What are we reading?

[bbmike]

^I thought Eisenhower Lemur warned them against that.

[BanzaiCat]

^I thought Eisenhower Lemur warned them against that.

LOL, I've not come across an Eisenhower lemur yet, but I found it interesting how quickly they built rudimentary copper cannons. I used The Lost Regiment, I suppose, as a watershed whilst reading that, because I recall the discussions the characters had in TLR regarding how they were going to build their first cannons and muskets to arm the Rus. I know absolutely nothing about any of how that works, but TLR was compelling and fascinating in its discussion. In Destroyermen it was pretty much "we need cannons" "ok" *poof" "fire cannons!" More or less.

Not saying anything bad about it. I like this first Destroyermen book. I find it interesting how the two are similar AND different.

[mirth]

I liked how they developed the tech in that first Lost Regiment book. It got a little over the top in the later books, but that first one handled it pretty well.

[mirth]

^I thought Eisenhower Lemur warned them against that.

Yes, but then the Velociraptor Commies launched Sputnik and the Lemurs went nuts.

[airboy]

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

I read the first one and could not get into it.  S.M. Stirling's books are better.

[bbmike]

^Hmm, Stirling. I tried to read Island in the Sea of Time but didn't make it far. It was not good at all.

[airboy]

I've finished You are Never Weird on the Internet (almost) by Felicia Day.

My wife got it as a $1.99 kindle deal.

Felicia Day is odd.  Home schooled by a knee-jerk leftist Mom Felicia became good at Math, Violin, reading lots of books and playing early RPG games.  She was accepted into the University of Texas at 16.  She completed a double major in Math & Music with a 4.0 average.

Then she decided to go to Hollywood to become an actress.  She succeeded in getting commercial work and bit parts.  Then became totally obsessed with World of Warcraft.  Wrote "the Guild" and ran it for 6 years.

She has severe anxiety issues and depression.  Got doxed by 4Chan & Gamersgate types.  Creepy stalkers, but does not carry a gun.

This was a train wreck/success story.  Highly creative individual who is not balanced.  Unfortunately, she lost a couple of key people on her big projects.  But Geek&Sundry brought us Tabletop which is a fun way to see how a game works.

A really different book from what I normally read.  Interesting, in a train wreck / success sort of way.  She did have some funny insights on growing up in Alabama and Mississippi and interacting with other homeschool kids.

The "Do You Want to Date My Avatar" video was great:

and Gamer Girl Country Boy video has the worst eye shadow in history

[airboy]

^Hmm, Stirling. I tried to read Island in the Sea of Time but didn't make it far. It was not good at all.

Tastes differ.

[BanzaiCat]

I never could get into The Guild. I tried a few times, but I just didn't find it funny.

I do enjoy her on Wil Wheaton's TableTop series - she's engaging and enjoyable as much of his guests are. But as an actress...not so much.

[airboy]

I never could get into The Guild. I tried a few times, but I just didn't find it funny.

I do enjoy her on Wil Wheaton's TableTop series - she's engaging and enjoyable as much of his guests are. But as an actress...not so much.

I had the same experience with The Guild.  But I did not do MMRPGS either.

[BanzaiCat]

^ There's a few such shows on Amazon Prime that are pretty good.

The Gamers: Dorkness Rising is one that's surprisingly entertaining.

[Gusington]

Just started The Only Child by Andrew Pyper.

[bob48]

To coincide with playing 'Tunisia II', I'm reading 'Exit Rommel - The Tunisian Campaign' by Bruce Allen Watson.

[Crossroads]

Started reading Harold Coyle's "Team Yankee" again. Fun book.  :)

[bbmike]

Just finished Fall of Giants and I'm about to start The Final Reflection.