shropshire 0 #1 February 13, 2011 Me...... Ben Franklins' autobiography ... Jeeze what a bloke (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiverbry 0 #2 February 13, 2011 Dropzone.com forums....ease readBry -------------------------------------------------- Growing old is mandatory.Growing up is optional!! D.S.#13(Dudeist Skdiver) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #3 February 13, 2011 Nice one Bry ... good to see that you#re keeping the faith. (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiverbry 0 #4 February 13, 2011 Gotta keep up with important current events, ya know? Bry -------------------------------------------------- Growing old is mandatory.Growing up is optional!! D.S.#13(Dudeist Skdiver) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #5 February 13, 2011 Sara Douglas "The Troy Game", just starting Book 2You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JENNR8R 0 #6 February 13, 2011 Roots by Alex HaleyWhat do you call a beautiful, sunny day that comes after two cloudy, rainy ones? -- Monday. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flyerer 0 #7 February 13, 2011 Rediscovering Catholicism by Matthew Kelly. Great read! And don't let the title fool you. If you're Christian but not Catholic, just insert the word Christian wherever you see Catholic. If you're not Christian, but believe in a power higher than yourself, just insert the words "higher power", or whatever you believe in...pm with your name and address if you'd like me to mail you a copy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #8 February 13, 2011 Faith is the Hunter ~Ernrst K. Gann ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shotgun 1 #9 February 13, 2011 Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho by Stephen Rebello Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #10 February 13, 2011 I just finished Riding Rockets. Really enjoyable read - Mullane is pretty open and uncensored in what he has to say about NASA, the culture there, the lack of political correctness among the astronaut corps in his day (he calls them planet Arrested Development), NASA political BS, and the like. It's a really fun read about the really cool parts and the really mundane parts of space exploration."There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JMantheDrumMan 0 #11 February 13, 2011 Almost finished reading A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson. An extremely funny travel memoir about two guys who hike the Appalachian Trail. I highly recommend it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shotgun 1 #12 February 13, 2011 Quote I just finished Riding Rockets. I enjoyed that book too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PiLFy 3 #13 February 13, 2011 I'm re-re-re-reading Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. It's a marvelous story w/many chapters entirely absent in Jackson's excellent screen adaptation. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #14 February 13, 2011 Quote I just finished Riding Rockets. Really enjoyable read - Mullane is pretty open and uncensored in what he has to say about NASA, the culture there, the lack of political correctness among the astronaut corps in his day (he calls them the Arrested Development crowd), NASA political BS, and the like. It's a really fun read about the really cool parts and the really mundane parts of space exploration. Bored stiff on a cruise ship last year I read Scott Carpenter's biography...an interesting story. Gave some insight to the way NASA was back then and the effect it had on the 'stars' of the program. I've heard of 'Riding Rockets' ...on your endorsement I'll pick it up. ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kawisixer01 0 #15 February 13, 2011 QuoteAlmost finished reading A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson. An extremely funny travel memoir about two guys who hike the Appalachian Trail. I highly recommend it. Read it last year. Loved it! Just got done with "the art of racing in the rain". It was a decent book. Just started "Shop class as soulcraft". This has been very good read so far too. Its a book about the skillled trades, how they are overlooked, and how schools have consistantly steered children away from skilled trades and taught children to kind of look down upon the people working in the field of skilled trades. This all even though the intelligence needed to get into the skilled trades is often higher than that required to get into most colleges. I work in skilled trades (industrial controls electrician and automation programming) and many people in my family in past and present generations do too, so it's tripped my trigger a bit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #16 February 13, 2011 I just started reading some of the Amazon customer reviews of Riding Rockets. Everyone who gave it 1, 2, or 3 stars ranged from horrified to disappointed at his "potty humor" and "lack of discretion." They seemed to be looking for the highly varnished, astronaut-as-superhuman-hero type of book ... this is NOT that, and that's precisely why I enjoyed it so much. Mullane is very open about the fact that he, in many ways, is old school and at times probably needs to grow up and/or shut up. But he's honest... and that's the cool part. He comes across as a real human being, flaws and all, as do many of the others he describes."There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #17 February 13, 2011 Just finished The black Swan by Taleb. After that one (which isnt a casual read lol: he has 80 pages of notes and bibliography) gonna start the new Frankenstein from Koontz (I know, I said he gets on my nerves with his recipe of unlikely woman lead, dogs, and aliens, but it was on sale lol) Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
countzero 7 #18 February 13, 2011 Tim Dorsey- Nuclear Jellyfishdiamonds are a dawgs best friend Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #19 February 13, 2011 I like to have at least one non-fiction and one fiction book going, and switch back & forth depending on my mood. My current non-fiction is Diplomacy by Henry Kissinger. For fiction, I just finished reading Musachi by Eiji Yoshikawa, an historical/biographical novel about a famous samurai in the 17th Century, Miyamoto Musachi. I love anything about the space program, so in light of Krisanne's endorsement of Riding Rockets, I'm now itching to check it out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JackC1 0 #20 February 13, 2011 Just finished Bram Stoker's Dracula which I'd rate as a solid meh. Prior to that it was The Great Book of BASE by Matt Gerdes which was a very interesting read. Just started Fleming's Casino Royale and I'm half way through Denis Pagen's Understanding the Sky - A Sport Pilot's Guide to Flying Conditions Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #21 February 13, 2011 Quote I love anything about the space program, so in light of Krisanne's endorsement of Riding Rockets, I'm now itching to check it out. This thread was perfect timing - when I finished it yesterday I was thinking about starting a thread just to tell people about the book because as I read it I kept thinking "Skydivers would LOVE this guy!""There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deltron80 0 #22 February 13, 2011 Red Mars trilogy - Kim Stanley Robinson (hard sci-fi about colonization & terraforming of Mars) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 643 #23 February 13, 2011 "The American Civil War" by John Keegan. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrewwhyte 1 #24 February 13, 2011 LIFE by Kieth Richards. ONE ON ONE by Peter Mansbridge. A series of interviews from a TV show on CBC. The Aga Khan, The Dalai Lama, Bill Gates, Brian Wilson, Dianna Krall, Taraq Aziz, Karzai, Clinton, Obama, Thatcher, and on and on. An amazing list. On Deck THE LONG ROAD TO FREEDOM -Mandella THE GOD DELUSION- Dawkins THEY FIGHT LIKE SOLDIERS, THEY DIE LIKE CHILDREN- Romeo Dallaire THE CAGED VIRGIN- Ayan Hersey Ali (gotta stop buying books faster than I can read them) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dragon2 2 #25 February 13, 2011 Terry Pratchett - Unseen Academicals I'm a Discworld fan ciel bleu, Saskia Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
