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  1. Rex

    Do you read non-fiction?

    Roughly 80% of the books I read are non-fiction.
  2. Rex

    Karen Joy Fowler: Jane Austen Book Club

    It sounds dull. Would it be better if the setting was not contemporary?
  3. Rex

    Karen Joy Fowler: Jane Austen Book Club

    Synopsis please? Rex :)
  4. Rex

    looking for naval Military Sci-Fi

    The Last Ship - William Brinkley
  5. Rex

    How many books have you read in 2005?

    I have read about 75 to 100 books so far this year. I do not keep an exact count. It is not unusual for me to finish one book per day on my days off. I think the local library dreads it when I walk through the door. I cost them a lot of money for interlibrary loans. :eek: <<< example of...
  6. Rex

    What do you use as a bookmark?

    I use those phony credit cards that Discover and American Express always enclose with their junk mailings.
  7. Rex

    Hard to find titles

    Living near a large city helps. I have always been able to find what I am looking for in small, secondhand book shops near universities.
  8. Rex

    What's the WORST book you ever read?

    The worst book I ever read was written by Dean Koontz. The name escapes me.
  9. Rex

    historical fiction anyone?

    All the books you listed are non-fiction. Nevertheless, they are still excellent.
  10. Rex

    Who likes The Sound of Music?

    Me. A window popped up stating my response was too short and that I should write a post at least ten characters long. I believe this second paragraph addresses that problem. That is what I get for not writing in complete sentences. My English teachers would be ashamed of me. :(
  11. Rex

    Books you were forced to read at school!

    Macbeth Romeo & Juliet Great Expectations Farenheit 451 Hamlet Slaughterhouse 5 The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich The Guns of August The Martian Chronicles For Whom the Bell Tolls Of Mice and Men The Diary of Anne Frank Les Miserables To Kill a Mockingbird All Quiet on the Western Front Lord...
  12. Rex

    Franny K. Stein - Mad Scientist

    You might want to take a look at Bertrand R. Brinley's The Mad Scientists' Club and The New Adventures of the Mad Scientists' Club. Brinley published the short stories in these two books in the 1960's, but they are still very interesting adventures, particularly for young readers. Here is a...
  13. Rex

    How do you choose the book you'll read next ?

    I have an ongoing list and I make certain I have a number of books from that list at my immediate disposal.
  14. Rex

    Suggest just one book to read.

    The Making of the Atomic Bomb - Richard Rhodes
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