Best Roller-coaster book?

What do you all think is the best roller-coaster book? I want to get a new roller-coaster book from Barnes&Noble.

Roller Coasters by David Bennett is a great book, but it was published in 1998, so I don't know if you would want a later book, but it's good.

yea, thats the best book. i have 2 of them.

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NITRO! The Next Sphere of Thrills!
April 7, 2001

who else has Guide to Ride 2000??? I want to know how long it took for the book to come in the mail??? I ordered it like 3-4 weeks ago and it still hasn't come. How long did it take for you to get yours??? THANKS!!!!!!!

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I got mine in like a week... that many months ago.

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The American Rollercoaster, don't remember the author, is the best I have seen. Great layout and hundreds of pictures, some very rare.

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2001- the year of flight!

Both the American Roller Coaster and Roller Coasters are pretty good books, although they don't have alot of the real new stuff in them. The American Roller Coaster has much history, if you are into it.
It only took about 3 weeks for my Guide To Ride! I love it!

I found 101 books on Amazon.com! Dunno if it has photos in it. Looks like each book is for a school physics fun day based on the coasters of the selected states. Very clever!

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index%3Dbooks%26field-keywords%3D%20%20Rollercoasters%26bq%3D1/ref%3Daps%5Fmore%5Fb%5F1/105-7521375-8487906 Search on 'Rollercoasters'

Another 12.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books&field-keywords=%20%20Rollercoaster&bq=1/ref=aps_more_b_3/105-7521375-8487906 Search on 'Rollercoaster'

Yet another 51! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books&field-keywords=%20%20Roller%20Coaster&bq=1/ref=aps_more_b_2/105-7521375-8487906 Search on 'Roller Coaster'

Yes, yes, spacing etc etc makes a big difference! Not case-sensitive.

There many more to be found. Do it yourself! ;)

Click the last link to find the best. The book by David Bennett looks good but it's out-of-date.
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Home Park - Wonderland Sydney, Australia. *** This post was edited by CoasterGod on 3/6/2001. ***

Roller Coasters: Twists, turns, and Corkscrews is good. There's a big picture on Mantis on the front. But it's pretty old. I think it was published in '98.

Thrillride!'s reviews on books; http://www.thrillride.com/speedreading/SpeedReading.html

Books in gift shop, in association with Amazon.com; http://www.thrillride.com/giftshop/giftshopbooks.html

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Home Park - Wonderland Sydney, Australia.

The book on Traver by Mr. Munch(spelling?) is my favorite, called Legends of Terror.

The American Roller Coaster is by Scott Rutherford, and for my money is the best out there. It really has a great layout, and takes you through coaster history, construction, and building booms - great for the non-engineer! I'm looking to buy the coaster book that has Mantis (CP) on the cover, but I haven't been able to find it yet. I've seen it on eBay, but not at a really good price.

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Roller Coaster by David Bennet gets my vote.

Here's a thread where plenty are mentioned. I listed 10 or so, but I would suggest Roller Coaster by David Bennett for pictures, and The American Roller Coaster by Scott Rutherford for content. Here's the link to the post:

http://www.coasterbuzz.com/forums/thread.asp?ForumID=11&TopicID=3484

Hope that helps.

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