What Are You Currently Reading?

Viper1 said:
There is a lot of philosophy and bigger pictures concepts in Starship Troopers. There is balance though with leadership lessons at the individual and team level. For a different and perhaps darker perspective, I recommend Armor by John Steakley. It has dual storylines, which is also intriguing to the reader. I identified with the protagonist more than most books. If any science fiction book should be made into a movie, it is this one. Of course, I say that but after the Starship Troopers and Ender's Game movies I'm not so sure...:wall:).
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Have not read Starship Troopers yet, on my list, but I could not agree stronger on the disappointment that was the Ender's Game movie. Of all the shit 3 hour movies they make these days, they make Ender come in at barely 2 hours - if you were not familiar with the book, the movie would be very difficult to follow. Too bad, it could have been great -
 
SkrewzLoose said:
Wild Fire by Nelson Demille. This is book #4 in his John Corey series. The crude humor on display by the main character is absolutely hilarious. I've laughed until I cried 2-3 times in each book so far. They're also EXTREMELY well written. There is also a lot of accurate, truthful information (allegedly) regarding Wild Fire and other programs in this book. Demille is an excellent writer, I can't wait to read the rest of the books in this series.
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I am on vacation and this book is available here to read - easy enough to follow without reading the other Corey books? Some years back I read Nightfall (about TWA Flight 800) and was really impressed - cannot remember if it was a Corey book though -

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Thank you Wiki for the John Corey bio! (no spoilers)
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Jumper and the entire series from Steven Gould. Mark L. Van Name Lobo series. Neal Asher....all of his shit. Cobra series from Timothy Zahn. what else... hell if I know. I read entirely too fast to really invest much in hard books because an author has to have their shit together to be engaging enough for me to actually want to re-read a book 10 times in the same time most people end up reading one.
 
Ooh-Rah said:
I am on vacation and this book is available here to read - easy enough to follow without reading the other Corey books? Some years back I read Nightfall (about TWA Flight 800) and was really impressed - cannot remember if it was a Corey book though -

ETA:
Thank you Wiki for the John Corey bio! (no spoilers)
Wiki Bio
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I'm on book #6 now and yes, they would all be easy enough to follow. The 2 books with "The Lion" have the same character but the rest you can follow along.
Nightfall my very well be one of the best books I've ever read. The last 10 pages were absolutely amazing. And yes, it's a John Corey book.
 
The second part to Blair's U-Boat War is a little drier than the first, but still a great volume if you're interested in WWII U-boat history. It is literally recounts most patrols, ship sinking's, and every single U-boat loss. It also shows the "why" behind some decisions, but at times lacks detail in that regard, probably because so much space is taken up with information on the U-boats and patrols.

One tidbit I'd forgotten about: Germany disassembled several small Type II boats and shipped them to the Black Sea.
 
Ooh-Rah said:
Okay damn it, when is this thing going to show up on iTunes Bookstore? :wall: :( :whatever:
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At the same time we get another case study.:-" You could try asking one of the authors though, they might have an ETA.

I've been working my way through the Brad Thor books, I blame Troll for bringing them up.
 
medicchick said:
At the same time we get another case study.:-" You could try asking one of the authors though, they might have an ETA.

I've been working my way through the Brad Thor books, I blame Troll for bringing them up.
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Moi? That was a couple of years ago I suggested Brad Thor to you, over Moose Drool and seared animal flesh.... procrastinator.... at least in the reading department, I understand that you look for the delicious brown ale everywhere...:sneaky::ROFLMAO::thumbsup:
 
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Moi? That was a couple of years ago I suggested Brad Thor to you, over Moose Drool and seared animal flesh.... procrastinator.... at least in the reading department, I understand that you look for the delicious brown ale everywhere...:sneaky::ROFLMAO::thumbsup:
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I broke two readers since then and just recovered the books a month ago. I now keep them all on removable media and backed up to my computer.:wall:

Yes I'm a slacker as well. :p
 
White House Years - Kissinger. Some of it is quite funny. Well observed machinations of a main player.

Paradoxes of Strategic Intelligence - Betts & Mahnken. It deals with the concept of surprise attacks through history.

Alien Rule - Hechter. Asks the question: Under what conditions can alien rule produce legitimacy?

A Brief History of Modern Warfare - Connoughton. A well researched account of everything from the Falklands to Afghanistan.
 
On vacation so I re-read 2 of my favorite 'all time' books over the past week.

Cain and Abel by Jeffrey Archer
The Godfather by Mario Puzo
 
JWoody said:
I recently finished reading this thread. I don't think it will make the top 10.
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Eh, if it's good and you enjoy(ed) - post it. I'm a huge fiction reader and am always looking for new authors to try.

I'm currently reading: Shotgun Arcana by R.S. Belcher (2nd in his series - the first was Six Gun Tarot). If you like fantasy / sci-fi / steampunk I would recommending giving this author & his series a try.
 

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