What are you reading now?
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Oooh. I'll have to check that out!
Thanks, @kluurs!
Finished "Rogue Heroes" this morning.
Typical MacIntyre stuff - thoroughly researched and written in a narrative manner that's easy to follow.
My only criticism is that part two of the book, the SAS in Europe is much more "compartmentalized" than the first half. While the first half sets up the history of the unit and does a great job of introducing you to the main players, the second half has each chapter tell one story/mission, with little relationship to the preceding ones. New members are introduced, most of which don't know or interact with each other. Each chapter stands alone.
Perhaps the most interesting/disturbing chapter of Part 2 was the discovery and liberation of Bergen-Belsen. No matter how many times you see videos, read narratives, it's always a blow to the gut to revisit the horrors.
If you're a fan of WWII stories, take a look at this one. It's very well done.
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Actually written by C.M. Kornbluth and Judith Merrill, it was serialized in Astounding Science Fiction in 1952. Later released by Simon & Schuster in hardback and several paperback editions.
The plot deserved a better writer, but it's still a 3.5.
The book is set in the future, after a limited nuclear war. The world has evolved into a feudal state, which includes the moon colony and Mars.
All is governed by an emperor, who wields power through his Powermaster, an office that controls the Gunner Supreme, Gunners and Armsmen. (Think knights, squires and armsmen with futuristic weapons.)
Gunner Cade becomes involved in a conspiracy to overthrow the Empire by winning the independence of Mars.
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I mostly enjoyed the Netflix adaptation, but it did seem a bit contrived in places. Perhaps shoe-horned is a better term. I got through about ⅓ of the Chinese version - interesting, but slower than Aqua's sister to give a refund.
So, I thought I'd re-read the book. I don't remember much from my first read, so, having seen both adaptations, it might be worth it.
Enjoying it MUCH more the second time around.
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@George-K said in What are you reading now?:
Enjoying it MUCH more the second time around.
Finished it this morning. A great tale, but...
Like other "Trilogies" it ends on a cliffhanger, or perhaps on an unresolved note. The story ends with a "Now what?" note. I wish authors would just tell the story, and merge into the next tale, without leaving a ton of stuff on the table.
Of course, "Dark Forest" is next in the queue.
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has anyone read this?
Started it a couple of years ago. Gave up.
Too weird, even for me.
In a far-future, Dr. Avrana Kern is the head of a science team that has terraformed an uninhabitable planet then deliberately released a genetically designed virus to speed the evolution of monkeys. Their plan goes wrong when the monkeys' ship burns up upon entry, leaving the virus to infect a variety of creatures, eventually settling on spiders (Portia labiata). Meanwhile, the last human remnants of a dying Earth are en route to the promised paradise planet unaware of the uplifted spiders. The work plays off the contrast between the rapid advancement of the spiders and the barbaric descent of the starship crew of the last humans
Spiders.
Space spiders...
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New Erik Larson just released.
Civil war stuff.