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thunderDANthunderDAN Posts: 2,094
edited March 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
I like to read but I have a hard time finding books I like. If I don't really get into a book I normally just bail on it. I'm looking for something non-fiction if possible. Doesn't have to be new. My favorite writer is Chuck Klosterman to give you an idea for the type of thing I like

Does anyone know anything decent out there?!
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  • memememe Posts: 4,695
    "The Things they Carried" Tim O'Brien
    ... and the will to show I will always be better than before.
  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    Have you read 'The dice man' by Luke Rhinehardt?

    Also, I read 'Papillon' a few months back. Very good book. Un-put-downable.
  • AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    God Grew Tired of Us A memoir from one of Sudan's "Lost Boys".

    http://www.godgrewtiredofus.com

    Also, my personal favorite:

    Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
    This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper

  • stevieraveonstevieraveon Posts: 413
    I love Klosterman.....I just read a book that had me laughing so hard I couldn't breath.

    It's called "I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell" by Max Tucker.
    Bob Loblaw's Law Blog: "Why should YOU go to jail for a crime someone else noticed?"
  • AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    stevieraveon wrote:
    I love Klosterman.....I just read a book that had me laughing so hard I couldn't breath.

    It's called "I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell" by Max Tucker.

    Is that the one about the guy in the frat?? :rolleyes:
    This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper

  • oil alternativeoil alternative Posts: 192
    Vurt by Jeff Noon
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    To break down borders and realise that we are one species and then the true patriotism comes from pride and love of the human race, not from the tribes of which we currently are divided, open your eyes your mind will see! - ME
  • thunderDANthunderDAN Posts: 2,094
    thanks for all the suggestions so far, I'm writing them down and going to Boarders tonight to check them out!
  • AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    thunderDAN wrote:
    thanks for all the suggestions so far, I'm writing them down and going to Boarders tonight to check them out!

    Go with my selections first. They're clearly the best! ;):p
    This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper

  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    touching the void is probably my favourite book ever... by Joe Simpson

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touching_the_Void
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  • AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    touching the void is probably my favourite book ever...

    Sounds KINKY!! :D:p;)
    This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper

  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    AmentsChick wrote:
    Sounds KINKY!! :D:p;)
    :D sorry to disappoint ya... but I'm afraid not :( It really is fantastic though
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • thunderDANthunderDAN Posts: 2,094
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    touching the void is probably my favourite book ever... by Joe Simpson

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touching_the_Void

    that looks pretty good. Few know how interested I am in people that climb giant mountains, so that is right up my ally. I've never been climbing- not even a tree or an indoor climbing wall- but I can't get enough of watching others climb
  • AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    thunderDAN wrote:
    that looks pretty good. Few know how interested I am in people that climb giant mountains, so that is right up my ally. I've never been climbing- not even a tree or an indoor climbing wall- but I can't get enough of watching others climb

    OH...in that case!! Check out Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer....SUCH an amazing book...un-put-down-able. (And, yes, I'm a bit biased, Krakauer is my favorite author.)
    This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper

  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    thunderDAN wrote:
    that looks pretty good. Few know how interested I am in people that climb giant mountains, so that is right up my ally. I've never been climbing- not even a tree or an indoor climbing wall- but I can't get enough of watching others climb
    into thin air is indeed a great book... but touching the void takes it to a whole different level. I'm going home now but I'm seriously into these kinds of books so I can recommend several more to you if you like. But get touching the void... it's not just a great climbing story, it's fantastically written and is funny and sad and everything you want... PLUS it's a true story :)
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    PLUS it's a true story :)

    This is a MUST for me!! In the past couple of years, with a few exceptions (i.e. A Thousand Splendid Suns), I've been reading mostly only non-fiction.
    This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper

  • thunderDANthunderDAN Posts: 2,094
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    into thin air is indeed a great book... but touching the void takes it to a whole different level. I'm going home now but I'm seriously into these kinds of books so I can recommend several more to you if you like. But get touching the void... it's not just a great climbing story, it's fantastically written and is funny and sad and everything you want... PLUS it's a true story :)

    yes if you have some more let me know. I am really interested in that kind of stuff. thanks
    AmentsChick wrote:
    This is a MUST for me!! In the past couple of years, with a few exceptions (i.e. A Thousand Splendid Suns), I've been reading mostly only non-fiction.

    Yeah I'm not really into fiction that much because I don't really like reading alot of dialog and I like to hear a story or learn something that is true, not something someone just completely made up. I do have some fiction books I really like, but for the most part I like non fiction
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    into thin air is indeed a great book... but touching the void takes it to a whole different level. I'm going home now but I'm seriously into these kinds of books so I can recommend several more to you if you like. But get touching the void... it's not just a great climbing story, it's fantastically written and is funny and sad and everything you want... PLUS it's a true story :)
    Cracking film too, although the third team member kind of annoyed me a bit. I seem to recall him making a REALLY crass comment about which of the two he would have preferred to return if one died.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    thunderDAN wrote:



    Yeah I'm not really into fiction that much because I don't really like reading alot of dialog and I like to hear a story or learn something that is true, not something someone just completely made up. I do have some fiction books I really like, but for the most part I like non fiction

    Same here! And, to avoid being a broken record...JON KRAKAUER!!! BEST AUTHOR EVER!! He's actually the first non-fiction I've read (for pleasure) and I've been almost exclusively non-fiction ever since.

