What are we reading?

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

Your Job And How Technology Will Change It

http://www.amazon.com/Your-Job-Technology-Will-Change-ebook/dp/B00LB73F4Y

[BanzaiCat]

I totally gave up on Team Yankee again - I just can't do it.

Thinking of starting to read Snow Crash.

[Staggerwing]

I totally gave up on Team Yankee again - I just can't do it.

Thinking of starting to read Snow Crash.

Coyle's writing gets better a few books in. I went from Team Yankee right to The Ten Thousand, which I enjoyed a lot.

[Airborne Rifles]

The Martian. Pretty good so far.

[Gusington]

Just finished The Picts by Tim Clarkson which is a little dense and hard to follow as it is kind of academic...but still interesting. And now starting The Brooklyn Navy Yard by Thomas F. Berner, one of those Images of America books.

[BanzaiCat]

I did read The Ten Thousand some time ago. The premise was far out there but the story was well done.

[Staggerwing]

I did read The Ten Thousand some time ago. The premise was far out there but the story was well done.

Believe it or not Larry Bond actually wrote a book along similar lines. In his book the French and Germans were actually working together.  ???

[Airborne Rifles]

I did read The Ten Thousand some time ago. The premise was far out there but the story was well done.

Believe it or not Larry Bond actually wrote a book along similar lines. In his book the French and Germans were actually working together.  ???

Yeah, those books were written back in the mid '90s when we were trying to figure out who our enemies would be after the Soviet Union collapsed. Lots of odd plotlines came out of that time; Germans, Germans and French, South Africans, Japanese...

[Pinetree]

Yeah, those books were written back in the mid '90s when we were trying to figure out who our enemies would be after the Soviet Union collapsed. Lots of odd plotlines came out of that time; Germans, Germans and French, South Africans, Japanese...

Hell, I think I even read all those. I think it's The Ten Thousand, Cauldron, Vortex, and War in 2020 respectively?

[Airborne Rifles]

Yeah, those books were written back in the mid '90s when we were trying to figure out who our enemies would be after the Soviet Union collapsed. Lots of odd plotlines came out of that time; Germans, Germans and French, South Africans, Japanese...

Hell, I think I even read all those. I think it's The Ten Thousand, Cauldron, Vortex, and War in 2020 respectively?

Correct on all. You could throw in Debt of Honor for the Japanese, and some almost conflict with India in Executive Orders as well.

[BanzaiCat]

I remember War in 2020. I actually finished that one.

[Staggerwing]

I remember War in 2020. I actually finished that one.

Written by Ralph Peters. I can't recall now but was that the novel featuring the new 'Zero', a fifth-gen Japanese fighter? Or was that one of Clancy's books?

[Pinetree]

Yeah, those books were written back in the mid '90s when we were trying to figure out who our enemies would be after the Soviet Union collapsed. Lots of odd plotlines came out of that time; Germans, Germans and French, South Africans, Japanese...

Hell, I think I even read all those. I think it's The Ten Thousand, Cauldron, Vortex, and War in 2020 respectively?

Correct on all. You could throw in Debt of Honor for the Japanese, and some almost conflict with India in Executive Orders as well.

I'd forgotten about Debt of Honour,  it wasn't a bad book but in my view it was the start of his decline. I remember all the hoo-haa about the book after 9/11.

[Pinetree]

I remember War in 2020. I actually finished that one.

It's interesting comparing that book, which was written when the Cold War was ending, and The War After Armageddon.

[BanzaiCat]

Since I gave up on Team Yankee, I landed on In the President's Secret Service: Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect. Two chapters in so far and it's an interesting read, going into the history of the Secret Service (and what it was before it was the 'Secret Service'). Already talked about Kennedy's indiscretions in the White House and there's a lot of book left, so I'm interested in seeing what happens next.