dannygutters Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 I need to pick some stuff to read on this big flight I'm going on saturday. Any suggestions? I'm currently reading "How Can I keep from singing" about pete seeger, which is pretty good, but I don't want to take it since I've only got like 50 pages left. Books from my shelf that I haven't gotten around to reading yet that I think would be ok are "The Things They Carried" by tim obrien, "The Pawnbroker" by Edward Wallant and "Wigfield" by a bunch of funny guys, "A Change Is Gonna Come: Music, Race & the Soul of America" by someone. Has anyone read any of them? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darkstar Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Things They Carried is a really great book.... 22 hrs that sucks...make sure you get up and walk around some, and have a great trip! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Books from my shelf that I haven't gotten around to reading yet that I think would be ok are "The Things They Carried" by tim obrien, "The Pawnbroker" by Edward Wallant and "Wigfield" by a bunch of funny guys.I say, take them all. On long flights, I tend to get restless, so I like to have a few options to flip back and forth. Also, The Things They Carried is one of my favorite books, I can't recommend that one highly enough. And then for when that one wipes you out, you can lighten up with the bunch of funny guys. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jenbobblehead Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin is a good long voyage read.But i also like to have a few options--a few New Yorkers, and a book or two. I would not recommend The Things They Carried for a long distance flight. Too depressing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Also, I'm a geek about this, but on long trips I like to read something that's about or set in the place I'm going, just to get in the mood. Dubliners on the way to Dublin, that sort of thing... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon ought to take you about 22 hours. He goes off on lengthy tangents that don't seem to have much to do with the plot, but his writing is very rich and rewarding, for the most part. This one's not as good as Snow Crash or The Diamond Age, but if it hooks you, you'll not want to put it down. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Papillon Parade Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Also, I'm a geek about this, but on long trips I like to read something that's about or set in the place I'm going, just to get in the mood. Dubliners on the way to Dublin, that sort of thing... Great idea Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 I need to pick some stuff to read on this big flight I'm going on saturday. Any suggestions? I'm currently reading "How Can I keep from singing" about pete seeger, which is pretty good, but I don't want to take it since I've only got like 50 pages left. Books from my shelf that I haven't gotten around to reading yet that I think would be ok are "The Things They Carried" by tim obrien, "The Pawnbroker" by Edward Wallant and "Wigfield" by a bunch of funny guys, "A Change Is Gonna Come: Music, Race & the Soul of America" by someone. Has anyone read any of them? I am a bit of a geek...on my forthcoming mulit-hour/time zone spanning trip, I have already staked out a couple of reads: Armor --- John Steakley (a great sci-fi book. a bit of a reinterpretation of Heinlein's Starship Troopers...and featuring my namesake) Blood Meridian --- Cormac McCarthy (a really tough book) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dannygutters Posted June 1, 2007 Author Share Posted June 1, 2007 Blood Meridian --- Cormac McCarthy (a really tough book) Those McCarthy books are all the rage now that oprah picked up on "The Road". I read all the pretty horses years ago and it was great. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Heartbreak Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 I'd say take anything that won't make you cry. By the end of my last 22-hour flight, I was getting all teary-eyed by the finale of Independence Day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin is a good long voyage read.Good choice.Ken Kesey's Sometimes a Great Notion Quote Link to post Share on other sites
G_willy Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Things They Carried is a really great book.... 22 hrs that sucks...make sure you get up and walk around some, and have a great trip! .... we were required to read that for freshman year college English, horrible book. I recommend anything by Irvine Welsh. He wrote Trainspotting and the sequel Porno. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Things They Carried is a really great book.... 22 hrs that sucks...make sure you get up and walk around some, and have a great trip! I thought that was an amazing book, especially as a person who wants to be a writer, as it deals almost as much with the nature of storytelling and writing as it does with the war. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darkstar Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 I thought that was an amazing book, especially as a person who wants to be a writer, as it deals almost as much with the nature of storytelling and writing as it does with the war. Jesus we are agreeing on something here WTF? Now about this A-Rod thing............ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Jesus we are agreeing on something here WTF? Now about this A-Rod thing............ I bet A-rod doesn't like The Things They Carried, that asshole. I wonder if he thinks Jeff sold out. I bet he does... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darkstar Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 I bet A-rod doesn't like The Things They Carried, that asshole. I wonder if he thinks Jeff sold out. I bet he does... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
napoleon Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 all 41 pages of the sell out thread. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 where are you going for 22 hours?? the only flights i've been on have been 90 mins, so a newspaper would do. actually an 12 hour train trip once, i picked up Q and Mojo mags to keep me busy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fritz Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 as long as you don't sleep at all or take time out for meals and bathroom breaks you might be able to get through this one: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
awatt Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 Moby Dick. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HighFives Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 one of John Fahey's books. sept you might feel awkward laughing really hard on the plane the whole time you are reading. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Basil II Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin is a good long voyage read. I second this book.........an absolutely sublime read..... -Robert. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Those McCarthy books are all the rage now that oprah picked up on "The Road". I read all the pretty horses years ago and it was great. I wouldn't imagine Blood Meridian being an Oprah book club choice... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dreamin' Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Also, I'm a geek about this, but on long trips I like to read something that's about or set in the place I'm going, just to get in the mood. Dubliners on the way to Dublin, that sort of thing...I do the same thing. I read The Diary of a Young Girl for the first time on a flight to Amsterdam. When I visited the Anne Frank Huis a few days later, the little details were still so fresh in my mind (e.g., view of the clock tower from the attic window) it really hit me hard. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
junkbond_trader Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 I just skimmed the other posts so I am not 100% sure any of these have been posted but here are some great books imo House of Leaves-Mark Z. DanielewskiAny Jose' SaramegoThe Wasp Factory-Iain BanksxOn the Beachy-Nevil ShuteThe Color Midnight Made-Andrew WinerEnders Game-Orson Scott CardMiddlesex-Jeffrey Eugenides To name a few;) also if you have never read One Hundred Years of Solitude-Garbiel Garcia Marquezor The Magus-John Fowles those would be good too. OHYOS by Marquez is about one particular family. The Buendia family. Members of that family found a town, name it Macondo, then all through the book it goes through their family tree pretty much and what happens to them and their town in a span of 100 years. The Magus is about a guy who gets caught up in a game with a millionaire. To me both good books and they aren't short. Sorry I couldnt review them any better:) I love to read but I can't review what I read worth shit Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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