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cstone

01-13-2019, 12:56

Finished The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt and working on iGen: The Smartphone Generation by Jean Twenge. Next book on the list is The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure also by Jonathan Haidt.

I am still trying to understand how and why my mindset is so far from the mindset of so many people who are moving our country today. I don't know if understanding will help but trying to understand something is generally where I start any process.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA8kZZS_bzc

Irving

01-13-2019, 13:20

Jonathan Haidt was just on Joe Rogan and it's a good podcast.

wctriumph

01-13-2019, 13:25

Just got a box of pre-owned paperback books so I am reading Patterson's "Private" series. Not bad, short chapters so kind of keeps you reading.

buffalobo

01-13-2019, 14:35

No significant books or authors lately, just usual grind of kindle unlimited free/dime store "Post Apocalypse" & "Alternate History" fiction.

Circuits

01-13-2019, 20:20

Some continuing installments in different series (new S.M. Stirling and Peter F. Hamilton stuff), and started out reading "The Culture" novels by Ian Banks. Still on the library waiting list for the latest "Honorverse" installment.

Duman

01-13-2019, 21:25

Alister McClean, "Santorini". Excellent read, nukes, terrorism, suspense. Well written.

encorehunter

01-13-2019, 21:43

Curious George goes to School, Horses and Foals, Click Clack Moo, and any other books my 1,3 or 5 year old bring me.

ChickNorris

01-14-2019, 00:48

Curious George goes to School, Horses and Foals, Click Clack Moo, and any other books my 1,3 or 5 year old bring me.

I know that reading list well. : )

Duman

03-21-2019, 19:12

Finished "Silent Warrior" by Alex Berenson. Excellent read, the series looks good. Modern day CIA vs. terrorists, etc..

Irving

03-21-2019, 19:14

I'm in the middle of the Divergent series (middle of the second book of three, so really the middle). It's good enough, but if you didn't read it, you wouldn't really miss anything.

ray1970

03-21-2019, 19:15

I saw the movies. Probably saved me a ton of reading.

OtterbatHellcat

03-21-2019, 19:15

Curious George goes to School, Horses and Foals, Click Clack Moo, and any other books my 1,3 or 5 year old bring me.

Hey, when you're 5...Curious George is super badass.

ray1970

03-21-2019, 19:18

One of my bucket list items is to own a monkey.

Irving

03-21-2019, 19:19

I saw the movies. Probably saved me a ton of reading.

Easily the worst writing about guns and action in general that I've ever read. I realize that not everyone is a gun person, but it's not like how they work is folklore. If you're an author and you're going to write about guns a lot, it's probably worth an afternoon to learn how they work.

One of the better books I read took place on a pirate ship and the author came right out in a note and said, "I don't know shit about ships, I asked some people who did to help me write the parts about boats, sorry for the stuff I screwed up." That goes a long way.

Irving

03-21-2019, 19:20

One of my bucket list items is to own a monkey.

My mom had a spider monkey as a kid, in Wheat Ridge. It hated men and would sit on top of the ceiling fan and throw things at people or pull their hair when they walked by.

ray1970

03-21-2019, 19:21

Dang. Maybe I need to rewatch the movies. I don?t remember there being much gun stuff.

OtterbatHellcat

03-21-2019, 19:53

My mom had a spider monkey as a kid, in Wheat Ridge. It hated men and would sit on top of the ceiling fan and throw things at people or pull their hair when they walked by.

Perhaps some monkey therapy, even more importantly, some monkey gun laws that would prevent anyone being harmed by a monkey with a weapon.

ChickNorris

03-21-2019, 20:06

Anyone remember the monkey named Mohawk @ / near Westland mall?

Just curious.

Nasty little beast.

Great-Kazoo

03-21-2019, 20:56

Anyone remember the monkey named Mohawk @ / near Westland mall?

Just curious.

Nasty little beast.

NHP's are one the most dangerous 2 legged creatures a human would ever encounter. Throw in they can literally rip you limb from limb in a stand up no weapons match. I'd give them a wide berth if i had to.

