Grand unified books thread

[mongers]

The stray cat that moved in recently is already better read than me:

[Maladict]

RIP Jan Morris 

[The Brain]

I just received Wars and Soldiers in the Early Reign Of Louis XIV: Volume 3 - The Armies of the Ottoman Empire 1645-1718, part of Helion's Century of the Soldier series. Sweet. I've been looking for detailed info in English on the Ottoman army of this era for a long time. Hopefully it will be readable, but it looks pretty great. 370 pages, nice illustrations etc.

[jimmy olsen]

Read the first half, absolutely fantastic

[crazy canuck]

You can hear her interviewed here


https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9yc3MuYXJ0MTkuY29tL3RpZGVzLW9mLWhpc3Rvcnk/episode/Z2lkOi8vYXJ0MTktZXBpc29kZS1sb2NhdG9yL1YwL3BZcFlZa29ZUzZrYWRwQVVJdk9xUnV4N1VaUzBaTXZ5VFQ2NFpMcDRWcU0?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwiQ8NC27KLtAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAw&hl=en-CA

[jimmy olsen]

Yes, I've watched several podcasts/videos of her in the last couple of days. She really knows her stuff.

[Tamas]

Was struggling to find a new sci-fi book to read that wasn't just some exhausting pulp about describing shooting wars. Figured I should finally read Foundation.

Well, I like the basic premise. But boy, this book. Did. Not. Age. Well. This male-only world of cigarette smokers dominated by "atomics" tech could not be more early-50s if it tried.  Still, short enough so I'll soldier on.

Is it worth going through the trilogy, though?

[Syt]

First trilogy yes, IMHO.

Check out Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky. But maybe not if you're an arachnophobe. I wrote about it earlier in this thread, but it contains spoilers.

[Tamas]

First trilogy yes, IMHO.

Check out Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky. But maybe not if you're an arachnophobe. I wrote about it earlier in this thread, but it contains spoilers.

Thanks I checked out a Kindle sample of it earlier. Might return to it actually, but yeah reading about giant intelligent spiders is not my idea of fun unfortunately.

[The Brain]

I just received Wars and Soldiers in the Early Reign Of Louis XIV: Volume 3 - The Armies of the Ottoman Empire 1645-1718, part of Helion's Century of the Soldier series. Sweet. I've been looking for detailed info in English on the Ottoman army of this era for a long time. Hopefully it will be readable, but it looks pretty great. 370 pages, nice illustrations etc.

Finished it. Impressions were correct, it contains a lot of interesting info. I'm not an expert on the subject but it seemed OK to me. The English was quirky, but it was much better than the other originally Italian Helion book I complained about (which I had to quit), and it didn't annoy me.

[Gups]

First trilogy yes, IMHO.

Check out Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky. But maybe not if you're an arachnophobe. I wrote about it earlier in this thread, but it contains spoilers.

Fantastic read

[Malthus]

Can anyone recommend a good readable biography of Simon Bolivar?

[Admiral Yi]

I read the Marie Arana book and I thought it was so so.

[Syt]

Are there any recommended books about
- the Soviet War in Afghanistan
- the NATO War in Afghanistan
- (the period between those wars?)
- The 2003 Iraq War and aftermath
?

[Gups]

I read the Marie Arana book and I thought it was so so.

I finished that a month ago and agree - 5/10. Not bad on his personal life but doesn't really set the scene properly and too disjointed.