Does anybody know of any good books that have the theme of cars or the car industry?
Do any authors specialise in motoring fiction?
Fancy a change from grisly slayings...
Thanx all...
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Er = Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang? By Ian Fleming IIRC - about as believable as Bond!
Roger.
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Oh my Gawd FiF and TOTH I JUST have to mention it.
Fictional Book on Motoring eh?
Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame......
p***,p***
DVD
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Not fictional, but in-between. You should read "Raw Spirit" by Iain Banks, it's his first non-fictional work. It's about whisky and driving. He basically drives round the SCottish distilleries in his 911/M5/old Jag/Land Rover with his mates, and gets paid for doing so. Lots of fine social commentary along the way, and he never uses the main roads.
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One of my favourite non-fiction motoring books is "Turning Back the Clock: The Life & Times of a Motor Trader" by Geoff Owen.
Here's an Amazon link if you have an account with them tinyurl.com/ys592
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Here's a slightly geeky one ;)
There was a short story called 'Along the scenic route' by Harlan Ellison, which later became part of the inspiration for the 'Car Wars' strategy/vehicular combat game. It's not really possible to find it now outside of the hefty 'Best Of' you can buy (which is mostly Sc-Fi and generally quite good) but if you stumble across a copy it's worth a read.
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Not fiction, but worth a read as a motorbike journal of biking all over N. America
Ghost Rider by Neil Peart
Ian L.
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