BladesNBarrels

03-22-2019, 16:22

Alister McClean, "Santorini". Excellent read, nukes, terrorism, suspense. Well written.

One of my favorite authors in the 60's through 80's.
Alistair MacLean wrote some of the old standards: The Guns of Navarone, Ice Station Zebra, Where Eagles Dare, Breakheart Pass, River of Death, etc.
Santorini was his last novel, written in 1986 and he died in 1987, only 64 years old. The book was published by his estate after his death.
You got me wanting to find the old books and read them again. Want to see if they have the same excitement as they did when they first were written.

Duman

03-25-2019, 19:14

I have a copy of The Satan Bug, if you're interested.

Duman

03-25-2019, 19:16

Started reading "Not Enough Faith To Be An Athiest". Family member suggested it, something about questioning evolution.

BladesNBarrels

03-26-2019, 16:09

I have a copy of The Satan Bug, if you're interested.

Thanks for the offer. I first read it when it was published under his pseudonym "Ian Stuart".
When it was published again under his real name, I bought it again. I got into it and thought it sounded very familiar.
That's when I learned he had published a couple of books using the name Ian Stuart.

I was going to try to find his non-fiction book Captain Cook.

Alpha2

04-19-2019, 10:17

A Gentleman In Moscow, by Amor Towles. I can't remember a book I've enjoyed more in quite some time.

Re: Curios George...I had the opportunity to look at one of them again a while back. Wow, not nearly as exciting as I remember. Beat the heck out of the Dick an Jane series, though. "See Dick, see Dick run." Pretty heady stuff.

Circuits

04-19-2019, 12:39

"Tiamat's Wrath" the latest "Expanse" series installment.

Ripper

04-20-2019, 10:34

Any body here read any of the Long Lonely Road series or any others by TJ Reeder?

buffalobo

04-20-2019, 11:03

Any body here read any of the Long Lonely Road series or any others by TJ Reeder?I read the early ones. Enjoyed first half dozen or so. Good story teller, not very good writer. Modern version of dime store novels. Cheap quick entertainment. Never felt I got cheated out of my buck or hour time to read.

Ripper

04-20-2019, 17:18

He was a very poor writer in the beginning, but a great storyteller. His writing is still quirky but is a lot better, (there are like 76 LLRs now). He has also done a few other series like Intended Consequences, Mean Streets and Sex, guns and rock and roll. Still good quick entertainment. He's on my auto buy list. Just plain like his stuff.

wctriumph

07-22-2019, 15:31

Well, I have just about all of the Jack Reacher paperback books, looking to trade them for other books.

Primarily interested in quality detective stories, I would like to get a collection of Raymond Chandler, Patterson's Alex Cross, maybe some decent SiFi (I have already read all of Asimov, Heinlein, Herbert, Anderson, etc.), looking for recent authors of quality reading.

PM me, can meet in NoCO area almost anytime.

Thanks for looking.

Justin

10-02-2019, 10:55

Currently working my way through the Sherlock Homes catalog.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's writing holds up a lot better than most writers of his era.

MrAK

10-02-2019, 11:29

I just started reading How to Win Friends and Influence People. I should have read this years ago.

buffalobo

10-02-2019, 11:45

Currently working my way through the Sherlock Homes catalog.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's writing holds up a lot better than most writers of his era.

I have the hardbound "The Annotated Sherlock Holmes Collection", from the early 80's. Two huge volumes. One of the most prized collections in my library. Many people have read from those volumes in the last 35+ years.

Doyle's writing holds up better than most writers of any era.

buffalobo

10-02-2019, 11:54

MrAK

10-02-2019, 12:11

Like Justin I have been revisiting classic stories from long ago. The Mars stories of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Have always been a fan of the John Carter character and amazed at how ERB explained "advanced" technology before there was advanced technology.

Also the inspiration for the drawing in MrAK's avatar.

