OT: From the Bookshelf

[gunug]

I just was thinking of bringing this up again:

http://www.techsurvivors.net/forums/index....=11522&st=0

But Kimmer's previous one had gotten up to 5 pages and I kind of thought that was getting a little long to scroll through!  I printed it to a PDF for my futher reference.

Right now I'm reading 1634: The Ram Rebellion by Eric Flint & Virginia DeMarce.  This is another in a series called The Ring of Fire which follows the alternative history of a small town in West Virginia that is picked up and placed into the Holy Roman Empire of 1631.  The people themselves are just normal people and they bring off the equivalent of an American Revolution in the middle of the Thirty Years War; fun stuff!  There is a homepage for this series:

http://www.1632.org/

[Shades of Gray]

I am reading the series from Conrad Allen (pseudonymn for Edward Marston), set in the early 20th century. It involves George Dillman and Genevieve Masefiled, who serve as detectives on board the latest cruise ships.

Murder on the Lusitania
Murder on the Mauretania
Murder on the Minnesota
Murder on the Caronia
Murder on the Marmora
Murder on the Salsette
Murder on the Oceanic

Good plots, character development, and no off-color scenes or profanity.

Delight to read, as a pleasant diversion from theology and programming books.

[kimmer]

QUOTE(gunug @ Sep 9 2006, 07:14 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I just was thinking of bringing this up again:

http://www.techsurvivors.net/forums/index....=11522&st=0

But Kimmer's previous one had gotten up to 5 pages and I kind of thought that was getting a little long to scroll through!  I printed it to a PDF for my futher reference.

Oh golly - that thread (Jan-Aug) was almost a birth. ROFL!!!! How did you print the entire thread to a PDF? All I've ever been able to accomplish is page by page?

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Right now I'm reading 1634: The Ram Rebellion

I'm going to point Sneakers to this book and site. Thanks.

I'm reading "Memorial Day" from Vince Flynn. Probably not the best choice since we are rolling into the anniversary of 9/11/01. It's a good read as always.

I got a FREE intro to Flynn's newest book (not yet published). It was a special offer of the first 8 chapters for folks who are members of his board. Whee!

Oh, I also did some stocking up. Amazon had this great deal (I think it's still going) of buy 4, pay for 3 -- so I bought some books.

Thanks for starting fresh, gnung!

[gunug]

I've not ever read any of the Vince Flynn books but you've renewed my desire to do so!  

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How did you print the entire thread to a PDF? All I've ever been able to accomplish is page by page?

Well, I wasn't meaning to imply I did it all in one page; although is there an option to decide how many things are on a page?

[kimmer]

Thanks for the printing tip. I'd not thought of adjusting items on a page. DUH!

I finished "Memorial Day" from Vince Flynn. I'm not sure reading it over the anniversary of 9/11 was wise. I had 3 restless nights sleep. It certainly was an interesting book -- especially in light of 9/11 and what has taken place since then.

I'm now reading a Baldacci. I tried 2 other books, but they didn't grab my attention so I put them back on my shelf until later.

Has anyone read anything by PT Deutermann? He was recommended to me by someone else - but their taste in books is "iffy".

[jcarter]

I know these are really old, but whilst away on vacation, I read some of Nevil Shute's books.  They are nice.
River of Lakes: A Journey on Florida's St. Johns River by Bill Belleville is the one Im reading now, another good one.  Thinking of going there sometime this winter.
Jane

[gunug]

Nevil Shute Norway (who knew his real last name was that?) was read by probably hundreds of thousands of school kids of a certain age (40-50 now).  His book "On the Beach", which kind of scared me more than a little, was probably his best known work.  I've also read "A Town Like Alice" which was really good; and in reading the Wiki about him I kind of want to find a copy of "Round the Bend" which almost sounds something like "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintainance" or something Saul Bellow would've written!

I've one read P. T. Deutermann which was "The Edge of Honor" and while it was a year or two ago I think I remember thinking it was pretty good although it bit bloody (it was about a Vietnam War vet).  My father recommended it to me as I recall!

I put down a book I got at a garage sale and started reading Kevin Anderson's "Of Fire and Night" which the fifth in his Saga of Seven Suns.  This is a very spreadout sort of Space Opera which is about humanity being in the middle of an age old struggle between elemental beings (creatures of earth, water, and fire) and other races.  It's kind of a more personal style than something like the Foundation Trilogy and I have read each one as quickly as it's come out (this was published in 2006).

[jcarter]

The reason that our family has all the books that Nevil Shute Norway ever wrote, (yes, I did know), was that my aunt was absolutly obsessed with him and his books.
And there is a group of rich retired people here on Cape Cod who fly to all ends of the earth for the "meetings" of his fans.
They went to London and Sydney recently.  They invited me to join, but they are a bit out of my league, to say the least.  And all of them are pilots, and alas, I never learned to fly a plane.
Jane

quick edit/add
I just bought "Pay it Forward", off Amazon, after reading about it on Bernie's thread.

[sandyman]

Well. I got through Phillip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" Trilogy. It did take some time   .

I'm now giving Umberto Eco's "Foucaults Pendulum" a go. It took me ages to get through "The Name of the Rose", but I'm prepared to give this one a go on the strength of that book.