What are we reading?

[Martok]

I believe someone else mentioned reading it not that long ago, but I've just started Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and the People Who Play It by David M. Ewalt.  It was lent it to me a couple months ago by my friend Amy, who (along with myself and quite a few others here) is a big D&D fan.  Definitely a solid read thus far. 

[Greybriar]

I am about two-thirds of the way through Five Days that Shocked the World: Eyewitness Accounts from Europe at the End of World War II by Nicholas Best.

[Staggerwing]

I am about two-thirds of the way through Five Days that Shocked the World: Eyewitness Accounts from Europe at the End of World War II by Nicholas Best.

That sounds intriguing.

[mirth]

Fire in the Sky: The Air War in the South Pacific by Eric M. Bergerud

http://www.amazon.com/Fire-In-The-Sky-Pacific/dp/0813338697

[Gusington]

Fire in the Sky is also the title of a book on the first Battle of Britain (1917) that's been on my list forever.

[Greybriar]

I am about two-thirds of the way through Five Days that Shocked the World: Eyewitness Accounts from Europe at the End of World War II by Nicholas Best.

That sounds intriguing.

It's interesting and I have learned some things I wasn't aware of before.

[Pinetree]

Scouts Out by Danny Loomis. This one is surprising me by being really good military science fiction. The characters and story line don't seem forced and it flows nicely.

[Greybriar]

I just started reading We Were Soldiers Once...and Young: Ia Drang-The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam by Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore (Ret.) and Joseph L. Galloway.

[Gusington]

^Classic.

I am about to start The Edge of the World - A Cultural History of the North Sea and the Transformation of Europe by Michael Pye.

[Staggerwing]

^Classic.

I am about to start The Edge of the World - A Cultural History of the North Sea and the Transformation of Europe by Michael Pye.

Wow- Longships and Cogs, Vikings and Hanseatics, oh my! I'll have to add that to my wishlist.

[Gusington]

I had been virtually fondling it for a while and the the NYTimes reviewed it out of the blue a few weeks ago and made it sound pretty epic. Couldn't resist. I begin tonight after also cracking open the Grand Ages: Medieval campaign. Good times.

I have been looking for a relatively new, inexpensive book on The Hanse but haven't been able to find anything for quite some time. Got any recommendations?

[Greybriar]

I just started reading We Were Soldiers Once...and Young: Ia Drang-The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam by Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore (Ret.) and Joseph L. Galloway.

^Classic....

I am about to finish We Were Soldiers Once...and Young: Ia Drang-The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam. My tour of duty in Vietnam started about 2.5 years before the time the events described in this book took place. I saw some action during my tour but nothing as bad (thank God!) as what Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore (Ret.) and Joseph L. Galloway describe--they were in nightmare situations! I purchased the movie and will watch it once I've finished reading the book to see how true it is to the events in the book--if I can, that is; it may be too much for me.

[Gusington]

What rank were you there?

[Greybriar]

What rank were you there?

I arrived in Vietnam as a Private (E-2), was automatically promoted to Private First Class (E-3), and made Specialist (E-4) before I left on emergency leave after a little over 10 months in country.

[JudgeDredd]

I just started reading We Were Soldiers Once...and Young: Ia Drang-The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam by Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore (Ret.) and Joseph L. Galloway.

^Classic....

I am about to finish We Were Soldiers Once...and Young: Ia Drang-The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam. My tour of duty in Vietnam started about 2.5 years before the time the events described in this book took place. I saw some action during my tour but nothing as bad (thank God!) as what Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore (Ret.) and Joseph L. Galloway describe--they were in nightmare situations! I purchased the movie and will watch it once I've finished reading the book to see how true it is to the events in the book--if I can, that is; it may be too much for me.

That is a superb book and a great film. I love how the book took you to LZ Albany with the relief battalion. Really gripping book.

I watched the film and then got the book. The film was fantastic too....they really seem to capture the hot LZ (although I guess you would have more of an insight to that than I would). There are accuracies and inaccuracies in the movie - it is Hollywood after all. But overall I thought it stayed pretty faithful to the book