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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Damn that John Ringo!

Posted: 9/29/2005 7:50:30 AM EDT

A day and a half set aside to get caught up on paperwork and what arrives in the mail?

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Posted: 9/29/2005 7:52:38 AM EDT

[#1]

Watch on the Rhine is awesome, let us know how the other is :)

Posted: 9/29/2005 7:55:01 AM EDT

[#2]

Interested, a brief synopsis please?

Posted: 9/29/2005 7:58:55 AM EDT

[#3]

"Rhine" was good, but not as good as the original 4 books. In a nutshell,rejuvinated Nazis fighting the Posi's.

Posted: 9/29/2005 8:10:06 AM EDT

[#4]

Both books are awesome! Ringo and Flint are my two favorites. I've e-mailed LtCol Tom Kratman He is a very cool guy- has the CIB, Ranger Tab and served in the 5th SF.

Posted: 9/29/2005 8:12:33 AM EDT

[#5]

Posi's??

Posted: 9/29/2005 8:18:22 AM EDT

[#6]

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Posi's??

Posleen. I got lazy typing.

Posted: 9/29/2005 8:26:12 AM EDT

[#7]

I've read both. Watch was a bit disappointing but still very good. Looking Glass is/was excellant, going to be a great series.

Posted: 9/29/2005 8:28:02 AM EDT

[#8]

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Posi's??

Posleen. I got lazy typing.

Uhh, still not receiving.

PLease transmit in the open.

Posted: 9/29/2005 8:28:13 AM EDT

[#9]

They both are great. Watch on the rhine was definetly not as good as the others in the pos'leen series. Eric Flint, David Weber are both good.

Posted: 9/29/2005 8:30:52 AM EDT

[#10]

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Posi's??

Ringo wrote a series of "Aliens invade Earth" books, which are fun reading. Earth gets notice from one group of aliens that a huge group of heavily armed, but not terribly bright, humanoid lizard (The Posleen) types are coming to take over the planet and eat everyone (okay that's a pretty crude synopsis). Earth is able to outfit a small group of soldiers/Marines with sci-fi battle armor, but a lot of the books revolve around regular US military units fighting. The aliens also have technology to rejuvinate older people, so the US can bring back guys who fought in WWII through Vietnam.

The top book is about the Germans bringing back a Waffen SS unit because the germans are so short on combat vets.

The 2nd book is a new series, don't know much about it.

In the first series there are running battles with the Posleen in Virginia, up to DC and into appalachians. A fair amount of two of the books, I think, revolve around a small unit of soldiers pursued by the Posleen who eventually meet up with (of course

) a relative of one of the other characters who is was a vietnam era green beret (I think) with a bunker filled with body armor, mres, Barretts, stacks of assault rifles etc. of course the 13 year old granddaughter ends up on her own in her little custom made suit of body armor with a .308 rifle fighting with the aliens in the mountains-they're fun reading.

Posted: 9/29/2005 8:36:59 AM EDT

[#11]

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Posi's??

Posleen. I got lazy typing.

Uhh, still not receiving.

PLease transmit in the open.

Posleen is the name of an alien race featured in many of John Ringo's books, which invades Earth and numerous other planets as well, destroying everything, and eating people.

Posted: 9/29/2005 8:42:50 AM EDT

[#12]

Into the looking glass is great...

Basis is a physics experiment at UCF goes bad... generates funky interspatial gates... bad thing lurk behind them...

has a great scene of the redneck cavalry to the rescue..
First couple chapters from Baens website

another book that comes out for october is Ghost

this is pure action, no scifi.. rambo meets mack bolon meets ummm graphic sex...
Ghost

oh and Baen has gotten even smarter with their Ebooks.... you can now get ARCS online for 15 bucks a pop :) about 6 months ahead of publishing

not reccomended for religious, overly moral individuals...

Posted: 9/29/2005 10:19:15 AM EDT

[#13]

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Posi's??

Posleen. I got lazy typing.

Shouldn't your lazy response be "I gt laze tpng"

Posted: 9/29/2005 10:32:27 AM EDT

[#14]

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Posi's??

Ringo wrote a series of "Aliens invade Earth" books, which are fun reading. Earth gets notice from one group of aliens that a huge group of heavily armed, but not terribly bright, humanoid lizard (The Posleen) types are coming to take over the planet and eat everyone (okay that's a pretty crude synopsis).

If these Lizard People are so damn stupid, then how are they capable of interstellar travel?

Posted: 9/29/2005 10:36:56 AM EDT

[#15]

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Posi's??

Ringo wrote a series of "Aliens invade Earth" books, which are fun reading. Earth gets notice from one group of aliens that a huge group of heavily armed, but not terribly bright, humanoid lizard (The Posleen) types are coming to take over the planet and eat everyone (okay that's a pretty crude synopsis).

If these Lizard People are so damn stupid, then how are they capable of interstellar travel?

