What are we reading?

[GDS_Starfury]

And on that note, lets revive the 'who should play Honor, etc, in the Feature Film?' discussion.

Michelle Forbes is a bit too old now, considering Honor has benefitted from Prolong treatments.

is it that time of year already?  lol
Forbes would have been great though.

[GDS_Starfury]

a short haired Emma Watson?

[Martok]

^  Not the worst choice in the world.  I've always been under the impression Honor possesses distinctly Oriental facial features (thanks to her mother), but if one were to go with a Caucasian actress, I'd be okay with her. 

[GDS_Starfury]

just almond shaped eyes and high cheekbones.

[Staggerwing]

AFA some of the others- Ron Perlman would make a great Anton Zilwicki. He'd have to buff up a little though.

[WallysWorld]

Finished Herbert A. Werner's "Iron Coffins". What a great book!

Just about to start Guy Sajer's  "The Forgotten Soldier".

[OJsDad]

Started Through Struggle the Stars. Pretty good scifi.

Sci-fi, $2.99 on kindle, and a grogheads rec. Good enough for me! I'm ready for some new military sci-fi, too.

Thanks!

Second book in The Human Reach series The Desert of Stars is out and well worth $4.99. I am looking forward to the next book in the series.

Just finished The Desert of Stars.  Better than the first book.  Still rough on the writing, but better. 

[Staggerwing]

Are the science and politics still plausible enough?

[Airborne Rifles]

Started Through Struggle the Stars. Pretty good scifi.

Sci-fi, $2.99 on kindle, and a grogheads rec. Good enough for me! I'm ready for some new military sci-fi, too.

Thanks!

Second book in The Human Reach series The Desert of Stars is out and well worth $4.99. I am looking forward to the next book in the series.

Just finished The Desert of Stars.  Better than the first book.  Still rough on the writing, but better.

Just finished Through Struggle the Stars. Really good. Starting The Desert is Stars Tonight.

[OJsDad]

Are the science and politics still plausible enough?

I'm not an expert on the science, but it seems very plausible.

For the politics, Japan and US are the inept evil aggressors, EU, Russia and India are neutral and China and Korea the the victims.  Up, seems about right   ;D

[Gusington]

@Airborne Rifles - City of Fortune is excellent. Very detailed and well written. I am about 1/3 of the way through.

[Airborne Rifles]

@Airborne Rifles - City of Fortune is excellent. Very detailed and well written. I am about 1/3 of the way through.

Awesome, thanks. I'll probably pull the trigger on it on kindle here soon.

[Gusington]

Just make sure you don't try to read it at bedtime...it's kinda heavy for just before bed and after some hard days at work I couldn't make it past a couple of pages. With some time this weekend I was able to get further and see that the first part (Venice' seizing hegemony from Byzantium in the Fourth Crusade)...is just epic.

[BanzaiCat]

I finally finished Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan. Great book although it took me almost a year to get through it. I've always been fascinated by writers detailing their experiences in other cultures, and this book delivers well, not just with that perspective but also tugs at the heartstrings considering some of the things this guy and his family went through thanks to the yakuza.

Now I've (finally) started reading Tales From Development Hell: The Greatest Movies Never Made. I enjoy the behind-the-scenes perspectives in movie-making, especially when they rip the morons that run the studios. This book is a great example of that.

As an aside: anyone remember the movie Manos: The Hands of Fate, by chance?

[Martok]

Now I've (finally) started reading Tales From Development Hell: The Greatest Movies Never Made. I enjoy the behind-the-scenes perspectives in movie-making, especially when they rip the morons that run the studios. This book is a great example of that.

I don't know if I could stand to read something like that.  Even if no specific titles/projects were mentioned, I still suspect I would want to either weep and/or howl in rage for all the great films that aren't getting made.  I salute you, sir! 

As an aside: anyone remember the movie Manos: The Hands of Fate, by chance?

Almost certainly one of the greatest episodes of MST3K ever.  ;D