What are we reading?

[Toonces]

That is so interesting, Tripoli.  I was reading How the North Won just yesterday.

Anyway, I'm on book 3 of Catton's The Army of the Potomac trilogy (A Stillness at Appomattox).  I'm really enjoying it; Catton has a very good style of writing, different from Foote.

[JasonPratt]

Bro and his family came over, and one of the gifts they gave me was Robert Conquest's 40th Anniversary "Reassessment" edition of The Great Terror. https://smile.amazon.com/dp/0195317009/

This will be expedient for contextual purposes next year at some time yet to be determined.  ^-^

[Tripoli]

That is so interesting, Tripoli.  I was reading How the North Won just yesterday.

Anyway, I'm on book 3 of Catton's The Army of the Potomac trilogy (A Stillness at Appomattox).  I'm really enjoying it; Catton has a very good style of writing, different from Foote.

Catton is good.  He got me interested in the USCW way back in 1972, although I was so young, I didn't understand his "Army of the Potomac" trilogy then.  The "How the North Won" is an excellent book, effectively merging discussion of the various elements of strategy, tactics, operations, economy and logistics into a coherent, readable narrative.  It and "The Grand Design" should be required reading in any class on the US Civil War.  Right now, I'm reading "The First Team: Pacific Naval AIr Combat from Pearl Harbot to Midway" and "The First Team and the Guadalcanal Campaign"

[Huw the Poo]

I finished The Three Body Problem trilogy.  I'm almost lost for words.  It's an absolute mind-bender, it really is.  The stakes just kept getting higher and higher.  Thoroughly recommended!

[twitter3]

That is so interesting, Tripoli.  I was reading How the North Won just yesterday.

Anyway, I'm on book 3 of Catton's The Army of the Potomac trilogy (A Stillness at Appomattox).  I'm really enjoying it; Catton has a very good style of writing, different from Foote.

Catton is good.  He got me interested in the USCW way back in 1972, although I was so young, I didn't understand his "Army of the Potomac" trilogy then.  The "How the North Won" is an excellent book, effectively merging discussion of the various elements of strategy, tactics, operations, economy and logistics into a coherent, readable narrative.  It and "The Grand Design" should be required reading in any class on the US Civil War.  Right now, I'm reading "The First Team: Pacific Naval AIr Combat from Pearl Harbot to Midway" and "The First Team and the Guadalcanal Campaign"

"How the North Won" is an excellent book. I just finished "How the South Lost" by four authors (two of whom wrote "How the North Won"). It is interesting to compare the ideas they lay out in each book. Logistics and lines of communication mixed in with the South's lack of will to carry on the fight is spread throughout the two books.

[Huw the Poo]

I've started Tau Zero by Poul Anderson.  Not bad so far, very nice prose.

[Staggerwing]

I've started Tau Zero by Poul Anderson.  Not bad so far, very nice prose.

If you can, read Anderson's "The Boat of a Million Years", another of his Hugo Award nominees.

His Time Patrol stories are also good, especially if you like a mix of history and sci-fi. Among my favorites are 'The Star of the Sea','Delenda Est', and The Sorrows of Odin the Goth'.

[Huw the Poo]

Thanks mate.  If I get on with Tau Zero, and early indications are that I absolutely will, I will definitely add your suggestions to my reading list. O0

[airboy]

I'm reading: Great Pacific War: A History of the American-Japanese Campaign of 1931-33 by Hector C. Bywater

This alt-history was published in 1925 and sold very well during the early years of WW2.  I picked up a digital copy for $.99.

I like alt-histories a lot and am looking forward to this.

[JasonPratt]

Is it good enough to make you want to play War Plan Orange? 

[Martok]

I've started Tau Zero by Poul Anderson.  Not bad so far, very nice prose.

If you can, read Anderson's "The Boat of a Million Years", another of his Hugo Award nominees.

His Time Patrol stories are also good, especially if you like a mix of history and sci-fi. Among my favorites are 'The Star of the Sea','Delenda Est', and The Sorrows of Odin the Goth'.

I'll second the recommendation of "Boat", and add his Harvest of Stars to the list.  I haven't read as much of Anderson's works as I should, but he truly is an outstanding writer. 

[Huw the Poo]

Roger that - thanks!

[Pete Dero]

Achtung Panzer!: The Development of Tank Warfare by Heinz Guderian

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AJ20NEC/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i1

Panzer Leader by Heinz Guderian

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07KTBSD1L/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0

[demjansk1942]

Reading a book on Bruce Lee and a book called The Devil and Sonny List on.  Showtime had a great documentary on him last month.

[besilarius]

Quote from: Staggerwing on Yesterday at 05:38:06 PM

    Quote from: Huw the Poo on Yesterday at 02:07:03 PM

        I've started Tau Zero by Poul Anderson.  Not bad so far, very nice prose.


    If you can, read Anderson's "The Boat of a Million Years", another of his Hugo Award nominees.

    His Time Patrol stories are also good, especially if you like a mix of history and sci-fi. Among my favorites are 'The Star of the Sea','Delenda Est', and The Sorrows of Odin the Goth'.

Poul Anderson was so prolific, it's hard to narrow down.  If you're interested in humor, Earthman's Burden with Gordon Dickson is a lot of fun.
If you like fantasy, Three Hearts and Three Lions.
If you like Norse, The Broken Sword.
If you like interstellar spies and space opera, the Dominic Flandry series is very engaging.  (his persona of Captain Ahab Whaling is a hoot.)