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All time favorite..."Dune" by Frank Herbert
"Red Branch" or "Bard" by Morgan Llewelyn.
"The Brotherhood of the Rose" by David Morrell
"The Alienist" by Caleb Carr
"Lonesome Dove" by Larry McMurtry
Pretty much anything by Cormac McCarthy, Ray Bradbury or Robert Heinlein.
It is bad policy to fear the resentment of an enemy. -Ethan Allen
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Thanks for the tip, I have not read his stuff in years.Originally Posted by J-Dub
There were a couple of guys in my platoon, but in a different squad, that were big fans of his. So the books got passed around on deployments. I read a couple of his books, and really liked "Last of the Breed" the best.
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I think you will enjoy it. Good luck to you with college, and your plans for serving your country.
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Song of Ice and Fire because I'm a total nerd. Atlas Shrugged because Ayn Rand is a prophet. 1984 and Animal Farm though ironically Orwell was a democratic socialist (his anti-totalitarian leanings are far more interesting to me).
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I like my rifles like my women - short, light, fast, brown, and suppressed.
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Red Branch is a great book. It's been awhile since I read that one.
The same person who recommended Red Branch to me, recommended Tigana, which I also enjoyed.
http://www.amazon.com/Tigana-Guy-Gav.../dp/0451457765
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I read "The Alienist" a few years ago, pretty decent if memory serves.
"A Song of Ice and Fire" is probably my favorite fiction at this point. Martin just writes tremendously well, and his plots are incredible.
I'll have to check out The Ten Thousand, thanks for the tip!
It's not exactly fiction, but I grew up reading Peter Capstick's books about African hunting. I'm finally starting to get my stuff together for an African hunt of my own, and I find myself re-reading Capstick's older stuff again and again.
Cyril: Oh now that's a breach of trust!
Lana: Do you really want to open this can of trust-breachy worms after I just found you and my ex-boyfriend with a dead hooker in the trunk?
Cyril: ...I do not.
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What you did there? I see it.
"It makes no difference what men think of war, said the judge. War endures. As well ask men what they think of stone. War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner."
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You should read the recent Punisher MAX series, the ones written by Garth Ennis. Born, about the Punisher's origin in Vietnam, is one of the best story arcs I've ever read. It chronicles Frank Castle's last tour, his lone survival of an end of the movie Platoon-style firefight at Firebase Valley Forge, and the deal he makes so he can have his "war without end".
Valley Forge, Valley Forge, about an attempt by Delta to apprehend the Punisher and also related to his time in Vietnam, will bring a tear to your eye if you are, or know, a Vietnam veteran.
Brotherhood is another good story arc written by Ennis, from the older MarvelKnights Punisher series. It's about his involvement with 2 NYPD detectives, one a wife beater, and the other with a gambling problem that leaves him beholden to the wrong people, and how they redeem themselves.
All of these story arcs are available in trade paperback (graphic novel) form on Amazon.
Last edited by Rider79; 06-04-12 at 09:39.
"It makes no difference what men think of war, said the judge. War endures. As well ask men what they think of stone. War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner."
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Doing what I can with what I got...
Last edited by Sensei; 06-04-12 at 13:13.
I like my rifles like my women - short, light, fast, brown, and suppressed.
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