Indeed, it warms my heart that you recognized my avatar. The Warlord of Mars series has been a favorite of mine since childhood, and has been reread a handful of times. I’ve even received a tattoo of Deja Thoris as painted by Frank Frazetta.

buffalobo

10-02-2019, 14:13

Indeed, it warms my heart that you recognized my avatar. The Warlord of Mars series has been a favorite of mine since childhood, and has been reread a handful of times. I’ve even received a tattoo of Deja Thoris as painted by Frank Frazetta.

Certainly a perfect subject for Frazetta.

iego

10-02-2019, 18:34

I have the hardbound "The Annotated Sherlock Holmes Collection", from the early 80's. Two huge volumes. One of the most prized collections in my library. Many people have read from those volumes in the last 35+ years.

Doyle's writing holds up better than most writers of any era.

My middle name is Baskerville, as in The Hound of the Baskervilles. :)

I would recommend the Edmund Rostand translation of Cyrano De Bergerac to everyone. Just beautiful.

-John

spqrzilla

12-18-2019, 16:18

Fantasy series by Joel Shepard "Sasha". Another by Robert Kroese Brand of the Warlock.

buffalobo

12-29-2019, 23:24

Final entry in Monster Hunter Memoirs series, "Saints". Written by Johnny Ringo and edited by Larry Correa.

20X11

12-29-2019, 23:28

Just finished The Oracle, just started Wine & War

SideShow Bob

12-31-2019, 14:56

Stephen King’s “The Institute”.

ChickNorris

12-31-2019, 18:07

Yay Amazon.

I'll be reading this:

Irving

12-31-2019, 20:49

They should have made the font smaller so it looked further away.

CS1983

01-01-2020, 08:32

Yay Amazon.

I'll be reading this:

I feel like Litz missed the opportunity for an epic cover.

Here’s my submission.

79784

ChickNorris

01-01-2020, 08:40

I see what you did there.

spqrzilla

01-03-2020, 14:02

Sous Vide for Everybody by America's Test Kitchen

stodg73

05-13-2020, 16:45

Lights Out by Ted Koppel

Duman

07-30-2020, 19:36

They should have made the font smaller so it looked further away.

Or put some powder burns on the target.....

Duman

07-30-2020, 19:39

Started reading 'Revolt of the Masses' by Jose Ortega y Gasset. Written ~1932. Makes Orwell look like an amateur psychic. Pretty scary stuff, history repeating itself.

CS1983

07-30-2020, 19:44

Just finished ?The Man Who Got Even With God?, by Fr. M. Raymond, O.C.S.O.(Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance), about John Green Hanning, aka Br. Joachim. He was a Trappist monk in Kentucky who had run away from home due to a hot temper. He burned down his father?s tobacco curing barn with the year?s crop in it, and after 9 years as a cowboy near the Rio Grande went home to Kentucky. The story will amaze and convict.

Hummer

07-31-2020, 00:36

Started reading 'Revolt of the Masses' by Jose Ortega y Gasset. Written ~1932. Makes Orwell look like an amateur psychic. Pretty scary stuff, history repeating itself.

Hmm, interesting, I'll have to look it up.

I finished Robert Crais', "A Dangerous Man", a Joe Pike novel. I've read most of Robert Crais books. Always good, easy reading, fast action detective stories.

Mazin

07-31-2020, 03:18

Just finished Stephen Hunter's Gman, good read but I have enjoyed all of his books.

Eta: thinking about starting the Puzo collection over again.

battlemidget

07-31-2020, 07:18

Report from Engine Company 82

Written by a NYC firefighter from the 60s-70s, back when they used to hang on the back of the truck, had the bell system, pull boxes, the bronx was burning, everyone was OD'ing

It's an excellent quick read, almost a master class on how to stay cool under chaos and keep a sense of humor.

Doc45

08-19-2020, 19:39

I’m on the wait list at the library for CJ Box’s Open Season. Recommended to me by a friend I introduced to the Longmire books and series.

