacksburg, VA
Registered: Dec 1999

posted 08-08-2001 09:50 AM

Grisham, occasionally Stephen King, Arthur C Clarke, and Anne McCaffrey - I can't wait for the Dragonriders TV series to come out, if it ever does.

I just started re-reading the Rama series from Arthur C Clarke last week.

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Colin Wiseley
Lyric Theatre
Blacksburg, VA
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Bobby Henderson
"Ask me about Trajan."

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From: Lawton, OK, USA
Registered: Apr 2001

posted 08-11-2001 01:08 AM

Stephen King and Tom Clancy are favorites. Topical novels are sometimes cool. I still have that first edition of "Primary Colors" by Anonymous --and I read it while having no idea that Joe Klein wrote the book.

Although I am biased, I like the books my father has wrote. If any of you are into military non-fiction, I'd give a recommendation of "Marine Sniper" by Charles Henderson. It is currently only in paperback right now (the original hardcover came out in 1986). It is quite an entertaining biography. There is a companion novel "Silent Warrior: the continuing story of Marine Sniper" that was published last year. It finishes off the biography (Carlos Hathcock died of Multiple Sclerosis in 1999) and adds quite a few accounts that were not included in the original "Marine Sniper" book.

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Mike Heenan
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From: Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Registered: Mar 2000

posted 08-11-2001 01:34 AM

Im a Clive Cussler guy myself. No other favorite authors though, other stuff I like to read is non fiction, like true crime stuff (just got through Helter Skelter the other day), paranormal stuff, etc.

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Rick Long
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 759
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Registered: Nov 1999

posted 08-12-2001 10:29 AM

Thanx to Kevin Eagle of Cinematronix, Vancouver for recommending Carl Hiaasen - "Sick Puppy".

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Gordon McLeod
Film God

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From: Toronto Ontario Canada
Registered: Jun 99

posted 08-12-2001 01:57 PM

P.D James and Reginald Hill can't put those down

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Andy Muirhead
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From: Galashiels, Scotland
Registered: Dec 2000

posted 08-12-2001 05:48 PM

Lee Child, Andy McNab, Chris Ryan, James Patterson and one of my all-time faves, scottish author Iain Banks - The Crow Road is among one of my favourite books of all time.

As for Lee Child, very nice guy that's as much a fan of his fans as they are of him! Check out my cinema manager, Andrew Poole's chat website for lee child fans at http://www.reachercreatures.com Lee can often be found chatting there so you might get to chat with the big guy!

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