Books - What Are You Reading / What Do You Recommend?

[Joe_K]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.

[Little Dutch]

I listened to the Orphan X series by Gregg Hurwitz recently. Read by Scott Brick, a top notch narrator. I recommend them.

https://www.amazon.com/Orphan-X-Nove.../dp/1250097207