Great-Kazoo

10-06-2020, 23:09

https://www.amazon.com/Commune-Complete-Post-Apocalyptic-Survival-Books-ebook/dp/B082YG66CB/ref=sr_1_1?crid=30K34ZCFNODBD&dchild=1&keywords=commune+series+by+joshua+gayou&qid=1602046708&sprefix=commune%2Caps%2C373&sr=8-1

I read the Forward and was like . Oh no, i'm not too sure this will be a good read. Based on the hug fest within

With that said. I started reading this 4 book complication around 11 one night. At 3 in the a.m. i had a hard time putting this one aside. Some parts wander a bit, but overall a good read.

Book 1 was written in 2017.

I say give it a try.
The guy knowledge of firearms , and or his outside sources are on it. There's even mention of (not by name) someone, few all of you will know, one way or the other. As well as places along the front range, everyone will say . Oh yeah i know that area..

Circuits

10-07-2020, 21:14

I've been reading some of "The Culture" sci fi novels by Iain M. Banks. Interesting stuff from the far future. I'm about halfway through "Look To Windward".

The Commune, which Great-Kazoo mentioned in the post above mine was only $0.99 at the Kindle store, so I went ahead and bought it - will get around to reading it soon.

Great-Kazoo

10-08-2020, 00:10

fj605

10-08-2020, 07:25

Just finished The Hunting Rifle by Jack O'Connor. It seemed fitting to read it right before hunting season.

Great-Kazoo

02-03-2021, 17:57

Only 116 pages in to this book, all i can say is Read it. Takes place in 2024 with flashbacks to how it got to that point in time

Basically China develops a skynet AI, among other things. They also plan on dispersing a deadly virus, around the world.

https://www.amazon.com/Monroe-Doctrine-I-James-Rosone-ebook/dp/B087NW3R8Y/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1S5MUZLSMCBW1&dchild=1&keywords=monroe+doctrine&qid=1612396369&s=digital-text&sprefix=monroe+doctrine%2Caps%2C258&sr=1-1#customerReviews

MrPrena

02-03-2021, 20:55

This is my 2nd endocrinology book this year. I didn't know it was this interesting.

X-men Classic. Vol1.

Energy Metabolism and Obesity: Research and Clinical Applications
Front Cover
Patricia A. Donohoue

https://i.imgur.com/sHEtEFH.jpg

Circuits

02-04-2021, 01:08

Irving

02-04-2021, 09:52

Jumped back into the Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson now that a few more books are out.

stodg73

03-09-2021, 10:18

Anyone read 'Days of Wrath' by William Forsthen.

buffalobo

03-09-2021, 11:37

Anyone read 'Days of Wrath' by William Forsthen.

I have read it. Well written and enjoyable, too short.

rondog

03-09-2021, 14:03

Books? Last one I bought was about prostate issues - still haven't read it.....

One before that was an M1 Garand operating manual - ain't read all that either.

BladesNBarrels

03-09-2021, 17:51

Revisited the W E B Griffin series, The Corps
Tells the story of a fictional group of Marines that are under the direction of President Roosevelt during the early years of WWII in the Pacific.
I would listen to the books on tape (yep, in the car on little bitty cassettes) when I commuted from Elizabeth to downtown Denver.
I am enjoying them even more now that I am retired.

Duman

03-09-2021, 19:15

Reading old issues of Ellery Queen magazine. Short whodunnit stories from authors all over the world. Good evening reading.

Little Dutch

03-09-2021, 19:40

I've got a library of issues of the "Grantville Gazette" ezine - stories set in the expanded "1632-verse" based on the novel and its sequels written by Eric Flint.

Got a new series (to me) by Peter F. Hamilton - books in the "Salvation Sequence", also spec-fic set in the far future.

Mike Watson sometimes gets a story published in the Grantville Gazette. He’s a gun guy on the 1911 group at groups.io. Good guy, and he introduced me to the gazette with his stories.

Circuits

03-10-2021, 00:03

I'm just about done up to the latest issue (#93) of the G.G. Need to check the "Salvation Sequence" out from the library again so I can reread the first and continue through #2 and #3.

