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What have you been reading lately and what would you recommend?
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Alpheias
Tactical Farmers.
Pandemic Horde
#1 - 2012-05-02 23:56:59 UTC  |  Edited by: Alpheias
Since the last threads like these tends to disappear, I thought it would be a good time to start a new.

Recently finished Pirate Sun (Virga series) by Karl Schroeder and I just started reading Dark Eden by Chris Beckett. I also got Templar One by Tony Gonzales waiting.

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Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#2 - 2012-05-03 00:15:44 UTC
cracked.com usually has good stuff on in

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Alain Kinsella
#3 - 2012-05-03 00:33:15 UTC
For fiction - Bioshock: Rapture and Sisters of Dune. The latter kicked off a re-read of some of the original Dune books as I was looking for a reference used in this book.

Non-fiction - Browsing through a couple books on psychic empathy and shielding. Also finally caved in and bought the Nagios guide, since it had some useful clarifications for our Icinga deployment.

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Bane Necran
Appono Astos
#4 - 2012-05-03 01:16:30 UTC
The Illuminatus! Trilogy, and the Bhagavad Gita.

Not really the kinds of things you can just tell someone off the street to read, but i'd recommend them to anyone with an interest in those subjects.

"In the void is virtue, and no evil. Wisdom has existence, principle has existence, the Way has existence, spirit is nothingness." ~Miyamoto Musashi
Caleidascope
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#5 - 2012-05-03 01:28:10 UTC
Sharon Lee/Steve Millier, Liaden Univese, Dragon Ship. (advanced reader copy is available, dead tree version will be out later)

Mike Shepherd, Kris Longknife series. (not necessarily recomendation, just finishing up the series, next book is in October)


Need to get my hands on Jack Campbell Lost Fleet book. It just came out this month. Also gonna see if I can get my hands on advanced reader copy of Tom Kratman's Countdown: H Hour

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Toshiro GreyHawk
#6 - 2012-05-03 07:09:22 UTC  |  Edited by: Toshiro GreyHawk
OK ... here's from the pile of recently read books stacked up on the piano ...


Caesar by Theodore Ayrault Dodge - a military history.
Caesar by Christian Meier - a political history
PT 109 by Robert J. Donovan
Apocalypse Troll by David Weber - Sci Fi time travel
No Man's Land - by John Toland - Last German offensive of WWI and Allied response
Incredible Victory - by Walter Lord - The Battle of Midway, WWII
The Mighty Eighth - by Gerald Astor - Evolution of the Eighth Air Force in WWII.
A Blood Dimmed Tide - by Gerald Astor - Battle of the Bulge WWII
Death Traps - by Belton Y. Cooper - 3rd Armored Division in WWII
Starship Troopers - by Robert A. Heinlein - SciFi Powered Armor
Hackers - by Stephen Levy - Computer Programmers in the '50's, '60's, '70's & '80's.
With the Old Breed - by E. B. Sledge - Personal, USMC WWII Peleliu to Okinawa
China Marine - by E. B. Sledge - Personal, Post WWII USMC in China
Helmet for My Pillow - by Robert Leckie - Personal, USMC, WWII, Guadalcanal to Peleliu
Strong Men Armed - by Robert Leckie - History, USMC, WWII, Guadalcanal to Okinawa
Okinawa - by Robert Leckie - History, Battle of Okinawa
The Forgotten Soldier - by Guy Sajer - Personal Account, WWII, Infantryman in the German Army
Fighting For MacArthur - by John Gordon, History, WWII, Navy & USMC in the Philippines Dec '41 - May '42
Sheepfarmers Daughter - by Elizabeth Moon - Fantasy

All of these are good books, the only question would be whether or not one was interested in the subject. All are well done.

With the exception of Gordon & Sledge's works these are mostly re-reads. The earlier reads came as much as 40 years ago though so it's been a while for some of them. These are all books I've read within the last year.

Then of course, there's the latest issue of Military History Magazine.
Sidus Isaacs
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#7 - 2012-05-03 07:35:11 UTC
I am currently reading the Game of Thrones books. They are pretty decent.

Other then that I can recommend:
Free Will by Sam Harris
Night's Dawn Trilogy
Sun Tzu - Art of War (some would sat it is cliche, but it actually have some good insights in it)

and any book by Neil Asher, Peter Hamilton and Iain M. Banks really.

+ many more I do not remember the names of
Ludi Tomina
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#8 - 2012-05-03 08:47:03 UTC
Reading lately: The Long Sun series by Gene Wolfe - find them very good, but not for casual reader

Would recommend: Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons - a must-read SF classic
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#9 - 2012-05-03 09:02:41 UTC
Read War & Peace if you want a book to read for the rest of your life P

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TWHC Assistant
#10 - 2012-05-03 09:15:31 UTC
Louis deGuerre
The Dark Tribe
#11 - 2012-05-03 10:48:52 UTC
Just finished Templar One. Surprisingly good.
Reading The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Heinlein (liking it so far) and Seven Pillars of Wisdom by Lawrence. Lawrence is totally amazing as is it is a historic account.
The original 5 Deathstalker books will arrive this weekend. I remember I read the first 2 and they were epic space opera.
Got Century Rain and Pushing Ice by Reynold's waiting and the last book of GoT, Conversations of Socrates, The Mahabharata, The Last Days of Socrates and Symposium also need to be read.
W1rlW1nd
WirlWind
#12 - 2012-05-03 11:26:04 UTC
Game of Thrones series is awesome.

and FYI the HBO version changed some key points of the original story but is still excellent, so watch/read both!
Arline Kley
PIE Inc.
Khimi Harar
#13 - 2012-05-03 13:32:07 UTC
Currently reading Gildar Rift (40k Space Marine novel) and Templar One.

