It was my late father's first love too. Have you read Faithful?
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Out of all sports baseball is the only one I enjoy. I guess it has to do with the nostalgic quality as America's pasttime and the mystical literary phenomenon it has spawned.
I haven't read that one. As a Cardinals fan, the 2004 World Series was not a fun experience for me. Perhaps I can put those feelings aside long enough to read Faithful
I like to actually physically play baseball, but watching it is equivalent to watching paint dry. With football it's the other way around.
So many people loved this book and I thought it was so boring I had a hard time getting through it.This book along with another Simmons book ( I quit halfway through) that people also really liked kind of put me off reading him anymore.Maybe I just don't jibe with his writing.
Reading Z for Zachariah. It is a really easy read.Written in the 70's.Apocalypse fiction.I think it may be a young adult book.So far so good!
I can see how some folks could feel this way. The book is heavy on nautical info, much of which goes right over my head, but I still dig it. I'm a sucker for historical fiction, especially well written historical fiction with supernatural elements.
Halfway through Braffet's Last Seen Leaving. Accosted by a horrible, HORRIBLE animal scene. WHY???! Once again, I want warnings in books and movies for this B.S. Some of us are barely holding on to sanity as it is.
My grandfather was a skipper and he always had a tale or two about being on the ice in ships. I SHOULD like this SImmon's book but I do not. I read it but it did not grab me.
Rereading The Wind Through The Keyhole for the first time since its release.
Do any of you ladies and gentlemen have a post apocalyptic book you might recommend? I'm talking asteroid hitting the earth, killer virus, or mutated aliens wiping out humans? I've read all the usual suspects like Lucifer's Hammer, The Stand, The Road, Swan Song, and countless others, but I figured if there's a hidden gem out there one of the SKMBers would be the one to ask. Thanks in advance for any suggestions. Everyone have a safe weekend. Ghost.
Have you read The Passage and The Twelve? And I had never heard of Lucifer's Hammer before. Sounds intriguing.
Thanks for the suggestion, I'll check that series out.
If you don't mind golden oldies, I suggest:
THE PURPLE CLOUD by M. P. Shiel
THE NIGHT LAND by William Hope Hodgson
THE LAST MAN by Mary Shelley
THE SCARLET PLAUGE by Jack London
You need some suspension of disbelief with most of this stuff, especially Mrs. Shelley's book (but hey, gotta give Mary some credit for pretty much inventing that genre too).
Thank you for the suggestions, I've read all of those except the Jack London one. May check that one out.
Reading Our Man in Camelot by Anthony Price.
One Second After is probably my third favorite apocalypse book.It is part one of three.It left me thinking!
I enjoyed that one also. I recently read "On The Beach" which I hadn't read in a long time. It was still a very good read.
I looked in my book journal and found these for post apocalyptic. I had them rated a 3 out of 5 but thats just me.I have read most of the mainstream ones too and am always scrounging around for more!
Reading right now- Z for Zachariah
-The Jakarta Pandemic
-Burn Down the Sky
-The Hollow Chicolate Bummies of the Apocalypse ( weird and funny)
-The City Not Long After
-After the End( ebook)
- The Judas Strain
-The Passage/The Twelve
-The Postman
-The Pesthouse
-The Deluge
-Year Zero ( kind of)
I didnt include the "zombie" list
Hey Thanks. Several on the list I haven't read. Which one would you pick as your favorite on that list?I looked in my book journal and found these for post apocalyptic. I had them rated a 3 out of 5 but thats just me.I have read most of the mainstream ones too and am always scrounging around for more!
Reading right now- Z for Zachariah
-The Jakarta Pandemic
-Burn Down the Sky
-The Hollow Chicolate Bummies of the Apocalypse ( weird and funny)
-The City Not Long After
-After the End( ebook)
- The Judas Strain
-The Passage/The Twelve
-The Postman
-The Pesthouse
-The Deluge
-Year Zero ( kind of)
I didnt include the "zombie" list
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