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TX, USA
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Posted: 6/23/2017 9:02:15 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ChickenDaddy:
Is the destroyermen series getting better? By book three I was thinking it kept repeating itself and all the original destroyermen were pretty much dying off. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 6/23/2017 9:08:00 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4v50:
Devil's Due - a four piper fighting a corn-fed Ironclad? Do tell more. I'm reading Perry's Saints, a history of the 48th New York Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War. |
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Posted: 6/23/2017 10:10:50 AM EDT
[Last Edit: TRW]
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Just finished this excellent book:
Commies, A Journey through the old Left, the new Left and the Leftover Left Ronald Radosh's book gives a great fly-on-the-wall perspective of how deep the left/socialist/communist influence is in this country and some of the hypocrisy under which they operate. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in trying to understand their logic and thought patterns. Some very good information about the Rosenberg's (they were guilty), Cuba (not a socialist paradise, but a facist dictatorship), and the 1980's situation with and about Nicaragua (a Cuba style redux) are provided. Why was none of this in the mainstream media? He explains what we basically already know: the mainstream media is left leaning and very selective about what they cover and what they don't; and provides many examples throughout the book. Currently reading this: Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier This is an excellent "grunt" level narrative of Martin's experiences as both a Connecticut militiaman and continental Army soldier during a 5-year period during our war of independence from England. Nobody was embracing "the suck" better than these poor slobs; most of whom did not receive adequate pay, food, clothing, or equipment that most modern soldiers expect and receive. These guys would have gladly traded their tree bark breakfast, shoe leather lunch, and hunger pang dinners for a tuna and noodles MRE any day. The fact that we even won this war owes more to dumb luck, Englands distraction with other things "European", and their long and unwieldy communications and supply lines more than our military prowess. |
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Posted: 6/24/2017 6:53:27 PM EDT
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Crossroads of Twilight by Robert Jordan.
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Posted: 6/24/2017 10:24:23 PM EDT
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After resisting a long time (by my standards), I saw that Neal Stephenson's latest collaboration The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. was available as used books for a decent discount. 1/10 into it now and it seems good. I was worried about the influence of sci-fi P.C. culture (if you know what I mean) but as long as the story is good it doesn't matter.
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Posted: 6/24/2017 11:03:22 PM EDT
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Just finished an excellent book called Rogue Warriors, by Ben Mcintyre, about the SAS in WWII. Highly recommend it.
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GA, USA
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Posted: 6/25/2017 4:22:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Logan45:
Crossroads of Twilight by Robert Jordan. |
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Posted: 6/25/2017 4:30:53 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Hater]
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I've read A LOT of Manchester's books, "Arms of Krupp," "The Last Lion" trilogy, "American Caesar," even the obscure ones like "Disturber of the Peace." Everything he wrote is good. |
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Posted: 6/26/2017 4:37:34 PM EDT
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Von Neumann's War by John Ringo.
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Posted: 6/28/2017 1:11:21 AM EDT
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British at the Gates.. It's about the War of 1812.
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Posted: 7/1/2017 2:51:38 AM EDT
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I've been burning through the Dresden Files series by Butcher.
It's held my interest for 12 books so far. |
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Posted: 7/6/2017 11:51:08 PM EDT
[Last Edit: BakerMike]
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Recently finished:
The Wreath by Sigrid Undset - 3/5 interesting look at the medieval norwegian way of life - hints at the hypocrisy of people who live in a stridently religious society. a fun little romance with its share of surprising twists and turns. Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson - 4/5 excellent read. I still find it difficult to describe what exactly this book is about, but I enjoyed virtually every moment of it all the same. Genuinely surprising twists, genuinely humorous narrative (favored quote "...There seemed, in other words, to be a general failure, among the waterfront lowlives of Sheerness, to really take the notion of monarchy seriously."), Neal Stephenson really rides the fine line between describing shit that actually happened in history and using his characters to take the piss out of it. Kind of unsettled by a couple of, like, outright sexual assaults being taken in stride by characters in Quicksilver. Currently Reading: The Linux Command Line by somebody something Shotts, Jr. (20ish%?)- who cares? it's a textbook about linux, go away The Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. Hamilton (27%) - ALL ABOARD, NEXT STOP RAPE CENTRAL. Man, this book is oscillating violently between "kind of interesting science fiction" and "rape fantasy porn for psychos" - I'm barely a dozen chapters into this, and violent sexual assault has probably been mentioned like fifty friggin times. This book is a bummer, man. Why is all the sci-fi I'm reading lately so rapey? What the hell is wrong with people? At least Altered Carbon followed up its horrifying rape chapter with the main character brutally murdering people for like twenty five pages. All these sci-fi novelists need to go to church, man. |
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Posted: 7/7/2017 2:24:30 PM EDT
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Post Captain (Vol. Book 2) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)
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Posted: 7/7/2017 2:49:06 PM EDT
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the Space Team comedy/scifi series by Barry Hutchison, pretty funny, with lots of pop culture references that are pretty well comedically timed.
