Thank you so much for recommending this, though the Title is actually "Blueprint For Armageddon". Took a bit of goggling to dig it up and I'm only about 20 min in but I am enjoying it allot so far. I really wanted to read something good about WWI last year but got kinda busy with other things. This should make up for it.JAG2955 wrote:During my long drive to Texas, I was listening to a podcast called Hardcore History, by Dan Carlin. I had five episodes, each about 3-4 hours in length called "Blueprint for the Apocalypse", which was all about WWI. Extremely well done. Just have one more episode to go. I hope that he has lots more out before my next trip to Houston.
Whatcha reading redux.
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"Leviathan Wakes" by James Corey. Part of "The Expanse" series.
Humanity has expanded into the Solar System; there's Earth, Mars, and the Belt colonies, and they don't always get along. Members of a crew of an ice freighter come across a distress signal from another ship, but then find themselves involved in an escalating series of events leading to war, and "killing on a scale unfathomable".
So far its pretty good. Four additional volumes are out, and it is supposedly being made into a series by the sci-fi channel
Humanity has expanded into the Solar System; there's Earth, Mars, and the Belt colonies, and they don't always get along. Members of a crew of an ice freighter come across a distress signal from another ship, but then find themselves involved in an escalating series of events leading to war, and "killing on a scale unfathomable".
So far its pretty good. Four additional volumes are out, and it is supposedly being made into a series by the sci-fi channel
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Apparently Ringo's Muse is active and riding him hard. And what Ringo is putting out is.... stories in the MHI universe. He's been snippeting a lot on FB. Looks great, I've been enjoying them quite a bit.
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I started Helen McDonald's H Is For Hawk a couple of days ago. Good so far, she has a way with words.
http://www.amazon.com/H-Hawk-Helen-Macd ... s+for+hawk
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POLITICIANS & DIAPERS NEED TO BE CHANGED OFTEN AND FOR THE SAME REASON
A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.
I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad
A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.
I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad
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Found this series by accident last year thanks to a blogpost about future economies.Rich Jordan wrote:"Leviathan Wakes" by James Corey. Part of "The Expanse" series.
Humanity has expanded into the Solar System; there's Earth, Mars, and the Belt colonies, and they don't always get along. Members of a crew of an ice freighter come across a distress signal from another ship, but then find themselves involved in an escalating series of events leading to war, and "killing on a scale unfathomable".
So far its pretty good. Four additional volumes are out, and it is supposedly being made into a series by the sci-fi channel
The 'author' (actually two writing under the pseudonym Corey) has a really well developed universe and storyline.
All the time I'm reading it, I get the feel that it is Firefly oriented. And that's a good thing.
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Cracking open an old series.
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"Joe Steele" - more Harry Turtledove alternate history. Somehow Josef Stalin is an American, and becomes president instead of FDR, running on the Democratic ticket.
some metaphysics by Rudolf Steiner
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some metaphysics by Rudolf Steiner
Found myself flipping through a copy of "Ancient Christian Magic" last night looking and Jesus spells.
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WOW!! How old is THAT??? Have they been compiled into a book, and if so, are they a different name?evan price wrote:
Cracking open an old series.
POLITICIANS & DIAPERS NEED TO BE CHANGED OFTEN AND FOR THE SAME REASON
A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.
I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad
A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.
I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad
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Next in line: Prototrak Programming Manual
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