Books and writing.
Maybe all the books I have and read have something to do with taking so many English classes throughout college and high school. What I am kidding they did. With out them I wouldn't have been a defacto English major. In fact if wasn't for books and gaming I would have had a very tough time making it through those years. For with out the ability to book up a good book and take the time to enjoy the journey to far away places and places down the street, where good guys were able to take down the bad guys, get the girl and go fight the battles that needed to be fought. Or just explore the journey to different time periods where different eras, ideas and notions were explored. And no matter what was happening in real life there is always a book that takes you to another place and time. In fact I don't have a problem reading almost any book, but most of my books that I have are about baseball, many sci-fi and fantasy books that point me along the way, some history, many classics and some Christian books and novels. (Though I avoid many of those books because well simply put they suck, but they are a few good ones out there) and I can't forget about comic books. Don't diss them, some of the stories are better than any other books out there.
Of course there are definitely some bad ones out there like any other genre. Those usually end up in the quarter bins. In the last several years, I also read many books about writing and several screenplays to help my writing along. There's nothing better than reading a screenplay and figuring out what is working and not working in the play, while not having to listen to hours of lectures about writing. Instead of talking about being a writer just write damn it!
Any way, here's a few a books that have made an impact on me.
Nueuromancer by William Gibson, The ultimate cyberpunk novel that described the Internet before it exploded into real life. This book with it's all it denseness painted a world for me that I wanted to be jacked into and not this world.
The Hardy boys: The teenage detectives were some of the first books I read by myself when I was eight or so. They were so cool that what boy wouldn't want to go off and become a gumshoe detective and read the series
Stolen Season: A Journey through a baseball's and America’s minor leagues. This book is one my favorite baseball books of all time. Written by then LA times writer David Lamb, Lamb sets out and spends the 1989 season traveling in a Winnebago all around the country checking out cities and baseball stadiums across the country. Throughout his journey he does it right unlike a few other books that chronicle fans journey to 30 different parks in 30 days. He stops and meanders throughout the us, staying a week or more at some places and others just a day or two. In doing so he gives a glimpse into America that few ever get.
This book might have something to do with wanderlust and search for the best minor league park.
I could easily list many more but these are just a few.
Of course there are definitely some bad ones out there like any other genre. Those usually end up in the quarter bins. In the last several years, I also read many books about writing and several screenplays to help my writing along. There's nothing better than reading a screenplay and figuring out what is working and not working in the play, while not having to listen to hours of lectures about writing. Instead of talking about being a writer just write damn it!
Any way, here's a few a books that have made an impact on me.
Nueuromancer by William Gibson, The ultimate cyberpunk novel that described the Internet before it exploded into real life. This book with it's all it denseness painted a world for me that I wanted to be jacked into and not this world.
The Hardy boys: The teenage detectives were some of the first books I read by myself when I was eight or so. They were so cool that what boy wouldn't want to go off and become a gumshoe detective and read the series
Stolen Season: A Journey through a baseball's and America’s minor leagues. This book is one my favorite baseball books of all time. Written by then LA times writer David Lamb, Lamb sets out and spends the 1989 season traveling in a Winnebago all around the country checking out cities and baseball stadiums across the country. Throughout his journey he does it right unlike a few other books that chronicle fans journey to 30 different parks in 30 days. He stops and meanders throughout the us, staying a week or more at some places and others just a day or two. In doing so he gives a glimpse into America that few ever get.
This book might have something to do with wanderlust and search for the best minor league park.
I could easily list many more but these are just a few.
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