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Post by Ronv69 on Feb 6, 2021 12:58:20 GMT -5
Finished Rhythm of War last week. Been reading misc short stories and just started the latest Orphan X book, Prodigal Son.
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Post by Plainsman on Feb 6, 2021 15:44:25 GMT -5
Just finished THE FIGHT AT BEECHER ISLAND: A NOVEL, by Dee Brown (author of BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE.) Brown’s fictional account of the stand made by Major Forsyth’s frontier scouts in far NW Kansas in 1868 is based on strictly historical facts. Of course, the dialogue is largely invented but it is seamlessly woven into the historical reality. I’ve visited the battle site, what’s left of it several times and was able to follow the flow of events pretty well. This is a fine read for those are interested in the history of the West. As you would expect, Brown is imminently fair to the Indians. It’s a rousing tale of about a thousand Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapahoe warriors against fifty besieged frontier scouts.
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Post by terrapinflyer on Feb 6, 2021 16:40:56 GMT -5
I might like the Dee Brown. It sounds like what Erik Larsen and Nathaniel Philbrick do.
Also, I didn't know J. K. Rowland did serious fiction.
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Post by Gandalf on Feb 6, 2021 20:07:22 GMT -5
Off The Grid - CJ Box
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Post by taiguy66 on Feb 7, 2021 9:42:55 GMT -5
Every day I catch up on the Briarpatch. Does this count?
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Post by Plainsman on Feb 7, 2021 9:44:44 GMT -5
Every day I catch up on the Briarpatch. Does this count? Let me think. Uh... no. |
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Post by urbino on Feb 7, 2021 14:18:56 GMT -5
Every day I catch up on the Briarpatch. Does this count? Let me think. Uh... no. I say yes. Let's put it to a vote. |
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Post by Plainsman on Feb 7, 2021 14:25:29 GMT -5
I say yes. Let's put it to a vote. OK. But I insist on one of those programmable voting machines. I hear they can be had cheap. |
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Post by urbino on Feb 7, 2021 14:57:57 GMT -5
I say yes. Let's put it to a vote. OK. But I insist on one of those programmable voting machines. I hear they can be had cheap. As a programmer, I can accept this compromise.  |
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Post by Plainsman on Feb 7, 2021 15:26:43 GMT -5
OK. But I insist on one of those programmable voting machines. I hear they can be had cheap. As a programmer, I can accept this compromise. A shady proposition at best. |
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Post by urbino on Feb 7, 2021 15:33:57 GMT -5
As a programmer, I can accept this compromise. A shady proposition at best. Would you prefer an offer you can't refuse? |
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Post by Ronv69 on Feb 7, 2021 15:39:08 GMT -5
A shady proposition at best. Would you prefer an offer you can't refuse? Already have one. |
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Post by Plainsman on Feb 7, 2021 15:54:51 GMT -5
A shady proposition at best. Would you prefer an offer you can't refuse? ’Ain’t no sech critter. |
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Post by instymp on Feb 8, 2021 18:23:36 GMT -5
Reading that one now too. |
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Post by Plainsman on Feb 8, 2021 18:47:27 GMT -5
Just finished Thomas Fleming’s FIRST STROKE: LEXINGTON AND CONCORD. Brief and vivid, Fleming uses the first half of the book to clarify the run-up to the conflict that became the American Revolution. Nothing is invented, the book is the result of copious research, some of it among records and accounts that have never been used before. If you were to want a single book to lead into longer accounts of the Revolutionary war, this might be the one.
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Post by toshtego on Feb 8, 2021 19:48:54 GMT -5
Just finished Thomas Fleming’s FIRST STROKE: LEXINGTON AND CONCORD. Brief and vivid, Fleming uses the first half of the book to clarify the run-up to the conflict that became the American Revolution. Nothing is invented, the book is the result of copious research, some of it among records and accounts that have never been used before. If you were to want a single book to lead into longer accounts of the Revolutionary war, this might be the one. How interesting. I would like to read that. There were two of my mother's family on Bunker Hill. I think of them often. |
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Post by Gandalf on Feb 8, 2021 20:58:26 GMT -5
Just finished Thomas Fleming’s FIRST STROKE: LEXINGTON AND CONCORD. Brief and vivid, Fleming uses the first half of the book to clarify the run-up to the conflict that became the American Revolution. Nothing is invented, the book is the result of copious research, some of it among records and accounts that have never been used before. If you were to want a single book to lead into longer accounts of the Revolutionary war, this might be the one. I'll have to look for that book. Sounds interesting. |
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Post by jcurtis55 on Feb 8, 2021 21:13:20 GMT -5
The Pipes of Basil Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes by Mark Irwin.
