Im a fan of Tobias Wolff. His works are easy reads yet definately interesting and with some insightfulness on to human character and what not.
"The Night In question" Is a bunch of short stories, i'm almost done with it. Its good light reading in between books or in short segements.
"Old School" may not be right, not very adventurous.
"The Barracks Theif" will be my next read, i'll the back cover out for you....
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The barracks theif is the story of three young paratroopers waiting to be shipped out to vietnam. Brought together one sweltering afternoon to stand gaurd over an ammunition dump threatened by a forest fire, they discover in each other an unexpected capacity for recklessness and violence. Far from being alarmed by this discovery, they are exhilerated by it; they emerge from their common danger full of confidence in their own manhood and in the bond of friendship they have formed.
This confidence is shaken when a series of thefts occur. The author embraces the perspectives of both the betrayer and the betrayed, forcing us to participate in lives that we might otherwise condemn, and to recognize the kinship of those lives to our own.
And its only 100 pages pretty nice size font, quick read.
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quote:Originally posted by ODB: I know, I always say this:
Joe Simpson "Touching the Void"
Whoa, that's weird. For a minute there I thought you were talking about me ODB. Joe Simpson is my name! [/quote]*ahem* And exactly what, um, "void" would you be touching there, Joe? [/quote]Phaed? I don't follow.....
Originally posted by sharkbait: Thanks for the suggestions, guys...
Ray Bradbury - all i've read by him is farenheit 451. Not really a fan.
The Martian Chronicles were good, but then, if you want to go the sci-fi route, Heinlein is your better option. Harry Turtledove is one I'm thinking of starting up, but then, I guess it's a Southern thing [img]smile.gif[/img]
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Steven Pressfield. Especially "Virtue of War" or "Gates of Fire"
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Try Larry Macmurtry. I just read his series titled the Barrybender Narratives. Very entertaining good reads.
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I loved both of these series (Feist more than Farland, though).
Both are more adult than Harry Potter, but they're chock full of magic, adventure, etc. And they're not as dense as the giant fantasy sagas (which I love) like Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" or Jordan's "Wheel of Time", so they might be exactly what you are looking for.
the coldfire trilogy was pretty decent and easy to read. C. S. Friedman
assasins apprentace by Robin Hobb was kinda neat...it's a series but wouldn't bother with the rest of the series
A game of thrones by George R.R. Martin. It's probibly not really a "light" read BUT it's broken up into different peoples perspectives each chapter so it's easy to read a chapter and be done with it.
That's a bit harsh Gobbla...they're all good, even the Tawny Man ones. Haven't tried the Liveship stuff though.
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