Their technology was supplied to them by a third party. They aren't complete idiots, they tend to attack in huge masses in a straight line, but that's not all that much different than some Russian/Soviet plans.

Posted: 9/29/2005 10:43:24 AM EDT

[#16]

I enjoyed Into the Looking Glass, not least because a lot of it takes place in Florida. Not really interested in Watch on the Rhine.

Posted: 9/29/2005 10:48:47 AM EDT

[#17]

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Posi's??

Ringo wrote a series of "Aliens invade Earth" books, which are fun reading. Earth gets notice from one group of aliens that a huge group of heavily armed, but not terribly bright, humanoid lizard (The Posleen) types are coming to take over the planet and eat everyone (okay that's a pretty crude synopsis).

If these Lizard People are so damn stupid, then how are they capable of interstellar travel?

Their technology was supplied to them by a third party. They aren't complete idiots, they tend to attack in huge masses in a straight line, but that's not all that much different than some Russian/Soviet plans.

Okay. BUT...isn't it a bit costly traveling across the vastness of space just to procure a food source not to mention the tremendous resources spent on waging a war. Wouldn't their efforts be much more efficiently spent on developing a food production infrastructure on some planet in their little corner of the galaxy?

(ain't I a stinker.....)

Posted: 9/29/2005 10:58:14 AM EDT

[#18]

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Okay. BUT...isn't it a bit costly traveling across the vastness of space just to procure a food source not to mention the tremendous resources spent on waging a war. Wouldn't their efforts be much more efficiently spent on developing a food production infrastructure on some planet in their little corner of the galaxy?

(ain't I a stinker.....)

cause someone genetically/ societally programed em too.... and they are up in round two...

Posted: 9/29/2005 11:15:32 AM EDT

[#19]

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Posi's??

Ringo wrote a series of "Aliens invade Earth" books, which are fun reading. Earth gets notice from one group of aliens that a huge group of heavily armed, but not terribly bright, humanoid lizard (The Posleen) types are coming to take over the planet and eat everyone (okay that's a pretty crude synopsis).

If these Lizard People are so damn stupid, then how are they capable of interstellar travel?

Their technology was supplied to them by a third party. They aren't complete idiots, they tend to attack in huge masses in a straight line, but that's not all that much different than some Russian/Soviet plans.

Okay. BUT...isn't it a bit costly traveling across the vastness of space just to procure a food source not to mention the tremendous resources spent on waging a war. Wouldn't their efforts be much more efficiently spent on developing a food production infrastructure on some planet in their little corner of the galaxy?

(ain't I a stinker.....)

They're going through space in a straight line, jumping from planet to planet. They basically lay waste to each planet in turn for food, raw materials, and some technology. In the Ringo-created universe, there are only two or three species that are warriors ( ours included); basically every species has given way under the Posleens onslaught. They are genetically programmed depending on their caste; most are pretty much non-thinking drones that just go out there and fight. If they are completely feral or seperated from their leadership ( God Kings), they are pretty much worthless as a fighting force.

Posted: 9/29/2005 11:28:09 AM EDT

[#20]

I havent read watch on the rhine yet, but Into the Lookinglass was good.

Posted: 9/29/2005 3:50:30 PM EDT

[#21]

I'm waiting for Ghost to hit the bootstores:

Ghost

Posted: 9/29/2005 4:23:34 PM EDT

[#22]

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I'm waiting for Ghost to hit the bootstores:

Ghost

its a good one.. though maybe not to some here's taste

Posted: 9/29/2005 5:58:22 PM EDT

[#23]

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I'm waiting for Ghost to hit the bootstores:

Ghost

its a good one.. though maybe not to some here's taste

Having read that preview I can't help but wonder how frequently he visits this sight.

That books reads like a Arfcomers wet dream.

Shooting, Libs humiliated, naked lovelies, tangoes used as target practice...

He has GOT to be a member one way or another.

Posted: 9/29/2005 7:54:12 PM EDT

[#24]

I think hes posted here before, I know mike williomson of Freehold is a member

Posted: 9/29/2005 8:03:28 PM EDT

[#25]

I thought you were talking about this guy.

Posted: 9/29/2005 8:08:52 PM EDT

[#26]

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Both books are awesome! Ringo and Flint are my two favorites. I've e-mailed LtCol Tom Kratman He is a very cool guy- has the CIB, Ranger Tab and served in the 5th SF.

I think he's a leg. I just sent him an email asking if he was a Victor or Golf (abn or leg).

Posted: 9/30/2005 5:40:42 AM EDT

[#27]

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I thought you were talking about this guy.

www.johnnyringo.com/ringo1.jpg

You know, some guy keeps e-mailing me offering to fight/shoot/ thumb wrestle me (it's not entirely clear what is supposed to happen when we meet to duel over the BTT rules) over some EE stuff. Hopefully it's not that Johnny Ringo

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