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I just started Clancy 'Executive Orders' for well over the 10th time.
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That it is!davidharmier60 wrote:Clancy Without Remorse is a good one Fer sure!
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Sounds like a good book, I'll have to try it out!Captdave wrote:The Eagle Mutiny is my next book. It's about a mutiny on a us flag ship during the Vietnam conflict. I've worked with the son of the captain of the ship.
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Jocko's podcast on 'the murder of Nanking' by iris chang has made me wanna source out a copy...
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Picked this one up to read in Turks & Caicos in 2 weeks...
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The second John Hayes book by Matthew Quirk.
First book...
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American Gods was very good. Have you read Good Omens? With all these guys reading real littrachur, all I can say I'm revisiting the Discworld series. Always looking for good authors to feed my habit, is Corey any good?
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Corey is great. Keep in mind it's a pen name for Daniel Abraham and Ty Franc. And their series (up to book 5 now) is what the syfy show the expanse is based on. Very good show as well, btw.
I like Marco Kloos's frontline series, Richard Morgan's Takeshi Kovac series, Scalzi's old mans war series, Wool series by Hugh Howey (and some good fan fic in that world).
I like Marco Kloos's frontline series, Richard Morgan's Takeshi Kovac series, Scalzi's old mans war series, Wool series by Hugh Howey (and some good fan fic in that world).
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I do a couple hundred books a year, 3-4 a week I'd say. I did these last week on vacation:
And I've done these so far this week:
Probably do this on the plane Friday (United, of course, because I like the exclusivity):
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And I've done these so far this week:
Probably do this on the plane Friday (United, of course, because I like the exclusivity):
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Posting this response here because ShitA'Talk says my message replies aren't going anywhere so, to answer the question:
I liked Ferris's book. I've never heard of him before but I'm going to check out his podcast now. Yesterday at morning coffee a guy at work recommended it so I read it last night; I like the way he correlated the information, I liked his perspective and notes he added. Overall I liked it.
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I liked Ferris's book. I've never heard of him before but I'm going to check out his podcast now. Yesterday at morning coffee a guy at work recommended it so I read it last night; I like the way he correlated the information, I liked his perspective and notes he added. Overall I liked it.
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Check out Jocko Willink's podcast as well. Very well done- Tim Ferris and Joe Rogan kind of pushed him to make one, and his has been killing it.
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Anybody with kids need to listen to the latest episodeSoCal C4S wrote:Check out Jocko Willink's podcast as well. Very well done- Tim Ferris and Joe Rogan kind of pushed him to make one, and his has been killing it.
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Bull Mountain, great crime novel of Georgia mountain country.
The Other Side of Silence, the 11th in the Bernie Gunther series about a hard boiled detective in Nazi Germany.
Sapiens, excellent non fiction about...everything.
How We Got to Now, Emergence and The Ghost Map, all by Steven Johnson-about different aspects of history, culture and technology. Highly recommended.
And I finally read The Right Stuff, which I should have read years ago. Essential reading.
The Other Side of Silence, the 11th in the Bernie Gunther series about a hard boiled detective in Nazi Germany.
Sapiens, excellent non fiction about...everything.
How We Got to Now, Emergence and The Ghost Map, all by Steven Johnson-about different aspects of history, culture and technology. Highly recommended.
And I finally read The Right Stuff, which I should have read years ago. Essential reading.
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I gave up on Clancy about the time he decide to make Jack Ryan President. The books just became silly and contrived to me.davidharmier60 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 05, 2017 6:38 amI just started Clancy 'Executive Orders' for well over the 10th time.
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Just read the DARPA book. Great short history of ARPA now DARPA and the JASONS etc. The Tim Ferris show podcast is great. Pissed a friend of mines wife off because he would not stop listening to it after i recommended it. Hardcore History is my favorite podcast the "wrath of the Khans" series is ridiculously epic. Reading Peter Harts book "The Somme" fantastic history. Recently read Craig Nelsons book "Rocket men" about the space program another great book. A short fun read was "The Graveyard book" by Neil Gaiman. Reading his "American Gods" now. Also getting done with Nick Blanfords great book "Warriors of God" about Hezbollah's history.
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would you have said the same if he made donald trump president 2 years ago?cdnwatchguy wrote: ↑Wed Apr 12, 2017 9:37 pmI gave up on Clancy about the time he decide to make Jack Ryan President. The books just became silly and contrived to me.davidharmier60 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 05, 2017 6:38 amI just started Clancy 'Executive Orders' for well over the 10th time.
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And then it went political...
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Cruising for suggestions; I've run out of John Sandford and Jo Nesbo pulp cop stories...
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Oh come on no one would have written that.gwells wrote: ↑Thu Apr 13, 2017 5:06 amwould you have said the same if he made donald trump president 2 years ago?cdnwatchguy wrote: ↑Wed Apr 12, 2017 9:37 pmI gave up on Clancy about the time he decide to make Jack Ryan President. The books just became silly and contrived to me.davidharmier60 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 05, 2017 6:38 amI just started Clancy 'Executive Orders' for well over the 10th time.
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Read the Day By Day Books a while back. Mindless, but entertaining.
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Nelson DeMille wires some good books
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