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Post by Gandalf on Dec 14, 2022 21:44:53 GMT -5
"The Girl in the Spider's Web" - it's the 4th book in the Millennium series (AKA "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" series), but the original author died before any of the first 3 books were published, if I remember correctly.
This book was written by David Lagercrantz - who is continuing the series.
Hope he does a good job of it. I've just started it, so it's too soon to tell.
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Post by urbino on Dec 14, 2022 23:37:07 GMT -5
I'll be interested to hear what you think, Monty. I enjoyed the first 3, but I've been suspicious of the follow-ups.
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Post by Plainsman on Dec 16, 2022 22:07:35 GMT -5
Peter Matthiessen, SHADOW COUNTRY. The Florida frontier of the SW coast and the Everglades at the end of the 19thC and the beginning of the 20th. Concentrates on the mystery of Edgar J. Watson, farmer and “desperado.” Watson was real, but the book veers into Capote-like novelistic treatment. Long and detailed but has no trouble keeping my interest.
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 16, 2022 22:27:08 GMT -5
The Strangler Vine turned out to be a lot better than I expected. Didn't cast the East India Company in a very good light.
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Post by urbino on Dec 16, 2022 23:50:05 GMT -5
Peter Matthiessen, SHADOW COUNTRY. The Florida frontier of the SW coast and the Everglades at the end of the 19thC and the beginning of the 20th. Concentrates on the mystery of Edgar J. Watson, farmer and “desperado.” Watson was real, but the book veers into Capote-like novelistic treatment. Long and detailed but has no trouble keeping my interest. I read that one many moons ago. Enjoyed it, but I can't say I remember much of the story. |
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Post by toshtego on Dec 17, 2022 2:32:39 GMT -5
The Strangler Vine turned out to be a lot better than I expected. Didn't cast the East India Company in a very good light. The early Richard Sharpe novels set in India by Bernard Cornwell also do not depict the East India Company in the best light. Is this book related to Thugee? The cult of stranglers. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 17, 2022 10:40:52 GMT -5
The Strangler Vine turned out to be a lot better than I expected. Didn't cast the East India Company in a very good light. The early Richard Sharpe novels set in India by Bernard Cornwell also do not depict the East India Company in the best light. Is this book related to Thugee? The cult of stranglers. They are the center of the plot. As in being a fictional creation of the Company. |
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Post by Zach on Dec 17, 2022 11:37:02 GMT -5
"The Girl in the Spider's Web" - it's the 4th book in the Millennium series (AKA "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" series), but the original author died before any of the first 3 books were published, if I remember correctly. This book was written by David Lagercrantz - who is continuing the series. Hope he does a good job of it. I've just started it, so it's too soon to tell. I read the first three books but don't recall at least, reading that fourth one. |
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Post by Plainsman on Dec 18, 2022 19:55:09 GMT -5
Took a break from SHADOW LAND, which, at Book 3, was become bit tedious and read THE WANDERINGS OF AN ELEPHANT HUNTER, by Walter Dalrymple Maitland “Karamojo” Bell. Wonderful book! So full of detail and exactitude— even to weaponry— that I consumed it in one sitting.
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 19, 2022 17:08:20 GMT -5
Took a break from SHADOW LAND, which, at Book 3, was become bit tedious and read THE WANDERINGS OF AN ELEPHANT HUNTER, by Walter Dalrymple Maitland “Karamojo” Bell. Wonderful book! So full of detail and exactitude— even to weaponry— that I consumed it in one sitting. I've had that on my shelf for years. Time to read it again. |
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Post by Plainsman on Dec 19, 2022 17:40:56 GMT -5
Shooting an elephant scores a couple of places above “Get a crushed ice enema” on my DO-NOT-DO list. But being moderately sensible I try not to judge our forebears by our own standards. Bell writes about pre-world-war-1 Africa. A whole different world, for sure. Reading Bell you will think he is on an entirely different planet. He was.
