Birdbander
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A friend gave me Opening Goliath to read. It's about spelunking, not something I'd have chosen but I will say it's interesting.
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Ha. Funny seeing the recommendation from Graham Greene - I grabbed my copy of The Comedians last week and started rereading.Re-reading after many years...
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Are they all like this?
No matter how he tries to describe the heat at the bridge site, he can’t even come close! Passenger trains run at night from the coast upcountry for this reason.Currently reading Col. John Patterson's book, The Man-eaters of Tsavo. Fantastic account one of the most incredible hunts of all time. Also the basis of the great movie The Ghost and the Darkness.
You brave, brave soul. I tried reading Atlas Shrugged 10 years ago. By the time I got to the radio speech I just had to flip it over, as I felt I'd been hearing (or having it beat into me) the same message over and over, and over, and over, again already. I vehemently disagree with her whole philosophy, but think it is certainly worth knowing about it. Incredibly influential even today. I will say, she is very good at writing about smoking cigarettes.Just finished Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. Good, but it took me some weeks. Quite interesting social commentary, particularly given how long ago she wrote it.
Next up another Capstick book for some lighter fare.
I hear you…I had to skim some of the long-winded portions of diatribe. But I have to admit I found some uncanny parallels between the book and some aspects of our current social state.You brave, brave soul. I tried reading Atlas Shrugged 10 years ago. By the time I got to the radio speech I just had to flip it over, as I felt I'd been hearing (or having it beat into me) the same message over and over, and over, and over, again already. I vehemently disagree with her whole philosophy, but think it is certainly worth knowing about it. Incredibly influential even today. I will say, she is very good at writing about smoking cigarettes.
Like others here, I feel I am spending more time reading through Hunt Talk forums/news articles than trying to pick up a book anymore. After drafting and writing all day for work, it's tough to want to read a novel.
I have heard of "Death in the Long Grass" for a long time and think maybe I should give it a shot.
“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."You brave, brave soul. I tried reading Atlas Shrugged 10 years ago. By the time I got to the radio speech I just had to flip it over, as I felt I'd been hearing (or having it beat into me) the same message over and over, and over, and over, again already. I vehemently disagree with her whole philosophy, but think it is certainly worth knowing about it. Incredibly influential even today. I will say, she is very good at writing about smoking cigarettes.
was it worth reading?I hear you…I had to skim some of the long-winded portions of diatribe. But I have to admit I found some uncanny parallels between the book and some aspects of our current social state.