For no particular reason except your amusement, here are five top five lists.
Top 5 World War II movies:
Saving Private Ryan
Downfall
A Bridge too Far
Das Boot
Stalingrad
Top 5 80s Metal songs:
Rainbow in the Dark—Dio
Breaking the Law—Judas Priest
Bring your Daughter to the Slaughter—Iron Maiden
Living after Midnight—Judas Priest
Fast as a Shark—Accept
Top 5 science fiction movies:
Bladerunner
The Matrix
Aliens
The Terminator
Star Wars IV
Top 5 noir novels:
The Black Dahlia—James Ellroy
The Big Sleep—Raymond Chandler
The Black Echo—Michael Connelly
The Killer Inside Me—Jim Thompson
Red Harvest—Dashiell Hammett
Top 5 post-apocalyptic movies:
The Road Warrior
Mad Max
Escape from New York
Soldier
The Omega Man
Posted Friday, 20 January, 2006 by Nic Lindh
Another book roundup, including some stellar athletes and soldiers, what might be the most jaded, soul-weary protagonist ever, and some grimdark fantasy.
The Internet is getting creepy, and Nic is breaking out his tinfoil hat after newspaper paywalls push him over the edge.
Nic is tired of tech sites obsessing over Apple’s financials and business strategy. So very tired.
Nic reads a book about the processed food industry and is incensed.
Computers are complicated. This brings out the irrational in people.
Nic proposes the loan word Rechthaberei be incorporated into American English.
The Core Dump is back! Books were read during the hiatus. Includes The Coldest Winter, Oh, Myyy!, Tough Sh*t, The Revolution Was Televised, The Rook, Mr. Penumbra’s 24 Hour Bookstore, Gun Machine, Fortress Frontier, Standing in Another Man’s Grave, and The Memory of Light.
This site will return in February.
From a true patriot to a world-weary detective, a dead god, and a civilization about to sublime from the galaxy, this book roundup spans the gamut. Includes Where Men Win Glory, Wild, Inside the Box, The Black Box, Three Parts Dead, Red Country, and The Hydrogen Sonata.
Springsteen gives a concert in Phoenix. It’s fantastic.