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Do you like Kipling?
Aug 31, 2021, 11:23 PM
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"I don't know. I've never kippled,"
C'mon well-read Lungers. Name your top two or five or eight written works of at least semi-fictional material. I'll start with a couple of my also-rans: Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet, and The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.
Don't be shy now. Whatch'all got?
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Good question. I'll go three. The only thing
Aug 31, 2021, 11:36 PM
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I currently read that I would put in the literary category would be Anne Tyler. Nothing I can say. Just incredible, I think.
James Lee Burke. Private eye stories, but is considered nearly literary, or maybe actually so.
Robert B Parker. Because of dialogue. I think he's the best there is at that. If people don't talk like that, they ought to.
Your Pillars Of The Earth is on my list. Okay, I'll go get it.
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Streak and Clete Purcell kick up some dust.***
Sep 1, 2021, 7:20 AM
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Indeed.
Sep 1, 2021, 7:31 AM
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James Lee Burke makes up a LONG row of books in our library room.
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Your library room.
Sep 1, 2021, 8:42 AM
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Is it adjacent to the parlor, study, or billiards room?
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LOLUTZ.
Sep 1, 2021, 9:27 AM
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The library is not even IN the East Wing. It's in the West Wing directly above the wine cellar and down the hall from the Wiping Butler's quarters.
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Ragtime and Billy Bathgate by E. L. Doctorow are
Sep 1, 2021, 12:05 AM
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both fantastic. Breakfast Of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut is wicked good.
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Re: Ragtime and Billy Bathgate by E. L. Doctorow are
Sep 1, 2021, 12:09 AM
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Breakfast of Champions better than Slaughter House Five? If so, it's a must.
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Re: Ragtime and Billy Bathgate by E. L. Doctorow are
Sep 1, 2021, 7:00 AM
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I thought it was better but just by a tiny scosh
Annie Dillard’s Pilgrim on Tinker Creek is my favorite “literary work”
Carson’s Silent Spring is good too.
The Masters of Solitude by Marvin Kaye and Parke Godwin is my all time favorite
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Re: Do you like Kipling?
Sep 1, 2021, 4:43 AM
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Kite Runner was good. Gives you a feel for Afghanistan, or at least the way it was. I liked The Shining, which I think was partly semi autobiographical for King. I've been getting some secondary education lately, so it's really been cutting into my pleasure reading.
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Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises, For Whom the Bell Tolls,
Sep 1, 2021, 7:29 AM
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and Islands in the Stream.
Lonesome Dove series by McMurtry.
All the James Lee Burke books.
Recently all the Jack Reacher books by Lee Child.
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Bruh...
Sep 1, 2021, 7:52 AM
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All the feels here.
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Follett’s series including Pillars
Sep 1, 2021, 7:51 AM
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Is outstanding literature!
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I got you
Sep 1, 2021, 7:58 AM
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-Love Hemingway, but Farewell to Arms will always be my favorite.
-Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry (and love his son's music, too)
-1984 (shout out to CUinTulsa)
-A lot of Stephen King, mainly The Stand. Really, really love one of his newer ones, which is 11/22/63, awesome time travel novel about a guy trying to stop the JFK assassination
-Of Mice and Men
-Not fiction but really love Confederates in the Attic. Must read for all Southerners.
-Catch 22
-Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
-Can I count The Crucible? It's a play but a great read and I love the themes.
If you wanna talk Kipling, I'll give the nod to a movie version: I absolutely love The Man Who Would Be King with Connery and Caine.
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Re: I got you
Sep 1, 2021, 8:19 AM
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Hemingway-The Old Man and the Sea
Vonnegut-Slaughter House 5
Ron Rash(Clemson connection)--most anything he has put out
Brad Taylor(from CHS)
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Oh sh*t. APM left Vonnegut off his list. GOOD CALL!***
Sep 1, 2021, 9:37 AM
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SPOON!!!
Sep 1, 2021, 9:38 AM
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Props to CITA. A great one!
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Brave New World, Hitchhiker's Guide series, Old Man
Sep 1, 2021, 8:37 AM
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and the Sea, any collection of Flannery O'Connor's.
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And it's sappy and panders to all the feels, but sue me,
Sep 1, 2021, 8:40 AM
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I still love The Art of Racing in the Rain----pretty sure it was written for me.
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Ken Follett trilogy starting with "Fall of the Giants"
Sep 1, 2021, 9:17 AM
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Good mix of actual history and fictional characters. I've enjoyed all of his books so far. Daniel Silva has some good ones. Mrs CUTIG61 enjoys anything by Dean Koontz or Stephen King. I also like the Doug Preston and Lincoln Child books with a number of series. Those should probably be read in order if you have a chance.
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ol' Rudjerd would be cancelled today boy. APM loves books.
Sep 1, 2021, 9:36 AM
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A Top 5 or so is hard, but here's what comes to mind:
1) The Name of the Rose. The theme is a bit dated now, but still a great read.
2) Catch-22. THE Great American Novel.
3) Lonesome Dove.
4) One Hundred Years of Solitude.
5) Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
6) Any random Hemingway. It's his style as much as the story. I'll go with The Old Man and the Sea.
7) The Alchemist.
I could go on. There are so many good books and good books change us. I have veered toward non-fiction and biography of late, have been reading Lawrence in Arabia, the non-fiction account of what really happened in the Middle East during WWI. It is dense reading and I have put it down and picked it back up several times since I got it, but it is a great read.
My only fiction read right now is Zorba the Greek. It is very good, but not life-changing good.
Nevertheless, fiction, which is REALLY non-fiction because our stories create our reality, is where it hits me in da feels.
Thanks for asking the question. I need to pick up a good book.
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Lunge Book Club
Sep 1, 2021, 10:21 AM
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HIGH-larious. Forgot to mention Memory Man series from Baldacci. I started them out of order though.
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Re: Do you like Kipling?
Sep 1, 2021, 10:13 AM
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Venus on the Half Shell
Lord of the Rings (trilogy)
Welcome to the Monkey House/Player Piano
Another Roadside Attraction/Still Life with Woodpecker
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
All contributed to the overall dementedness of yours truly
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I don't read fiction anymore, but when I did...
Sep 1, 2021, 10:21 AM
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Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, and Clive Cussler were the go to authors.
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A few favorites from when I read alot more
Sep 1, 2021, 10:37 AM
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A Confederacy of Dunces - Kennedy O'Toole
Catch-22 - Heller
Into the Wild - Krakauer
Into Thin Air - Krakauer
Fear & Loathing & Rum Diaries - HST
Hitchhiker's Guide was good
Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
I used to read before kids, now I don't have time.
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I enjoy reading AJ Jacobs, Bill Bryson,
Sep 1, 2021, 10:42 AM
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Freakonomics books, J Maarten Troost, and pretty much every book telling me to retire early
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Re: Do you like Kipling?
Sep 1, 2021, 10:57 AM
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Many of my favorites have been mentioned. A little surprised James Michener hasn't been mentioned. Try some Carl Hiaasen for some great characters. He's a lunger for sure. For those of you that like James Lee Burke try some Randy Wayne White for great action.
A good author that now lives in S.C. is Wayne Stinnett. I actually found him on Kindle books. Kindle is a good deal for those that read a lot but somewhat limiting in the choices. But, there are some good authors out there. Also, WEB Griffin is great for those who like militaria. Fordtunate Son
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