I also picked up an archive of Raspberry Pi magazines with articles and projects I might have to try fiddling with, since I've been building test fixtures and circuits for some boards at work.

bradbn4

03-10-2021, 09:04

I am re-reading Privateer series; classic young adult sci-fi space opera. (Jamie McFarland)

For hardware related to the Raspberry Pi, I like shopping at Spark's Fun site in Colorado - or Ada Fruit out of NYC. Last time I checked, MicroCenter also carried some of the hardware kits in stock at the Denver store.

polski

03-12-2021, 15:32

My Civil War knowledge is lacking. Figure'd I would start with a tome by Shelby.

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GilpinGuy

03-22-2021, 23:32

"I'm Your Emotional Support Animal" by Adam Carolla.

Fricking hilarious and spot on in so many ways. Adam describes our descent into "woke" hell perfectly.

I'm a huge fan of his podcast and his comedic genius.

Duman

03-27-2021, 17:11

Started "The Gift of Fear" by Gavin DeBeck. About our instincts our sense of fear can be useful. At least so far as I've read.

flogger

06-07-2021, 18:58

Re-reading 'The Forgotten Soldier' by Guy Sajer. Top ten list for sure.

I'm sure list many of you have read this classic first hand account of a German (Alsatian) soldier during WW2 on the Eastern front. If not, read it.

Duman

06-07-2021, 19:08

Great-Kazoo

06-17-2021, 11:03

Read some of the write up about him, in Vietnam War Stories.

During his eighteen months in Vietnam, Allen Ace Cozzalio was shot down six times. On several other occasions he brought his Loach back home so damaged from enemy fire that it was no longer flyable. He received every medal for valor except the Medal of Honor.

https://www.amazon.com/Ace-Story-Lt-Col-Cozzalio/dp/150864246X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Ace%3A+The+Story+of+Lt.+Col.+Ace+Cozzalio&qid=1623949132&sr=8-1

arbol

06-17-2021, 21:15

If you haven't yet;

James Clavell;

King Rat (1962), set in a Japanese POW camp in Singapore in 1945.
Tai-Pan (1966), set in Hong Kong in 1841
Noble House (1981), set in Hong Kong in 1963

Shōgun (1975), set in Japan from 1600 onwards

Really good,

Duman

07-10-2021, 21:54

"The Invincible", by Stanislaw Lem, author of "Solaris" or more commonly known as the movie "George Clooney's Ass".

"The Invincible" is a rocket ship that lands on a planet where evolution has taken a strange turn. Very good.

William

07-27-2021, 13:02

"The Quiet Americans: Four CIA Spies at the Dawn of the Cold War" by Scott Anderson

Interesting look at a period of our history that is not given a lot of attention.

buffalobo

07-27-2021, 19:41

Been going back and catching up on IRA Tabankin releases I missed.

Irving

07-27-2021, 19:51

Oathbringer, nook three in Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive. I'll have to pick up the side novellas as well at some point.

newracer

07-28-2021, 09:27

https://target.scene7.com/is/image/Target/GUEST_7c464b7f-0e81-4a99-a35e-a548a5c1e0bd?wid=488&hei=488&fmt=pjpeg

flogger

08-03-2021, 09:23

'Mad Rebel' ....a youth at war. J. Oliphint. Authors account of being a P-47/P-51 pilot in Europe. He is shot down in France 2 days after D-Day. He is near death and sent to a 'hospital' where he gets zero treatment. After being interrogated by SS and Gestapo thugs, he kills 3 of them, escapes and joins the resistance. Older book, would make a great movie.

bradbn4

08-03-2021, 09:32

Tartarus gate - early release for this sci-fi book.

Vic Tory

10-24-2021, 16:39

We Will Not Be SILENCED, Erwin Lutzer. Responding Courageously to Our Culture's Assault on Christianity.

Drucker

10-24-2021, 17:51

Space Opera/Warfare - Glory Boys by Rick Partlow

eddiememphis

10-24-2021, 18:13

Gun Guy- Bill Wilson

Duman

10-24-2021, 18:56

Alex Berenson, "Midnight House". Fiction, CIA tracking down killer of American interrogators from detainee center. It's a good series.

