Anyone reading any good fiction (or other genres)? Suggestions appreciated :-)

Aliens: River of Pain ... you'll thank me later

OP read Michael Crichton. I don't do much fiction but he is excellent. I esp. loved one of his lesser known books Travels where he climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro.

Swan song. Robert mccammon

Vanity Fair.

“ I have heard a brother of the story-telling trade at Naples preaching to a pack of good-for-nothing honest, lazy fellows by the sea-shore, work himself up into such a rage and passion with some of the villains whose wicked deeds he was describing and inventing, that the audience could not resist it; and they and the poet together would burst out into a roar of oaths and execrations against the fictitious monster of the tale, so that the hat went round, and the bajocchi tumbled into it, in the midst of a perfect storm of sympathy. ”
— William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair

To the far blue mountains or fair blows the wind by Louis L'Amour. I just started Shipwrecks In The Americas. I'm fascinated with sailing and Spanish gold.

Oh and James Michener too. He is also excellent. You won't be sorry.

I liked 'Blood Music' by Michael Crichton. I've been working my way through The Horus Heresy series of novels set in the Warhammer 30k era. Decent if you don't mind hard scifi.

I think it might be out of your genre with what you are reading though op.

Awesome thank you!

Thanks. I’ll look into that one :-)

Loved it! McCammon is one of my favorite authors ;-)

That’d definitely be a change of venue. I will most certainly check these out. I’ve read a bunch of L’Amour’s westerns so I’m a fan of his :-)

I went on a Bradbury binge when I was a kid, but you’re right - I’m not too much into SciFi. That said, I’m a prodigious and eclectic reader so if it’s good I’m likely to give it a try ;-) Thanks!!

Orson Scott Card

I’m exhausted and soon will go to sleep. Will check back tomorrow when I get a minute. We’re grilling out, etc. so I’ll be busy with company - meaning my GLP will be spotty.

Can’t that you all enough!

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Added! Hey, hang in there man. I’m praying for you.

I only read non-fiction. Currently reading "The Naked Communist" by W. Cleon Skousen I highly recommend you read it. Just don't buy it at Amazon. In fact buy nothing from the baby killing liberals at Amazon. That's not what real Americans do.

Don Winslow:

1) Power of the Dog
2) The Cartel
3) The Border

(A trilogy, might as well do them in the right order)

I don't have the chronological order handy but the Charlie Parker series by John Connolloy is outstanding.

Unintended Consequences by Jon Ross (I think that's his name, I KNOW the title is correct. Can be hard to find but excellent and worth the effort.

The "Agent Pendergast" series by Preston and Child is fun.

I also admit to being a Dean Koontz fan, good variety of characters, plots, etc.

If you haven't done Lucifer's Hammer it's one you can read several times over as the years go by.

One of my favorite authors. Damn good stuff by him.

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If you want some stuff that hits home, check out NASA.

As with anytime I hear this request I'll ALWAYS recommend the Dark Tower Series by Stephen King

Never buy anything Stephen King, he's a baby killing liberal.