What are we reading?

[Gusington]

^Ooh that looks tasty.

[mirth]

No way I'm clicking that link.

[BanzaiCat]

Redirects to www.cakefarts.com

[Gusington]

TASTY

[BanzaiCat]

I just started Hell Divers II. The first Hell Divers was a post-apocalyptic story of awesomeness. So totally different than what you usually read.

[BanzaiCat]

Anyone here read The Destroyermen series, or the Kirov series?

https://www.amazon.com/Into-Storm-Destroyermen-Book-I-ebook/dp/B001ANUOUM/ref=sr_1_4?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1504215025&sr=1-4&keywords=destroyermen

https://www.amazon.com/Kirov-Book-1-John-Schettler-ebook/dp/B007JKPEW8/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1504215151&sr=1-1&keywords=kirov+book+1

[bbmike]

^I recall the first book in the Destroyermen series being pretty good but that's all I read.
The other series I've never heard of. And are you aware that it says there are 31 books in that series!  :o

[BanzaiCat]

Yeah, that's exactly why I'm considering it - it's longevity. Same with the Kirov series. Not sure I'm too hot on the premise for Book 1 of Kirov, but hell, the author of that and the Destroyermen has to be doing something right, right? If you liked Destroyermen, bbmike, I might give it a shot.

[mirth]

Anyone familiar with Mark Simner's work?

https://www.amazon.com/Pathan-Rising-Jihad-Frontier-1897-1898/dp/1781555400/ref=pd_cp_14_1/146-8081014-0710535?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=090ZGXARZGBSEXGZCRB8

https://www.amazon.com/Chitral-1895-Episode-Great-Game/dp/1781556180/ref=pd_sim_14_4?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=H8P9WFAY2PFYBJW6H4R8

https://www.amazon.com/Sirdar-Khalifa-Kitcheners-Re-conquest-1896-98/dp/1781555885/ref=pd_sim_14_3?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=H8P9WFAY2PFYBJW6H4R8

[mirth]

http://thecooperreview.com/9-tricks-to-look-smart-in-a-book-club/

[Gusington]

I'm about to start Vampire Crusader by Dan Davis.

[BanzaiCat]

I got about 85% through that first Destroyermen book last week. Extremely good writing, though it has shades of 'The Lost Regiment' in it. I expected a bit of that though it doesn't go to the extremes that Forschen did in his series. Though this has what, a dozen books in the series now?

[mirth]

Humanoid Lemurs vs humanoid Velociraptors doesn't go the extremes Forstchen did?

[trailrunner]

Picked this up at the Pentagon library.  After reading my Kindle for so long, it now feels odd to read an book with paper pages.

[BanzaiCat]

Humanoid Lemurs vs humanoid Velociraptors doesn't go the extremes Forstchen did?

Insofar as building an entire military-industrial complex within the framework of the first book, no.