In need of a good read.

[Indiana_Jones]

"Mein kampf" By Adolf Hitler

I've read abit of it, before I had to return it.

Some of it is pretty interesting _b

-Indy

[Finn]

I can just picture it now. Dover sitting on the train with his soft leather briefcase containing a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, an apple, two biscuits wrapped in cellophane and his Donald Duck drink bottle. He sits there with his legs crossed as he licks his index finger to aid the flipping of pages while occasionally sipping on a nice warm cup of Earl Gray.

Dover you fucken fag!

[Squeak the Rat]

I'll look up some of Ratsqueakers recommendations. I'm not a literary snob so I'll give anything a bash but too trashy or too wanky and it'll end up as a precursor to the kindling.
.......
he did get a bit carried away with the hidden meaning and theoretical shite sometimes.

Hmmm, try Motherless Brooklyn first then.... Or at least read the reviews in Amazon!

[Indiana_Jones]

I can just picture it now. Dover sitting on the train with his soft leather briefcase containing a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, an apple, two biscuits wrapped in cellophane and his Donald Duck drink bottle. He sits there with his legs crossed as he licks his index finger to aid the flipping of pages while occasionally sipping on a nice warm cup of Earl Gray.

Dover you fucken fag!

lolz!

wait a minute, that sounds like what i'd do........

-Indy

[Turtle]

[Korn from work]
Anything by Sven Hassell.... awesome world war 2 stories(very graphic) about a German Penal Tank regiment doing their business...have got the whole series and have read them all at least 3 times

[The_Dover]

I've read a few good war books so I'll look out for Chickenhawk.

Not sarcasm jude, I read and enjoyed WH. I've spent a fair bit of time in Bronte country.

[judecatmad]

[Korn from work]
Anything by Sven Hassell.... awesome world war 2 stories(very graphic) about a German Penal Tank regiment doing their business...have got the whole series and have read them all at least 3 times

Ooh, still on WW2 - A Bridge Too Far is pretty good (having said that, I was sky-diving at the time I read the book [multi-tasking in the extreme ] so that was what held my interest).

[skelstar]

'Chickenhawk' is awesome. The end is a bit too deep though. Just tell us about flying the godamm choppers!!!

'Riverworld' by Philip Jose Farmer is pretty cool.

'Life of Pi'...

'Catcher in the Rye' maybe...might appeal to you . (ha ha 'Hitcher in the wry' ).

[Finn]

It's been over 15 minutes and you haven't bitten Dover. Those rejection drugs for your new overy must be working.

[sels1]

I'm half way thru "Shantaram" - its a 1000 pager. Its a true story about an aussie writer who gets into drugs then robbery then jail. Breaks out , skips to NZ and then to India. Lives in the slums of Bombay and gets caught up with the local mafia, amongst other interesting and sometimes amusing types.
So far a good read, altho a little heavy in places.

[Dooly]

Just finished reading 'Terminated' by Chris Mirams about the David Tua/Kevin Barry story and their bust up. Pretty good.
Have now started the new book out on Shane Warne, its about 500 pages and so far good, as Warne does'nt endorse it as it tells things more truthfully than he would do.

[ManDownUnder]

Depends what you're into...

On the Motorcycling theme there's "One good run" - the semi biographical account of Burt Munro. A good read, funny and (mostly?) true

On the Enginering Side, try "Making of the Atomic Bomb" Richard Rhodes. Heavy(ish) reading but really interesting account of the development of physics and Physical Chemistry culminating in the making of the first atomic weopons.

General crap books... don; know any worth reading...

I can lend you either of the above as soon as I get them back from the guys I lent them to...
MDU

[Street Gerbil]

This one is not bad if you like fantasy.

[bobsmith]

it doesn't sound like you're looking for fantasy, but I say Wheel of time series still..... by Robert Jordan. Much better than that copycat sword of truth series....

[The_Dover]

I can just picture it now. Dover sitting on the train with his soft leather briefcase containing a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, an apple, two biscuits wrapped in cellophane and his Donald Duck drink bottle. He sits there with his legs crossed as he licks his index finger to aid the flipping of pages while occasionally sipping on a nice warm cup of Earl Gray.

Dover you fucken fag!

Actually Finn, I sit on the train with my tank bag containing my tuna sandwiches in my Winnie the Pooh lunchbox and a hip flask of scotch. I never cross my legs, in fact I struggle to get them behind the seat in front on some of the trains and that's if I do infact get a seat. I haven't got a travel mug yet but I'm saving up for one.