September 11 books

Kumabjorn · 11-12-2010, 03:26 AM

I'm going on a long trip next month. Like 24 hour transportation trip. Hence, I'm looking for something interesting to read about the 9/11 attack. I clearly remember pumping gas in my car when the radio broadcast was interrupted with breaking news. Like anyone else I was so stunned that had the pump not had automatic shutdown I would have flooded the station.

It has now been what, almost ten years? So I thought it would be interesting to read two books about it, one fiction and one non-fiction. The fiction has to be primarily entertaining, while the non-fiction should be as a-political as possible. Any recommendations? And, oh yeah, it has to be available on the Kindle.

colinsky · 11-12-2010, 03:41 AM

For the Non-Fiction: The complete 9/11 Commission Report, in PDF and HTML (would need to be converted for Kindle),

For Fiction: I'd say "Dead Air" (Iain Banks), but I strangely enough only seem to find it available for Microsoft Reader.

mrsquash · 11-12-2010, 02:00 PM

For non-fiction, take a look at "The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11" by Lawrence Wright. I read it a few years ago when it came out and it was excellent. Very gripping story; "couldn't put it down", as they say. Available for Kindle.

edbro · 11-12-2010, 04:24 PM

Don DeLillo's Falling Man

cassidym · 11-12-2010, 09:12 PM

For fiction, try Night Fall by Nelson Demille

desertgrandma · 11-12-2010, 09:44 PM

try this link...

http://www.flashlightworthybooks.com...-About-9-11/80

Kumabjorn · 11-13-2010, 02:25 AM

Thank you, thank you!

Seems like some interesting reads (government report excluded, not for content, for lack of entertainment - horrible word to use in this context, I completely agree).

11-12-2010, 03:26 AM	#1
Kumabjorn Basculocolpic Posts: 3,017 Karma: 15802129 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sweden Device: Kindle 3 WiFi, Kindle 4SO, Kindle for Android, Sony PRS-350 and PRS-T1	September 11 books I'm going on a long trip next month. Like 24 hour transportation trip. Hence, I'm looking for something interesting to read about the 9/11 attack. I clearly remember pumping gas in my car when the radio broadcast was interrupted with breaking news. Like anyone else I was so stunned that had the pump not had automatic shutdown I would have flooded the station. It has now been what, almost ten years? So I thought it would be interesting to read two books about it, one fiction and one non-fiction. The fiction has to be primarily entertaining, while the non-fiction should be as a-political as possible. Any recommendations? And, oh yeah, it has to be available on the Kindle. __________________ Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?

11-12-2010, 03:41 AM	#2
colinsky Groupie Posts: 164 Karma: 1007658 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: Sony PRS-300	For the Non-Fiction: The complete 9/11 Commission Report, in PDF and HTML (would need to be converted for Kindle), For Fiction: I'd say "Dead Air" (Iain Banks), but I strangely enough only seem to find it available for Microsoft Reader. Last edited by colinsky; 11-12-2010 at 03:44 AM.

11-12-2010, 09:12 PM	#5
cassidym Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,328 Karma: 5032368 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Northern Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-505, iPhone 5, Sony T1, iPad 3	For fiction, try Night Fall by Nelson Demille __________________ I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library. - Jorge Luis Borges

11-12-2010, 09:44 PM	#6
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11-13-2010, 02:25 AM	#7
Kumabjorn Basculocolpic Posts: 3,017 Karma: 15802129 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sweden Device: Kindle 3 WiFi, Kindle 4SO, Kindle for Android, Sony PRS-350 and PRS-T1	Thank you, thank you! Seems like some interesting reads (government report excluded, not for content, for lack of entertainment - horrible word to use in this context, I completely agree). __________________ Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?

11-12-2010, 02:00 PM	#3
mrsquash Connoisseur Posts: 78 Karma: 648 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: USA Device: K4-NT, Sony T1	For non-fiction, take a look at "The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11" by Lawrence Wright. I read it a few years ago when it came out and it was excellent. Very gripping story; "couldn't put it down", as they say. Available for Kindle.

11-12-2010, 04:24 PM	#4
edbro Warthog Driver Posts: 617 Karma: 4911 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Grapevine, TX Device: iPad4	Don DeLillo's Falling Man

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