Books
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About 3/4 through the book, “The River Why” by David James Duncan. Absolutely incredible work. If you love fly fishing (or any form of fishing) ,philosophy and humor this book is something special. Anyone read this one?
YES! This is a great one. I have a large collection of fly fishing books and this one is near the top.
@ChaseD glad to hear you’re a fan. After finishing this it landed high in the ranks of my favorite authors Steinbeck and Bukowski. I love fly fishing. Curious what your top FF book might be? Need a new one to read!!
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Running the Light by Sam Talent
I’m a stand up comedy nerd. This book taps into the darkness of a burning out road comic who has been consumed by a life on stage and the 23 hours off stage that fuel his festering existence. It’s a truly humanizing read that captures the depravity of a spiraling soul and his attempt to make amends for a life spent selfishly. It’s hilarious and sad. Foreboding and pure. Damn fine read!!
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@Mizmazzle I build bamboo fly rods and find the history behind certain makers fascinating. As such, I own and enjoy most books on the topic of bamboo fly rods. The recent book "A Fly Rod With Soul" by Per Brandin about Powell rods is fantastic - highly recommend if you are interested in the topic. As for the more traditional fly fishing related stories, the works of Jerry Kustich are at the top of my list. It just so happens that he was/is heavily involved with Winston and Sweetgrass.
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Fucked up, violent, sci-fi, war, despair,some philosophy on top…
Try this dude for fucked up and violent: Andrew Vachss
@Giles [I’m replying to a 2010 post, because with the move to the new forum, sometimes the timeline is warped backwards
]Speaking of Andrew Vachss, I’m also a huge fan of his pal and close friend Joe Lansdale.
Lansdale wrote the Hap & Leonard books, the Drive In trilogy, Western novels, thrillers and noir.Great writer, my favorite.
I visited him in his hometown Nacogdoces, TX and he spent two days with me showing me places in East Texas where his novels are narrated. -
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Read the critical intro last night. Pretty amazing that she wrote the book age 19.
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We did an audible version of Frankenstein in the car with the kids on our school drives in October and it was surprisingly enjoyable.
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Yeah I enjoyed ‘Ministry…’ @SKT but it is long. Goes quickly though. Pretty amazing beginning and a solid set of ensemble characters over a long period of time. It’s a big book for a big subject, but there’s also a fun mountaineering passage…
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@sabergirl Just coming towards the end of Deadhouse Gates now...
I forgot how damn quotable this series was, and so philosophically poignant...
“Children are dying." Lull nodded. "That's a succinct summary of humankind, I'd say. Who needs tomes and volumes of history? Children are dying. The injustices of the world hide in those three words.”
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and my favourite from Gardens of the Moon;
“Tell me, Tool, what dominates your thoughts?'
The Imass shrugged before replying.
'I think of futility, Adjunct.'
'Do all Imass think about futility?'
'No. Few think at all.'
'Why is that?'
The Imass leaned his head to one side and regarded her.
'Because Adjunct, it is futile.” -
