Read the first one, couldn't get over the feeling it was a mashup of Dune and Gene Wolf's Long Urth books.Originally Posted by Coyotesfan97
Read the first one, couldn't get over the feeling it was a mashup of Dune and Gene Wolf's Long Urth books.
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“It doesn’t matter what the problem is, the solution is always for us to give the government more money and power, while we eat less meat.”
Glenn Reynolds
If you like sci-fi - Three Body Problem. Pretty freaking epic.
I read the trilogy and I don't even read sci-fi (but for once every decade or two).
There's nothing civil about this war.
The Pioneers, by David McCullough. It’s about the settling of Ohio, focusing on Marietta, OH.
If we have to march off into the next world, let us walk there on the bodies of our enemies.
If you’re a fan of MHI and you haven’t read Guardian yet what are you waiting for? Outstanding!
Just a dog chauffeur that used to hold the dumb end of the leash.
Iron Druid series by Kevin Hearne. Lightweight but readable Irish based Urban Fantasy.
Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors. An in depth description of a portion of the naval battle of Leyte Gulf in WWII. It focuses on the experience of sailors on destroyers and destroyer escorts.
I was only marginally aware of the battle. I had no knowledge of the specifics. If you like reading about the best that America has raised and how they deal with adversity, this is a must read. Highest recommendation.
+1! DDs and DEs going up against heavy cruisers and battleships. Those guys had some big brass ones.
C.S. Lewis' Out of the Silent Planet. Late 1930s science fiction, it's the first book of a trilogy he finished in the 40s. His development of different species is fascinating. I got it bound with all three books of the trilogy, haven't made it through the other two yet.
The Shooters by Leon Claire Metz.
It’s a summary of famous ‘gunslingers’ in the West, good and bad. Most get about 10 pages or so each, in a very interesting matter-of-fact manner with some wry humor mixed in (not always intentional).
Many minor characters get one-sentence summaries throughout. “He was arrested along with so-and-so, who retired as a surveyor in Arizona territory.” Or “He was arrested along with so-and-so, who was hanged the next year in Colorado for cattle rustling.”
Interesting that most these guys probably weren’t even very good shots. They were just your basic criminals, to varying degrees.
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