Recent Book Purchases

[Steve Walmsley (OP)]

I was just looking at the books I have bought during the month of November and there is a definite theme so I thought I would share . It also occurs to me that I seem to buy a lot of books . I didn't realise quite how many until I actually listed my recent purchases

Seaforth World Naval Review 2012 (ed. Conrad Waters)
Conway's Warship 2011 (ed. John Jordan)
Battle on the Seven Seas - German Cruiser Operations 1914 - 1918 (Gary Staff)
The Grand Fleet - Warship Design and Development 1906 - 1927 (David K Brown)
Warspite - From Jutland to Cold War Warrior (Iain Ballantyne)
Neptune's Inferno - The US Navy at Guadalcanal (James D Hornfischer)
The Battle of Matapan 1941 - The Trafalgar of the Mediterranean (Mark Simmons)
The Battle of North Cape - The Death Ride of the Scharnhorst (Angus Konstam)
The World Encyclopedia of Battleships (Peter Hore)

Also some non-themed, the last three being related to Newtonian Aurora
The First World War (John Keegan)
Titanicus (WH40K) (Dan Abnett)
Ciaphas Cain - Hero of the Imperium (WH40K) (Sandy Mitchell)
Earth Strike - Star Carrier I (Ian Douglas)
Center of Gravity - Star Carrier II (Ian Douglas)
Antares Passage - Michael McCollum
How Firm a Foundation - David Weber
The Magician's Guild - Trudi Canavan
The Best Fake Book Ever (Sheet Music)
The Ultimate Christmas Fake Book (Sheet Music)
Relativity (Albert Einstein)
AS Level Mathematics Revision Guide
AS/A2 Physics Revision Guide

Steve

[welchbloke]

Definately a themed list 

Nice to see some Abnett in there.  Any desire to read the Horus Heresy books?

[Panopticon]

I thought Titanicus kicked butt, have you read it yet Steve?

[Steve Walmsley (OP)]

Definately a themed list 

Nice to see some Abnett in there.  Any desire to read the Horus Heresy books?

I have read the first eleven Gaunt's Ghosts books plus the the Eisenhorn and Ravenor series, so I am a definite Abnett fan. I'll probably reread Gaunt's Ghosts before buying the 12th and 13th books. With regard to the Horus Heresy books, I have the first nine books, although I have only read the first seven. The quality is variable, ranging from OK to excellent.

Steve

[Steve Walmsley (OP)]

I thought Titanicus kicked butt, have you read it yet Steve?

I hadn't, but after your comment I started it reading today. I usually let my wife go into the supermarket while I stay in the car and read .

Steve

[Panopticon]

I have read almost all the Heresy novels to date and had similar opinions to you, Abnett writes the best in my opinion, and the first 4 which have a cohesive narrative are the strongest.

[welchbloke]

I have read almost all the Heresy novels to date and had similar opinions to you, Abnett writes the best in my opinion, and the first 4 which have a cohesive narrative are the strongest.

I would tend to agree.  The first 4 are definately the best for me.  I did like Mechanicum as well.  Mainly because Adeptus Titanicus/Space Marine was my first wargame and the book conjured up the same images I'd had playing them.  I have very little time for Battle for the Abyss and the 2 Dark Angels novels other than that I would be happy to pick up and read the rest from time to time.  I liked the first 6 or so Guant's books but I got a bit bored with them aftre that.

[PTTG]

I'd encourage you to read some Game of Thrones, but then you'd disappear for months!

[Steve Walmsley (OP)]

I'd encourage you to read some Game of Thrones, but then you'd disappear for months!

Read them all, including the recent one

I thought they started off very well but the last two were disappointing in terms of anything actually happening

Steve

[PTTG]

The first two had a lot of surprises, but as it's progressed, I learned that George is a one-trick pony, and that trick is killing off anyone you like.

[sloanjh]

The first two had a lot of surprises, but as it's progressed, I learned that George is a one-trick pony, and that trick is killing off anyone you like.

LOL - This is why I read the first 2-3, then never went back to the books when he started writing them again. 

John

[sloanjh]

New Kris Longknife is out (at least in the states) - just got it at B+N night before last.

John