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Nine maneaters and one Rouge.
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maybe all quiet on the western front, guy sayjer comes to mind as the author?
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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Fields of Fire and one that I can't remember the name of. It was written by a German soldier on the Eastern Front. The Forgotten Soldier Story of Guy Sajer Apparently it's been revealed that it is a compilation of stories of several different soldiers experiences on the eastern front and not just one man. But damn good read anyway. Jeff Erich Maria Remarque wrote All Quiet On Rhe Wesrern Front. I bet I read it a dozen times in high school alone!
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"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
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Sounds like "The Forgotten Soldier". He started out as a truck driver then became an assistant machine gunner in an Infantry unit. Lots of battles retreating through Russia with horrendous artillery barrages, a harrowing escape back into Germany from some North Sea port as the Russians closed in, then finally surrendering to the Americans.
Really too many good books to pick just one as the all time greatest. I'd have to divide them into fiction and non-fiction at the very least and even then there are just too many great ones in each category.
And then there are some like "Popular Sporting Rifle Cartridges" by Clay Harvey that transcend both categories.....
Gunnery, gunnery, gunnery.
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Even though they have worn the movies out on television, about 45 yrs ago the book kept me mesmerized......read it twice! The Godfather.
If we live long enough, we all have regrets. But the ones that nag at us the most are the ones in which we know we had a choice.
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Aztec held me mesmerized. It is a fictionalised account of pre Cortez Aztec life and the transition to a Spanish holding.
The Lord of the Rings trilogy is a close second.
People who choose to brew up their own storms bitch loudest about the rain.
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My best book of all time was 4 books, or maybe 5 depending on how you count.
The Hobbit
Lord of the Rings
The Silmarillion
I could read Jack London til the cows come home.
I tend to read from several genres, and likely have favorites of different types.
One of the best I've read lately was an online series from google play. 5 books there as well. it was the "Going Home" series by A. American. (survival, EOTWAWKI stuff)
The Paul Doiron novels about Maine game warden Mike Bowditch are very good.
John Grisham is a terrific author and I enjoy about everything he's written. His best was not about lawyers or the law. Everyone should read "A Painted House".
Grisham is from the same neighborhood as I am, and this story kinda parallels my life.
"Chances Will Be Taken"
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"Aztec held me mesmerized. It is a fictionalised account of pre Cortez Aztec life and the transition to a Spanish holding"
Ever read "The Conquest of New Spain" by Bernal Diaz?
Diaz was with Cortez! Damn good read!!!
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Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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The Jungle........by Upton Sinclair
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Way too many.........
Maybe not the "best", but a few favorites:
"Without Remorse", by Tom Clancy
"The 3 Musketeers", by Alexandre Dumas
"Shogun", "Whirlwind", "Tai-Pan", "King Rat", by James Clavell
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"Best" book, or most enjoyable?
Horn of the Hunter - Robert Ruark
Rogue Warrior - Richard Marchinko
Both very enjoyable to read again.
"The Democrat Party looks like Titanic survivors. Partying and celebrating one moment, and huddled in lifeboats freezing the next". Hatari 2017
"Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid." Han Solo
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Nine maneaters and one Rouge. No lipstick or mascara?
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Not a real member - just an ordinary guy who appreciates being able to hang around and say something once in awhile.
Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe)
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Yeah, I totally forgot Clancy. How'd that happen? Clear and Present was my favorite.
Not much into Viet Nam books but CW2 by Layne Heath was very good.
The aviation novels by John Nance are mostly all good. "Fire Flight" my favorite.
"Chances Will Be Taken"
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Ahhhh man. I just got a chuckle out of your last sig. line......grin
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There are way too many to single out a "best". As a boy, I read a book titled Skid over and over. Ruark's The Old Man and the Boy has almost been committed to memory. The Herriot books have brought me great enjoyment each time I have read them. Lone Wolf by Wolfgang and Argabright really helped me reach closure on something that had bothered me for thirty-five years. To Kill A Mockingbird had a great effect on me at an early age. The Bleachers by Grisham really resonated with me.
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I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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A very small partial list that I enjoyed growing up:
Andersonville
Gone With the Wind
Ivanhoe
She
The Exorcist (read it straight through until 4:00 in the morning)
Most anything by Heinlein or Bradbury
For pure adventure the original Conan books by Robert Howard, also the Doc Savage novels.
And many, many more...
Gunnery, gunnery, gunnery.
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I always combine Cannery Row with Sweet Thursday when someone asks me my favorite novel, the former being the pre-war story and the latter the post-war. Also IMHO the only great novels ever that were actually turned into a decent movie (1982, Nick Nolte & Debra Winger). I haven't seen that movie in ages, wondering if its been buried somewhere.
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