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 19, 2022 18:03:00 GMT -5
Shooting an elephant scores a couple of places above “Get a crushed ice enema” on my DO-NOT-DO list. But being moderately sensible I try not to judge our forebears by our own standards. Bell writes about pre-world-war-1 Africa. A whole different world, for sure. Reading Bell you will think he is on an entirely different planet. He was. Yep. I love reading about it, but I would never think about doing it unless it was I was in my house! My friend has every kind of antelope in his house from dik-dik to waterbuck and a giraffe, bunches of deer, birds, etc. If I shot a Cape Buffalo he would be jealous. But I'm past that. Doesn't make Horn the of the Hunter any less of a read. The likes of Frederick Selous will not likely be seen again. |
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Post by instymp on Dec 19, 2022 18:12:20 GMT -5
Peter Matthiessen, SHADOW COUNTRY. The Florida frontier of the SW coast and the Everglades at the end of the 19thC and the beginning of the 20th. Concentrates on the mystery of Edgar J. Watson, farmer and “desperado.” Watson was real, but the book veers into Capote-like novelistic treatment. Long and detailed but has no trouble keeping my interest. Bought it today, like FL old stuff. Actually, love it. |
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Post by Plainsman on Dec 19, 2022 18:39:09 GMT -5
Shooting an elephant scores a couple of places above “Get a crushed ice enema” on my DO-NOT-DO list. But being moderately sensible I try not to judge our forebears by our own standards. Bell writes about pre-world-war-1 Africa. A whole different world, for sure. Reading Bell you will think he is on an entirely different planet. He was. Yep. I love reading about it, but I would never think about doing it unless it was I was in my house! My friend has every kind of antelope in his house from dik-dik to waterbuck and a giraffe, bunches of deer, birds, etc. If I shot a Cape Buffalo he would be jealous. But I'm past that. Doesn't make Horn the of the Hunter any less of a read. The likes of Frederick Selous will not likely be seen again. Did you say you knew about HUNTER, by John A. Hunter? Another classic of early 20thC African hunting. This is the book that convinced me, at 12, that I wanted to be a PH— until I learned that I had well and truly missed the boat. Then there’s Alexander Lake KILLERS IN AFRICA. (Altho sometimes I think Lake may be painting with a broad fable-brush.) |
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 19, 2022 22:25:19 GMT -5
Yep. I love reading about it, but I would never think about doing it unless it was I was in my house! My friend has every kind of antelope in his house from dik-dik to waterbuck and a giraffe, bunches of deer, birds, etc. If I shot a Cape Buffalo he would be jealous. But I'm past that. Doesn't make Horn the of the Hunter any less of a read. The likes of Frederick Selous will not likely be seen again. Did you say you knew about HUNTER, by John A. Hunter? Another classic of early 20thC African hunting. This is the book that convinced me, at 12, that I wanted to be a PH— until I learned that I had well and truly missed the boat. Then there’s Alexander Lake KILLERS IN AFRICA. (Altho sometimes I think Lake may be painting with a broad fable-brush.) I have a whole shelf of African hunting adventures, but you named 2 that I don't have. I was referring to The Horn of the Hunter by Robert Roark. |
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Post by toshtego on Dec 22, 2022 11:46:55 GMT -5
Reading Laurence Gonzales 2004 book Deep Survival, Who Survives, Who Does and Why.
The science and philosophy of surviving circumstances beyond our experience.
Excellent read. Has anyone else been through it?