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Post by Ronv69 on Feb 8, 2021 21:20:34 GMT -5
Just finished Thomas Fleming’s FIRST STROKE: LEXINGTON AND CONCORD. Brief and vivid, Fleming uses the first half of the book to clarify the run-up to the conflict that became the American Revolution. Nothing is invented, the book is the result of copious research, some of it among records and accounts that have never been used before. If you were to want a single book to lead into longer accounts of the Revolutionary war, this might be the one. I heard that that's all BS. They were actually a bunch of English industrialists who's real purpose was to get enough slaves here to be able to build family pyramids 10 times the size of the Egyptian ones, where only black children would work 22 hours a day harvested cotton and tobacco in the dark. As they grew too large for the cramped space, they were processed into Spam. I have this on the good authority of the New York Times. 😜😎🤠 |
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Post by Plainsman on Feb 8, 2021 21:31:33 GMT -5
Just finished Thomas Fleming’s FIRST STROKE: LEXINGTON AND CONCORD. Brief and vivid, Fleming uses the first half of the book to clarify the run-up to the conflict that became the American Revolution. Nothing is invented, the book is the result of copious research, some of it among records and accounts that have never been used before. If you were to want a single book to lead into longer accounts of the Revolutionary war, this might be the one. I heard that that's all BS. They were actually a bunch of English industrialists who's real purpose was to get enough slaves here to be able to build family pyramids 10 times the size of the Egyptian ones, where only black children would work 22 hours a day harvested cotton and tobacco in the dark. As they grew too large for the cramped space, they were processed into Spam. I have this on the good authority of the New York Times. 😜😎🤠 Bull. Everybody knows they were aliens from Pluto. Oh... wait... NYT? THEY are the real aliens. |
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Post by urbino on Feb 8, 2021 22:14:53 GMT -5
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Post by terrapinflyer on Feb 9, 2021 8:37:26 GMT -5
Not sure where that conversation went. It was clearly Prince Henry and Templar Knights, though.
I grew up near Boston, Lexington, and Conkahd. You can't help but feel something seeing the places and landmarks that featured so prominently in American history.
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Post by taiguy66 on Feb 9, 2021 8:42:32 GMT -5
Morning all. Found some interesting articles on the latest Peterson Pipe Blog. For those of you who may not have their free subscription: petersonpipenotes.org/ |
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Post by toshtego on Feb 18, 2021 13:44:53 GMT -5
The Sands of Mars by Arthur C. Clarke.
His first novel published in the late 1940s.
Fairly fanciful now that we know there is no life on Mars nor much atmospheric pressure.
Still, much holds up and the rest is fun.
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Post by Professor S. on Feb 18, 2021 14:14:27 GMT -5
The Sands of Mars by Arthur C. Clarke. His first novel published in the late 1940s. Fairly fanciful now that we know there is no life on Mars nor much atmospheric pressure. Still, much holds up and the rest is fun. Clarke wrote some great stuff! I read somewhere that his writing has provided more inspiration to NASA scientists than any other source. Just finished C.S. Lewis' "The Great Divorce." It remains one of my favorite books of all time, and one of my top 5 favorites to teach. Next up will be "The Problem of Pain." I'm looking forward to seeing how my high school seniors address this pervasive issue; especially since they have one foot out the door and into the 'real' world of adulthood & personal responsibility. Last night I finished Morley's "The Haunted Bookshop." I felt that I somehow owed it to the author of a book which has inspired one of my now-favorite tobaccos. It was good enough that I bought the .99 Kindle version of his short stories. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Feb 18, 2021 14:33:14 GMT -5
The Sands of Mars by Arthur C. Clarke. His first novel published in the late 1940s. Fairly fanciful now that we know there is no life on Mars nor much atmospheric pressure. Still, much holds up and the rest is fun. Clarke wrote some great stuff! I read somewhere that his writing has provided more inspiration to NASA scientists than any other source. Just finished C.S. Lewis' "The Great Divorce." It remains one of my favorite books of all time, and one of my top 5 favorites to teach. Next up will be "The Problem of Pain." I'm looking forward to seeing how my high school seniors address this pervasive issue; especially since they have one foot out the door and into the 'real' world of adulthood & personal responsibility. Last night I finished Morley's "The Haunted Bookshop." I felt that I somehow owed it to the author of a book which has inspired one of my now-favorite tobaccos. It was good enough that I bought the .99 Kindle version of his short stories. Added the audio books The Great Divorce, Parnassus on Wheels and the Haunted Bookshop to my library. Eyes get tired reading with my cataracts. |
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Post by just ol ed on Feb 18, 2021 15:39:24 GMT -5
taking a break from going thru latest catalogue from Haband. Wifie trying to stay awake awhile finishing up the papers. Suppose can be called reading in a way
Ed Duncan, Batavia, NY
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Post by calabash on Feb 18, 2021 18:59:37 GMT -5
Reading 'Bag Man' by Rachel Maddow. Subject - the legendary Spiro Agnew.
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Post by sperrytops on Feb 18, 2021 19:26:03 GMT -5
Clarke wrote some great stuff! I read somewhere that his writing has provided more inspiration to NASA scientists than any other source. Just finished C.S. Lewis' "The Great Divorce." It remains one of my favorite books of all time, and one of my top 5 favorites to teach. Next up will be "The Problem of Pain." I'm looking forward to seeing how my high school seniors address this pervasive issue; especially since they have one foot out the door and into the 'real' world of adulthood & personal responsibility. Last night I finished Morley's "The Haunted Bookshop." I felt that I somehow owed it to the author of a book which has inspired one of my now-favorite tobaccos. It was good enough that I bought the .99 Kindle version of his short stories. Added the audio books The Great Divorce, Parnassus on Wheels and the Haunted Bookshop to my library. Eyes get tired reading with my cataracts. Just had cataract surgery last summer. On both eyes. They did lens implants at the same time and it did wonders for my vision. You should explore. |
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Post by sperrytops on Feb 18, 2021 19:27:22 GMT -5
Giorgio's secret is that he is the alien from Mars. |
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