My favorite books

[Jason Moore]

All of them are by Dean Koontz:


The Bad Place
Intensity
Dragon Tears
Tick Tock
Coldfire
Dark rivers of the heart
Hideaway
Velocity
Key to midnight
Mr MurderAll 1st rate storytelling!

[Firehand10k]

Koontz is great but for some reason I can only read horror when I am in field training. The rest of the time its Sci Fi or Fantasy.
I wish I could still find a copy off his first childrens books Oddkins though. That one would be great to add to my daughter's library.

[Jason Moore]

Should try amazon...they have everything!

[Firehand10k]

tried. its been outta print for a few years.

[Tony Ferrill]

I've read a lot of Koontz,fast paced and plenty macabre-which one had the standup comic with the plant named "Fred"?That was a good story.
I have been an avid reader since childhood,and passed through many genres of material;for awhile it has been mostly spiritual and martial arts related.
Fav Sci-Fi)"Dune" by Frank Herbert
Fav Mystery)"The Black Hole" by Micheal Connelly
Fav other)"Zen Mind,Beginner Mind" by S.Suzuki
Also enjoyed "Musashi",and am benefitting alot from "Hagakure" and other older texts which were suggested by more(Much More)experienced students from this forum and my commercial Martial Arts academy.
Tony

[69NINJA]

I've read a lot of Koontz,fast paced and plenty macabre-which one had the standup comic with the plant named "Fred"?That was a good story.

By the light of the moon.

i dont know how i remember that, I cant even remember what the story was about...

[Tony Ferrill]

That was it!The story was about an artist and his autistic brother being injected with "nanobots"-also the female standup comedian,and their sbsequent adventures.What an imagination!
Tony

[Jason Moore]

YEA! That books was great...I started reading Koontz (I had never even read a novel before) when I was sick with the flu. I was in bed for like a week and my friend said take some of my Koontz books and read them. The first one I read was the bad place. I finished it in one day and started the next one immediately. I couldn't believe how amazingly fast paced his books were. Great stuff indeed.

[alant]

My reading is mostly 20th century military history.

Some very good books, in no particular order:
1. Lost Battles - von Manstein
2. Citizen Soldiers - Stephen Ambrose
3. D-Day - Stephen Ambrose
4. On War - von Clausewitz
5. The Art of War - Sun Tzu
6. Stalingrad - Beevor
7. When Titans Clashed - Glantz
8. Japan's War - Hoyt
9. The Fall of the Roman Empire - Ferrill
10. The Assassins' Gate - Packer
11. On Strategy: a critical analysis of the Vietnam war - Summers

[Dotanuki]

alant,
Like you I am also a student of military history, although I prefer the study of pre-20th century warfare [I do study them all]. I have over 200 books on military history and over another 200 on the martial arts.
Have you ever read "Strategy" by B.H.Liddell Hart, the military strategy of the indirect approach. It is one of my favorites, and covers a time period from the ancient Greek wars to the modern Arab-Israel wars.

[69NINJA]

YEA! That books was great...I started reading Koontz (I had never even read a novel before) when I was sick with the flu. I was in bed for like a week and my friend said take some of my Koontz books and read them. The first one I read was the bad place. I finished it in one day and started the next one immediately. I couldn't believe how amazingly fast paced his books were. Great stuff indeed.

I wish I could say I started reading heavily because of a flu, my Dean Koontz journey started thanks to a little jail time, then a little more, and so on...

man I had some fun in my youth!!! :mace:


thankfully now that court-dates are out of my system I still find a little time to work on my book collection and Koontz occupies a large part of it.


I also fell in love with the "fast paced" story lines but my only complaint is that in alot of his books he wraps up the conclusion and ties up all the loose ends in a quick final chapter or two, almost like he's in a rush. But that wont stop me from reading any of his new ones.


sh*t... about court-dates I forgot I have one in early October... I guess we never grow up.


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[alant]

alant,
Like you I am also a student of military history, although I prefer the study of pre-20th century warfare [I do study them all]. I have over 200 books on military history and over another 200 on the martial arts.
Have you ever read "Strategy" by B.H.Liddell Hart, the military strategy of the indirect approach. It is one of my favorites, and covers a time period from the ancient Greek wars to the modern Arab-Israel wars.


Yes, I've read Liddell-Hart's "Strategy" it is on the bookcase behind my chair as I write this.

[bobO]

That's funny 69ninja because the first time I read koontz I was in jail.Read phantoms,So there I am in jail with father rapers and such and this book is scareing the hell outta me.

[69NINJA]

That's funny 69ninja because the first time I read koontz I was in jail.Read phantoms,So there I am in jail with father rapers and such and this book is scareing the hell outta me.


lol thats funny =)

i actually just got out from a 2 day "vacation" about an hour and a half ago and the only Koonts they had was lightning which ive already read, so I read 150 or so pages of the first harry potter lol, I'm not really big on harry potter but what are you gonna do.

