What are we reading?

Started by Martok, March 05, 2012, 01:13:59 PM

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Longdan

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endfire79

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OJsDad

Quote from: Martok on December 30, 2012, 05:20:08 PM
Just started David Weber's Midst Toil and Tribulation, the sixth book in his Safehold series.  I received it as a Christmas gift (it was at the top of my list!).  :)

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40,000 words into "Like A Mighty Army," Safehold #7...Should be out on shelves September 2013!
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Martok

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Longdan

#454
I just got a copy of Desperate Sons which is a narrative
about the "Sons of Liberty" and their activities in the North American
Colonies prior to the War Where America Told Britain To Sod Off.
It is looking really fascinating with tons of period background.
edit.  sorry author is Les Standiford.
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Pinetree

Just finished Through Struggle the Stars by John J. Lumpkin. Quite possibly the best hard sci-fi novel I've ever read. Everything about the setting and story seems real. Looking forward to the sequel.

I've just started Ralph Peters' The War After Armageddon, very dark subject matter. It's interesting how his vision of future war has changed over the years as I remember reading The War in 2020 about 20 years ago and it had a completely different scenario.
Gen. Montgomery: "Your men don't salute much."
Gen. Freyberg: "Well, if you wave at them they'll usually wave back."

republic

I'm reading Viper Pilot by Dan Hampton.  He has some great combat stories.  He can be pretty cocky....but I guess that's what makes a good fighter pilot.

He goes into good detail about cockpit operations, so it's actually helping me understand BMS Falcon a bit.

I'm going to add Through Struggle the Stars to my reading list.  That sounds like a good book Pinetree

Martok

Just started reading Don Quixote for the first time.  Yes, really! 


"Like we need an excuse to drink to anything..." - Banzai_Cat
"I like to think of it not as an excuse but more like Pavlovian Response." - Sir Slash

"At our ages, they all look like jailbait." - mirth

"If we had lines here that would have crossed all of them. For the 1,077,986th time." - Gusington

"Government is so expensive that it should at least be entertaining." - airboy

"As long as there's bacon, everything will be all right." - Toonces

TheCommandTent

100 pages into Patton: A Genius for War by Carlo D'Este.  Good read so far, only 700 pages to go.   ;D
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Airborne Rifles

Quote from: Pinetree on January 05, 2013, 10:21:14 PM

I've just started Ralph Peters' The War After Armageddon, very dark subject matter. It's interesting how his vision of future war has changed over the years as I remember reading The War in 2020 about 20 years ago and it had a completely different scenario.

I found the whole thing a little unbelievable, very dark.  Interested to hear your thoughts.

Shelldrake

Quote from: Pinetree on January 05, 2013, 10:21:14 PM
Just finished Through Struggle the Stars by John J. Lumpkin. Quite possibly the best hard sci-fi novel I've ever read. Everything about the setting and story seems real. Looking forward to the sequel.

Looks good. Thanks for the recommendation!
"Just because something is beyond your comprehension doesn't mean it is scientific."

Dean Edell

OJsDad

Quote from: Pinetree on January 05, 2013, 10:21:14 PM
Just finished Through Struggle the Stars by John J. Lumpkin. Quite possibly the best hard sci-fi novel I've ever read. Everything about the setting and story seems real. Looking forward to the sequel.

I read this awhile ago.  The concepts where good, but the writing was awlful. 
'Here at NASA we all pee the same color.'  Al Harrison from the movie Hidden Figures.

Longdan

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Barthheart

Quote from: Martok on January 06, 2013, 11:00:05 AM
Just started reading Don Quixote for the first time.  Yes, really!

That's on my bucket reading list too.... I'll get there some day....

Currently reading The Theory of Everything: The Origin and Fate of the Universe by Stephen Hawking. Very well written and accessible.

Arctic Blast

Finally sat down and finished the Napoleon book, which I enjoyed. Next up will be...I'm leaning towards Fulgrim.