I am in the process of building my coffee table rollercoaster book collection. I just bought Robert Coker's new book, and, all I can say is it is a hell of a buy for fifteen bucks. Great pictures, info on all the coaster manufacturers (including Togo of Japan!), and a highly readable text are only a few of the highlights. Coker is the only person I know who can give a completely unbiased opinion, place it on paper, and offend no one.
I also have Schafer and Rutherford's paperback book entitled "Rollercoasters," which is slightly older (1998). It has some amazing photographs (including a head-on view of the big hill on the Hercules coaster at Dorney Park, and a super picture taken from now-defunt Idora Park's Herbert Schmeck Wildcat lift hill (1927), which highlights the coaster's fan curve). Although certainly not as comprehensive as Coker's book, the Schafer book is unique in that is breaks down rollercoasters by region instead of by construction design (i.e., steel v/s wood).
My question is, are there any others you highly recommend or have enjoyed? I am planning on buying "Roller Coasters, Flumes, and Flying Saucers" by Robert N. Reynolds, but beyond that, I would appreciate any recommendations.
GJB
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Search Amazon.com.. type in "roller coasters" and lots of books, videos, and games should pop up..
ENJOY!
Chris
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Chris Godsey said:
Search Amazon.com.. type in "roller coasters" and lots of books, videos, and games should pop up..
ENJOY!
Chris
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Theme parks will NEVER be the same!
i cant buy stuff online, my parents dont like me using their cridit card number even if i give them the money up front. they think amazon and barnesandnobel.com are unreliable with security, so anyone know of any good bookstores thats sell them
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Or you can just go down to Barnes and Noble they'll probably have it
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Can we change the name of Top Gun to your mom so no one wants to ride your mom?
Or you could tell them "Well, you know, over the internet, not a single person sees the number, and it's encrypted. When you use you're number at the store, you're giving it to some filthy 16 year old who has plenty of time to write down the number."
footnote: Sorry to those that I've offended by saying filthy 16 year old, I'm 16 myself, and I know you people don't always give filthy 16 year olds your credit card. I just used it to make the argument more effective :) Hope there are no hard feelings, all of you 16 year olds.
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Deja Vu in the front seat makes V2 feel like a kiddie ride!
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06/11/02
Photos from Six Flags Worlds Of Adventure were added plus some other small updates:
http://www.angelfire.com/extreme2/rollercoaster2/index.html
My friend just got me The Amusement Park Guide: Fourth Addition by Tim O'brien for my b-day. I've never read any other roller coaster book but this has to be the most useful thing i've ever used. It's updated too. A year from now it might not be but as of now it's awesome.
Dragon82487,
My friend said that he got the book at WaldenBooks in our mall. I don't know if you have one close to you but I bet Borders has some of these books too.
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1) Millennium Force
Just thought I should point out... There are many many many books out there that may not come up on Amazon. I recommend Gunther Hall(run by an enthusiast). She is as friendly as can be and what I find nice is that she usually has hard to find books in stock. Here is her site: http://www.guntherhall.com/
- Andrew Hyde
http://www.experiencethepoint.com
The American Roller Coaster: Scott Rutherford, great book, must buy.
Roller Coasters (twists, loops, other stuff like that in the title, I just forgot): David Bennett, great pics, but I don't think the book is that good myself. The coaster glossary in the back is seriously messed up, so many parks not included.
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American Roller Coaster by Rutherford (hardbound, cost me $25 at Borders) is probably the best book on coasters that I've seen thus far. From the info, history, photos, and more it's one that should be in everyones library.
David Bennett's book is also very well done, again with some great photos throughout. It does have a few caption errors and other typos that it would be nice if they fixed, but they aren't that many and really take very little away from the book as a whole.
Nice as Bob's book is, I would take both of these before his anyday.
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