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What are your non Sci-fi reading habits?
theraven2378
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I collect a military history library.
Being the total war player I am, it gives a vast reservoir of tactics to choose from, at the moment I'm getting through 5 books at the moment
Alesia 52 BC
Tannenberg 1410
Fort William Henry 1755-57
Wilderness and Spotsylvania 1864
Hong Kong 1941-45
Being the total war player I am, it gives a vast reservoir of tactics to choose from, at the moment I'm getting through 5 books at the moment
Alesia 52 BC
Tannenberg 1410
Fort William Henry 1755-57
Wilderness and Spotsylvania 1864
Hong Kong 1941-45
"The meaning of victory is not to merely defeat your enemy but to destroy him, to completely eradicate him from living memory, to leave no remnant of his endeavours, to crush utterly his achievement and remove from all record his every trace of existence. From that defeat no enemy can ever recover. That is the meaning of victory."
-Lord Commander Solar Macharius
-Lord Commander Solar Macharius
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Noam Chomsky is fun for political entertainment.
I also read trashy books such as Michael Crichton or Frederick Forsyth.
ilickbatteries
Forsyth's Fatherland is some really hard reading, certainly an interesting what if.
Peter Benchley's Jaws is a fantastic book, full of tension and horror
-Lord Commander Solar Macharius
if i were to read outside sci fi i would be about wars, but the problem with that is that history is written by victors and those who have their own editorial about it, some of it is pure nonsense but some have some half ruths or actually convienent truths, but nothing purely truthful about anything written and beyond the recent history of the last few thousand years back to the roman and ancient greeks, its all very sketchy about what the real truth was back then. so thats why i would try to think about war readiing, but all that stated, nothing i find interesting in that.
Been around since Dec 2010 on STO and bought LTS in Apr 2013 for STO.
In particular, British and German/Prussian military history.
Trials of Blood and Fire
Moving On Parts 1-3 - Part 4
In Cold Blood
Infinite possibilities have implications that could not be completely understood if you turned this entire universe into a giant supercomputer.
History and Mystery for me. I do own nearly all of Michael and Jeff Shaara's war history books, and although the topic is a favorite, I don't limit myself to military history. I read The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt recently, for example, and I keep The Devil And The White City on my favorites shelf.
Mystery: I read mostly period pieces, though I've read some true crime and modern fiction mysteries as well. Not too long back I read the historical The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher, and I'm currently reading the fictitious The Yard by Alex Grecian. Anne Perry's novels, especially the gritty 1860s William Monk series are among my favorites. However, my current king of favorites is a lesser-known, recent author, Will Thomas, and his fascinating Barker & Llewelyn series.
I've recently gotten into history books, doesn't really matter to me about the era, it's all interesting to me
"Where monsters rampage, I'm there to take them down! Where treasure glitters, I'm there to claim it! Where an enemy rises to face me, victory will be mine!" -Lina Inverse
...although he probably counts more as science fiction than anything. It's a bit hard to take seriously the idea of a "fantasy" series involving consuming metals for specific pseudo-magnetic powers.
Not precisely sci-fi as much as it is transgressional fiction. But there are sci-fi and fantasy elements to many of his books. His books generally involve overcoming humanity, which (in my opinion) is similar enough to sci-fi.
That's on the shelf directly facing me. There are other shelves, with other books. There are many other shelves....
Yeah, I don't do much reading outside of work.
Old-fashioned is often the best. I'm still waiting on Hollywood to realize that Louis Lamour's Last of the Breed would make an awesome movie.
-Lord Commander Solar Macharius