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  • #16
    Re: Best book you have read ?

    Originally posted by 013423217277460 link=1264408206/14#14 date=1264498146
    This one was made into a movie a long time ago, cant remember when.
    1978
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077928/

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    • #17
      Re: Best book you have read ?

      Thanks for that link TG. wow 1978 that long ago.

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      • #18
        Re: Best book you have read ?

        Read this one many years ago and still rate it very highly..... 8-)

        "The Sudden Sky" - B. Michelaard

        If youre not into epic "seat of the pants" stories from a pilots perspective, then this might not be for you....

        Mal.

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        • #19
          Re: Best book you have read ?

          My current books is very good......Slave Species of God by Michael Tellinger and the other I am read Emerging Viruses by Dr Horowitz.....can list many many more but will probably bore you to death..

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          • #20
            Re: Best book you have read ?

            My fav book is Marching Powder by Rusty Young. True story written by an Aussie about an Englishman (Thomas McFadden), convicted of drug trafficking in Bolivia, who ran tours inside the jail. The tours were even listed in Lonely Planet. The author bribed the guards to let him share a cell with McFadden for 3 months to write the book.

            I just read on Wiki that it will be made into a movie this year by Brad Pitts production company - will be keeping an eye out for that one!

            Interesting read...

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            • #21
              Re: Best book you have read ?

              "Best" book is a big call...but fairly recently "Shantaram" by Australian author Gregory David Roberts is a real page turner. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shantaram_(novel)
              Optioned by Johnny Depp, hopefully will see the light of day as a feature at your local cinema.

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              • #22
                Re: Best book you have read ?

                Ill book my seat at the SCi-Fi anomous meeting too

                Again, there are so many good books but the one that has left the biggest impression on me was a non-fiction book, "Cosmos" by Karl Sagan. He writes with such hope and joy at what humans have done and intended to do. Apparently he did a TV series based on the book but I have never seen it

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                • #23
                  Re: Best book you have read ?

                  Originally posted by 09392E3C262A254B0 link=1264408206/21#21 date=1266972953
                  Ill book my seat at the SCi-Fi anomous meeting too

                  Again, there are so many good books but the one that has left the biggest impression on me was a non-fiction book, "Cosmos" by Karl Sagan. He writes with such hope and joy at what humans have done and intended to do. Apparently he did a TV series based on the book but I have never seen it
                  Yep, loved that one too and actually had the entire TV Series on Beta Tape then our Beta VCR packed it in. Still have the tapes some where, probably buried under a lifetimes accumulation of stored goods that we dont have room in the house for any longer

                  Mal.

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                  • #24
                    Re: Best book you have read ?

                    My favourite book EVER is "House of leaves" by Mark Danielewski. You can;t buy it in Aus for some reason, and it has a huge cult following on some internet forums...

                    I would try and describe it... but its almost impossible. Basically a house with dimensions in it that should not be there, to say the extreme least.

                    READ IT.

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                    • #25
                      Re: Best book you have read ?

                      Originally posted by 734354465C505F310 link=1264408206/21#21 date=1266972953
                      Again, there are so many good books but the one that has left the biggest impression on me was a non-fiction book, "Cosmos" by Karl Sagan. He writes with such hope and joy at what humans have done and intended to do. Apparently he did a TV series based on the book but I have never seen it
                      http://www.hulu.com/cosmos


                      Java "Enjoy!" phile
                      Toys! I must have new toys!!!

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                      • #26
                        Re: Best book you have read ?

                        When I was lots younger (somewhat more than 40 years younger) I really enjoyed the SF novel Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin. Bits of it still stick with me today.

                        Greg

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                        • #27
                          Re: Best book you have read ?

                          Originally posted by 715A4D5A4B5352575E3B0 link=1264408206/24#24 date=1267301431
                          http://www.hulu.com/cosmos


                          Java "Enjoy!" phile
                          Thank You!!

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                          • #28
                            Re: Best book you have read ?

                            Originally posted by 2B0017001109080D04610 link=1264408206/24#24 date=1267301431
                            Originally posted by 734354465C505F310 link=1264408206/21#21 date=1266972953
                            Again, there are so many good books but the one that has left the biggest impression on me was a non-fiction book, "Cosmos" by Karl Sagan. He writes with such hope and joy at what humans have done and intended to do. Apparently he did a TV series based on the book but I have never seen it  
                            http://www.hulu.com/cosmos


                            Java "Enjoy!" phile
                            Was interested but vids look like they can only be streamed within the USA

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                            • #29
                              Re: Best book you have read ?

                              Originally posted by 29323B2D2E235A0 link=1264408206/27#27 date=1267573421
                              Originally posted by 2B0017001109080D04610 link=1264408206/24#24 date=1267301431
                              Originally posted by 734354465C505F310 link=1264408206/21#21 date=1266972953
                              Again, there are so many good books but the one that has left the biggest impression on me was a non-fiction book, "Cosmos" by Karl Sagan. He writes with such hope and joy at what humans have done and intended to do. Apparently he did a TV series based on the book but I have never seen it  
                              http://www.hulu.com/cosmos


                              Java "Enjoy!" phile
                              Was interested but vids look like they can only be streamed within the USA
                              Yep, buggar........Java "crazy USA" phile ;D

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                              • #30
                                Re: Best book you have read ?

                                A quick search of bittorrent sites revealed various copies of Cosmos--not that I recommend possibly illegal downloading of such.

                                Greg

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