What are you reading?

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

Are we talking about plausible zombie scenarios, like the development of rage?
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BTW I finished The Hunger Games early this morning, perhaps I should make a review somewhere (ooh! and I saw Inception too! but I'll make a review of that when I see it at least another time [yes, it's that good]).

[Pachyderm]

Patrick O'Brian

Master and Commander

Awesomely good.

[Swatopluk]

The book was in store.
Exit Mundi - The 50 best scenarios

[Sibling DavidH]

Patrick O'Brian  Master and Commander   Awesomely good.

  Agreed.  Are you into Hornblower, Pachy?

Exit Mundi - The 50 best scenarios

Just Googled this - it sounds interesting.

[Swatopluk]

I came to Hornblower (and C.S. Forester in general) via the Gregory Peck movie more than 20 yeras ago. Never heard of O'Brian before the Crowe movie. Got some secondary material but have not yet read one of the novels.

[Pachyderm]

The novels are so much better. I actually liked the film, but the books are stunning.

And yes, I am a Hornblower fan. Liked Brown on Resolution too.

[Sibling DavidH]

There are lots of non-Hornblower novels by Forrester.  There's a whole load of WW2 propaganda stuff - The Ship,  Gold From Crete,  The Man In The Yellow Raft, The Good Shepherd,  The Nightmare.  Also The Gun,  which is an absolute must-read.

[Pachyderm]

The Gun.

I had forgotten about that one. Must dig it out again.

[Swatopluk]

I think The Gun was one of my first non-Hornblower Foresters. I am very fond of 18 pounder guns Death to the French is somewhat related (also on the Peninsular War and guerillas).
I read most of the books before I learned English, so I was limited to those available in German* and at the libraries. Esp. the WW2 stuff was often out of print and newer paperback editions of Forester's works (that I could afford) tended to be abridged for no apparent reason.

*excellent translations though

[Opsa]

Musicophia by Oliver Sachs

[Swatopluk]

Lovecraft short stories to refresh my memory on some details needed for songs

[Sibling DavidH]

Just finished a trashy novel about the Vietnam war.  Loads of blood and guts.  Once in a while, a bit of rubbish fiction is a tonic.

[Swatopluk]

Just started the 3rd Holland book (after Persian Fire and Rubicon): Millenium

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

Catching Fire, the second book in the Hunger Games trilogy (everything is a trilogy nowadays).

[pieces o nine]

Joseph Campbell: A Fire In The Mind