I've been wanting to pick up a copy of that - I've read bits and pieces online, what did you think of it?Cybrludite wrote:Last weekend I read, Webb's "Born Fighting"
Whatcha reading redux.
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HTRN
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HTRN, I would tell you that you are an evil fucker, but you probably get that a lot ~ Netpackrat
Describing what HTRN does as "antics" is like describing the wreck of the Titanic as "a minor boating incident" ~ First Shirt
Describing what HTRN does as "antics" is like describing the wreck of the Titanic as "a minor boating incident" ~ First Shirt
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308Mike
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Yeah, I did, and then went over to Amazon to grab a link and photo of the book cover.Jered wrote:Did you have to google my guy, Mike?
I seem to recall seeing your last name in one of the books. I thought you might be related somehow - but since that name is not uncommon, I didn't think too much about it at the time. IIRC, he was mentioned as being a member of another team which was heading out on a patrol.CByrneIV wrote:IF you read all of the Linderer books, more than one of the stories features my father in it. I don't remember which ones in which book though.
Names were sometimes changed, sometimes not.
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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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Jered
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Patriots by David Drake is also a pretty good read. I just finished it.
The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote.
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SoupOrMan
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Just finished the first two Tarzan novels today. I'd never read them before, having had all the fun of reading fiction stomped out by assigned readings in middle school of Julie of the Wolves, The Pigman, and pretty much everything by Judy Blume. Why the teachers didn't assign books like this I'll never know. Endless reports about "modern issues" in youth fiction can really ruin reading for some people.
The teachers also refused to accept a book report about the 1979 Chilton Manual for Ford F150 trucks. Hey, at least I read something over Easter break...
The teachers also refused to accept a book report about the 1979 Chilton Manual for Ford F150 trucks. Hey, at least I read something over Easter break...
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randy
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Just finished Hard Magic. Whoa! Damn! Definitely recommended. And with John Moses Browning (PBUH) as a character, it would almost be sacrilegious for a serious gunny to not read it.
Eagerly awaiting Dead Six (not much of ones for e-ARCs, rather wait for the final published copy. Read too many ARCs when working at a book store that had major changes in the final version).
Larry is quickly moving up the scale as massive time and funds sink compared to David Drake, David Weber Eric Flint and John Ringo.
Speaking of Ringo...
Getting ready to start Live Free or Die, followed by the rest of the series (at least the ones published to date).
Eagerly awaiting Dead Six (not much of ones for e-ARCs, rather wait for the final published copy. Read too many ARCs when working at a book store that had major changes in the final version).
Larry is quickly moving up the scale as massive time and funds sink compared to David Drake, David Weber Eric Flint and John Ringo.
Speaking of Ringo...
Getting ready to start Live Free or Die, followed by the rest of the series (at least the ones published to date).
...even before I read MHI, my response to seeing a poster for the stars of the latest Twilight movies was "I see 2 targets and a collaborator".
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Netpackrat
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Read MH: Alpha last week.... I was gonna save it for this trip I am on now, but I figured I could read the first chapter or so harmlessly enough. Wrong. Didn't eat, didn't sleep, didn't go anywhere or do anything until it was finished.
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Darrell
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After I finished Scalzi's Agent To The Stars (eh, it was okay), I started rereading vol 3 of Shelby Foote's Civil War. I have the Monster Hunter books on order, I'll probably start those when they arrive.
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JAG2955
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Finished MH: Alpha this week, and I'm still working on Hard Magic. Also trying to read Born to Run.
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Dub_James
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Netpackrat wrote:Read MH: Alpha last week.... I was gonna save it for this trip I am on now, but I figured I could read the first chapter or so harmlessly enough. Wrong. Didn't eat, didn't sleep, didn't go anywhere or do anything until it was finished.
Heh, having the same problem at the moment
Oh, the heads that turn
Make my back burn
And those heads that turn
Make my back, make my back burn
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Make my back burn
And those heads that turn
Make my back, make my back burn
-She Sells Sanctuary
The Cult
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Greg
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I remember that one as being a little different... IIRC, nobody dies. In a David Drake book! But I enjoyed it. I know I'm looking forward to Into the Hinterlands.Jered wrote:Patriots by David Drake is also a pretty good read. I just finished it.
Almost the same here, except I just couldn't stay awake. Then I had to go to work... Still have 40+ pages left! Grrrrr.Netpackrat wrote:Read MH: Alpha last week.... I was gonna save it for this trip I am on now, but I figured I could read the first chapter or so harmlessly enough. Wrong. Didn't eat, didn't sleep, didn't go anywhere or do anything until it was finished.
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If you know what you're doing, you're not learning anything. -Unknown
Sanity is the process by which you continually adjust your beliefs so they are predictively sound. -esr