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 22, 2022 12:24:44 GMT -5
Reading Laurence Gonzales 2004 book Deep Survival, Who Survives, Who Does and Why. The science and philosophy of surviving circumstances beyond our experience. Excellent read. Has anyone else been through it? I don't worry about survival anymore. If something bad happens I'll just roll with it. |
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Post by toshtego on Dec 22, 2022 13:05:43 GMT -5
Reading Laurence Gonzales 2004 book Deep Survival, Who Survives, Who Does and Why. The science and philosophy of surviving circumstances beyond our experience. Excellent read. Has anyone else been through it? I don't worry about survival anymore. If something bad happens I'll just roll with it. The book is way more than that. The principals detailed apply in the regular course of life. They are simply highlighted when the airplane crashes, the boat sinks, or leg breaks while in the mountains. BTW, your attitude is exactly what defines a survivor, in case you wondered. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 22, 2022 14:53:20 GMT -5
I don't worry about survival anymore. If something bad happens I'll just roll with it. The book is way more than that. The principals detailed apply in the regular course of life. They are simply highlighted when the airplane crashes, the boat sinks, or leg breaks while in the mountains. BTW, your attitude is exactly what defines a survivor, in case you wondered. My attitude used to be that I would do whatever necessary to survive. Now I will just die. It's just not worth the trouble. 😉 |
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Post by toshtego on Dec 22, 2022 23:34:07 GMT -5
The book is way more than that. The principals detailed apply in the regular course of life. They are simply highlighted when the airplane crashes, the boat sinks, or leg breaks while in the mountains. BTW, your attitude is exactly what defines a survivor, in case you wondered. My attitude used to be that I would do whatever necessary to survive. Now I will just die. It's just not worth the trouble. 😉 Clearly, that is not the Survivor Attitude!  |
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 25, 2022 21:25:27 GMT -5
Guess:  |
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Post by trailboss on Dec 25, 2022 21:31:09 GMT -5
Guess: when he has to engage in cat herding? |
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 25, 2022 21:35:02 GMT -5
Guess: when he has to engage in cat herding? Nope. |
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Post by toshtego on Dec 26, 2022 9:18:47 GMT -5
I was thinking Dorian Grey.
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Post by Plainsman on Dec 26, 2022 11:07:53 GMT -5
Just finished THE ASSASSINATION OF JULIUS CAESAR: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF ANCIENT ROME, by Michael Parenti. An iconoclastic take on traditional views of the historical record. Parenti is well to the left of Gibbon et al and provides a “new look” at so-called Roman mobs and the desires of the proletariat for reform. Anyone interested in the complex history of the end of the Roman republic and the rise of emperors should give it a look.
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 26, 2022 11:10:11 GMT -5
I was thinking Dorian Grey. Bingo! 😁 |
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 26, 2022 11:12:04 GMT -5
Just finished THE ASSASSINATION OF JULIUS CAESAR: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF ANCIENT ROME, by Michael Parenti. An iconoclastic take on traditional views of the historical record. Parenti is well to the left of Gibbon et al and provides a “new look” at so-called Roman mobs and the desires of the proletariat for reform. Anyone interested in the complex history of the end of the Roman republic and the rise of emperors should give it a look. We're in a living reinactment right now. |
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Post by Plainsman on Dec 26, 2022 11:38:09 GMT -5
Parenti nudges the reader in that direction several times.
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Post by trailboss on Dec 28, 2022 23:27:40 GMT -5
I was thinking Dorian Grey. Bingo! 😁 iIn a sense, My brother lived that life, been paying the piper for it for at least 20 years. |
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Post by terrapinflyer on Dec 30, 2022 14:02:41 GMT -5
Still deep in cults 'n' conspiracies. Just finished Tea Krulos' American Madness, 2020. About Robert McCaslin, aka the Phantom Patriot.
Starting Dark Persusion: A History of Brainwashing from Pavlov to Social Media, 2021. What it says on the tin.
I continue to struggle with Cathy O'Brien's Trance Formation of America, 1995. Ostensibly it's a memoir of her life in "Project Monarch" which she claims was a part of MK Ultra. Difficult reading for a sexual abuse survivor, but hard to discern her real experience from paranoid fever dream. I have zero doubt she's an abuse victim, but her claims make Pizzagate seem plausible in comparison.
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