[bobO]

You guys should read "on the origins of war" by Donald kagan.It's a little dry but very informative.i also read a rewrite of robin hood that was freaking great,I think the authors name was larson?when I get the book back I'll know for sure.

[mancosbob]

Koontz is great but for some reason I can only read horror when I am in field training. The rest of the time its Sci Fi or Fantasy.
I wish I could still find a copy off his first childrens books Oddkins though. That one would be great to add to my daughter's library.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/044651490X/ref=dp_olp_2 (http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/044651490X/ref=dp_olp_2)

Firehand10k, There are few copies now at Amazon, all hardbacks and semi collectable, but available. :)

My most recent favorite book was:
Unintended Consequences by John Ross
I give it 2 thumbs up for its vision....besides, hogs got to eat, same as worms.

[Brian Brazier]

Ebay also has a few http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=oddkins&category0=

[bobO]

I just got done packing 200+ hard back novels, I think firehand would be like a kid in a candy store in my library. Oh that's just the hard backs, there were as many paper backs. plus about 100 pounds of NG.

[jwilliams]

I just got done packing 200+ hard back novels, I think firehand would be like a kid in a candy store in my library. Oh that's just the hard backs, there were as many paper backs. plus about 100 pounds of NG.

What are you talking? Firehand? I love that kind of candy. I get grounded from bookstores all the time. For all the good that does her.

[Firehand10k]

I don't get banned from bookstores because I just wanna take everything home to read and thats how they like one to do it. I just have to stay ouot of them most of the time or I'd run out of money for anything else.

[bobO]

One of the reasons I have so many books is a good friend buys them on the sly, and when he's done I get them, cause his wife would kill him. I must have over 3 grand worth of novels retail from this guy. Got the whole wheel of time series from him, can't wait for the last one. Robert Jordan shall be missed in this house. I received Those two books I posted about ie. lost Battles by Philip Sabin and Fighting Techniques of the Medieval world. Lost battles at First glance looks to be the more scholarly of the two, and deals with the roman and Greek battles of the ancient world will fit in nicely with the book," the origins of war" by Donald Kagan. the other book is more like one of those old time life book deals, it covers the period between AD 500~AD 1500 and covers equipment,combat skills, and tactic's. good pic's and color plates, old woodcuts etc. Great for the coffee table in the man cave. When I opened it there was the battle of Agincourt all laid out for me, very nice, easy read. Also the battle of Cresy and the battle of Bannockburn which I use to hear about at my Grandfathers knee. And many more. This would be a great book for a preteen or young teenager with an interest in this kinda thing.

[jwilliams]

I don't get banned from bookstores because I just wanna take everything home to read and thats how they like one to do it. I just have to stay ouot of them most of the time or I'd run out of money for anything else.

I didn't mean I get banned by the store, my wife grounds me for spending too much at book stores.

[Firehand10k]

Ahh ok. I have to be my own limiter. My wife likes me getting books because I read bed time stories to her and the baby. My baby was impatient and decided to join the world 2 months early so while she was in NICU for a month I read The Chronicles of Narnia, and A Wrinkle in Time to them. I have read my wife The Hobbit for bedtimes and we are currently reading The Silmarilian but I don't know how much of that one she is taking in since the writing style is different and puts her to sleep faster.

[bobO]

Firehand, That is very, very cool. And I'm sure you know that the hobbit started out as a bedtime story. I myself could never get thru the silmarilian. You have a beautiful family dude, you lucky dog!

[Firehand10k]

Yeah I knew he started The Hobbit as a childrens books. If you look at the Book of Lost Tales (harder to get through than The Silmarillian) the whole history of middle-earth was being told by Elves on a lost island as a series of bedtime stories, to a sailor from England.

I like reading to the family but I have to find time for my books too. I've had the last Dune book here for months but haven't started reading it yet.

[bobO]

See, I didn't know that, I think I have that book, I belong to one of those book club deals. So some books I get, go on the shelf till I get a chance to read them. The new series of Dune books by Herbert's son are really good, I've read 4 so far, and every one was great. Reading to the family is so good in so many ways, and something your daughter will cherish the rest of her life. You da Man! I can't imagine not being able to read, if I ever do any kind of social work it would be along those lines.ie, helping people to learn to read.

[Firehand10k]

Yeah those are the Dune books I'm talking about. I read the 6 prequiles and the first of the 2 based on his fathers notes labled "Dune 7". Now if I can just get to the grand finale. ~X(

[bobO]

So here's what happens...Just kidding, Your a couple ahead of me I don't think I've read the Dune 7 yet. So many books so little time. There's a series of paper backs that I want to turn you on to, but everything is packed up and for the life of me , I can't remember the title or authors name. But there a fun read and right up your line. The guy is like a magnum P.I. with a sword and a beautiful assistant who is part troll,elf,orc, and a walking arsenal. Good stuff, now I gotta go dig it up, I'll get back to you. HAH, That was to easy it was in the first box I looked in! The arthurs name is Martin Scott and the first book is called "Thraxas" really funny, light read. Worth a look, cracked me up!