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Incarnate by Ramsey Campbell An experiment in prophetic dreaming begins to go wrong and is immediately aborted. Many years later hallucinations invade the lives of the original participants and one by one they succumb to a diabolical force that threatens more than their lives. |
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| Ordered Clay Martin's new Barbarian Spirit. Not expecting much really, mostly to support the team. But my wife is reading all kinds of religious books lately so I'll slip it in that pile and see what she does. |
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Originally Posted By Freakinout: The Ranch book 2, by Sean Liscom Do yourself a favor and stop after that one. That series gets weird after 2. Finished The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson (events leading up to civil war) a few days ago and am about half way through gods and generals by Jeff shaarah (civil war historical fiction, I think that’s what it is classified as, accurate to the events but written like a novel with educated speculation for the dialogue). I’ve loved every shaarah book I’ve listened to |
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Originally Posted By Blk99sleekbeak: Do yourself a favor and stop after that one. That series gets weird after 2. Finished The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson (events leading up to civil war) a few days ago and am about half way through gods and generals by Jeff shaarah (civil war historical fiction, I think that’s what it is classified as, accurate to the events but written like a novel with educated speculation for the dialogue). I’ve loved every shaarah book I’ve listened to Originally Posted By Blk99sleekbeak: Originally Posted By Freakinout: The Ranch book 2, by Sean Liscom Do yourself a favor and stop after that one. That series gets weird after 2. Finished The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson (events leading up to civil war) a few days ago and am about half way through gods and generals by Jeff shaarah (civil war historical fiction, I think that’s what it is classified as, accurate to the events but written like a novel with educated speculation for the dialogue). I’ve loved every shaarah book I’ve listened to I've read them all, definitely goes a bit off after the first two |
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Originally Posted By yagermeister: alone at dawn I’ve listened to this 3 or 4 times. I’ve never served and I’ve never had to make decisions anywhere near being on the same planet as far as importance as military leaders have to, so I really have no room to have an opinion but I cannot help but wonder how some of those guys can live with them selves for the roles they played in that operation. I had a very difficult time listening to the last chapter. I cannot think about John Chapman and Neil Robert’s without getting a little choked up. What an incredible and incredibly tragic story |
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Originally Posted By yagermeister: alone at dawn That's a good one. |
"A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot."
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"A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot."
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Just got done reading Mark Twain's book about Joan of Arc. Best book I've read in years. He did like 12 years of research for it and said it's by far his best work. I don't disagree. Whatever book I read next is gonna suck after reading Joan of Arc, but I've just started the Travels of Marco Polo. |
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Been listening to 'You, happier' Coworker got me to listen, the psychology of it is not my thing but the aspects of how brain injury impacts personality and responses is interesting. (I tested as balanced 76 Coworker is balanced 83) |
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Drood by Dan Simmons On June 9, 1865, while traveling by train to London with his secret mistress, 53-year-old Charles Dickens -- at the height of his powers and popularity, the most famous and successful novelist in the world and perhaps in the history of the world -- hurtled into a disaster that changed his life forever. Did Dickens begin living a dark double life after the accident? Were his nightly forays into the worst slums of London and his deepening obsession with corpses, crypts, murder, opium dens, the use of lime pits to dissolve bodies, and a hidden subterranean London mere research . . . or something more terrifying? Just as he did in The Terror, Dan Simmons draws impeccably from history to create a gloriously engaging and terrifying narrative. Based on the historical details of Charles Dickens's life and narrated by Wilkie Collins (Dickens's friend, frequent collaborator, and Salieri-style secret rival), Drood explores the still-unsolved mysteries of the famous author's last years and may provide the key to Dickens's final, unfinished work: The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Chilling, haunting, and utterly original, Drood is Dan Simmons at his powerful best |
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whose names are unknown (sic) by Sanora Babb. She lived through the dusters and Okie migration and started a manuscript. Steinbeck got hold of her notes before he published Grapes of Wrath. Her publisher said we can't sell 2 books on the same subject and her's was shelved, not being resurrected until 2004 by the U of OK. Some historians say Steinbeck ran with some of her thoughts and premises. It appeared so as I read. |
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I just finished "Most Honorable Son" by Greg Jones. About Ben Kokura, the only Japanese-American to fly combat missions in WWII with the Army Air Force. He did 25 missions from England and North Africa, including the bloody Ploiesti mission, then volunteered to do 5 more. After returning home he put up a fight to be assigned to B-29's from Tinian where he did 29 more over Japan. |
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Finished Desolation Reef, the latest Dan Kilmer novel from Matt Braken. It was entertaining, but unfortunately not as compelling as his previous novels (I'm re-reading Castigo Cay now and it was immediately more interesting). Desolation Reef is more of a tutorial on low-budget ocean sailing and crew management, covered with a thin veneer of story. The story you get is decent and the characters are very good, but there is just not much of it. He does a good job of illustrating a post-collapse US and Caribbean that did seem very plausible. Then Click To View Spoiler Forgot the other spoiler of the main complaint Click To View Spoiler |
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"On the bright side, the money we saved by not going to Mars in the 1970s, we spent on welfare and public schools." - @MorlockP
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This is an excellent picture book for kids, especially if you live in the northeast. Very cheap today at $11 |
