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12-01-2008, 12:11 AM | #1 |
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Ocean related Book Club 1st read: SECRET SEAS by Carlos Eyles
I am hoping we can successfully form an online book club on spearfishing, diving, and ocean related topics. I received many good suggestions for books to read; thanks to all for the recommendations. Please keep them coming.
Carlos Eyles has a engrossing collection of short stories titled Secret Seas. It is my favorite book of his, and includes both fiction and nonfiction. Anyone who is interested in discussing this volume (it may be a dull winter on SB without Secret Cove stirring the cyber-pot) is invited to do so when we discuss it starting 12/27. Feel free to post comments that will encourage others to read it, but don't include specifics that reveal the content of the stories, until December 27th when all will have had a chance to finish this slim book. I'd encourage everyone to buy it at their local dive shop or independent book seller, but its also available on Amazon for $12. I'm looking forward to rereading this book, and hearing your opinions on it. Jeremy |
12-01-2008, 02:02 AM | #2 |
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Re: Ocean related Book Club 1st read: SECRET SEAS by Carlos Eyles
I read it. It was okay; a lot of dreamy sequences spun together. Very fantasy based, but a fun read.
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12-01-2008, 02:28 AM | #3 |
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Re: Ocean related Book Club 1st read: SECRET SEAS by Carlos Eyles
I read his other book, "Last of the blue water hunters". It was a pretty good read and definitely interesting for those who spear at Catalina a lot. It seemed like a non-fiction...
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12-01-2008, 03:44 AM | #4 |
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Re: Ocean related Book Club 1st read: SECRET SEAS by Carlos Eyles
Is there a website where you can buy and read the book online?
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12-01-2008, 07:38 AM | #5 |
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Re: Ocean related Book Club 1st read: SECRET SEAS by Carlos Eyles
Do you have a list of books you own or have read.? I would be happy to post a list in the off season, some good, some not so good.
Always looking for something water, hunter related. Happy Holidays to all.
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12-01-2008, 11:04 AM | #7 |
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Re: Ocean related Book Club 1st read: SECRET SEAS by Carlos Eyles
secret seas is one of my favorite dive books.
a couple of the stories are a little dreamy, but a few of them are almost riveting in the development of the story, intensified by the fact that they are true stories. I've probably read it 8 times or so. I wore out my first copy of last of the bluewater hunter.
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12-01-2008, 11:34 AM | #8 |
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Re: Ocean related Book Club 1st read: SECRET SEAS by Carlos Eyles
i think it's a good short story book
used to read chapters of it to my boys around the campfire at catalina in the summertime
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12-01-2008, 09:39 PM | #9 | |
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12-01-2008, 09:41 PM | #10 |
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Re: Ocean related Book Club 1st read: SECRET SEAS by Carlos Eyles
And, for all you lady labs out there, Stains needs a girlfriend. He's got his papers, and he has the biggest set of dog pills this side of a bull mastiff!!!
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12-01-2008, 10:15 PM | #11 |
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Re: Ocean related Book Club 1st read: SECRET SEAS by Carlos Eyles
Not a spearfishing related book, but Shadow Divers was a good read and showed me how once again the diving world is broken up into many sub-cultures.
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12-01-2008, 11:08 PM | #12 |
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Re: Ocean related Book Club 1st read: SECRET SEAS by Carlos Eyles
I met Carlos and his wife a few weeks ago while diving with some dolphins. Very gracefull with the animals.
-Bryan
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Secret Seas - Does anyone have a copy I can borrow? Please PM me if so. Thank you so much in advance.
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12-02-2008, 12:46 AM | #14 |
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Re: Ocean related Book Club 1st read: SECRET SEAS by Carlos Eyles
Add last of the blue water hunters to the list for sure. Peace.
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12-02-2008, 12:52 AM | #15 |
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Re: Ocean related Book Club 1st read: SECRET SEAS by Carlos Eyles
That sounds like an awesome fatherly thing-a-ma-jig thing to do.
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