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  1. Bluenote

    Which Authors You Won't Read Again?

    Would you put forth an opinion that the government *isn't* trampling all over certain rights gauranteed within the Constitution and Bill of Rights? And Ruby Ridge was far more than just a " shootout at an Idaho cabin" , it's a given that Weaver was a Berk , that said the Feds were well out of...
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    Walter Mosley resurrects Easy Rawlins

    You'd be incorrect on that , I never miss a Mosley since he's one of the spiritual heirs to the Chandler sort legacy.
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    Stephen King

    Perhaps King should stick to discussing things he actually has knowledgeof , rather than parroting a Putrid Pelosi and fatuous Feinstein partyline based on hyperbole and not much else.
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    Random Question..Keep posting

    Grits.........no matter how ya fix 'em. Best sax player in history ( evil chuckle)............
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    e-Books Vs normal books..

    Show me a tablet with 8-32 gigs of ram , a RAID array with drives from 500 gigs to 3 terrabytes , dual video cards of 1 to 3 gigs running in Crossfire , a six or eight core processor and the ability to handle a three monitor array. When you can show me that I'll believe that a tablet will...
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    e-Books Vs normal books..

    You have GOT to be kidding me.
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    Which Authors You Won't Read Again?

    Meadow , as regards Steinbeck , if you ever wish to give him another crack try Tortilla Flats , Sweet Thursday and Cannery Row , you will ( I think) be quite pleasantly surprised. And Travels With Charlie is one of the quintessential " road" books of all time , easily on par with with William...
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    What crime/horror/thriller/mystery books have you read and found appealing?

    Don't miss James Lee Burke , Walt Mosly or for that matter Tami Hoag......Elmore Leonard is always entertaining , J.A. Jance likewise , Joe Lansdale....I could go on for far too long.
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    Norman Mailer

    Start with Armies of The Night and The Naked and The Dead. And don't miss his second two , Barbary Shore and The Deer Park..........
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    Who is your favourite author, and why?

    Uh uh......Lou Rawls was " The Voice"...............(chuckle) , best version of Tobacco Road ever recorded , 1965 Capitol records , same album with the monologue about south side Chicago. I'll put it up in the music section sometime , along with a buncha blues , Zydeco and jazz.....( if you like...
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    My thoughts on Atlas Shrugged

    Hmmm , in actuality the place to begin as regards " libertarianism" would be with Dejacque and Pierre Joseph Proudhon and of course John Locke , Thomas Paine , William Godwin , though Dejacque was more correctly an anarchist with a libertarian communist approach and Proudhon was basically a...
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    Boston Marathon attack

    Is it a full auto canner , does it have a " shoulderthingthatgoesup" , does it accept the high capacity thirty quart magazines , does it have a " grip" , is it threaded for a flash hider or muzzle brake?
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    Transcendent Reads - your thoughts and lists

    Is not the concept of a " transcendent book" rather dependent upon the given readers mindset and mood at the time of reading? Along with of course the readers particular taste in literature? Does it evoke emotion , be they ugly and irrational fears ( I walked a wide path around storm drains...
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    What are you listening to Right now?

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    Who is your favourite author, and why?

    I'll see your Jones and raise you a Walken.....
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    Boston Marathon attack

    Quit apologising , in point of fact I'll put some damn bricks under the box and hold the ladder if you want to climb higher on that soapbox , 'cause it needed to be stated. And on to a few realities , which may offend some folks , not that I'll much care as regards that issue. Firstly...
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    F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby

    Hmmmmm. Gatsby has always left me relatively nonplused , explore FSF's other work , of which " The Beautiful and The Damned" and the posthumously published " The Love Of The Last Tycoon" are quite worth reading and (imo) better than " Gatsby". The intense focus on Gatsby detracts from and...
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    My thoughts on Atlas Shrugged

    Perhaps some here might consider some basic research into the raving , egomaniacal tyrant known as Ayn Rand.
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    errors in Lee Child book

    Disagree , as do/would many who live in or have lived in the state of Wyoming.
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    errors in Lee Child book

    Since Reacher is 6'5" and 240-250 casting Cruise as Reacher was more than a bit ridiculous. And yes I've found several errors in Child's books as regards various weapons , I'll give him a pass on the issue in consideration of the fact that firearms are relatively uncommon in Great Britian due...
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