What are we reading?

Started by Martok, March 05, 2012, 01:13:59 PM

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Toonces

I've been playing a bunch of WOFF, so I decided it was time, once and for all, to figure out what the heck happened in WW1.

Thus, I've started reading A World Undone by G.L. Martin.
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GDS_Starfury

have you read Castles of Steel?
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Toonces

"If you had a chance, right now, to go back in time and stop Hitler, wouldn't you do it?  I mean, I personally wouldn't stop him because I think he's awesome." - Eric Cartman

"Does a watch list mean you are being watched or is it a come on to Toonces?" - Biggs

GDS_Starfury

thats one of the WW1 classics.  very easy to read and a wealth of information on the naval/political aspect of the war.
Toonces - Don't ask me, I just close my eyes and take it.

Gus - I use sweatpants with flannel shorts to soak up my crotch sweat.

Banzai Cat - There is no "partial credit" in grammar. Like anal sex. It's either in, or it's not.

Mirth - We learned long ago that they key isn't to outrun Star, it's to outrun Gus.

Martok - I don't know if it's possible to have an "anti-boner"...but I now have one.

Gus - Celery is vile and has no reason to exist. Like underwear on Star.


Gusington

Read Dreadnought first, also by Robert Massie. And while you're at it, read his Peter the Great book...two of my all time favorites.


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Airborne Rifles

Quote from: Gusington on February 21, 2014, 08:17:02 AM
Read Dreadnought first, also by Robert Massie. And while you're at it, read his Peter the Great book...two of my all time favorites.

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Staggerwing

Quote from: Airborne Rifles on February 21, 2014, 08:34:36 AM
Quote from: Gusington on February 21, 2014, 08:17:02 AM
Read Dreadnought first, also by Robert Massie. And while you're at it, read his Peter the Great book...two of my all time favorites.

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That's the way to do it. Dreadnought has a whole lotta WW1 backstory as well as lots of insight into the English and German Naval politics at the turn of the 20th Century.
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Gusington

Awesome book, Dreadnought. Probably one of my top 10, maybe even top 5.


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Martok

Well, I've begun my "Great Work" at last: 


Having purchased The Gathering Storm, The Towers of Midnight, and A Memory of Light (now that all three are out in paperback), I am rereading the entire Wheel of Time series from beginning to end -- straight. 

I haven't bothered with the math, but I know I have to plow through a minimum of 15,000 pages.  Given how my reading has slowed in the last decade or so, I'm honestly uncertain as to whether I'll get through the entire series before the end of the year -- I probably will, but I'm not about to blithely assume that's going to be the case! 


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Toonces

^ Nice!

I burned out on WW1 pretty quickly.  I think I hit about the same point in World Undone that I got to last time when I put the book down and didn't pick it back up!

For my upcoming trip I'm bringing Musashi, A Place Called Armageddon on my Kindle, and that Yom Kippur book posted below, also on my Kindle.  And I also have about 70 other books on my Kindle, but those are the three I'm actually actively reading.
"If you had a chance, right now, to go back in time and stop Hitler, wouldn't you do it?  I mean, I personally wouldn't stop him because I think he's awesome." - Eric Cartman

"Does a watch list mean you are being watched or is it a come on to Toonces?" - Biggs

Gusington

^Even I get burned out on WWI and it's my favorite historical era. I think it's because it gets really depressing sometimes.

I just finished The Eagle Has Fallen by Brian Young which was unfortunately kinda disappointing, told totally from the Roman point of view with bad dialogue and almost no insight into Celtic culture. And it has great reviews on Amazon! I hate that.

Onward and upward...about to start In the Shadow of Empires: The Historic Vlad Dracula by Sir Jens and then Vlad: The Last Confession by CC Humprheys, recommended by Toonces.


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Greybriar

Quote from: Martok on March 08, 2014, 01:30:37 PM
....I am rereading the entire Wheel of Time series from beginning to end -- straight....

Oh my God! That's may be even worse than the guy who claims that George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels are published so far apart that he rereads all the books in the A Song of Ice and Fire series each time a new book in the series is published.

I'll pray for you, Martok.
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I am currently reading Kim Stanley Robinson's 2312, on rumors that he had returned to Mars form. Can't say for sure. It started really, really slow, but thankfully has gotten more interesting. He does appear to have returned to the vision he's previously shown. I will likely take on his Shaman next; after that I have a handful of nebula and hugo nominees from the past couple of years that I'm not familiar with queued up.

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I just picked up 'Kursk, Hitler's Gamble 1943' by Walter.S.Dunn. Jr. Not started it yet, though.
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