Grand unified books thread

[Savonarola]

Reading Procopius's History of the Wars.  It is the single most awesome book in the entire history of awesome.

[Malthus]

Reading Procopius's History of the Wars.  It is the single most awesome book in the entire history of awesome.

I'd have thought you'd have preferred his Secret History.

For one, it's reminiscent of the doings of your beloved Detroit politicians. 

[Savonarola]

Reading Procopius's History of the Wars.  It is the single most awesome book in the entire history of awesome.

I'd have thought you'd have preferred his Secret History.

For one, it's reminiscent of the doings of your beloved Detroit politicians. 

That's next on the list.   

[The Brain]

I got a question:

Can anyone recommend some good and reasonably modern Fantasy and/or Military SF? I am currently reading the Song of Ice and Fire books, one of the few things in these genres that I've read that's written after 1985.

[Sheilbh]

DeLillo's Underworld

I really enjoyed that novel.

[Admiral Yi]

Picked up The Good Soldier Svejk and The Candy Bombers, about the Berlin airlift.  After which I ate A GODDAMN CHICKEN SANDWICH.

Fun fact from The Candy Bombers: in July 45 92% of infants born in Berlin hospitals did not live past 10 days.  Couple ways to parse that I suppose.  Infanticide by rape victims?  Only problem births took place in hospitals?

[Alatriste]

Picked up The Good Soldier Svejk and The Candy Bombers, about the Berlin airlift.  After which I ate A GODDAMN CHICKEN SANDWICH.

Fun fact from The Candy Bombers: in July 45 92% of infants born in Berlin hospitals did not live past 10 days.  Couple ways to parse that I suppose.  Infanticide by rape victims?  Only problem births took place in hospitals?

I hate to tell you the truth, but the story about the Fuhrer ordering women to give birth in nine weeks is a myth. A baby born in July 45 was conceived in October 44...

[Admiral Yi]

I hate to tell you the truth, but the story about the Fuhrer ordering women to give birth in nine weeks is a myth. A baby born in July 45 was conceived in October 44...

THAT GODDAMN SANDWICH MADE ME A RETARD.

[Ed Anger]

The sandwich is a lie.

[Admiral Yi]

Another fun fact from Candy Bombers: UN says a working male needs 2,650 calories a day.  During the Great Depression Americans consumed an average of 3,260 calories a day.

[Ed Anger]

Another fun fact from Candy Bombers: UN says a working male needs 2,650 calories a day.  During the Great Depression Americans consumed an average of 3,260 calories a day.

Piggish americans. 

Another useless trivia bit. American Gedunk vessels could produce 5,000 gallons of ice cream an hour during WWII.

[BuddhaRhubarb]

I got a question:

Can anyone recommend some good and reasonably modern Fantasy and/or Military SF? I am currently reading the Song of Ice and Fire books, one of the few things in these genres that I've read that's written after 1985.

John Scalzi's "Old Man's War" and it's sequels. fast reading galaxy spanning SF with a touch more than a hint of SS Troopers era Heinlein.

[Sheilbh]

Another fun fact from Candy Bombers: UN says a working male needs 2,650 calories a day.  During the Great Depression Americans consumed an average of 3,260 calories a day.

During the war the ration for a man was around 3000 a day, I thought that was the UN recommendation too

[Queequeg]

The Magus.  I love it, but making very slow progress. 

[Cecil]

Another fun fact from Candy Bombers: UN says a working male needs 2,650 calories a day.  During the Great Depression Americans consumed an average of 3,260 calories a day.

During the war the ration for a man was around 3000 a day, I thought that was the UN recommendation too

During the depression and the war I think most ppl didnt spend all day long sitting on their fat asses. . Work is a lot more sedentary today.