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04-08-2022, 08:51 AM

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CBreezy

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Calling it dark is charitable, but if you’re familiar already you know what you’re getting into

I lived on apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction and horror out of college.

04-08-2022, 08:56 AM

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I really enjoyed https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/58551407-los-angeles-is-hideous
. I don't read poetry, but this is funny enough i kept reading it. Its a libertarian comedian who spent a whole book joking/insulting about how much the city sucks. I know its weird, it isnt my cup of tea, but some NY FO left it out in the crew room to take and i kept it afterwards. Hes got a sci fi short story one too.

04-08-2022, 12:16 PM

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Does anyone have any book recommendations that aren't military or aviation related?

Michael Lewis' The Big Short and Boomerang.

Bryan Burrough and John Helyar's Barbarians at the Gate.

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04-08-2022, 03:17 PM

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I've read a few of those. I really don't care much for non-fiction.

“Candide,” by Voltaire. That kind of wit is timeless and apparently comes from drinking 40 cups of coffee a day. A true genius and ahead of his time.

You will lol.

04-08-2022, 03:44 PM

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Does anyone have any book recommendations that aren't military or aviation related?

Anything by Bill Bryson.

"Stiff" or anything else by Mary Roach.

"Sin in the Second City" by Karen Abbott.

"The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell" by Mark Kurlansky.

"Dreamland" by Kevin Baker.

04-08-2022, 03:45 PM

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For the non-aviator poster….

world war z. It’s TOTALLY different than the movie.

starship troopers. Again, TOTALLY diff than the movie.

both great fiction that makes you think

04-08-2022, 05:06 PM

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For the non-aviator poster….

world war z. It’s TOTALLY different than the movie.

starship troopers. Again, TOTALLY diff than the movie.

both great fiction that makes you think

I agree. Both of those are great reads. A little less mainstream, Hyperion fits well in that sci-fi genre

04-08-2022, 06:44 PM

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I agree. Both of those are great reads. A little less mainstream, Hyperion fits well in that sci-fi genre

Hyperion is a special type of amazing. That guy has to be the most hyper literate savant in scifi.

04-08-2022, 06:47 PM

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Not great writing but a fantastic story about a Flying Tigers Super Constellation ditching in the North Atlantic with 72 people on board. The ditching and rescue occurred in 20 foot seas and 50 knot winds with the nearest ship 8 hours away. There were 48 survivors. I had never heard the story until stumbling on the book. Great read for anyone who has flown the Atlantic. Tiger in the Sea is the book name by Eric Lindbergh.

Thanks Sailing, can’t wait to read. Picked up for free from the library (gasp). Slight correction, Eric Lindner is the author.