Grand unified books thread

[celedhring]

Just started reading the collected short stories of Richard Matheson. When I was a teenager and still couldn't read English only his two most famous novels were published in Spanish (The Incredible Shrinking Man and I am Legend), so this will settle and old account.

Strangely, I'm finding the ones that were turned into Twilight Zone episodes to be the weakest, but that's probably because I have seen those countless of times.

[Maladict]

I really recommend Pursuit of Glory. It's really impressive that Tim Blanning managed to write a survey history that was that interesting and didn't seem too superficial.

While I agree it's a very good book, I found it a terrible slog to read.

[Syt]

I really recommend Pursuit of Glory. It's really impressive that Tim Blanning managed to write a survey history that was that interesting and didn't seem too superficial.

While I agree it's a very good book, I found it a terrible slog to read.

I don't know. Because of the wide range of topics and anecdotes he covered I found it was an absolute breeze to read.

[Maladict]

I really recommend Pursuit of Glory. It's really impressive that Tim Blanning managed to write a survey history that was that interesting and didn't seem too superficial.

While I agree it's a very good book, I found it a terrible slog to read.

I don't know. Because of the wide range of topics and anecdotes he covered I found it was an absolute breeze to read.

Yeah, I'm not sure why I had such issues with it. It seemed a fine enough book.
To be re-read, perhaps.

[Maladict]

The Rings of Saturn by W G Sebald.
Liking this a lot. A walk in East Anglia prompts diverse reflections and additional narrators that blend together. Good stuff.

[Syt]

Saw this at my bookstore today:

[Admiral Yi]

 

[Valmy]

I think Shakespeare would have done it better.

[The Brain]

Son I am discontent.

[The Brain]

I recently got a new delivery, including the following.

Evans and Peattie, Kaigun: Strategy, Tactics and Technology in the IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY 1887-1941.

Peattie, Sunburst: The Rise of Japanese Naval Air Power, 1909-1941.

[Norgy]

What an eclectic selection.

[CountDeMoney]

What an eclectic selection.

No shit.  Everybody knows Empire Strikes Back is much more Shakespearean-appropriate material.

[Syt]

They did The Empire Striketh Back as well.

I picked up Dante's Divine Comedy, though. I was looking for an edition that had its annotations as footnotes, and finally found one.

[Maladict]

I picked up Dante's Divine Comedy, though. I was looking for an edition that had its annotations as footnotes, and finally found one.

Which one did you get?

[The Brain]

I picked up Dante's Divine Comedy, though. I was looking for an edition that had its annotations as footnotes, and finally found one.

Which one did you get?

The Star Wars one.