    Lately, I've really gotten into reading anything and everything I can about Sudan.
    This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper

  • AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    Oh...also, Krakauer (last time I mention him in this thread, I SWEAR) has a book called Eiger Dreams which is a collection of his writings from all of his various climbs from all over the world. Another interesting read (and I couldn't care less about mountain climbing.)
    This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper

  • thunderDANthunderDAN Posts: 2,094
    AmentsChick wrote:
    Same here! And, to avoid being a broken record...JON KRAKAUER!!! BEST AUTHOR EVER!! He's actually the first non-fiction I've read (for pleasure) and I've been almost exclusively non-fiction ever since.

    Lately, I've really gotten into reading anything and everything I can about Sudan.

    I'll check him out
  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    Cracking film too, although the third team member kind of annoyed me a bit. I seem to recall him making a REALLY crass comment about which of the two he would have preferred to return if one died.
    it was soooooooo obvious he was in love with Simon Yates :D cos even when jon came back he said how he was worried about simon :eek:
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    thunderDAN wrote:
    yes if you have some more let me know. I am really interested in that kind of stuff. thanks
    Ok, let me think about that one... I haven't read as many as I'd like... so yeh, touching the void is excellent (Jon Simpson writes brilliantly in this but his other books aren't so exciting, you get the feeling he's just cashing in on the success of touching the void), into thin air is great too and MUST be followed by The Climb by anatoli boukreev to get another side of the story. The writing isn't as great but it kinda proves how there ARE two sides to every story.

    http://www.amazon.com/Climb-Tragic-Ambitions-Everest/dp/0312965338

    Would you read books on polar exploration? They're just as exciting.
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • thunderDANthunderDAN Posts: 2,094
    I got Touching the Void, The Climb,Papillon, and Into Thin Air last night. I'm not sure what one to read first, but thanks again for the suggestions!
  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    thunderDAN wrote:
    I got Touching the Void, The Climb,Papillon, and Into Thin Air last night. I'm not sure what one to read first, but thanks again for the suggestions!
    :) well I read into thin air, followed by the climb followed by touching the void and I liked that order. You cannot read the climb before into thin air anyway as it's a response to that book. But really you should leave touching the void til after both of them... as it's a step up :)

    Never read papillon though so I dunno where that should fit into the order :D
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • RygarRygar Posts: 8,685
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    :) well I read into thin air, followed by the climb followed by touching the void and I liked that order. You cannot read the climb before into thin air anyway and it's a response to that book. But really you should leave touching the void til after both of them... as it's a step up :)

    Never read papillon though so I dunno where that should fit into the order :D
    I'm glad you went objective and read the other side of the story ;)
  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    Rygar wrote:
    I'm glad you went objective and read the other side of the story ;)
    I always do :cool: :)

    I wanna get ALL sides of the story though... turns out everyone on the mountain that day was an author... but the other books aren't as easy to get in shops here... and I'm not into the whole online ordering thing. I really wanna read Beck Weathers book... his story was particularly amazing.
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    Also, when you're done with the mountain climbing books ;) you may wanna take a leap into the world of polar exploration :) . This one is my favourite... possibly because he's Irish but more likely because, as a polar explorer, it's hard to find one that's funny, basic, down to earth and pretty much superhuman. His story is one of the most amazing I've ever read... particularly his solo trek for 35 miles in an antartic blizzard to get help for his two friends.

    http://www.amazon.com/Tom-Crean-Shackleton-Antarctic-Expeditions/dp/089886870X
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • samicksamick Posts: 373
    meme wrote:
    "The Things they Carried" Tim O'Brien



    I've read that book twice now........I love it..............and that was the book I was going to suggest..........I don't think i've ever read a book as fast as i've read that one........I just couldn't put it down
  • thunderDANthunderDAN Posts: 2,094
    samick wrote:
    I've read that book twice now........I love it..............and that was the book I was going to suggest..........I don't think i've ever read a book as fast as i've read that one........I just couldn't put it down

    I'll check it out
  • memememe Posts: 4,695
    samick wrote:
    I've read that book twice now........I love it..............and that was the book I was going to suggest..........I don't think i've ever read a book as fast as i've read that one........I just couldn't put it down

    It's haunting, with an absolutely but obviously tragic beauty to it.
    It also in a way explores the lines between fiction and non-fiction.
    ... and the will to show I will always be better than before.
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