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Nice to know I'm not the only one who would sometimes rather read a good novel than go to work...
Last week much of 3 days was lost to "the girl who kicked the hornet's nest" and I still Don't want to know Lizbeth Salander!!!

Rumor has it that Larsson had a fourth novel on his computor...

thanks guys, it's good to know you a bit better...

Another favorite is Havilah Babcock. My health gets better when I read him, even if it isn't November.

And what compendeum of fiction would be complete without Corey Ford in it. God, my eyes water from just thinking about "The Road to Tinkhamtown".

He's only been around these parts a few years, but a lifetime in LA.
I to greatly enjoy JLB.

When I moved into town twenty years ago my friends came and helped unload the van, when they were done they told me next time to loose their number.


As far as fiction and guns, anything by Donald Hamilton and specifically Line Of Fire about a gunsmith no less. Also Gerald Hammond who writes about a Scottish gunsmith and hunting. At one time Mr. Hammond dropped by the doublegun side here.



We all have a favorite and mine is (has been for decades) Earth Abides by George R. Stewart 1949

Waterman Vol #1 is the AH. Whitey

I'm a fiction addict also, my sister is a librarian and my cousin is the editor of the Barnes & Noble Review so I get some good recommendations, historical fiction being my favorite.

The White Company Arthur Conan Doyle is a place to go when you have exhausted all the Sherlock Holmes tales.


JT, I'm waiting a few years to start a second reading of Patrick O'Brian's books again. I was saddened when he passed, I had just finished the last novel and was waiting for his next.

Read all three Stieg Larsonns, enjoyed them but I really like when food is a part of a characters makeup. There is a series of murder mysteries by ANDREA CAMILLERI about a detective Montalbano in Sicily who is always dropping into a small ristorante or trattoria for some great food and drink. Seems like all Larsson's characters ever ate was cheese and sardine sandwiches and frozen pizza. I also heard the rumor that a 4th book was on his computer and may be released. The Swedish movies were entertaining we'll see how the American versions turn out.

A great historical trilogy my sister turned me on to is Neal Stephenson's three-volume historical epic The Baroque Cycle (Quicksilver, The Confusion, and The System of the World). Wonderful fiction mixed with history and prominent historical figures. Truly a magnificent canvas he paints.

While some may wince at the Game of Thrones recently shown on HBO, there's a reason it sold so many books. The fantasy is kept to minimum, the politics, power struggles, violence & sex keep you reading and he has fine character development.

Jack Whyte's telling of the Arthurian legend from the Roman point of view, the Camulod Chronicles, is one of the better tellings of this tale, no mysticism here.

Finally, everyone should try TC Boyle's masterwork WORLD"S END. I'm partial because it takes place here in the Hudson Valley but anyone would enjoy this read.

I figure any book worth owning is worth owning in hardcover so the fiction library here is small. Unlike reference books which seem to be reproducing at an alarming rate.

All great stuff, just spent some time on ebay buying some new titles. I buy whatever these days, paperback, ex-library, reading copies, hardback and now Kindle as well.

Raurk's Old Man & the Boy and along the same lines Reflections, Man and Boy by Ron Forsyth are two good books that need to be read.

I keep forgetting to say I like Thomas Perry's Jane Whitefield Novels.

I recently scored a complete works of Rudyard Kipling, published in 1919, complete with the good luck swastikas on the fly leaves. This summer is fairly devoted to making my way through them, with some modern mystery fiction thrown in periodically when I need to come up for air. (A John Lescroart novel is filling that role right now.)

My sister the librarian has a running battle going with her husband about allowing his Kindle into the house. Both of us love the tactile quality of holding a book, having a case full of hardcovers. While I appreciate the convenience, especially when traveling, I don't see myself with digital books soon. They seem more adapted to fiction, but an electronic copy Ludwig Olsen's Mauser book or SDH's books wouldn't fly with me.

Just finished Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle for the second time, I also like his others as well.

Also just finished Patrick O'Brian for the third time and Hornblower for the fourth, about time to do the Jane Whitefield novels for the second time.

Barry Eisler's Rain novels are also good and I've enjoyed Tony Hillerman and James Hall as well. James Carlos Blake is also splendid, his Under the Skin is as hardboiled and authentic as they come.

I also HIGHLY recommend William Fortschen's One Second After. This is perhaps the most compelling disaster novel I've ever read, and I've read a LOT of 'em.
Regards, Joe