Aurora 4x
Off Topic => Off Topic => Topic started by: Steve Walmsley on December 02, 2011, 11:50:22 AM
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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
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Definately a themed list ;D
Nice to see some Abnett in there. Any desire to read the Horus Heresy books?
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I thought Titanicus kicked butt, have you read it yet Steve?
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Definately a themed list ;D
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
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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
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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.
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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.
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I'd encourage you to read some Game of Thrones, but then you'd disappear for months!
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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
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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.
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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
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New Kris Longknife is out (at least in the states) - just got it at B+N night before last.
John