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Offline Nefarious

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« Reply #30 on: March 02, 2005, 09:49:05 PM »
Siege.

By Russ Schnieder, Deceased.

Other Titles Include:

Madness Without End:Tales of Horror from the Russian Wilderness
Demyansk:More Tales of Horror from the Russian Wilderness
Gotterdamerung:1945

The only one I've read is Siege, But I'm dying to get my hands on the other titles.
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« Reply #31 on: March 03, 2005, 07:53:36 AM »
Try "Nazi Hunter: The Weisenthal File" by Levy for a non-fiction account of WW2 history, post-WW2 Cold War espionage, and the Holocaust.

An easier read is "The Sea Hunters" by Clive Cussler.  A good mix of history-based fiction and non-fiction as Mr. Cussler's organization searches for some of the most famous shipwrecks in history (and a few you probably didn't even know about). He opens each chapter with his interpretation of the events leading up to the catastrophe as if you were reading a novel.  Then he launches into how he conducted the investigation to locate the wreck.  Once you get started, you won't want to stop.

Read about it here.  Its a good diversion from WW2 stuff.

Oh, and Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" is a good read that'll confirm your belief as an industrial capitalist.

I saw Frank Herbert's "Dune" trilogy as simply taking the medeival feudal system and wrapping in the context of science fiction, with strong ties to Arabic customs.
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Offline indy007

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« Reply #32 on: March 03, 2005, 07:58:56 AM »
The Globe - William Shakespeare
The Science of Good and Evil - Michael Shermer
The Art of Deception - Kevin Mitnick
Xenos, Malleus, & Hereticus (the 3 books of the Eisenhorn Conspiracy) - Dan Abnett
Strategy: The Indirect Approach - Basil Henry Liddell Hart
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« Reply #33 on: March 03, 2005, 09:09:35 AM »
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I think he warrents a second read, but from what's been posted here, I think I'll try Foucault's pendulum.


-Sik



I never could finish that one.
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« Reply #34 on: March 03, 2005, 10:13:04 AM »
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Anything by H. Beam Piper (Personally recommend Uller Uprising, The Cosmic Computer and The Lone Star Planet)


Lone Star Planet - I have read an ancient 35-cent paperback called "Planet for Texans", about a society where killing a politician was not a crime, is it the same book? I have a strong feeling I need to read it again...

BTW, that book had two authors, Beam Piper and someone else...
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« Reply #35 on: March 03, 2005, 10:30:41 AM »
Just get one of theose magazines with nake pictures of ladies
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« Reply #36 on: March 03, 2005, 11:01:25 AM »
Krushger wrote: If its sci-fi you like, you can look up the REALITY DYSFUNCTION novels (I forget the authors name).

Peter F. Hamilton, I would recoomend it as well. Good series but very long and involved.
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« Reply #37 on: March 03, 2005, 12:01:55 PM »
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"Hell in a Very Small Place: The Fall of Dien Bien Phu" by Bernard Fall. (A must read book.  Can't recommend it enough to any student of military history)
 


I started reading "Street Without Joy" by Bernard Fall, which encompassed the entire conflict.  Great book.  I wish I hadn't gotten distracted when I was reading it.  I uncovered it the other day while digging around in my computer room and  I may get back to reading it now that you've sparked my interest again.
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« Reply #38 on: March 03, 2005, 12:26:11 PM »
Green Mansions - W.H. Hudson

Twilight for the Gods - Ernest Gann
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« Reply #39 on: March 03, 2005, 12:55:12 PM »
I would like to also recommend Shogun and Ender's Game.  Both excellant books in my opinion.


I would also add "Godel, Escher, Bach", but it's certainly not light reading.
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« Reply #40 on: March 03, 2005, 01:29:10 PM »
"The Autobiography of Hank Williams"

I forget who wrote it.

Seriously, "The Elegant Universe", by Brian Greene...  don't wait for the movie.
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« Reply #41 on: March 03, 2005, 02:30:18 PM »
short stories... Babylon Revistited and Other Stories by Fitzgerald

Sci fi  Riverworld series.

any John dos pasos or ayn rand.

stuart kaminky's Toby Peters 1930'2 detective stories or his Russian inspector series.

oh.. A great one for a long read...  "A Soldier in the Great War" by Halprin.  

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« Reply #42 on: March 03, 2005, 02:34:12 PM »
"Venus on the Half Shell" by Kilgore Trout

 you cant go wrong :cool:
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« Reply #43 on: March 04, 2005, 12:15:47 AM »
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"Venus on the Half Shell" by Kilgore Trout

 you cant go wrong :cool:


That is great one, but i already mentioned it.
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« Reply #44 on: March 04, 2005, 12:36:48 AM »
Bah.

Any issue's of Mad magazine from the 70's and 80's.

Conan the Barbarian work just fine also.:cool:

Also Neuromancer by William Gibson.
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