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#4021873 - 10/13/14 07:18 PM What are you reading in October 2014?  
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Had I timed it better I would start with The Hunt for Red October this month, but instead I am now reading The Bear and the Dragon by Tom Clancy. smile


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#4021960 - 10/13/14 11:30 PM Re: What are you reading in October 2014? [Re: letterboy1]  
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Currently, A Strange and Blighted Land: Gettysburg, The Aftermath of a Battle by Gregory Coco.

That, and about four others started this month. smile


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#4022043 - 10/14/14 07:10 AM Re: What are you reading in October 2014? [Re: letterboy1]  
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Currently reading "Foundation and Second Empire" by Jeffery Brown. A new Foundation story in the same vein as Asimov's stories and, in my opinion, much, much better than the Benford / Bear / Brin books (which were rather silly action-oriented books instead of the more cerebral books like the Good Doctor wrote).

Unfortunately it was not an officially authorized book by the Asimov Estate so Amazon pulled it from their catalogue. Too bad - it would've been the first book of a trilogy.


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#4022872 - 10/15/14 06:19 PM Re: What are you reading in October 2014? [Re: letterboy1]  
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Trying to read the Support and Defend

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One of Tom Clancy's most storied characters, Dominic Caruso, is the only one who can stop America's secrets from falling into enemy hands in this blockbuster new novel written by Clancy's longtime coauthor.


I'm not sure if Tom had anything to do with this prior to his passing, but it's not nearly as good and I'm having a hard time getting into it. Might be my last TC book I'll read as they've been going down hill.


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#4022894 - 10/15/14 07:16 PM Re: What are you reading in October 2014? [Re: letterboy1]  
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#4026528 - 10/24/14 11:44 AM Re: What are you reading in October 2014? [Re: letterboy1]  
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Just finished J.R.R. Tolkien's the Silmarillian. A book that for the first 2/3 actually put me to sleep. Than never happens to me. The last 1/3 I got into as staring in the 2nd age of Tolkien lore it got less retarded to read. By the 3rd age the writing style became easy reading. And I really liked the 3rd age back story on Lord of the Rings. Was worth it for that. As for the 1st age? Just wtf did I read? I have no idea.....

#4026638 - 10/24/14 03:03 PM Re: What are you reading in October 2014? [Re: letterboy1]  
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The Martian by Andy Weir. A good read and it's coming out as a movie next year.

Here he is talking to an audience at Google about some of the science behind the book.


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#4027005 - 10/25/14 06:22 AM Re: What are you reading in October 2014? [Re: letterboy1]  
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Was poking around my book selves looking for something to read. Once upon a time many moons ago I would hit up library sales and grab stuff for later. Well a bunch of stuff I never read still. So poked about and found The Wars of America by Robert Lecke. A little general history primer covering the Colonies threw Vietnam. Its actually quite interesting stuff. Interesting getting some general early marshal history of early French stuff fighting the Iroquois's for sure. Need to find similar stuff for old school Rome and Greek history one of these days. biggrin

#4027542 - 10/26/14 05:07 PM Re: What are you reading in October 2014? [Re: letterboy1]  
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I plan to read Chris Kyle's American Sniper,well audio book actually. Anyone read this? Any good?


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#4028444 - 10/28/14 06:51 PM Re: What are you reading in October 2014? [Re: letterboy1]  
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Bernard Cornwell, The Empty Throne (latest book of his "Uhtred/Saxon" series).


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#4028450 - 10/28/14 06:59 PM Re: What are you reading in October 2014? [Re: FlashBurn]  
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Originally Posted By: FlashBurn
Just finished J.R.R. Tolkien's the Silmarillian. A book that for the first 2/3 actually put me to sleep. Than never happens to me. The last 1/3 I got into as staring in the 2nd age of Tolkien lore it got less retarded to read. By the 3rd age the writing style became easy reading. And I really liked the 3rd age back story on Lord of the Rings. Was worth it for that. As for the 1st age? Just wtf did I read? I have no idea.....


The Silmarillion really helped me realize the incredible stupidity of Elves in general, and the Noldor in particular. wink


Why men throw their lives away attacking an armed Witcher... I'll never know. Something wrong with my face?
#4029200 - 10/30/14 07:12 AM Re: What are you reading in October 2014? [Re: Jayhawk]  
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Originally Posted By: Jayhawk
Bernard Cornwell, The Empty Throne (latest book of his "Uhtred/Saxon" series).


