What are you reading now?
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@xenon said in What are you reading now?:
@george-k Ha! I started looking for some similar books. Old Man's War seems to be a frequently recommended one as well.
Check out the Honor Harrington series. Think of it as Hornblower in space. Besides, the first six or seven books are available online for free. Just do a search for Baen CD.
I thought Jim Baen was a very smart man for giving away author's blacklists.
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@bachophile said in What are you reading now?:
just started this, its the story of an american british convoy to deliver matériel, to archangel in arctic russia, summer 1942. along the way, the c0mplex relationship between FDR, Churchill and Stalin.
when it comes to history, im a sucker for all things maritime (yes i loved greyhound with tom hanks even though some panned it) and every time i think there cant be another angle about world war two that hasn't been covered, i discover this. Just started but I know from the first few pages it will be my kind of book.
Read Forrester's The Good Shepard which is the book on which Greyhound is based. Available for free at The Faded Page.
Always remember, Operation Valkyrie was an act of sedition.
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@doctor-phibes said in What are you reading now?:
Recognize the bird next to him?!
Well, who is it???
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@george-k said in What are you reading now?:
Enjoyed Project Hail Mary. Not as good as The Martian, but MUCH better than Artemis. Weir tends to let techno-talk get in the way of storytelling a bit too much, however.
Up next:
Books are fun.
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@george-k said in What are you reading now?:
@doctor-phibes said in What are you reading now?:
Recognize the bird next to him?!
Well, who is it???
I think that is Sarah Duchess of York.
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Actually, for me, it is kind of a boring book.
About how the earth would be if humans suddenly disappeared. Each chapter is kind of standalone and examines the impact (or lack of impact) on different areas of earth.
I was read that it was based on a magazine article that the author wrote and then expanded into a book.
Maybe I will just read the article. 5555
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@taiwan_girl There was a TV show several years ago that was pretty fascinating (especially for TV), that examined what the world would be like if people disappeared. That is, not that they were never here, but that they had been here but vanished.
I remember one episode in particular that was set in Las Vegas. As years passed, you saw the tall signs and marquises on the Strip gradually buried in sand, and then at the end, a smooth surface of desert . . . and you knew a whole city was . . . down there . . .
Br-r-r-r!
Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka
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@catseye3 The book is the same. It assumes that people were here, but then disappeared. Mostly, I like books more than movies, but in this case, I can see where a subject like this might be better visually than just words on paper.
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It is a quick read discussing the rise of authoritarianism around the world beginning with Poland, Hungary, etc. She notes that the desire is linked to both left and right ideologies coming from an insufficient understanding of (respect for?) the nature of democracy.
Provides a compelling case questioning her religion, the subjugation of women, and numerous other issues antithetical to human rights. She is, an interesting person and has had an amazing life. She notes that Islam is extremely focused on the notion that this life means nothing - and the next life is the major focus. Islam has not had a reformation. She also explains why poverty and ignorance are not the causes of violent actions by its adherents.
.I'm still slogging through Ariel and Will Durant's History of Civilization volume 1. It is dated but still fascinating. I realize some significant deficits in my education - particularly, the history and culture of India. India had an amazing culture before AD 1000 - including some quite sophisticated medical expertise.
Reading now.
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A second recommendation for Ali's "Heretic." It an easy read, and she gets a bit preachy about "what must be done." But the early parts, about her growing up in a fundamentalist Islamic culture, and her later years, in the Netherlands, are just fascinating.
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Very enjoyable - amazing life.
Better than I thought it would be with the first few chapters being the best part. I think many have seen violence work quite effectively, and our culture celebrates it in film and real life, but it is interesting and helpful to listen to a different perspective. I think there is a balance, taught in some martial arts - mastering the reptilian brain.
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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@george-k said in What are you reading now?:
@kluurs said in What are you reading now?:
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Very enjoyable - amazing life.I read that a few years ago. His narration of the early days in the desert was fun, wasn't it?
God, yeah. His life seemed to be like Forest Gump - meeting everyone of import in the mid 20th century.
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@kluurs said in What are you reading now?:
@george-k said in What are you reading now?:
@kluurs said in What are you reading now?:
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Very enjoyable - amazing life.I read that a few years ago. His narration of the early days in the desert was fun, wasn't it?
God, yeah. His life seemed to be like Forest Gump - meeting everyone of import in the mid 20th century.
The only person that could get away with the ice cube thing, during the hearings on the Challenger disaster, is a Nobel Prize winner in Physics.
Even Neil Armstrong couldn't have done that experiment in that setting.
