Good books

[Ianab]

Stephen King has a new book "Dark Tower". Apparently, it was slated for a movie. But the studio figured it would be a very expensive film, so cancelled plans.

When I was a kid, there was a game out called Dark Tower, it was a battery operated gizmo that sat  in the middle of a game board.

The Dark Tower is a whole series of book by Stephen King. (7 books)

The first one (The Gunslinger) was written in 1982. The

They are well worth reading, but a bit mind bending. King manages to write himself into later the novels, not as some cameo, but a main character that the other characters come to realise is the "writer of their story".  His nearly fatal accident is also in the story as the later books were finished after that.

As to what genre the books fit into? Pretty much all of them. Sci-fi, fantasy, vampires, mystery.. they cover it all. Other characters from his other books pop up in the series as well. Somehow he tries it all together, maybe by just not trying to explain everything,,,

As for making a movie of it... Maybe 7??  Peter Jackson is the only person I think would even dream of trying with such a huge and convoluted story... Makes Lord of the Rings / Hobbit seem like it's alternate title "There and Back Again"

Ian

[JD350Cmark]

If you're interested in float planes, this is a very good read;  Success on the Step: Flying with Kenmore Air

Over the last year or so I have been reading the Jack Reacher series by Lee Child.  I have passed the books on to 3 other people and they are unable to put them down.  I think there's around a dozen or so, maybe more.  I suggest starting with Killing Floor and then the order does not matter.   -Mark

[limbrat]

I just reread a confederancy of dunces. I compare it to the movie sling blade, in that sadly i know someone that is like every main charcter. 

[Chris Burchfield]

Just completed: "One Second After," by William R. Forstchen, Ph.D.  Electromagnetic Pulse, ever heard of it?  I had relating to solar flares.  Caused by thermonuclear war heads, I had not.  This is a fictional read but, like Tom Clancy, is based on technical, existing, facts.  Not to ruin it, but one, two or three of these placed over the U.S. 150 to 300 miles into the atmosphere and we're talking the U.S. of A back to the 17th century.  "All" electrical including the planes in the sky shut down.  This story is about a man trying to protect his family during such an event.  I'm not a survivalist though I do have some skills.  The Foreword is by then Speaker Newt Gingrich.  I'm not looking for the end of the world with the Mayan calendar in December.  You are all my friends, I hope you all consider and/or have the opportunity read this.  Chris Burchfield

[Raider Bill]

Just completed: "One Second After," by William R. Forstchen, Ph.D.  Electromagnetic Pulse, ever heard of it?  I had relating to solar flares.  Caused by thermonuclear war heads, I had not.  This is a fictional read but, like Tom Clancy, is based on technical, existing, facts.  Not to ruin it, but one, two or three of these placed over the U.S. 150 to 300 miles into the atmosphere and we're talking the U.S. of A back to the 17th century.  "All" electrical including the planes in the sky shut down.  This story is about a man trying to protect his family during such an event.  I'm not a survivalist though I do have some skills.  The Foreword is by then Speaker Newt Gingrich.  I'm not looking for the end of the world with the Mayan calendar in December.  You are all my friends, I hope you all consider and/or have the opportunity read this.  Chris Burchfield

Chris, Both my SOon and I read this book. We both enjoyed it.

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Birds of a Lesser Paradise by www.mayhewbergman.com  top notch emerging writer  check Amazon for reviews

[RobJ]

The book "The Golden Spruce" is really good, its by John Vaillant.  And another one called "The Wild Trees" by Richard Preston.  Both kind of focus around the West Coast Redwoods and each of them are true stories.

[SwampDonkey]

The book "The Golden Spruce" is really good, its by John Vaillant.  And another one called "The Wild Trees" by Richard Preston.  Both kind of focus around the West Coast Redwoods and each of them are true stories.

The first book is about a Sitka spruce on the Queen Charlotte Islands off BC's west coast. I worked there for 3 years and lived near that tree, although I never went to see it. I cruised timber out there, so I saw lots of Sitka spruce 60-70 meters tall. And not all cruised timber gets cut.