Little Dutch

10-24-2021, 21:09

I?m in a serious slump. My reading has slowed way down, and I?ve started more than I?ve finished in the last year. I?m not sure why. I actually think it may be screen-addiction related. Or maybe working from home and never leaving the house has me messed up?

I?m re-listening to the Dresden Files when I run errands. The author is a legitimate word-smith. He creates a sentence that feels conjured rather than painstakingly assembled.

I?m re-reading Foundation. Which has proven more engaging than anything else I?ve tried to read this year. I?ve been seeing references to it lately in the forums, and hadn?t read it since my formative years.

I?m considering re-reading Ayn Rand next. I?m concerned that trying will be disappointing. In my formative years I found her works seminal.

William

10-24-2021, 21:41

Dresden files is good stuff.

babarsac

10-24-2021, 21:50

Technical books on Python, Azure, and Security+ [off-yourself]

wyome

10-24-2021, 22:45

Star Wars: The High Republic series books

HoneyBadger

10-25-2021, 07:31

Expeditionary Force by Craig Alanson - Audio Books by R.C. Bray are fantastic! I just finished book 12. R.C. Bray also does the audiobook version of The Martian by Andy Weir.

clworth22

10-25-2021, 07:55

Conversations with Major Dick Winters by Cole C. Kingseed. I highly recommend this book to compliment Stephen E. Ambrose’s Band of Brothers book.

William

10-25-2021, 21:51

Technical books on Python, Azure, and Security+ [off-yourself]

I've been doing the Professor Messer Sec+ videos (free and recommend).

Little Dutch

10-25-2021, 22:10

Technical books on Python, Azure, and Security+ [off-yourself]

In a misery loves company thing... I'm learning about JavaScript and it's various things.
I'm actively looking for new employment and working on being able to gloss over a deficiency in my skill set.

Duman

10-25-2021, 22:17

If you enjoy reading WWII history, Rick Atkinson trilogy is a must-read.

Vic Tory

11-14-2021, 20:49

During the government shutdown idiocy I read every Louis L'Amour book!

Enjoyed over 90% of them very much.

Vic Tory

11-14-2021, 20:54

Just finished "Stand: Putting on the Full Armour of God" … Warren Wiersbe

Excellent and very encouraging!

Hummer

12-13-2022, 19:18

During the government shutdown idiocy I read every Louis L'Amour book!

Enjoyed over 90% of them very much.

I love Louis L'Amour stories! Quite a life that fellow lived. I have a big collection of his books and should re read some of them.

Hummer

12-13-2022, 19:23

Today I finished Full Force and Effect by Tom Clancy. It's a Jack Ryan novel. Excellent! The descriptions of life and the murderous totalitarian state in North Korea are frightening.

I listened to the unabridged version on CDs. 19.5 hours on 15 CDs. Recommended.

BladesNBarrels

12-14-2022, 08:50

During the government shutdown idiocy I read every Louis L'Amour book!

Enjoyed over 90% of them very much.

When I was on board a Destroyer in the 60's we traded Louis L'Amour books around the ship and with others in the squadron at every port.
He seemed to set the tone for a good read and great escape from the daily routine.
A lot of his books were made into movies at the time.
Another author I like was Donald Hamilton and the Matt Helm series.
Those movies were pretty goofy after Dean Martin starred in them.
And, of course, John D. McDonald and the Travis McGee series.
I am really dating myself.

theGinsue

12-14-2022, 10:52

Just finished George Orwell's 1984 a couple of weeks ago, now I'm reading J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye.

These are two books I should've read many years ago (classics) but never got around to it.

Just 2/3 of the way through Catcher and I'm still waiting for a plot to emerge. Particularly odd story so far.

ETA: Finished The Catcher In The Rye. The plot emerged in the last 2 pages of the book but looking back, it was vaguely hinted at early on.

