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bobskiing
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| I'd have to go with Venus on the Half-Shell, the book that dares to ask (and answer) the timeless question, "Why was man born only to suffer and die?" |
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Location: Tell you if we ride together
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Already some great titles that are new to me.
Thanks for these.
Hope they keep coming.
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wfinley
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Location: Anchorage
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| One book is as hard as one pair of skis.... So I'll say gravitys rainbow for expeditions, the odyssey for resort days and snow crash for bc yoyo days. |
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robrox
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Location: following Diogenes, but the ba$tard threw away the lamp so I'm just stumbling along in the dark!
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| bobskiing wrote: | | I'd have to go with Venus on the Half-Shell, the book that dares to ask (and answer) the timeless question, "Why was man born only to suffer and die?" |
Nice! Always like Vonne... er Trout 
Collected E. A. Poe for solo backpacking or solo climbing trips. Best read by the light of a guttering candle on a dark and lonely night....muah hah hah haaa!
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aaron_wright
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Location: Wenatchee
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| Coming Into the Country by John McPhee. |
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televisionary
Joined: 06 Dec 2004
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Location: casa de sueños
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Just one? The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway.
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frytown
Joined: 21 Dec 2004
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Location: Back in the Bay Area
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The Never-Ending Days of Being Dead, by Marcus Chown.
A Natural History of the Senses, by Diane Ackerman. |
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FlyingCow
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Location: Easthampton, MA
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Relativity: The Special and General Theory, by Einstein.
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Petey
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Diary of a Mad Old Man by Junichiro Tanizaki.
Where is my winter? Not a book, just a lament.
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dgd
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| a reasonable life, ferenc mate. |
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skifreeK
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| The Snow Leopard. |
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SkaredShtles
Joined: 06 Dec 2004
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Location: In a van................ down by the river
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The Lord of the Rings.
And anyone who tries to split them into separate books gets a:
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Max Sidecut
Joined: 08 Dec 2004
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Location: Bainbridge Island, Wa
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| Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini. |
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Andy
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| The Risk Pool - Richard Russo |
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half-fast skier
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The Conferate General From Big Sur (Richard Brautigan)
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