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Offline StarSlayer

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The HLP Book Club, 2015 Edition
on: January 08, 2012, 07:52:16 pm
Six Frigates by Ian W. Toll covers the founding of the US Navy

Shattered Sword by Jonathan Parshall and Anthony Tully covers the destruction of Kido Butai at Midway.

Much to my mirth as the previous chapter ended with Wade McClusky and Richard Best preparing to nose there units' SBDs over into their attack runs when the next chapter opens with the following:
"We pardon our readers for having turned the previous page with the understandable expectation of finding Dauntlesses hurtling downward from the heavens, only to discover that a brief but necessary piece of business remains before we get to the 'exiting part.'  Before relating the particulars of the American dive-bomber attack, a final, crucial question must be answered.  Namely; what exactly was occurring on the Japanese flight decks at this moment?"
« Last Edit: April 14, 2015, 02:22:37 pm by StarSlayer »
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Offline jg18

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Re: What Literature Be Ya Absorbed In? © 2012
Reply #1 on: January 08, 2012, 09:12:36 pm
Programming in Scala by Martin Odersky et al. covers, well, how to program in Scala.

StarSlayer, if you renamed the thread to, say, "Whatcha Readin'? © 2012" or something similar, it'd match up better with its sibling thread... just saying. ;)
 

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Re: What Literature Be Ya Absorbed In? © 2012
Reply #2 on: January 08, 2012, 09:27:52 pm
:yes: Shattered Sword.

Recently finished The First Team by John Lundstrum about US carrier fighter squadrons in the Pacific from before the war to Midway. Useful information (Lexington actually went to war with Brewster Buffalos? :wtf:) but lacking in presentation skill and analysis. Kind of reluctant to read the Guadalcanal edition now.
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Re: What Literature Be Ya Absorbed In? © 2012
Reply #3 on: January 08, 2012, 10:28:17 pm
With Fire and Sword by Henryk Sienkiewicz, a.k.a. Lots of Guys' Names End In -ski.
Not quite absorbed in it, but enjoying it well enough.
 

Offline Dilmah G

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Re: What Literature Be Ya Absorbed In? © 2012
Reply #4 on: January 09, 2012, 01:36:44 am
Have put down The Iliad and The Odyssey, I think it's time to pick them up again. Was pretty into them but leaving for a holiday messed up my whole reading routine and their brilliant binding makes me reluctant to bring them on the bus and so forth.
 

Offline Jeff Vader

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Re: What Literature Be Ya Absorbed In? © 2012
Reply #5 on: January 09, 2012, 01:47:18 am
George R.R. Martin. Currently reading A Feast for Crows.
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14:08 < achillion > the level of discourse has really plummeted
14:08 < achillion > Let's talk about politics instead
14:08 <@The_E > butts and dongs are part of #hard-light's brand now
14:08 <@The_E > well
14:08 <@The_E > EvilBagel's brand, at least

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01:07 < achillion > penis infection?
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01:09 < achillion > I guess that happens
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Offline Colonol Dekker

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Re: What Literature Be Ya Absorbed In? © 2012
Reply #6 on: January 09, 2012, 02:04:14 am
This year, World War Z, and started re-reading Cell (by stephen king) again today. I think i'll be finishing Moby Dick after that.
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Re: What Literature Be Ya Absorbed In? © 2012
Reply #7 on: January 09, 2012, 02:11:00 am
I have a massive pile of books waiting for me, but it's been ages since I've picked one up.  Damn Internets and gaming seem to chew up all my leisure time.
 

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Re: What Literature Be Ya Absorbed In? © 2012
Reply #8 on: January 09, 2012, 02:15:05 am
I've been biting away at the Bourne series (as in, past the original three)
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Re: What Literature Be Ya Absorbed In? © 2012
Reply #9 on: January 09, 2012, 03:44:54 am
Extinction:  How Life on Earth Nearly Ended 250 Million Years Ago by Douglas H. Erwin

Moderately dense, but extremely fascinating. :)
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Slowly we crawl in the dark.
Swallowed by the seductive night.
 

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Re: What Literature Be Ya Absorbed In? © 2012
Reply #10 on: January 09, 2012, 10:59:43 am
Judas Unchained by Peter F. Hamilton. I've already finished reading the first book Pandora. Interesting take on the future IMO.
 

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Re: What Literature Be Ya Absorbed In? © 2012
Reply #11 on: January 09, 2012, 12:37:40 pm
Jack McDevitt's "Academy" series (not really a real name for the series itself)
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Re: What Literature Be Ya Absorbed In? © 2012
Reply #12 on: January 09, 2012, 12:52:00 pm
Anathem, REAMDE and Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson.
Rule 34 by Charles Stross
OpenGL Programming Guide, 7th Edition by Dave Shreiner and Khronos ARB.
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I came from chasing dreams to feel alone
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Offline Firstdragon34

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Re: What Literature Be Ya Absorbed In? © 2012
Reply #13 on: January 09, 2012, 02:43:52 pm
Inheiritance by Christopher Paolini

The last book of the Eragon series, very good book with 800 pages of epicness.  :p
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Re: What Literature Be Ya Absorbed In? © 2012
Reply #14 on: January 09, 2012, 04:07:33 pm
Nigel Tranter's "Macbeth: The King"

My dad's recommendation - "A well researched and written foil to that utter travesty that is Shakespearean Macbeth". So far, he's right.
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Offline Mars

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Re: What Literature Be Ya Absorbed In? © 2012
Reply #15 on: January 09, 2012, 05:05:55 pm
Just finished American Gods by Neil Gaiman and The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins, currently reading 42 Fallacies by Michael LaBossiere, The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. Fates Worse Than Death by Kurt Vonnrgut is next on my list.
 

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Re: What Literature Be Ya Absorbed In? © 2012
Reply #16 on: January 10, 2012, 01:13:21 am
The Lord of the Rings.

Reading it much more attentively then I did last time 'round. And the Lord of the Rings should be read attentively...
 

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Re: What Literature Be Ya Absorbed In? © 2012
Reply #17 on: January 10, 2012, 01:52:44 am
Quote from: Mars on January 09, 2012, 05:05:55 pm
The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins
That's going to be my next read.
 

Offline Mars

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Re: What Literature Be Ya Absorbed In? © 2012
Reply #18 on: January 10, 2012, 08:22:43 am
Quote from: ssmit132 on January 10, 2012, 01:52:44 am
Quote from: Mars on January 09, 2012, 05:05:55 pm
The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins
That's going to be my next read.

It's actually a great book; his asides and rabbit trails are perhaps the most entertaining and educational part of it all, but the thesis of the book is not occluded in the least by them.

I had never thought about how oddly put together an eye is, until I read this book.
 

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Re: What Literature Be Ya Absorbed In? © 2012
Reply #19 on: January 10, 2012, 08:59:27 am
Right now I'm reading this one: Camino a Jerusalén - Trilogía de las cruzadas I by Jan Guillou
A week back I was reading: Más allá del bien y del mal by Nietzsche, but got tired and dropped it for a while until I regain interest.
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