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I'll start off. My most recent book read was The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown. It is not conservative in nature, but it is thought-provoking in its own way. However, it felt rushed and too fast, as if it was intended to be made into a movie at some point.

Tom Clancy's most recent work, Red Rabbit, left me wondering what's happened to his former abilities.

I am looking forward to reading Clive Cussler's latest, as he's never let me down before. Long Live Dirk Pitt!

I simply cannot wait to read FReeper Travis Mcgee's book, Enemies Foreign And Domestic. I loved John Ross's Unintended Consequences, and Travis seems to be carrying on in that fine tradition ably.

[7thson]

Concernig Clancy, I read the one where Jack Ryan, as President, deals with the China threat. About every twenty pages or so - in a 700 plus page book - Clancy tells us how dificult it is for the President to have a life outside of the Presidency. Okay Tom, I get your point!

About his writing abilities, I think sometimes the writer doesn't lose it. Some writers just stay the same while we the readers grow and demand better stories. Stephen King is a prime example of this.

[7thson]

Some of my favorites over the years - fiction and non-fiction:

From Here To Eternity

The Rise And Fall of The Third Riech

Atlas Shrugged

The Choirboys

The Shining

The Stand

Gone With The Wind

In Cold Blood

The Onion Field

Lucifer's Hammer

Just a few off the top of my head.

[Johnny Gage]

Most of my favorites are older books. But ones I reread every so often.

James P. Hogan The 4 book "Giants Novels" set
  "Inherit the Stars"
  "Gentle Giants of Ganymede"
  "Giant's Star"
  "Entoverse"

Tom Clancy
  "Hunt for Red October"

Pat Frank
  "Alas Babylon"

Dennis Smith
  "Report from Engine Co. 82"

[nonliberal]

Atlas Shrugged. 'nuff said.

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