10-14-2008, 04:17 PM
Titan ! Wrote:I've been told Tim O'brien's viet nam books are the best of the genre.
Also, since were discussing Viet Nam books, Stephen King had at one point considered not going to college and joining the Army thinking that there might "be a book in it" during the viet nam era.
How do you think his books would be different if he had skipped collegeand headed to the jungles. (assuming of course he lived to write about it)
I've read quite a few books about Vietnam. The one that made the biggest impression on me was by Larry Hughes - You Can See a Lot Standing Under a Flare in the Republic of Vietnam: My Year at War. It was an excellent book, but I will definitely look up Tim O'Brien's work as well.
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Oh, you know, I do know the address. It's at the corner of go fuck yourself and buy a map!