What are we reading?

[Steelgrave]

Once an Eagle by Anton Myrer

That's an old favorite and I have a well-read copy on my bookshelf. It was also a mini-series in the 70's starring Sam Elliot.  I don't know if it's available, but it is definitely worth watching.

Actually, I just checked....you can pick up the DVD on Amazon for under $10.00. I'm going to grab it myself.

[Bison]

I haven't read it yet so I'm hesistant to watch it first.

[Martok]

I finally finished The Silmarillion, and have now started reading The Callahan Chronicles by Spider Robinson. 

[besilarius]

Spider Robinson was great.  He could have walked into Callahan's and been a regular customer.
I think he used to attend a lot of the East Coast Sci Fi Conventions.  If you didn't know who he was, his stories made for a great evening.

[Shelldrake]

I am working my way through David Weber's Empire from the Ashes trilogy. A light read but an entertaining space opera.

[Greybriar]

I am currently reading The Wandering Fire, the second book of The Fionawar Tapestry trilogy by Guy Gavriel Kay.

My father read this trilogy years and years ago; he thoroughly enjoyed it. I haven't gotten to it, yet. I read Kay's Tigana some years back. Great fantasy book.

Groggy

Thanks for the tip about Tigana. I finished The Wandering Fire and am reading The Darkest Road now (it is the third book in the trilogy). I will read Tigana next.

[Longdan]

"Vanished Kingdoms" by Norman Davies.  A history of many of the now vanished
kingdoms of Europe..like Savoy, Burgundy etc.

[Gusington]

I am a little nervous to admit this but I did not enjoy Guns of August much. I slogged through the first half and it was a slow read except for the chapters specifically about the German invasion of Belgium. The second half I skimmed to the end. It was dense, and difficult to read. I know it's like a holy canon in the field but I thought it was going to be so much better. And I am disappointed in myself that I was disappointed in the book :/

Oh well. At least it helped me get over my WWI fixation for now and I am moving on to this:

http://www.amazon.com/Something-Red-Novel-Douglas-Nicholas/dp/1451660073/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1356152017&sr=1-1&keywords=something+red

[MetalDog]

That Something Red sounds pretty good, Gus.  Let us know what you think.

[Staggerwing]

Definitely. I've added it to my wish list whilst awaiting a pithy critique from Gus.

[Airborne Rifles]

I am a little nervous to admit this but I did not enjoy Guns of August much. I slogged through the first half and it was a slow read except for the chapters specifically about the German invasion of Belgium. The second half I skimmed to the end. It was dense, and difficult to read. I know it's like a holy canon in the field but I thought it was going to be so much better. And I am disappointed in myself that I was disappointed in the book :/

Oh well. At least it helped me get over my WWI fixation for now and I am moving on to this:

http://www.amazon.com/Something-Red-Novel-Douglas-Nicholas/dp/1451660073/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1356152017&sr=1-1&keywords=something+red

Maybe too late to suggest, but I listened to Guns of August on audiobook and it was fascinating.

[Gusington]

Who read it on the audio book? Glad to see you posting and that you have some form of web access still!

About 12 pages in on Something Red...can't judge yet.

[eyebiter]

Troubled Water - Race, Mutiny, and Bravery on the USS Kittyhawk

October 12, 1972 during Operation Linebacker there was an "incident" on board the carrier. A race riot by a mob of black sailors randomly attacking white crewman.

[Airborne Rifles]

Who read it on the audio book? Glad to see you posting and that you have some form of web access still!

Yeah, there's a contractor on our FOB that offers wireless internet.  It's pricey and slow but it lets me skype with the wif and kids and post here  :)

[Gusington]

^Awesome man. Merry Xmas!