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| Topics | | messages | Last message | | | 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : OldSarge's reading for 2009 | | 75 | GeorgiaDawn, Sunday 4:31pm |  |
| 50 Book Challenge : Post-Grad School Enlightenment () | | 14 | calwakeel, November 12 | |
| Literary Snobs : What are you reading NOW? October, 2009 | | 139 | kswolff, October 30 | |
| Science Fiction Fans : What Every Science Fiction Fan Should Read (?) | | 61 | StormRaven, October 14 | |
| History: On learning from and writing history : Reality in Iraq | | 14 | Urquhart, October 7 | |
| I'll Read Yours if You'll Read Mine : inkspot and pahoota's challenge | | 7 | inkspot, October 5 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : AlcottAcre's 2009 Reads, Take 9 | | 295 | alcottacre, October 2 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What Are You Reading the Week of September 5, 2009? | | 255 | AnneH, September 15 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What Are You Reading the Week of August 29, 2009? | | 247 | teelgee, September 5 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : tokyoadam1 - | | 33 | tokyoadam, September 4 | |
| The Green Dragon : Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Horror - Word Association Thread - Part II | | 362 | Emily1, August 7 | |
| Literary Snobs : Can someone write too well? | | 60 | semckibbin, June 20 | |
| Book talk : Books That Furthered A Soldier's Education | | 3 | ProgressiveBookClub, June 17 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : petermc - 75(?) for 2009 | | 310 | petermc, May 1 | |
| The Prizes : National Book Critics Circle Award | | 42 | rebeccanyc, March 20 | |
| 999 Challenge : seanelavelle's 999 Challenege | | 27 | seanelavelle, February 11 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : Bartleby-face | | 3 | billiejean, February 9 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today?--November 2008 | | 265 | jdthloue, November 2008 | |
... of World War 2 is probably not in the best taste. Equivalent to the re-make of Beverly Hills 90210 during the War on Terror ... still, it's art. Great Art is beyond time and place and the author's own dislike for it. In his later years, Tolstoy rejected his early works like War ... ... Commander's War in Iraq
The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008
The Forever War I have read and Dexter Filkins is right on with his reporting.
House to House: An Epic Memoir of War is about the retaking of Fallujah and as ... ... The Handmaid's Tale by the same author, and he liked The Robber Bride just as much.
Pahoota challenged me to read The Forever War by Joe Haldeman - a hard sci fi novel. Although I'm a sci fi fan, I avoid hard sci fi, because I'm more interested in the characters, story, and ideas, ... Sometimes one book suggests another. Starship Troopers is an excellent read, but comparing it to The Forever War makes both even better, especially if you know a bit about the author. Many Happy Birthdays Teelgee!!!
Finished The Forever War by Dexter Filkins. Well written but hard to read if you know what I mean. I think all the action depicted happened before the surge. Cold comfort. The comparisons to Michael Herr's Dispatches are apt.
Started The Bridge ... ... in Chief BY James M. McPherson
67.*AMERICAN LION: Andrew Jackson in the White House by Jon Meacham
68.*THE FOREVER WAR by Dexter Filkins
69.*REMNANT POPULATION by Elizabeth Moon
70.*SOUTHERN STORM: Sherman's March to the Sea by Noah Andre Trudeau
71.*THE D ... #5: Flissp, I have not read Forever Peace. I did not even know there was a sequel to The Forever War. *heading off to library website*
As far as my overall favorite picks, I do not know if I can narrow it down to just 1 or 2. I might be able to pick 1 or 2 from each category, though: Nonfic ... ... world and held him there.
Can anybody tell me why mysteries have to run into a series?
Started Dexter Filkins' The Forever War. Well written, interesting but also disheartening. ... ris
2. Shadow of the Giant by Orson Scott Card
3. Giacomo Costa: The Chronicles of Time by Giacomo Costa
4. The Forever War by Dexter Filkins
5. The Simulacra by Philip K. Dick
20 + 5 = 25 Books for the Challenge. The Forever War ... about desperate violent worlds, people will go to them to seek the truth in their words. Anyone wanting to understand the War on Terror should read Blood Meridian Anyone wanting to understand the impact of Reaganomics should read Vollmann's The Royal Family ... Abroad, Mark Twain
Just and Unjust Wars, Michael Walzer
Madness and Civilization, Michel Foucault
On War, Carl von Clausewitz
Platoon Leader, James McDonough
A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth
With the Old Breed, E.B. Sledge
At War
Bhagavad-Gita ... ... Town - Cory Doctorow
8. Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom - Cory Doctorow
9. Little Brother - Cory Doctorow
10. The Forever War - Joe Haldeman
11. The Stars My Destination - Alfred Bester
12. The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula Le Guin
13. I Am Legend - Richard Matheson
14. ... ... Sabar, My Father’s Paradise: A Son’s Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq
Nonfiction: Dexter Filkins, The Forever War
Read: Beloved
In Progress: The Forever War, the Roald Dahl Omnibus
To Read: Interpreter of Maladies, The man who fell in love with the moon
Finished The Forever War by Dexter Filkins the other night, which was good. I started Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill last night and it is already scaring the pants off of me. sgtbigg,
Joker One is already near the top of a rather imposing wish list, alongside "Sniper One" by Dan Mills, The Forever War by Dexter Filkins, Baghdad Sunrise by Peter Mansoor, and a host of Bing West books.
Vis-a-vis Vietnamese Vietnam War books, I think we are just seeing the ... ... Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (which I've heard both great things and not so great things about, but couldn't resist it)
The Forever War by Dexter Filkins (which I'd never heard of, but which looks like a good one on the current "conflict")
Tried By War (which I've been wanting since ...
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