Grand unified books thread

[mongers]

I finished The Song of Roland.  I was surprised how short it is.

Synthesizers.

Yeah a good one. 

[Ed Anger]

Red Storm Rising. Pootie poot put me in the mood.

[KRonn]

I've read Killing Lincoln, Killing Kennedy and Killing Jesus. All good books and written from the historical perspective, as in KJ it wasn't about religion so much as it was the history of it. Next will be Killing Patton which is another best seller.

[Valmy]

I've read Killing Lincoln, Killing Kennedy and Killing Jesus. All good books and written from the historical perspective, as in KJ it wasn't about religion so much as it was the history of it. Next will be Killing Patton which is another best seller.

Should I be worried Bill O'Reilly is so interested in how one kills prominent people?

I saw the Killing Patton book and thought that was odd.  Patton died in a car accident.

[Malthus]

I've read Killing Lincoln, Killing Kennedy and Killing Jesus. All good books and written from the historical perspective, as in KJ it wasn't about religion so much as it was the history of it. Next will be Killing Patton which is another best seller.

Should I be worried Bill O'Reilly is so interested in how one kills prominent people?

I saw the Killing Patton book and thought that was odd.  Patton died in a car accident.

Perhaps it will be about wearing one's seat belt. 

[Habbaku]

I've read Killing Lincoln, Killing Kennedy and Killing Jesus. All good books and written from the historical perspective, as in KJ it wasn't about religion so much as it was the history of it. Next will be Killing Patton which is another best seller.

[KRonn]

There's some good history in these books, and from what I've heard about Patton there are some ideas/speculation on how Patton was actually killed, part of the back story of the Soviet-Western Allied relationships at that point after the war.

[Habbaku]

No, there really isn't good history in those books.  They have been pretty well savaged by actual historians.

[KRonn]

I've found interesting stuff, like the end of the Civil War and the lead up to Lincoln's assassination. The people and groups that Booth was part of. Same with Kennedy, some behind the scenes stuff and a lot about Oswald's background and such. But these books aren't heavy on the overall history so I may have said that wrong. More like good but limited historical info pertinent to the killers and their target.

[crazy canuck]

I have now read up to Far Side of the World.  The only thing that book has in common with the movie is that the movie has characters named Aubrey and Maturin and they are on a ship called Surprise.

[Barrister]

I have now read up to Far Side of the World.  The only thing that book has in common with the movie is that the movie has characters named Aubrey and Maturin and they are on a ship called Surprise.

The movie took elements, plot lines, and lines of dialog from several of the Aubrey/Maturin books, not just Far Side of the World.

They're still one of my all-time favourite book series, and the movie is still a favourite of mine, but they are to be enjoyed on their own merits, and not in comparison to each other.

[crazy canuck]

I have now read up to Far Side of the World.  The only thing that book has in common with the movie is that the movie has characters named Aubrey and Maturin and they are on a ship called Surprise.

The movie took elements, plot lines, and lines of dialog from several of the Aubrey/Maturin books, not just Far Side of the World.

Ok, its just too bad they didn't take the plot lines and dialog from that particular book.

[Admiral Yi]

They really should have shot Master and Commander, leaving out the Gibraltar part.  Not a bad scene or slow moment in Master and Commander.

[CountDeMoney]

They really should have shot Master and Commander, leaving out the Gibraltar part.

[crazy canuck]

They really should have shot Master and Commander, leaving out the Gibraltar part.  Not a bad scene or slow moment in Master and Commander.

I agree.