Anyone read 'Wheels' by Arthur Hailey?

Discussion in 'Fiction' started by surreal_charm, Mar 10, 2011.

  1. surreal_charm

    surreal_charm Member

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    Can you tell me how it is? i am planning to read it after i am done with 'Da Vinci Code', which is probably by tomorrow.
     
  2. LoneDeranger

    LoneDeranger Trying to pay attention.

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    I enjoyed it when it came out but that must be about 40 years ago. I wonder if it might seem a bit dated now.... But Hailey was a meticulous researcher and a good writer. I enjoyed several of his books and doubt you'll be disappointed.
     
  3. blackcat666

    blackcat666 Senior Member

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    yeah, i read it 40 years ago also.
    sorry, i really don't remember it.
    the one book of his i remember best, from some 40 odd years back was entitled, "the final diagnosis."
    it was damn good stuff!:2thumbsup:
    just like "wheels" it would seem dated in 2011.
     
  4. surreal_charm

    surreal_charm Member

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    thank you.
     
  5. anna james

    anna james Banned

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    Da Vinci Code would have had been a great fun to go for and reading, Surely is a great book.
     
  6. wa bluska wica

    wa bluska wica Pedestrian

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    good lord, no, people aren't still reading this crap, are they?

    da vinci code must have also been one of the worst books i've ever read

    the horror, the horror . . .
     
  7. surreal_charm

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    i really liked the Da Vinci Code. it was a tight thriller. but i like the second one, Angels and Demons even more. it's better, more fast-paced, and more gripping. i'm taking it everywhere i go.
     
  8. RickyRicardo

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    On the whole, I didn't find Dan Brown's books too bad, as I'm open to that sort of stuff, and enjoy reading books that get you to think.
    I think out of all three, at least the main ones, the order that I would have them in, would be: Angels & Demons, The Lost Symbol and then the Da Vinci Code.
    Mind you, Digital Fortress was a good read too.
     
  9. surreal_charm

    surreal_charm Member

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    thank you. i'll definitely like to read more of Dan Brown.
     
  10. RickyRicardo

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    His books are good SC, but with them, it's always good to keep an open mind when doing so, given that a lot of the ideas that his books house, are different from the norm of society - like the Da Vinci Code with the whole Mary Magdalene story and whatnot.
     

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