Not really my cup of tea for reading material but I'm trying to expand into classics I've never read.

arbol

12-15-2022, 20:00

George Orwell's 1984, and Aldous Huxley's Brave New World along with Ayn Rand's books, very much have influenced my life.

The one I haven't read, is Animal House, skipped that day in school, it would seem. :)

-John

arbol

12-15-2022, 20:04

er, Animal Farm
I did see Animal House... kind of lived it. ;)

flogger

12-22-2023, 08:06

"Death, Daring and Disaster" by Charles R 'Butch' Farabee Jr. A history of Search and Rescue in the National Parks.

Great reading, covers the years 1870 to 2004. Many stories I had never heard of, like the guy who parachuted to the top of Devils Tower (865') in 1941! He had no clue on how to get down but had 1000' of rope bundled in the plane. The pilot circled around and dropped the rope package which bounced and fell off the tower, landing on a ledge below. Officials considered using a blimp to get him down! They had to go up and rescue his ass.

Vic Tory

12-24-2023, 10:30

... I'm reading J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye.

<snip> Just 2/3 of the way through Catcher and I'm still waiting for a plot to emerge. Particularly odd story so far.

I graduated from an Eastern college, where the English Lit. profs revered Salinger. Watching rust would be more interesting than reading his work, IMO. I never understood their fascination with a lot of the so-called "classic" writers: Salinger, Doctorow, Steinbeck, O'Connor, etc. (I think hell must have mandatory reading of Steinbeck's garbage.)

bradbn4

12-24-2023, 11:32

mutineers moon by david webber - classic scifi space opera 'ish

this has to be about the 5th re-read of the series.

For less enjoyment, Fedex how to file a claim....it is nice that they attached a photo of the package at the wrong house...
[added]
I got lucky; looks like the package was delivered near my house and was returned; or was that delivered just now.

Duman

01-04-2024, 20:27

"The Man From The Future", a biography of John von Neumann.

If you are in a technical field, you've probably heard of him. He was quite possibly the most intelligent person in the 20th century.

Excellent read.

Gunner

01-04-2024, 20:29

Highly recommend the ?Terminal List? series of books by Jack Carr. They are all amazing

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buffalobo

01-04-2024, 22:20

Highly recommend the ?Terminal List? series of books by Jack Carr. They are all amazing

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If you're unarmed, you are a victim.

Ah Pook

01-04-2024, 22:44

I love Louis L'Amour stories! Quite a life that fellow lived. I have a big collection of his books and should re read some of them.

Check out Tony Hillerman. Follows the Louis L'Amour theme. Real places, trails...

mb504

01-05-2024, 12:09

Want a scare about what could happen?

Day of Wrath by Forstchen, William R.

https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S114C1242625

Short read at 171 pages.

Gunner

01-05-2024, 12:16

Want a scare about what could happen?

Day of Wrath by Forstchen, William R.

https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S114C1242625

Short read at 171 pages.

One second after,one year after and 5 years after by the same author were amazing.

Just stared ?Going Home? by A. American so far I?m really enjoying it.

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Erni

01-05-2024, 12:48

Code name Dynamite. By Dr Thompson. First hand MACSOGV accounts and lessons learned.

buffalobo

01-05-2024, 16:52

One second after,one year after and 5 years after by the same author were amazing.

Just stared ?Going Home? by A. American so far I?m really enjoying it.

Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkAfter 20 years and more than 500 post apocalyptic novels/books read, the Going Home series is in my top three.

If you're unarmed, you are a victim.

01-05-2024, 21:17

KevDen2005

01-14-2024, 09:57

Joe_K

01-14-2024, 13:54

In the last several months:

The Crusades by Ambridge (I wanted to know more after watching Kingdom of Heaven). Very interesting stuff.

Gulag Archipelago (Should be required reading in this country)

Ordinary Men (Also should be required reading)

Alone and Unafraid (A lot of basic info. I disagree with a few of the items in it but still great info)

Warning Signs (Peter Langman)

If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?