Have recently finished "The Emperors Finest" (Caiphas Cain, again 40k), and i bought Empyrean Age yesterday.

I have about 6-7 other books (Horus Heresy, again GW) that i've bought and haven't read yet.

I'm also a bit of a properbook lover; none of that Kindle tosh :P

"For it was said they had become like those peculiar demons, which dwell in matter but in whom no light may be found." - Father Grigori, Ravens 3:57
Telegram Sam
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#14 - 2012-05-03 13:58:48 UTC
Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:
Read War & Peace if you want a book to read for the rest of your life P

Smile War and Peace is actually a page-turner. Not dry old fiction like I thought it would be. It's kind of like a soap opera, if soap operas had Napoleon, hard-drinking hussars, Freemasons, and the Battle of Borodino.
Rana Ash
Gradient
Electus Matari
#15 - 2012-05-03 16:04:29 UTC
Sheepfarmers Daughter - by Elizabeth Moon - Fantasy this i can recommend.. and i concur

Night's Dawn Trilogy,Sun Tzu - Art of War, this too

Seeds of Earth, by Michael Cobley, great books

Kristin Cashore, Graceling and Fire.. fantasy

Paul Hoffman, The left hand of god, The last four things.. fantasyish

Alexey Pehov, Shadow Prowler, Shadow Chaser... Fantasy
Telegram Sam
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#16 - 2012-05-03 17:22:45 UTC
Toshiro GreyHawk wrote:
OK ... here's from the pile of recently read books stacked up on the piano ...


Caesar by Theodore Ayrault Dodge - a military history.
Caesar by Christian Meier - a political history
PT 109 by Robert J. Donovan
Apocalypse Troll by David Weber - Sci Fi time travel
No Man's Land - by John Toland - Last German offensive of WWI and Allied response
Incredible Victory - by Walter Lord - The Battle of Midway, WWII
The Mighty Eighth - by Gerald Astor - Evolution of the Eighth Air Force in WWII.
A Blood Dimmed Tide - by Gerald Astor - Battle of the Bulge WWII
Death Traps - by Belton Y. Cooper - 3rd Armored Division in WWII
Starship Troopers - by Robert A. Heinlein - SciFi Powered Armor
Hackers - by Stephen Levy - Computer Programmers in the '50's, '60's, '70's & '80's.
With the Old Breed - by E. B. Sledge - Personal, USMC WWII Peleliu to Okinawa
China Marine - by E. B. Sledge - Personal, Post WWII USMC in China
Helmet for My Pillow - by Robert Leckie - Personal, USMC, WWII, Guadalcanal to Peleliu
Strong Men Armed - by Robert Leckie - History, USMC, WWII, Guadalcanal to Okinawa
Okinawa - by Robert Leckie - History, Battle of Okinawa
The Forgotten Soldier - by Guy Sajer - Personal Account, WWII, Infantryman in the German Army
Fighting For MacArthur - by John Gordon, History, WWII, Navy & USMC in the Philippines Dec '41 - May '42
Sheepfarmers Daughter - by Elizabeth Moon - Fantasy

All of these are good books, the only question would be whether or not one was interested in the subject. All are well done.

With the exception of Gordon & Sledge's works these are mostly re-reads. The earlier reads came as much as 40 years ago though so it's been a while for some of them. These are all books I've read within the last year.

Then of course, there's the latest issue of Military History Magazine.

Some good ones there. If you like those, you might like these:
Wahoo: The Patrols of America's Most Famous World War II Submarine - Richard H. O'Kane
Clear the Bridge! - Richard H. O'Kane
Miracle at Midway - Gordon W. Prange
Into the Rising Sun: World War II's Pacific Veterans Reveal the Heart of Combat - Patrick K. O'Donnell
Beyond Valor: World War II's Ranger and Airborne Veterans Reveal the Heart of Combat - Patrick K. O'Donnell
Panzer Battles - Gen. F.W. von Mellenthin
Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command - Douglas Southall Freeman
Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad - William Craig
The Campaigns of Napoleon - David G. Chandler
Zindela
Aegeonix Systems
#17 - 2012-05-04 07:08:15 UTC
Louis deGuerre wrote:
Just finished Templar One. Surprisingly good.
Reading The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Heinlein (liking it so far)


Excellent book. If you like it, also check out Stranger in a Strange Land, also Heinlein.


As for what I've read recently, I blitzed through the Game of Thrones series. Good books, though IMO the quality gets worse after the first 2. All are still worth a read though.

Some of the Dune prequels written by Brian Herbert, and Kevin Anderson. Read House Atredies, in about 2 days, and spent an entire day doing nothing but starting, and finishing House Harkonnen. I'm halfway through House Corrino right now. Will finish it this weekend. Going to re-read Dune too. I'll see if I can get through some of the later books in the series. They were pretty hard for a 12 year old to read when I picked them up the first time.

The Foundation series by Asimov is very good too.


Some (new) stuff on my list is:


Ringworld,
The Riftwar Saga.

some more re-reads I haven't done yet-
Anthem
Brave New World
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#18 - 2012-05-04 07:24:05 UTC
You know, I read through the Hunger Games trilogy and I thought to myself "Wow, these would make great chick flicks" and whaddaya know they're on their way Big smile

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Renturu
In Glorium et Decorum
#19 - 2012-05-04 08:23:11 UTC
Ender Saga.. Really good read again and again, and again...

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Alpheias
Tactical Farmers.
Pandemic Horde
#20 - 2012-05-04 08:59:36 UTC
Anyone got a good blog\website for book "reviews"? I browse cybermage.se [in english] for inspiration.

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