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Author Topic: What Do You Read? William Leland III Master Film Handler Posts: 336 From: Charleston, SC, Registered: Aug 2002 posted 11-21-2002 04:49 PM                        As projectionist we do have time to kill. And the best way I kill time is by reading a book. I'm curious what do other projectionist read while waiting for the last movie to drop. I am currently reading Allan Dean Foster : Phylogenesis. What are some books you have read or can recommend. What I recommend is George R.R Martin : Game of Thrones .  |  IP: Logged Ian Price Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1714 From: Denver, CO Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-21-2002 04:57 PM                     I am currently reading Sue Grafton's Q Is for Quarry .  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 11-21-2002 05:30 PM                        I am reading Sue Grafton's Z is for ZZZZzzzz  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-21-2002 05:45 PM                        I never have time to read novels since I'm a owner/manager, but in my office I have the usual Boxoffice, Film Journal, Premeire and Entertainment Weekly magazines, and one indispensible book: Roger Ebert's Bigger Little Movie Glossary. Anyone who likes movies should read this and prepare to fall down laughing.  |  IP: Logged Darren Briggs Master Film Handler Posts: 371 From: York, UK Registered: Dec 2001 posted 11-21-2002 05:50 PM                        Im reading the book, 24 Hour Party People by Tony Wilson , there was a film made from this book which is about the rise and fall of Factory records her in the UK, who made bands like NEW ORDER. Not sure if you fellas in the USA will get to see this film? Good reading anyway, funny and interesting. Darren  |  IP: Logged Daniel Boisson Expert Film Handler Posts: 157 From: Buffalo, NY, USA Registered: Oct 2001 posted 11-21-2002 07:03 PM                     over last summer, i used to make stupid little programs on my laptop in visual basic.......I also read the magazine Scientific American, and Tom Clancy's Bear and The Dragon.  |  IP: Logged Joe Beres Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 606 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 11-21-2002 08:12 PM                     Unfortunately, I don't have too much time to read in the booth, but I try to read when I can. At the moment, I am reading Running WIth Scissors by Augusten Burroughs and Our Band Could be Your Life by Michael Azerrad. I recently finished The Book of Illusions by Paul Auster, and I would recommend it for some leisurely reading.  |  IP: Logged Dennis Benjamin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1445 From: Denton, MD Registered: Feb 2002 posted 11-21-2002 08:21 PM                        The last two books I have read were on Business Planning. I wish I had time to read novels. My favorite authors are Terry Brooks and Piers Anthony.  |  IP: Logged Jacob Huber Expert Film Handler Posts: 172 From: Evansville, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 11-21-2002 08:49 PM                     Some of the books I've read in the booth over the past year: Catch-22 - Joseph Heller Brave New World - Aldous Huxley 1984 - George Orwell Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand Big Trouble - Dave Barry Why I'm Not A Christian - Bertrand Russel Fight Club, Choke, Survivor, Lullaby - Chuck Palahniuk I am currently reading Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 11-21-2002 09:09 PM                        I love epic reading. Right now I am reading through the Hornblower series. 9 novels by C.S. Forester (who also wrote the script for African Queen) about the life of fictional character Horatio Hornblower, who served in the Royal Navy during the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars, rising from Midshipman to Admiral. I also like true crime and so I am reading "The Cases That Haunt Us" by former FBI profiler John Douglas.  |  IP: Logged Mark Ogden Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 943 From: Little Falls, N.J. Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-21-2002 10:33 PM                     Jacob, if you got all the way thru Atlas Shrugged, my hat is off to you, and I'll spare you the joke about letting Ayn Rand go to your head. I just finished Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation, an excellent book about the dark side of the fast food industry. Its description of working in the Colorado slaughterhouses (and what's really in a fast food burger) will put you off your Whoppers, lemee tell ya. Frightning stuff. Before that: Peter Biskind's Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, a great book about film making in the late sixties and seventies, a movie going era that's close to my heart, I remember running many of the titles mentioned to packed houses. This was towards the end of the single screen era, just as multi's were becomming all the rage, the early days of Lucas, Spielberg, Scorsese, Coppola, et. al. Them was the days.  |  IP: Logged David Favel Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 764 From: Ashburton, New Zealand Registered: Feb 2002 posted 11-21-2002 10:36 PM                     Re-reading Alfred Besters "Tiger Tiger" plus a few business books  |  IP: Logged Dennis Benjamin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1445 From: Denton, MD Registered: Feb 2002 posted 11-21-2002 11:39 PM                        Hey! I have read all of Ayn Rand's stuff. I never let any of it get to my head. Well, maybe I did. I wrote a thesis on her back in the day. I discovered her writings after listening to RUSH back in the day..... But that is a whole other story.......  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-21-2002 11:46 PM                        I mostly read newspapers, magazines, etc. One of my favorite books of the last year or so is "King of Cannes" by Stephen Walker. It's a great look at how the film industry really works and is quite funny.  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 11-21-2002 11:57 PM                     In my booths, I read technical literature, but that is about it under most circumstances.  |  IP: Logged

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