And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if every Security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family? Or if, during periods of mass arrests, as for example in Leningrad, when they arrested a quarter of the entire city, people had not simply sat there in their lairs, paling with terror at every bang of the downstairs door and at every step on the staircase, but had understood they had nothing left to lose and had boldly set up in the downstairs hall an ambush of half a dozen people with axes, hammers, pokers, or whatever else was at hand?... The Organs would very quickly have suffered a shortage of officers and transport and, notwithstanding all of Stalin's thirst, the cursed machine would have ground to a halt! If...if...We didn't love freedom enough. And even more ? we had no awareness of the real situation.... We purely and simply deserved everything that happened afterward.

KevDen2005

01-14-2024, 15:42

If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?

And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if every Security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family? Or if, during periods of mass arrests, as for example in Leningrad, when they arrested a quarter of the entire city, people had not simply sat there in their lairs, paling with terror at every bang of the downstairs door and at every step on the staircase, but had understood they had nothing left to lose and had boldly set up in the downstairs hall an ambush of half a dozen people with axes, hammers, pokers, or whatever else was at hand?... The Organs would very quickly have suffered a shortage of officers and transport and, notwithstanding all of Stalin's thirst, the cursed machine would have ground to a halt! If...if...We didn't love freedom enough. And even more ? we had no awareness of the real situation.... We purely and simply deserved everything that happened afterward.

I thought the entire time how could have it gotten so bad. How did they get there. I just can't even fathom. I don't know why but I found it annoying when called them organs. I get why, but it just would catch me off guard every time.

Gunner

01-20-2024, 20:48

After 20 years and more than 500 post apocalyptic novels/books read, the Going Home series is in my top three.

If you're unarmed, you are a victim.

It got me hooked I?m about halfway done with book 3 currently. I really think this book series needs to be a TV show.

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theGinsue

01-21-2024, 10:40

Want a scare about what could happen?

Day of Wrath by Forstchen, William R.

https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S114C1242625

Short read at 171 pages.

Because of your post and because I'm a fan of William Forstchen's writing style and the insightfullness of his writing, I ordered a used copy of this from Amazon. It got here a few days ago & I finished it last night.

Dear heavenly father this was a dark story. I found it particularly interesting that this book was published in 2014 yet news reports in the past year seem to accurately reflect the illegal border crossings of known terrorists that Forstchen depicts in this story. In the past year, Border Patrol has caught quite a few known terrorists crossing our borders (I'd say for every known terrorist caught crossing there have been at least 25 more that crossed successfully). This adds a lot of plausibility to the possibility of this story coming to pass which unsettles me greatly.

Now, based off of Gunner's and Lobo's recommendation I'll be ordering the A. American Going Home series.

Gunner

01-21-2024, 10:42

Now, based off of Gunner's and Lobo's recommendation I'll be ordering the A. American Going Home series.

Can?t wait to hear what you think about it.

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buffalobo

01-21-2024, 14:57

Because of your post and because I'm a fan of William Forstchen's writing style and the insightfullness of his writing, I ordered a used copy of this from Amazon. It got here a few days ago & I finished it last night.

Dear heavenly father this was a dark story. I found it particularly interesting that this book was published in 2014 yet news reports in the past year seem to accurately reflect the illegal border crossings of known terrorists that Forstchen depicts in this story. In the past year, Border Patrol has caught quite a few known terrorists crossing our borders (I'd say for every known terrorist caught crossing there have been at least 25 more that crossed successfully). This adds a lot of plausibility to the possibility of this story coming to pass which unsettles me greatly.

Now, based off of Gunner's and Lobo's recommendation I'll be ordering the A. American Going Home series.Among discussion groups about likely terrorist attacks/apocalypse scenarios Forstchen's scenario in Day of Wrath is discussed as very likely.

Often in conjunction with targeted physical infrastructure attacks on electrical grid components(large transformer farms, generation stations, hydro generation/dams), water treatment facilities, petroleum transportation(pipelines) and refining and large public events(sports stadiums, concerts, political rallies).

If you're unarmed, you are a victim.