What are we reading?

[Gusington]

^Philip McCutchen.

[bob48]

Damn you and your autobiographical sketches, Bawb. Just put "The Road to Koniggratz: Helmuth Von Moltke and the Austro-Prussian War 1866" into my Amazon cart.

Good man, Gus  :)

[Gusington]

I am hoping you get a cut of the cost.

[GDS_Starfury]

I was just at b&n and couldn't find a damn thing to buy.

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Yeah, I don't think they sell porn.

[Martok]

I've just begun my annual re-reading of Steven Pressfield's Tides of War.  Contemplating my Athenian campaign in Rome II: Wrath of Sparta put me in the mood. 

I was just at b&n and couldn't find a damn thing to buy.

I was just there today.  Using the gift cards I got for Christmas, I ordered the remaining novels in the Star Wars: X-Wing series (to be shipped directly to my house); they should arrive by the time I've finished Tides of War.  Good times.  :) 

[Shelldrake]

I just started reading The Tomb by F. Paul Wilson for a change of pace.

Was that the one with Hitler?  ::)

I don't think so. The setting so far is in New York City.

If I remember correctly this is the first appearance of Wilson's Repairman Jack. Many more books in the series if you like The Tomb.

[endfire79]

One old book I still keep on the shelf (and keep reading) is the following:

http://www.amazon.ca/Classics-Air-0010-Len-Cacutt/dp/0791700100




I got that back in 1989 as a gift. I've been looking for something similar that covers the period afterwards (1935 - 1945). I figure I'd ask for recommendations - any ideas?

[Staggerwing]

I just started reading The Tomb by F. Paul Wilson for a change of pace.

Was that the one with Hitler?  ::)

Is the one you're thinking of titled "the Keep"?

[Gusington]

I just read The Keep a few months back and Hitler is not in it, directly.

Endfire if you find anything good on that 1935 - 1945 era please post. I am really interested in the 1920s-30s interwar years but there is surprisingly little.

[Greybriar]

I finished The Keep and started reading Leaves of Grass: The First (1855) Edition by Walt Whitman.

[undercovergeek]

I just read The Keep a few months back and Hitler is not in it, directly.

Endfire if you find anything good on that 1935 - 1945 era please post. I am really interested in the 1920s-30s interwar years but there is surprisingly little.

not so much interwar, but ive just finished Dominion, the Brits sought peace after Dunkirk, the US never got involved, UK is a nazi state and Germany and Russia are killing each other, book is set in 1952 Hitler is 70 odd and Churchill is 80 odd - and a crazy old man discovers a secret and they have to sneak him out of the UK whilst the SS and Gestapo look for him

[bob48]

Oh, and Gus, you will like these as well;

The Seven Weeks' War: the Austro-Prussian Conflict of 1866 by H.M Hozier.

The Franco German War of 1870-1871 by Von Molkte.

Both excellent reads :-)

[Gusington]

Thanks Bawb, I'll send you the receipt. UCG that book above sounds a bit like Fatherland and a bit like The Afrika Reich...

[endfire79]

Endfire if you find anything good on that 1935 - 1945 era please post. I am really interested in the 1920s-30s interwar years but there is surprisingly little.

I'd recommend that book from Amazon.com used, and fairly cheap:
http://www.amazon.com/Classics-Air-Illustrated-Development-1913-1935/dp/0791700100/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420505073&sr=1-1

Each plane has a detailed schematic and article.  Here's a few scans from my book (TOC & Hawker Fury & Nimrod from early 30's)