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monster · 09-05-2009, 11:46 PM

just read Big Trouble and Tricky Business by Dave Barry. Hiaasen he is not, but he's close enough. Was then disappointed to learn these are the only two adult fiction he's written. Fucker. Write more. I need more Florida crazy. And Hiaasen need to pull his finger out too.

Cloud · 09-05-2009, 11:56 PM

a biography of Sir Richard Burton (the explorer, not the actor). interesting guy

wolf · 09-06-2009, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by monster

just read Big Trouble and Tricky Business by Dave Barry. Hiaasen he is not, but he's close enough. Was then disappointed to learn these are the only two adult fiction he's written. Fucker. Write more. I need more Florida crazy. And Hiaasen need to pull his finger out too.

You could always read Dave Barry's commentaries ...

The one where he talks about the sidewalk reconstruction in West Chester, Pa. is hilarious. He used to be a really funny local guy before he became a nationally funny guy and moved somewhere with worse weather.

wolf · 09-06-2009, 10:44 PM

Shutter Island - Dennis Lehane
Good for the first three quarters, became a totally different book in the last quarter. I don't mean that in a good way. Loan from a cow orker, who clearly has no idea what I'll find entertaining, despite working with me for the last three years.

Book of Fate - Brad Meltzer
Pretty basic political intrigue conspiracy stuff.

But it has it's own commercial.

Advertising didn't work. I got it from a nurse at work, she got it from the Goodwill, so she didn't pay more that a quarter.

monster · 09-07-2009, 12:56 AM

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Originally Posted by wolf

You could always read Dave Barry's commentaries ...

The one where he talks about the sidewalk reconstruction in West Chester, Pa. is hilarious. He used to be a really funny local guy before he became a nationally funny guy and moved somewhere with worse weather.

thanks, I got a couple out of the library, feeling optimistic....

wolf · 09-14-2009, 08:30 PM

Wobble to Death - Peter Lovesey

A Case of Spirits - Peter Lovesey

The Sergeant Cribb mysteries, which have been out of print for at least 25 years, are being released on Kindle format!!

I am very happy, and will very likely read through all of them in short order.

Urbane Guerrilla · 09-14-2009, 11:34 PM

Dave Barry is vulgarly unfunny. P.J. O'Rourke has what Barry lacks.

Try Joe R. Lansdale if you like Elmore Leonard or Carl Hiaasen. Same rural-uncool sorts of characters, all of them about as marginal sorts as the heroes of a Warren Zevon song. Setting is eastern Texas and the writing is blackly funny.

wolf · 09-15-2009, 11:14 AM

The Tick of Death - Peter Lovesey

wolf · 09-21-2009, 10:48 PM

I am a slave to literary fashion. But only because I bought it using BOMC bonus points.

The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown

I was all thrilled over having cracked the code on the back cover (simple pig pen cipher, just had to figure out the coding variation ... then I found more of the stupid things.)

Trilby · 09-22-2009, 09:24 AM

Ok. I'll bite.

What's a 'simple pig pen cipher' - ?

wolf · 09-22-2009, 11:47 AM

It's a basic substitution cipher, usually one of the first that you learn if you're interested in codes and codebreaking. It's the one where you write the alphabet into a tic-tac-toe board, then a tic-tac-toe board with dots, then an x, then an x with dots.

Anyway, although I know there was no way that I was one of the first 33, I still put in an entry on the cover puzzle. I am such a geek.

Trilby · 09-22-2009, 12:30 PM

Geeks are good.

Sheldonrs · 09-22-2009, 02:14 PM

"The Lost Symbol" - Dan Brown

DanaC · 09-22-2009, 06:49 PM

The Portable Door, by Tom Holt.

Read it before but I like to revisit Holt's world from time to time

wolf · 09-25-2009, 08:23 AM

Back to my Sergeant Cribb fest, finished The Detective Wore Silk Drawers, Mad Hatter's Holiday, and I am three-quarters through Abracadaver.

09-05-2009, 11:46 PM	#1561
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	just read Big Trouble and Tricky Business by Dave Barry. Hiaasen he is not, but he's close enough. Was then disappointed to learn these are the only two adult fiction he's written. Fucker. Write more. I need more Florida crazy. And Hiaasen need to pull his finger out too. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-05-2009, 11:56 PM	#1562
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	a biography of Sir Richard Burton (the explorer, not the actor). interesting guy __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

09-06-2009, 10:44 PM	#1564
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Shutter Island - Dennis Lehane Good for the first three quarters, became a totally different book in the last quarter. I don't mean that in a good way. Loan from a cow orker, who clearly has no idea what I'll find entertaining, despite working with me for the last three years. Book of Fate - Brad Meltzer Pretty basic political intrigue conspiracy stuff. But it has it's own commercial. Advertising didn't work. I got it from a nurse at work, she got it from the Goodwill, so she didn't pay more that a quarter. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

09-14-2009, 08:30 PM	#1566
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Wobble to Death - Peter Lovesey A Case of Spirits - Peter Lovesey The Sergeant Cribb mysteries, which have been out of print for at least 25 years, are being released on Kindle format!! I am very happy, and will very likely read through all of them in short order. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

09-14-2009, 11:34 PM	#1567
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Dave Barry is vulgarly unfunny. P.J. O'Rourke has what Barry lacks. Try Joe R. Lansdale if you like Elmore Leonard or Carl Hiaasen. Same rural-uncool sorts of characters, all of them about as marginal sorts as the heroes of a Warren Zevon song. Setting is eastern Texas and the writing is blackly funny. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

09-15-2009, 11:14 AM	#1568
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	The Tick of Death - Peter Lovesey __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

09-21-2009, 10:48 PM	#1569
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I am a slave to literary fashion. But only because I bought it using BOMC bonus points. The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown I was all thrilled over having cracked the code on the back cover (simple pig pen cipher, just had to figure out the coding variation ... then I found more of the stupid things.) __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

09-22-2009, 09:24 AM	#1570
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Ok. I'll bite. What's a 'simple pig pen cipher' - ? __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

09-22-2009, 11:47 AM	#1571
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	It's a basic substitution cipher, usually one of the first that you learn if you're interested in codes and codebreaking. It's the one where you write the alphabet into a tic-tac-toe board, then a tic-tac-toe board with dots, then an x, then an x with dots. Anyway, although I know there was no way that I was one of the first 33, I still put in an entry on the cover puzzle. I am such a geek. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

09-22-2009, 12:30 PM	#1572
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Geeks are good. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

09-22-2009, 02:14 PM	#1573
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	"The Lost Symbol" - Dan Brown __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

09-25-2009, 08:23 AM	#1575
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Back to my Sergeant Cribb fest, finished The Detective Wore Silk Drawers, Mad Hatter's Holiday, and I am three-quarters through Abracadaver. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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