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Posted: 7/7/2017 2:53:16 PM EDT
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Just finished Camino Island by John Grisham.
Garbage. You hear about authors writing crappy books to finish up a contract (it's even mentioned in this book). I think this is one of them. |
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Posted: 7/12/2017 6:45:28 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Riter]
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Alamein to Zem Zem. Divisional staff officer deserts his position to rejoin his regiment (Sherwood Foresters) and fight in a Crusader III tank.
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Posted: 7/15/2017 9:20:32 PM EDT
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I'm currently reading Altamont by Joel Selvin.
It's about the ill fated free Rolling Stones concert at Altamont Raceway. |
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Posted: 7/15/2017 10:25:23 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/15/2017 10:37:05 PM EDT
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Just finished this.
now reading this 
have three or 4 others I had started that I need to finish. |
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Posted: 7/15/2017 10:39:43 PM EDT
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Hunters from the Sky. It's about the German parachute corps in WWII.
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Posted: 7/15/2017 10:40:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By somedude:
Just finished this. https://pictures.abebooks.com/isbn/9780080374376-us-300.jpg now reading this https://d1w7fb2mkkr3kw.cloudfront.net/assets/images/book/large/9781/9368/9781936891306.jpg have three or 4 others I had started that I need to finish. |
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Posted: 7/19/2017 10:39:38 PM EDT
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Alamein to Zem Zem. It's an account of an officer who deserts divisional HQ and rejoins his Crusader equipped tank regiment.
Now reading Panzer Aces. |
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Posted: 7/19/2017 10:56:25 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Mak_380]
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The LawDog Files
LawDog has been posting his (mis)adventures on the internet for a long time. He was finally coerced into putting them into an ebook. If you can't laugh at the story of an amorous armadillo, or Big Mama, or The Pink Gorilla Suit, well, welcome to our planet. |
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VA, USA
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Posted: 7/19/2017 11:04:04 PM EDT
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Finishing up Holding Their Own III
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Posted: 7/20/2017 8:43:36 AM EDT
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Finished Tank Rider before starting Panzer Aces.
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Posted: 7/20/2017 3:48:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Mak_380:
The LawDog Files LawDog has been posting his (mis)adventures on the internet for a long time. He was finally coerced into putting them into an ebook. If you can't laugh at the story of an amorous armadillo, or Big Mama, or The Pink Gorilla Suit, well, welcome to our planet. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 7/24/2017 2:02:13 PM EDT
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Just finished up these
  
Started this one 
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Posted: 7/24/2017 7:56:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4v50:
Fed Up. It's an insider's view of the Federal Reserve. That's a great book! Required reading for anyone interested in the Fed and Fed policy. |
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KY, USA
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Posted: 7/26/2017 10:48:41 AM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By strider98:
the Space Team comedy/scifi series by Barry Hutchison, pretty funny, with lots of pop culture references that are pretty well comedically timed. |
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Posted: 7/26/2017 10:54:42 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By excitableboy:
I'm reading Space Team now. About 1/2 way through. I like it! Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By excitableboy:
Originally Posted By strider98:
the Space Team comedy/scifi series by Barry Hutchison, pretty funny, with lots of pop culture references that are pretty well comedically timed. Reading the whole Empire of Man series by David Weber and Ringo. |
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Posted: 7/28/2017 5:33:00 PM EDT
[Last Edit: BakerMike]
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Finished The Reality Dysfunction the other day. 4/5. Took a long, long time to get going, was weirdly inconsistent in spots about how the bad guys work, unreasonably rapey (seriously, Hamilton, go to church). Very interesting at the end of the day, though. Looking forward to the next in the series.
