[AT] OT: Book I read last week.

charliehill charliehill at embarqmail.com
Sun May 31 08:38:46 PDT 2009


Mike by the time you finish it you'll start to fill the need to go out and 
buy stuff you never thought of before.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Meulenberg" <msm10301 at juno.com>
To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT: Book I read last week.


>I started reading it Saturday, and found it difficult to stop. I wish I 
>could print it and read it, I'm not a fan of reading books online, but 600 
>pages....maybe I'll start. You're right Charlie it's definitely a page 
>turner. Mike
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: "charliehill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Subject: Re: [AT] OT: Book I read last week.
> Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 10:58:26 -0400
>
> Steve it's not the best written book in the world by any means.  It's kind
> of a work in progress.  I think the guy wrote it and put it on the 
> Internet
> and let people suggest corrections.  I think it's been through many
> re-writes at this point.  The story is compelling.  It was the first work 
> of
> fiction I had read in many years.  I've read a couple of others since.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Stephen Offiler" <soffiler at gmail.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
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> Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 6:58 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] OT: Book I read last week.
>
>
> Phil, Allen, Charlie...
>
> I downloaded it the other day after reading Charlie's note.  I had no
> time, but nonetheless I just had to read the first couple paragraphs.
> Already, I like the writing style, and it seems like something I'd
> enjoy reading.  At this time of year, I don't have much free time for
> pleasure reading but if I could figure out a way to read a PDF off my
> Palm Pilot I could see myself digesting it in small chunks.  Ah, yet
> ANOTHER electronic gizmo project, just what I need!
>
> Steve O.
>
> On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 10:19 PM, Alan Riley <arr44 at suddenlink.net> wrote:
>> Phil, it's good to see that someone else has read and enjoyed it.
>> I downloaded it all and read as I had the time. I'll let Charlie
>> fill you in on other books.
>>
>> Alan
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Phil Auten" <pga2 at basicisp.net>
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 10:37 PM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] OT: Book I read last week.
>>
>>
>>> Charlie and Alan,
>>> I just finished the book too, after Alan's endorsement. I must agree 
>>> with
>>> him
>>> wholeheartedly. I thoroughly enjoyed it and it really was a "page
>>> turner",
>>> so to speak. My only problem was I am on dialup and had to wait a very
>>> long time for it to download so I could read it at home. I read most of
>>> it
>>> at
>>> work, which was much more enjoyable as the wait was negligible. I 
>>> haven't
>>> checked yet, but I hope there are more books like this on the site.
>>>
>>> Phil
>>>
>>>
>>> At 09:45 PM 5/26/2009, you wrote:
>>>>Charlie, I finally had a chance to finish reading it. I thought it was
>>>>very good and, like you, I don't think it was all that far fetched.
>>>>Society can degenerate pretty quickly when things go wrong. What
>>>>happened in New Orleans following Katrina is a good example.
>>>>
>>>>I must confess, I had to go out to buy an extra propane jug and make
>>>>another trip out for more ammo!
>>>>
>>>>Thanks for the link,
>>>>Alan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>From: "charliehill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
>>>>To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
>>>><at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>>>Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 6:15 PM
>>>>Subject: [AT] OT: Book I read last week.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> >I found this book by accident. It was linked to another web site and I
>>>> > decided to check it out. It's in PDF format, free to download and
>>>> > read.
>>>> > It's kind of out of the survivalist world but didn't seem at all far
>>>> > fetched
>>>> > to me.
>>>> > It is an absolute page turner. Luckily I had some rainy days last 
>>>> > week
>>>> > because I couldn't stop reading it.
>>>> >
>>>> > I just read it on screen and when I needed to stop I just minimized
>>>> > the
>>>> > window right at the place I left off.
>>>> >
>>>> > http://www.giltweasel.com/stuff/LightsOut-Current.pdf
>>>> >
>>>> > If any of you decide to read it let me know what you think.
>>>> >
>>>> > Charlie
>>>> >
>>>> > PS It's the first work of fiction I've read cover to cover in 
>>>> > probably
>>>> > 20
>>>> > years.
>>>> >
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