What are we reading?

[Staggerwing]

I've heard of that book. What is it, a kind of Steampunk I Robot?

[Gusington]

No it's more like a biography, check out the link. It's coffee table sized so there are some great pieces of art included.

[Martok]

Interspersed with reading the Wheel of Time (I'm getting toward the end of Knife of Dreams), I'm now also perusing The Klingon Art of War, as "translated by" Keith R.A. deCandido. 

An enjoyable read, it has a surprising amount of depth, but without being overly complex.  Admittedly, you won't see a lot of Sun Tzu's and/or Clausewitz's precepts here, as the book is less about waging large-scale war and more about addressing personal behavior, ethics, etc., but it's still an interesting read for all that.  Kind of like "Bushido for Klingons". 

[JasonPratt]

KoD doing well for you I trust? The first part might have started a little slow, but compared to CoT...

[GDS_Starfury]

Interspersed with reading the Wheel of Time (I'm getting toward the end of Knife of Dreams), I'm now also perusing The Klingon Art of War, as "translated by" Keith R.A. deCandido. 

An enjoyable read, it has a surprising amount of depth, but without being overly complex.  Admittedly, you won't see a lot of Sun Tzu's and/or Clausewitz's precepts here, as the book is less about waging large-scale war and more about addressing personal behavior, ethics, etc., but it's still an interesting read for all that.  Kind of like "Bushido for Klingons".

I flipped through that at B&N the other day but just wasnt impressed with it.  ended up grabbing Maritime Dominion an the Triumph of the Free World.

[BanzaiCat]

I miss browsing at B&N. Or working at a bookstore and getting a sweet discount to blow my paycheck on.

[vyshka]

Finished The Crystal Shard and started Streams of Silver as I continue to work through some of the Drizzt books. I will probably take a break on them after the Icewind Dale trilogy is completed. Goodreads says I am up to 24 books for the year so I guess I will surpass my target of 26. Other books currently in some state of being read: The Cathedral & The Bazaar by Eric Raymond, Systems Performance by Brendan Gregg, and Playing the World by Jon Peterson.

In the queue to be read:

Of Dice and Men
The Defense of Moscow 1941
The Lies of Locke Lamora
A Song Called Youth
and probably 1000 other books :)

[Martok]

KoD doing well for you I trust? The first part might have started a little slow, but compared to CoT...

Oh yes.  I'm enjoying it as well as I did the first time -- more so, actually, as this time there's not a several-month gap in between reading CoT and KoD wherein my memory gets a little fuzzy.  :) 

Interspersed with reading the Wheel of Time (I'm getting toward the end of Knife of Dreams), I'm now also perusing The Klingon Art of War, as "translated by" Keith R.A. deCandido. 

An enjoyable read, it has a surprising amount of depth, but without being overly complex.  Admittedly, you won't see a lot of Sun Tzu's and/or Clausewitz's precepts here, as the book is less about waging large-scale war and more about addressing personal behavior, ethics, etc., but it's still an interesting read for all that.  Kind of like "Bushido for Klingons".

I flipped through that at B&N the other day but just wasnt impressed with it.  ended up grabbing Maritime Dominion an the Triumph of the Free World.

In my specific case, it probably helps a lot that I've long been a fan of DeCandido's previous work in the Trek-verse, especially Articles of the Federation and his I.K.S. Gorkon/Klingon Empire novels.  That man has done for Klingons what Diane Duane has done for Vulcans and Romulans. 

[airboy]

Wrote a review for Islands of Rage and Hope by John Ringo - book 3 in the zombie apocalypse series.  I really enjoyed this one.  It should appear eventually when space permits.

[Martok]

At long last, I've stepped into unknown -- or perhaps "virgin" would be more accurate -- territory and begun reading The Gathering Storm, the first of the WoT books written by Brandon Sanderson. 

It'll be interesting to see how his writing style contrasts with Jordan's.  I'm already beginning to spot numerous differences, but will withhold comment until I'm further in. 

[TacticalWargames]

After overdosing on WH40K I've finally started  Other side of the Wire Vol 2 by Ralph Whitehead. This first book is one of my all time fav military history books. I did start Vol 2 last year but had had enough of WW1 at that point..so now restarted and hopefully the final vol will come out next year.

I manged to get both volumes in hardback limited edition of 750 and signed. Vol 1 is now only available in paperback. Still the research is outstanding..prob the best I've seen.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Volume-German-Reserve-September-1914-June/dp/1908916893/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1410349517&sr=8-4&keywords=other+side+of+the+wire

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Other-Side-Wire-Volume/dp/1907677127/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_y

[Gusington]

Reading a steampunkish compilation right now called Queen Victoria's Book of Spells.

[TacticalWargames]

Just ordered this from Amazon.

Poilu: The World War I Notebooks of Corporal Louis Barthas, Barrelmaker, 1914-1918 by Louis Barthas

http://www.amazon.com/Poilu-Notebooks-Corporal-Barrelmaker-1914-1918/dp/0300191596/ref=pd_sim_b_44?ie=UTF8&refRID=0B5QD0PMRHM156MRZB52

[WallysWorld]

Reading through German Panzer Divisions of WWII by Chris Bishop and Jorge Rosado.

Nice 'beer and pretzels' book on each of the Panzer divisions showing their history and their armor allotment during different stages of the war. Best thing is I got it for $5 at Chapters.

http://www.amazon.com/German-Panzer-Divisions-Chris-Bishop/dp/1782740651/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1410387864&sr=8-1&keywords=Jorge+Rosado+%26+Chris

That Louis Barthas book posted above looks very interesting.

[BanzaiCat]

I've got a copy of Goering's Grenadiers somewhere, and it's pissing me off that I can't find it. It's a great tome reviewing Luftwaffe field divisions. I did an article in World at War Magazine last year on it, and that book was invaluable as a resource. Grr...