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<blockquote data-quote="cptg1481" data-source="post: 510632" data-attributes="member: 5360"><p><strong>Authors</strong></p><p></p><p>Of course I love Tolkien and have him to thank for the sort of gateway drug that The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy were to the world of fantasy. A grand story teller in the finest of ways and my first love. </p><p></p><p>However, as an adult I have found a kindred soul in Joeseph Conrad. His stories mostly based on his own experiences as a Sailor-come-Captain in the South Pacific and other exotic locales. His style is gritty, Heart of Darkness was the basis of the movie Apocalypse Now. I highly recommend The Shadow Line for any young man who has or will be assuming the mantle of leadership a company, organization, military service or any field for that mater. </p><p></p><p>His books are short and easy reads, usually under a couple hundred pages, with great characters that seem hauntingly familiar. They are iconic versions of all the types of people we meet in life making it easy to hang an identity on for true empathetic reading.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, his stuff is cool by my reckoning, however, a disclaimer....they are "NOT" very politically correct and contain racial and colonial points of view. Not a problem for me, but I don't think you'll find his stuff popular in today's culture. </p><p></p><p>As a last note, as a professional soldier I also have found great humor and association with Rudyard Kipling's poetry songs and other verses in many and various collections. As for novels Captains Courageous is a great read for a boy who needs some prospective on life. It's about a rich kid who gets to spend some time (involuntarily, after a ship wreck) as a member of a fishing boat crew and learns that he is in fact not the center of the universe. He works through his self pity and lazy ness and into a healthy respect for authority and the reward of hard work. Kim is good but his language is hard to read for me as an American, it contains a lot of 1890's English, especially, military slang.</p><p></p><p>Take care and happy reading to you, I love to spend time reading during the holiday season.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cptg1481, post: 510632, member: 5360"] [b]Authors[/b] Of course I love Tolkien and have him to thank for the sort of gateway drug that The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy were to the world of fantasy. A grand story teller in the finest of ways and my first love. However, as an adult I have found a kindred soul in Joeseph Conrad. His stories mostly based on his own experiences as a Sailor-come-Captain in the South Pacific and other exotic locales. His style is gritty, Heart of Darkness was the basis of the movie Apocalypse Now. I highly recommend The Shadow Line for any young man who has or will be assuming the mantle of leadership a company, organization, military service or any field for that mater. His books are short and easy reads, usually under a couple hundred pages, with great characters that seem hauntingly familiar. They are iconic versions of all the types of people we meet in life making it easy to hang an identity on for true empathetic reading. Anyway, his stuff is cool by my reckoning, however, a disclaimer....they are "NOT" very politically correct and contain racial and colonial points of view. Not a problem for me, but I don't think you'll find his stuff popular in today's culture. As a last note, as a professional soldier I also have found great humor and association with Rudyard Kipling's poetry songs and other verses in many and various collections. As for novels Captains Courageous is a great read for a boy who needs some prospective on life. It's about a rich kid who gets to spend some time (involuntarily, after a ship wreck) as a member of a fishing boat crew and learns that he is in fact not the center of the universe. He works through his self pity and lazy ness and into a healthy respect for authority and the reward of hard work. Kim is good but his language is hard to read for me as an American, it contains a lot of 1890's English, especially, military slang. Take care and happy reading to you, I love to spend time reading during the holiday season. [/QUOTE]
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