Of course, you know who played The Thing in the 1951 version.

From alien vegetable to Marshall of Dodge City.

Just finished Ahead of the Curve by Philip Delves Broughton

I suggest this book an audio as the author's English accent made this book enjoyable; great listening for a commute.

Of course, you know who played The Thing in the 1951 version.

From alien vegetable to Marshall of Dodge City.

James Arness. He also starred in my other favorite "horror" movie: Them!

"Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs", dont remember the author, but great read.

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, 2007. No, this is not related to the movie. Taleb's other book on this topic is Fooled By Randomness and both are great.

In the 1960's, H. Peam Piper wrote a classic SF novel, "Little Fuzzy". Award-winning SF novelist John Scalzi has "rebooted" the novel and (with the permission of the Piper estate) just published it as "Fuzzy Nation". That's what I'm reading now.

Okay, what the heck, I'll see if I can get this interesting thread moving again.

I am currently reading Kissinger 1973, The Crucial Year by Alistair Horne. It is proving the be a thoroughly fascinating read about one of the most tumultuous years in American, and world history. I highly recommend it.

A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914 - 1918, by G. L. Meyer.

George Orwell's 1984. Been so long that I couldn't remember if I'd ever read it in its entirety or just parts

Recently finished - Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest, by Wade Davis.

One chapter subsection per night- Cibnic and Nash- Administration of Government Contracts

For Non Mental Stimulating Days- Jeffery Deaver- The Burning Wire

Principles of Economics by Mankiw. not by choice though

More Guns, Less Crime by John Lott, Jr. (3rd Edition)

An excellent statistical analysis of various gun laws, both restrictive and permissive, and their resultant impact on crime.

"Tabloid City" by Pete Hamill. A good novel about New York City and the newspapers. Just started his new novel "Forever".

"One Second After" by William R. Forstchen - Story about a Nuclear device detonated in the atmosphere above America causing and EMP and to failure of all electronic systems in the country. Interesting read and more than and little disturbing.

IP Board Documentation by Invisionpower.

"One Second After" by William R. Forstchen - Story about a Nuclear device detonated in the atmosphere above America causing and EMP and to failure of all electronic systems in the country. Interesting read and more than and little disturbing.

The premise of the book was disturbing considering that EMP is possibly the likeliest threat to us from any small country possessing a limited nuclear capability (i.e., Iran, North Korea). If you are intrigued by that kind of premise, here are a couple of more recent publications on that order:

77 Days in September, by Ray Gorham

Winterkill, by Gene Skilleg

Perhaps I'm too critical, but I give all three of these a "C," primarily because the character development is not very . . . mature. However, plot and premise are interesting in all.

As a fan of post-apocolyptic fiction, I'm currently re-reading an old favorite: Farnham's Freehold, by Heinlein. Nostalgia reading for one raised in the shadow of the Soviet nuclear threat.

CardinalChange,

I acutally finished 77 Days in September, yesterday. For whatever morbid reason I have long been a fan of post-apocalyptic/dystopian stories. "Survivors", by James Wesley Rawles is very good as well as is "Lights Out" by David Crawford(although very wordy).

Last month I read "The Hunger Games" Trilogy by Suzanne Collins. Although written for a teen audience, this is the best book(s) I have read in years.

I will have to check out the others you mentioned. Ever since I purchased a kindle my appetite for reading increased tenfold.

Read a "young adult" novel on the plane. The Fault in Our Stars, about two teens with cancer. Beautiful.

I just finished the third book in "The Breach" trilogy by Patrick Lee. A great mix of thriller and science fiction. Fast-moving, tense, interesting. If you are a fan of (old) Tom Clancy or Lee Child's "Reacher" stories and like a dash of futuristic ideas, then I recommend these to you.

Photographic Composition: A Visual Guide by Richard Zakia and David Page.

Great read for aspiring photographers. Does anybody have recommendations for photography?

I am reading the series "A song of Fire and Ice" better know to many as A Game of Thrones which is the first book. Just finished the second book, A Clash of Kings and have started the third book, A Storm of Swords. Excellent series so far.

Worth noting the HBO series, A Game of Thrones, is based upon the book and from what I have seen of season one follows the book very closely.

Just finished "Enough" by the legendary founder of Vanguard and proponent of passive investing, John Bogle.

Starting on "PeopleSmart: Developing Your Interpersonal Intelligence" by Melvin Silberman

I also picked up "50 Self-Help Classics" by Tom Butler-Bowdon and have been reading through about 5 books/night

As you can tell - I'm a fan of the self-help books!

I am reading Out of the Rain by Debbie Macomber, a fiction book.

"Embers of War: The Fall of An Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam," by Fredrik Logevall.