Also finished The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen Scientist by Richard Feynman. 3/5. Very short, pleasant read. Not terribly much to it, but it's always fun to get inside Dr. Feynman's head and let him rattle on about stuff for a while. Still working on The Linux Command Line. Just started Ivanhoe by Walter Scott for my book club. If the introduction (in which Scott laboriously explains the concept of Historical Fiction to a fictitious "Dr. Dryasdust") begins as it means to go on, this book is going to be a slog. Also started Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time by Jeff Sutherland. My boss told everyone at work to read it; I'm about 1/3 of the way in. It sounds neat, but I have no confidence that it will be applied in any meaningful way at my workplace. Edited to correct title of the Feynman book I read. |
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Posted: 7/28/2017 8:00:05 PM EDT
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Polaris
A very cool Sci Fi mystery by Jack McDevitt. DAMN good writer!!!! |
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Posted: 7/30/2017 11:17:10 PM EDT
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The Haunted Mansion, Imagineering a Disney Classic by Jason Surrell
The Mason's Words: The History and Evolution of the American Masonic Ritual by Robert G. Davis |
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Posted: 8/6/2017 9:43:17 AM EDT
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In the last month or so, I finished:
Starship Troopers (third time) The Stand by Stephen King (second time) The Young Man's Guide by William Andrus Alcott and just over 25% of Plutarch's Lives. |
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Posted: 8/6/2017 3:19:24 PM EDT
[Last Edit: mPisi]
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Just finished Leviathan Wakes by James Corey, the first book in the Expanse trilogy. I have seen only the 1st episode of the TV series, but it made me pick up the book. I was hooked from the first 5 pages, this writing is just what I like. I'd probably call it the best book I've read in the past 2-3 years, and probably longer. If you like sci-fi and haven't read this series, get to it!
Instead of diving directly into Expanse #2 I shifted to Powers of the Earth by Travis JI Corcoran, the first of his two Kickstarter-assisted self-published novels. You may remember TJIC as having a great libertarian/ancap blog and twitter feed, and then made a certain joke about a congresswowan getting shot that led to his MA house being raided and guns confiscated. He's now in a free-er state and living an enviable life on his farm. He's been working on these novels for 6+ years (I read a beta version back in 2011) and the hard work shows in something that is noticeably better than the average self-published first novel. AI, uplifted dogs, crazy government, big guns, what's not to like? http://morlockpublishing.com/i-missed-the-kickstarter-can-i-buy-it-on-amazon/ Speaking of self-published authors, also just underway is Matt Bracken's latest The Red Cliffs of Zerhoun. The continuing adventures of Dan Kilmer from Castigo Cay. In the truck I have been churning through David Drake's Lt. Leary series on audiobook. Entertaining enough but pales in comparison to the Expanse stuff. |
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Posted: 8/8/2017 3:40:45 AM EDT
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Just finished:
The red cliffs of zerhoun by Matt Bracken Monster Hunter Siege be Larry Correia |
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Posted: 8/13/2017 6:11:42 PM EDT
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Just finished " The man who knew too much" by G.K. Chesterton.
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Posted: 8/13/2017 7:05:13 PM EDT
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Recently finished Union versus Confederate Cavalryman. I read it to understand the editorial style of the publisher and to help me with illustrations for book #3 as well as book #4.
Today I finished Seim's unpublished (yet) work on color case hardening. |
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Posted: 8/14/2017 5:18:22 PM EDT
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Just started Knife of Dreams by Robert Jordan.
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Posted: 8/16/2017 7:33:21 AM EDT
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Paul Carrell's Stalingrad. It's the only Carrell book I haven't read.
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MI, USA
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Posted: 8/21/2017 12:06:02 PM EDT
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Just finished the classic American politics based novel "All The King's Men" by the late Robert Penn Warren. I've been meaning to read it since I was in high school. Finally got to it.
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Posted: 8/23/2017 10:32:11 PM EDT
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Just finished Blood Diamonds by Greg Campbell about the illegal diamond trade of Sierra Leone. Fantastic book.
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Posted: 8/24/2017 2:27:17 PM EDT
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The Maneaters of Tsavo by JH Patterson
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Posted: 8/25/2017 3:57:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By strider98:
The Maneaters of Tsavo by JH Patterson 
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Posted: 8/25/2017 7:59:13 PM EDT
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In Service to the Mouse - Jack Lindquist
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Posted: 8/28/2017 8:55:57 AM EDT
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Halfway through Tanks: A Century of Tank Warfare.
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Posted: 8/28/2017 11:10:14 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/28/2017 3:44:18 PM EDT
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The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk
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Posted: 8/29/2017 9:15:30 AM EDT
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"Foxy 29" From the Sea Came Heroes by Chief Sardo. It's about a LCT set up as a hospital evacuation ship.
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Posted: 9/1/2017 8:34:29 AM EDT
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Fred Zeglin's P. O. Ackley: America's Gunsmith. Read up to Chapter 6 last night. Fascinating read.
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