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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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At the end of "Just Kids". (Audiobook...per my usual. Read by Patti Smith.)
It's been completely fascinating.
Before that it was "A Sense of an Ending" which was the best I'd read or listened to in a long time.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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last month:
Comeback 2.0- Lance Armstrong (very short)
The Invention of Hugo Cabret- Brian Selznick (short)
The Big Year-Mark Obmascik
most of 100 Favorite North American Climbs- Fred Beckey
most of Yosemite Big Walls- Chris McNamara, Chris Van Leuven
The Ox Bow Incident-Walter Van Tilberg Clark
started Moby Dick- Herman Melville ( rereading it,I'm savoring it, a little at a time)
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there, say, all...
the jake smith ranch seriies, by...
me, ;))
neebeeshaabookway, :)
twinship, at its best, :)
...annnnnddddd so much more!
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fosburg
climber
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The Thin Red Line and The Pale King, both really good.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Chi Running, Danny Dreyer
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Vultures Picnic by Greg Palast
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WBraun
climber
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Everyone reads books for knowledge.
Why then is the world more fuked up then ever ......
Just WTF is the world reading ????????????
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Leggs
Sport climber
Home Sweet Home, Tucson AZ
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"The Long Goodbye" by Raymond Chandler
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Everyone reads books for knowledge.
Why then is the world more fuked up then ever ......
Just WTF is the world reading ????????????
See my above post, old man....you just may agree.
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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The Things They Carried. Haven't taught it in a few years. What other book covers the Vietnam War better? I want to read Tobias Wolf's book about his V. War experiences too since I heard him speak last month and his writing resembles T. O'Brien's.
The Things They Carried is great. Recently read Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes, which comes pretty close.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Ameritopia, Mark Levin.
Succinct.
A few thousand years of political philosophy easily digested.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Here is the begininning of The Fathers' Key...the opening is a quote from John Adams to his wife in a correspondance;
"The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeding generations as the great anniversirrary festival. It ought to be commemerated as the day of deliverance. By solemnn acts of God almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pom and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of the continent to the other, from this time forward forever more,,,,"
Awesome
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blahblah
Gym climber
Boulder
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Not reading anything super noteworthy but I'll put in a plug for Kindle--just got an e-ink one and am reading more than in years.
(Finished 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, now on The God Delusion).
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IV
climber
tahoe
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the cerro torre thread
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Some time in the 90's I picked up a copy in paperback for a re-read. I'd read the first English edition checked out from the library as a novice in 1970.
Not the same book.
There was some extensive PC editing in the later edition.
The bad part is that the later edition does not give the insight into the 30's political milieu that the first does.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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It astounds me the crap people waste their time with. I do realize you'd have the same opinions of my 'literary' choices.
I'm not really surprised, hanging out on a site filled with, largely, liberal people. But it really fascinates me that you guys dwell on some inane sh#t that you really feel is worthy.
Maybe it's just because you all are avid readers and have run out of quality stuff and have resorted to quasi-okay stuff. I don't read regularly because I'm pretty busy, so I choose my selections carefully. I even have some sh#t I bought but haven't gotten to.
I guess I like more of the classics and historical texts. I'm not trying to project superiority, just focus on the really good stuff.
Hemimngway and Steinbeck are really good IMO. Huxley, Heinlein, and Asimov too.
Maybe I should STFU and leave this thread to real literary conisseurs. I ain't one...hehe
EDIT: Oh! As a big fan of Michael Savage, I did read his first novel, "Abuse of Power". Excellent read if you're into Tom Clancy type stuff. Very good read. NY Times best-seller, whatever that means.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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I'm knott, cuz I'm on the taco stand. But when I'm off, I'm reading
Conquistadors of the Useless by Lionel Terray.
An AWESOME read!!!!
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Vosser
Trad climber
reno, NV
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Clifford the big red dog has my attention right now. its a classic.
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