This any good. I loved his Sharp's rifles series. Have not read anything of his since, EHHH 2000? Well the last one I remember was Sharp's Tiger. Which was not the Napoleonic wars. So stopped tracking them.


And yes, the Elves are quite retarded. Shocking as you would think living for damned near ever might increase your hmmm, wisdom. But I did quite enjoy the brief origin story of guys like, hmmm Gandolf.

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#4029800 - 10/31/14 11:48 AM Re: What are you reading in October 2014? [Re: FlashBurn]  
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Originally Posted By: FlashBurn
Originally Posted By: Jayhawk
Bernard Cornwell, The Empty Throne (latest book of his "Uhtred/Saxon" series).


This any good. I loved his Sharp's rifles series. Have not read anything of his since, EHHH 2000? Well the last one I remember was Sharp's Tiger. Which was not the Napoleonic wars. So stopped tracking them.



Depends on whether you are interested in that time period (~ 850-930 CE), the Viking incursions during and after King Alfred's (of Wessex) reign.

The Uhtred/ Saxon saga is my favorite series by Cornwell, followed by the "Grail" saga, and his version of the Arthurian legend (a trilogy told from the point of view of Derfel).

The battle scenes - fighting in a shield wall - are the most detailed and IMO most accurate description of early medieval combat I have ever read in a work of fiction (albeit historically accurate fiction).


Why men throw their lives away attacking an armed Witcher... I'll never know. Something wrong with my face?
#4030790 - 11/02/14 10:32 PM Re: What are you reading in October 2014? [Re: letterboy1]  
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This month I have mostly been eating ... erm, I mean reading ("Fast Show" fans might get the joke), free stuff I found on this rather interesting website:

http://www.allworldwars.com/subjects.htm

In particular, "The German Air Force in the Great War" by George Neumann, and "Tanks in the Great War" by J.F.G Fuller.

[Also discovered that if you copy 'n' paste the content of these articles into Word (retaining the original formatting), you can then upload and convert it to Kindle format, including photo's etc., using this little app:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/sendtokindle/pc

This is the PC version, but I think you can also get it as a browser extension which might cut out the transfer to Word step. Time to experiment!]

Enjoy smile

#4030812 - 11/02/14 11:55 PM Re: What are you reading in October 2014? [Re: letterboy1]  
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Just finished Tim Cook's Shock Troops

A history of the Canadian army in France, 1916-18.

Naturally there is some flag waving but lots of personal recollections, as well as battle histories.


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#4030923 - 11/03/14 05:33 AM Re: What are you reading in October 2014? [Re: letterboy1]  
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I burned through the Brotherhood of War series by Griffin in October. Craig Lowell FTW.

November is Vampire month, and I'm gonna tackle Rice's entire series.


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#4033945 - 11/09/14 10:33 PM Re: What are you reading in October 2014? [Re: letterboy1]  
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Just Starting Sword Point by Harold Coyle - a "what if..." Cold war clash in Iran, between the Two Superpowers.

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#4036499 - 11/16/14 01:03 AM Re: What are you reading in October 2014? [Re: letterboy1]  
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Recently finished They Flew Hurricanes by Adrian Stewart. I'd say it is pretty good summary of Hurricanes in action across the globe.

#4041052 - 11/25/14 07:00 PM Re: What are you reading in October 2014? [Re: Jayhawk]  
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Originally Posted By: Jayhawk
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Bernard Cornwell, The Empty Throne (latest book of his "Uhtred/Saxon" series).


This any good. I loved his Sharp's rifles series. Have not read anything of his since, EHHH 2000? Well the last one I remember was Sharp's Tiger. Which was not the Napoleonic wars. So stopped tracking them.



Depends on whether you are interested in that time period (~ 850-930 CE), the Viking incursions during and after King Alfred's (of Wessex) reign.

The Uhtred/ Saxon saga is my favorite series by Cornwell, followed by the "Grail" saga, and his version of the Arthurian legend (a trilogy told from the point of view of Derfel).

The battle scenes - fighting in a shield wall - are the most detailed and IMO most accurate description of early medieval combat I have ever read in a work of fiction (albeit historically accurate fiction).


Bought the first book of the Saxons series, read it in three days and loved it! Second book is also on the Kindle now.


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#4041598 - 11/26/14 04:01 PM Re: What are you reading in October 2014? [Re: letterboy1]  
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