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To: FOT Triumph <fot@autox.team.net>, mgVR@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Fot] Books and books on tape
From: Bill Babcock <billb@bnj.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 09:36:56 -1000
 From the AllAluminumTour blog:

Similarly to the thread on music, I'm looking for help on books to  
read and books to listen to on this long, long trip. Since this list  
is intended to help me, let me tell you a few of the things that i  
already have covered.

Patrick O'Brian--still can't believe he died on me. Thoughtless of  
him. I consider him to be one of the best writers in the english  
language. I have numerous full sets of his Aubrey/Maturin books,  
including everything on tape.

Bernard Cornwall--got everything, waiting for him to write more,  
though I've only tried one book on tape as a download from Audible.  
Didn't really like it, can't say why.

Rex Stout--hey, the trailer is named Nero. Rex has been gone a long  
time, I think I've read every word he published, and got most of them  
on tape.

Hemingway, Robert Ruark, Peter Capstick, Peter Mayle--got 'em, read  
'em, perhaps too many times. I'm waiting for my memory to go  
completely so I can enjoy them all fresh and new.

Science Fiction--I'm a little burned out on the genre, the result of  
50+ years of voraciously reading the great, the good, the OK and the  
really crappy.  The last good SF book I found was Vernor Venge, "Fire  
Upon the Deep" and even he couldn't repeat the depth.  I've read  
David Weber's stuff, but I always feel a little stupid slogging  
through the formulaic dreck.  William Gibson seems to have quit  
writing, Neil Stephenson is on autopilot.

My particular likes are historical fiction, science, anything to do  
with cars or motorcycles, the occasional detective stuff, anything  
hemingway-esque. Maybe that's the problem, I need to consider some  
new directions. What are you reading, what do you love, what books on  
tape are particularly great. I note that the reader is important for  
books on tape. Who'd have thunk that Bert Reynolds would be a GREAT  
book on tape voice, even though he can't pronounce "library".

Bill Babcock
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On Apr 8, 2007, at 3:27 AM, Henry Frye wrote:

> Got it, thanks to all who responded, especially Joe Boruch who  
> found the
> time during this busy family holiday weekend to locate his card and  
> fax
> it over.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Henry Frye
>> Subject: [Fot] Cam card anyone???
>>
>> Can't find the cam card that came with my Erson 24-106 cam.
>>
>> Anybody have one they could fax to me?
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