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"On the bright side, the money we saved by not going to Mars in the 1970s, we spent on welfare and public schools." - @MorlockP
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Storming Las Vegas recommended reading 📚 Get Even the Complete Book of Revenge the book on how to treat that special person who truly deserves it Spycraft The Encyclopedia Of Espionage Butchering processing and preservation of meat 🍖 a must for today's climate Give Your Heart To The Hawks one of the best books on the mountain men ever written |
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A recent book on the mountain men is "Throne of Grace" by Tom Clavin. It covers most of them, but focuses on Jedediah Smith. Smith was far more then just a mountain man, he literally established what was out there in "the West". His expeditions and letters back to Washington laid it all out for the following pioneers. |
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Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II Mitchell Zuckoffunleashes the exhilarating, untold story of an extraordinary World War IIrescue mission, where a plane crash in the South Pacific plunged a trio of U.S.military personnel into a land that time forgot. Fans of Hampton Sides' Ghost Soldiers, Marcus Luttrell's Lone Survivor, and David Grann's The Lost Cityof Z will be captivated by Zuckoff's masterfullyrecounted, all-true story of danger, daring, determination, and discovery injungle-clad New Guinea during the final days of WWII. |
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The Secret of Sherwood Forest: Oil production in England during WW2. An oil patch was discovered in Sherwood Forest and a group of about 50 American oil workers went there to wrestle the oil out of the ground. It's a pretty good read. eBay. short money. I think I paid $6-7 for it. An interesting sidebar on WW2. |
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Chasing Shadows: Terrorists, Gangsters and Bankers and the Al Capone Method The FBI in a Post 9/11 World With his firsthand account, Peter W. Ashooh, a retired FBI Special Agent, informs readers about the battles he and his colleagues endured during the reaction and outcome of the 9/11 tragedy. He also explains the changing demands FBI agents experienced in order to prevent the next terrorist attack. Ashooh shares the details of his investigations that identified the activities of the hijackers, up to the day of the attack on the Pentagon. |
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I FINALLY finished Son of the Morning Star. It was an extremely dry book that bounced around, which made it hard to read. I frequently got confused (not hard to do) and wondered what timeline the author was talking about. Not much on the actual battle itself, more about the leadup and people involved. For being "the go-to book" on BOTLB, it was meh. |
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I just finished "Arming the World" by Geoffrey Stewart, about the birth of the American gun industry and how we revolutionized arms making and selling. We always knew Sam Colt was not above bribing important people with fancy Colt revolvers, but The Remington family took bribery to a new level to get military contracts overseas. A lot of gun makers did, and many regretted it. I just started "The Kildaran by Adam Gaffen. This is a John Ringo "Kildar" novel, written by other people. Sounds like some fans got tired of waiting for another "Kildar" novel. |
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Finished Red Sister Mark Lawrence Didn't care for it. His other fantasy series are better. Going on vacation, so just picked up Cocktail Time P. G. Wodehouse Uncle Fred...think it is the fourth book. If you have never read Wodehouse, I highly recommend it. Rebuilding Milo Aaron Horschig The Fourth Turning Neil Howe, William Strauss |
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Nuclear War by Annie Jacobsen. Interesting and illuminating step by step, second by second description of how a nuclear war might unfold and escalate, and the consequences. Some of the assumptions regarding decision making might be questionable, as are some of the assumptions regarding the efficiency of the agencies that would be involved (we have seen first hand how inept and even corrupt agencies like FEMA and the Secret Service are), but overall, it's plausible and chilling. I hesitated on this one after reading the synopsis. It is predicated on an "Out of the Blue" attack on the US by North Korea. The need to trot out the boogie man of North Korea was a bit off putting, but if Jacobsen had used a more plausible scenario such as a miscalculation by the US's own band of home grown war mongers like Victoria Nuland, Anthony Blinken or Jake Sullivan, she probably could not have found a publisher. |
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As a Ringo fanboy I might have to invest, I didn't know they made graphic novels of Black Tide Rising. Volume 1 available at retail. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/black-tide-rising-volume-2-graphic-novel#/ |
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Just finished Mudslingers by Tim Sheehy. It was meh. I don't know what I expected but it wasn't great. Now I am onto Sum of All Fears by Clancy. |
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| Started reading Neal Stephenson's latest Polostan. I do always enjoy his writing about humans. Lots of commies in the story but not sugarcoating the USSR in the 1920s/30s either. But there are some small comments that I think are his latent TDS creeping through. |
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The Gulag Archipelago. The demonic forces unleashed in Russia in 1917 still exist. Putin is evil Communist scum. There are no words for Stalin. ETA: Finished. The info was not what I expected. Many rambling, pointless pages of metaphors. Russians think weird. I think it's genetic. |
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Originally Posted By mPisi: Started reading Neal Stephenson's latest Polostan. I do always enjoy his writing about humans. Lots of commies in the story but not sugarcoating the USSR in the 1920s/30s either. But there are some small comments that I think are his latent TDS creeping through. Finished Polostan, it's relatively short compared to most Stephenson books. Overall pretty interesting and a good start at a good series. 1920s-30s are a good time for Stephenson for political, economic, scientific change. I did not like as much the alternating scenes told in somewhat flashback, as is so common these days, but at least the previous parts are told as if they are happening, not like recollections of them (I'm looking at you Clay Martin's Wrath of the Wendigo). Also there were a couple gun errors, specifically how you can chamber a round in a Thompson to test the feeding... |
"And I never did get my lawnmower back!" - Bandit 6
"On the bright side, the money we saved by not going to Mars in the 1970s, we spent on welfare and public schools." - @MorlockP
"On the bright side, the money we saved by not going to Mars in the 1970s, we spent on welfare and public schools." - @MorlockP