What are you reading?

[Sooner Boomer]

I'm enjoying it so far. Don't know what you mean by being a boson, but I've liked Ringo's novels, so far.

He calls the "wormhole" things "bosons". They can be 20 or more feet across. A boson is a subatomic particle. He was lazy in giving them this name. Calling him a "boson" was meant to be a pun on the word moron. If you can ignore that, and a couple of other things, the series is a pretty good read.

 

[user 13]

Just started H.G Wells The Time Machine.

 

[Antares JS]

"The Dolorous Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ" by Bl. Anne Catherine Emmerich. Based on her visions and contains details not seen in the bible that were used in the movie, "The Passion of the Christ."

 

[user 13]

This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury

 

[OverTheTop]

Just finished Vorpal Blade by John Ringo and Travis Taylor Jr. Starting on Manxome Foe by the same pair.

Not sure about anything on his own (not read any) but I liked the books he did when teamed up with David Weber.

 

[John Kemker]

Not sure about anything on his own (not read any) but I liked the books he did when teamed up with David Weber.

I like John Ringo. Read all the Legacy of the Aldenata series, all of the Into the Looking Glass series and am now reading the Live Free or Die series. Just finished the first one, Live Free or Die and books two and three arrive sometime today before 10pm. (HURRY UP, AMAZON!)

 

[OverTheTop]

I like John Ringo. Read all the Legacy of the Aldenata series, all of the Into the Looking Glass series and am now reading the Live Free or Die series. Just finished the first one, Live Free or Die and books two and three arrive sometime today before 10pm. (HURRY UP, AMAZON!)

Thanks. Might give them a go.

 

[Sooner Boomer]

OK, I confess. I started reading Ringo's "Looking Glass" series. I read the first book then switched and started reading Ian Douglas' "Heritage" trilogy (first book is "Semper Mars"). The action and character interplay in Ringo's books are good, the science is terrible. Douglas's books have action in a similar vein, but are written in a more serious manner. The three trilogies about "Space Marines" ("Heritage", "Legacy", "Inheritance") follow the lives of the descendants of several families deeply involved the the Space Marines, over a couple of hundred years. David Drake is another good author of science fiction/space combat.

 

[lakeroadster]

 

[OverTheTop]

Care package just arrived from Amazon.


This is the latest edition. I will be curious to see what has been added in the intervening 49 years since the earlier edition (1974) that I have.

Now for some bedtime reading...

 

[cwbullet]

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Great book.

I am reading “Nimitz at War”

 

[loopy]

If it Bleeds by Stephen King

 

[RocketGeekInFL]

Ghost Rider - Neal Peart

 

[Antares JS]

"A Cardiologist Examines Jesus" by Dr. Franco Serafini.

The book discusses the medical and forensic examinations done on consecrated hosts that miraculously turned to flesh and blood.

 

[Hobie1dog]

"A Cardiologist Examines Jesus" by Dr. Franco Serafini.

The book discusses the medical and forensic examinations done on consecrated hosts that miraculously turned to flesh and blood.

Who did the examinations? Him or a third party lab?

 

[Antares JS]

Who did the examinations? Him or a third party lab?

I am not very far in the book yet, but I don't think the author did any of the testing himself, nor was he personally involved in it.

Rather, the author researched the incidents, travelled around the world to interview those involved, and translates medical jargon from various cited test results for laymen.

 

[cwbullet]

"Early Native Americans of West Virginia." Who would have thought they were in that mountainous terrain from 10,500 BC to 1700?

 

[Hobie1dog]

"Early Native Americans of West Virginia." Who would have thought they were in that mountainous terrain from 10,500 BC to 1700?

An interesting but sad article on the genocide of the American Indian that we slaughtered almost to extinction, which was our goal all along.
https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/wjdt_665385/2649_665393/202203/t20220302_10647120.html

 

[Antares JS]

https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/wjdt_665385/2649_665393/202203/t20220302_10647120.html

"fmprc.gov.cn"

You know ".cn" means China, right? While I in no way deny that evil things were done to the Native Americans, may I suggest you find a source on it whose motivation is something other than making the United States look as bad as possible while attempting to distract from their own treatment of Uyghurs and Tibetans?

 

[cwbullet]

An interesting but sad article on the genocide of the American Indian that we slaughtered almost to extinction, which was our goal all along.
https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/wjdt_665385/2649_665393/202203/t20220302_10647120.html

Actually, not in this case. This is what I was taught in school also. There was very minimal contact and trade with Native Americans in West Virginia. It has been argued because of a lack of evidence to show combat between Europeans and natives in WV that not a single person was found shot by Europeans.

This book is based on archaeological evidence showing only a few axes and glass beads to show some trade. By 1700 and beyond, the area was fairly unexplored. The few explorers were French, and they reported the villages were empty and in disrepair.

Slaughter? No, but the evidence indicates disease was likely the cause of death. Not smallpox but other communicable diseases that were accidentally passed to the Native Americans.

I am not saying that slaughter did not occur elsewhere, but the is limited evidence in WV. Contact with Native Americans in WV was with tribes outside the area that were support the French and not the native tribes that were long gone.

 

[charles.garnes]

Ghost Rider - Neal Peart

Sad but excellent book.

 

[charles.garnes]

Sad but excellent book

Ghost Rider - Neal Peart

 

[Hobie1dog]

That's one of the few books on my "to Read" list.

 

[anbhtblr]

"The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos" by Jaime Green

 

[Hobie1dog]

Back issue of "Rockets" magazine.

 

[cwbullet]

Back issue of "Rockets" magazine.

Great reads, along with Extreme Rocketry!

 

[Sooner Boomer]

Next up... Just got these in the mail today.

 

[RocketGeekInFL]

"Born To Run" Bruce Springsteen

 

[Sooner Boomer]

Started reading "Band of Brothers" yesterday. Hadn't noticed it was June 6th.

 

[Hobie1dog]

back issue of "Rockets" magazine