Unintended Consequences

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Something from another thread piqued my curiosity. How many out there have read the book by John Ross? If you haven't, you really need to.
 
Husband got it for birthday years ago but I read it first. Think I'll read it again. Thought the sequal was due out last fall, but have not seen it.
 
I got to spend some time with John Ross at a SHOT Show party a few years ago. It was definitely the highlight of my trip.

I think his health problems may have delayed the release of the sequel.
 
I received one of the first copies back in, what was it, 1995 at the Knob Creek shoot. John had a table near Kent's tables and talked to us as he signed our copies.:)

Have not read it in 12 years or so. I've heard there was a revised version.

Sequel? Really? Hope it is as interesting as UC.
 
Once, a decade or so ago.

Thought the sequal was due out last fall, but have not seen it.
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The sequel has been "real soon now" for quite a while. John Ross is a THR member. Maybe he'll chime in.
 
I read a copy that was loaned to me, would really like to get my own hard copy. A good read, especially if you don't get too awful nit-picky about some of the details.
 
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Yes, 2 or 3 times. My favorite all time read. It is required reading in my house. Enemies books are enjoyable reads as well
 
Read it, loved it, can't wait for the sequel. Hopefully Mr Ross will chime in with an estimated date. As for the EFAD series I heard the sequel wont come out until at least 2009
 
I've read it about 3 times now, but I have a bad habbit of passing my copies around to friends and family and then have to order a new one. Got a shiny new copy on the bookshelf now and will have to read it again so I can pass it along.
 
Tried to read it, couldn't finish it.

This book seems to receive high praise on gun forums but I gotta ask, do you guys read a lot? I appreciate the pro-liberty message but it is a poorly written bit of fiction.

Life is too short to read a multiple-paragraphs long description of every firearm the protagonist encounters.
 
Read it several times, love it, and got mine autographed by the auther when I took his MO CCW course a few years ago.

At the end of the classroom portion of the training, he asked the class to identify where his concealed firearm was. Nobody could find it. He then withdrew from a Smartcarry holster a S&W 500. :what:

He sold two of the holsters on the spot.
 
Life is too short to read a multiple-paragraphs long description of every firearm the protagonist encounters.
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Actually, I quite liked that.

What I didn't care for were a few of the narrative tangents he kept going off on, particularly the rather graphic sexual material.

As a history of the gun culture, I found it very engaging, and once the helicopters went down, it became a good thriller. The problem seemed to be the uneven pace and flow leading up to that point.

Still, a "must read" for gun enthusiasts.
 
I've read about 1/3rd of it. It's slow going at first, but the story's cohesion starts to take form once you get to around page 400 or 500. :p

The copy I read was borrowed, and I moved before I finished it, so never got to. When I've got a little more money...
 
I loved it and will read it again. I hope a sequel comes out soon.
I received one of the first copies back in, what was it, 1995 at the Knob Creek shoot. John had a table near Kent's tables and talked to us as he signed our copies.

Have not read it in 12 years or so. I've heard there was a revised version.
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I heard the early versions (before he had to change some names in the book) were going for a couple hundred bucks. Hang onto that if it's the case.

Life is too short to read a multiple-paragraphs long description of every firearm the protagonist encounters.
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I think you are on the wrong forum, that's mainly what goes on here :)
 
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