Life of Pi by Yann Martel? Naah, that's not new, I suppose. Not sure about intriguing, either. Maybe just odd.Originally Posted by Jim2
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Life of Pi by Yann Martel? Naah, that's not new, I suppose. Not sure about intriguing, either. Maybe just odd.
Redefining slow since 2006...
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Read that and you've read everything he ever wrote. By the start of the 3rd book you know what will happen on page 203.Philip Jose Farmer - Riverworld Saga
Friggin awesome series.
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
Moped rider
Hiya,
The most awesome book I've read (more than once!) is called "Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett. It is set in 10th century England and follows the building of a cathedral over the 100 or so years that it takes to build. It's a great read for anyone into history but keen on a story too... Ken Follett has some other good books too, they all vary in era...
Someone mentioned The Last Hoorah in an earlier post... My Dad sent it over to me recently but I haven't read it yet (did watch the DVD though!)
For more motorcycling books.... Not sure about availability in NZ though...(these are all geezers that flog their books at the www.horizonsunlimited.com meetings)
Lois on the Loose - Lois Pryce, Cool English chickie who rode around South America on a dirt bike....
Mondo Enduro - Edited by Austin Vince (Lois's hubby) is the diary version of the DVD of the same name, a few English blokes who have done several trips but this book takes them from London to Siberia, Alaska to Chile, then South Africa back to London.... on a serious budget!!
Sam Manicom - Into Africa (Africa by Motorcycle)
And a shameless plug for "Two for the Road" by our Aussie friends Brian and Shirl, I'm sure that one is available in NZ....
For general "sit on the train on the way to work" reading, I like the James Patterson, Tami Hoag, Michael Connelly type of stuff...
In the riders seat
And a totally shyte movie
Can't agree with you
World of Tiers series is far better http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_Tiers and some of his stand alone novels like "The Green Odyssey" are quite good
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
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Well with your KB handle it would be impolitic to agree with me.
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
Large Falcon Collider
Raymond E. Feist - Riftwar Saga!!!
Friggin cool bunch of books...they get weaker and weaker as the series goes on but Magician and the Servant/Daughter/Mistress of the Empire side stories are bloody fantastic.
"If life gives you a shit sandwich..." someone please complete this expression
L-Plate Rider
Hunter S Thompson
John Pilger (this man should be king)
P J O'Rourke
Seymore Hersh
Noam Chomsky
Aldous Huxley
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.
H.S.T
Echo...echo...echo...
I don't like any of his other novels but these ones set in Egypt (River God, The Seventh Scroll) were really great.
is currently sulking in the Sin Bin
Writing my own book. Fuck them all.
Hardcore Biker
Frank Peretti, Ted Dekker are awesome reads if one likes a bit of mystery and suspense. then theres Clive Cussler with Dirk Pitt must be a bit of something to do with my old seafaring days
"I think men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage.
They've experienced pain and brought jewelry." - Rita Rudner
A man is only as big as the dreams he dares to live
Hardcore Biker
"Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand, if I had to pick a favourite book.
Just started Jupiters Travels by Ted Simon.
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Graham hancock Fingerprints of the gods is a must read
Who you gonna call!
My favourite book is playboy not much writing just lots of pretty pictures
Second is the fastest loser
"It is better to have ridden & crashed than never to have ridden at all" by Bruce Bennett
DB is the new Porridge. Cause most of the mods must be sucking his cock ..... Or his giving them some oral help? How else can you explain it?
e mare libertas
Really. Well, now.
Tell me.
Did you enjoy it because your brain is broken, and execrably turgid prose therefore pleasures you, or did you enjoy it because your tiny-minded worldview happens to coincide with Rand's pathetic attempt at a moral justification for fascism?
kiwibiker is full of love, an disrespect.
- mikey
Stoke me a clipper!
Magician is probably the book I have read the most times. Maybe 18-23 timesRaymond E. Feist - Riftwar Saga!!!
Friggin cool bunch of books...they get weaker and weaker as the series goes on but Magician and the Servant/Daughter/Mistress of the Empire side stories are bloody fantastic.
I agree about the series getting weaker. The Daughter of the Empire stuff is awesome too.
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing" - Socrates
"All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind" - Aristotle
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