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Jim Martin Send message Joined: 21 Jun 03 Posts: 2473 Credit: 646,848 RAC: 0 |
"The Silk Roads", by Peter Frankopan |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3327 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
I bought the new book by James Patterson and Bill Clinton, The President is Missing. I'll probably start reading it tonight because I've been sleeping all day. I won't be able to get to sleep at a reasonable time, I'm sure. Although James Patterson is a very popular author and writes about a dozen books a month (JK), I've never read one by him. It's his collaboration with Bill Clinton that attracted me, and the title of the book since it is something a vast majority of Americans are wishing for right now. (LOL) ~Sue~ |
Bob DeWoody Send message Joined: 9 May 10 Posts: 3387 Credit: 4,182,900 RAC: 10 |
I'm reading on my Kindle "One Way" by S.J. Morden. It's about a group of convicts all serving life sentences with no parole who agree to be transported to Mars to build the first science base on the planet. One by one they are dying and one of the convicts thinks they were murdered. So it's a cross between a scifi novel and a murder mystery. I'm about halfway through it and so far I have stayed interested. Bob DeWoody My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events. |
Jim Martin Send message Joined: 21 Jun 03 Posts: 2473 Credit: 646,848 RAC: 0 |
"The Fort", by Bernard Cornwell. A novel of the Revolutionary War. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34744 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Fortress in the Eye of Time, by C.J. Cherryh. Cheers. |
Jim Martin Send message Joined: 21 Jun 03 Posts: 2473 Credit: 646,848 RAC: 0 |
"Third Thoughts", by Steven Weinberg. |
Jim Martin Send message Joined: 21 Jun 03 Posts: 2473 Credit: 646,848 RAC: 0 |
"The Tangled Tree", by David Quammen. Humanity has a complex history. |
Jim Martin Send message Joined: 21 Jun 03 Posts: 2473 Credit: 646,848 RAC: 0 |
"The Particle at the End of the Universe", by Sean Carroll. (Higgs Boson). |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
Those sound like some good books, there, Jim. I'll have to put them on my library list. The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Jim Martin Send message Joined: 21 Jun 03 Posts: 2473 Credit: 646,848 RAC: 0 |
They're excellent books, Gordon (My 2 1/2 yr old grandson's name.). "The Tangled Tree" boils down to our being not individuals, but composits (You'll want to read, to find out why.). "The Particle at the End of the Universe", was lent to me by a Starbucks barista, who is a physics major at Boston. Univ. The book did an excellent job of explaining about the programs we run from CERN. Enjoy. |
Michael Belanger, W1DGL Send message Joined: 30 Jul 00 Posts: 1887 Credit: 7,441,278 RAC: 49 |
Re-reading (after several years) Stanislaw Lem's "Solaris" (this part didn't make it the 1st time due to the site going down for maintenance at the time I originally posted), then I'll be re-reading his "Tales of Pyrx the Pilot". Already read all of the of the "Wingman" series by Mack Maloney. Prior to that, I was reading the last book (#16 I think, of 23 total) of Mike Shepherd's "Kris Longknife" series. All in e-Book format (Kindle 5th Generation reader - an older model with no backlight, so the battery lasts a lot longer and no touchscreen) |
Michael Belanger, W1DGL Send message Joined: 30 Jul 00 Posts: 1887 Credit: 7,441,278 RAC: 49 |
Re-reading (after several years) Stanislaw Lem's "Solaris" (this part didn't make it the 1st time due to the site going down for maintenance at the time I originally posted), then I'll be re-reading his "Tales of Pyrx the Pilot". Already read all of the of the "Wingman" series by Mack Maloney. Prior to that, I was reading the last book (#16 I think, of 23 total) of Mike Shepherd's "Kris Longknife" series. Also read all 27 books (so far) in Ryk Brown's "Frontiers Saga" series (2 parts so far, of 5 parts planned, with 15 books in each part). |
Jim Martin Send message Joined: 21 Jun 03 Posts: 2473 Credit: 646,848 RAC: 0 |
"Seaweed Chronicles", by Susan H. Shetterly, and "Accessory to War", by Neil de Grasse Tyson. |
Michael Belanger, W1DGL Send message Joined: 30 Jul 00 Posts: 1887 Credit: 7,441,278 RAC: 49 |
Re-reading (after several years) Stanislaw Lem's "Solaris" (this part didn't make it the 1st time due to the site going down for maintenance at the time I originally posted), then I'll be re-reading his "Tales of Pyrx the Pilot". Already read all of the of the "Wingman" series by Mack Maloney. Prior to that, I was reading the last book (#16 I think, of 23 total) of Mike Shepherd's "Kris Longknife" series. Err, make that 24 books (Parts 1 & 2) in the "Frontiers Saga" series - 25th should be coming out sometime this month. |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3327 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
Fear by Bob Woodward (Audible version) ~Sue~ |
Jim Martin Send message Joined: 21 Jun 03 Posts: 2473 Credit: 646,848 RAC: 0 |
"Fear", Bob Woodward. Trump, in the White House. |
Jim Martin Send message Joined: 21 Jun 03 Posts: 2473 Credit: 646,848 RAC: 0 |
It looks like a winner of a book, Sue. |
Tom M Send message Joined: 28 Nov 02 Posts: 5124 Credit: 276,046,078 RAC: 462 |
The latest "Honorverse" (aka: Honor Universe) book from David Weber. Unlike the last book, this book actually moves the plot forward. Won't post any spoilers though. Tom A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association). |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19062 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
Something different to keep your unused brain cells active. THE RIDDLER Fantastic Puzzles from FiveThirtyEight You will also find two puzzles about pizza, without which no puzzle book is complete. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34744 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
I'm just about to start Julian May's last volume in her series, "Magnificat". Cheers. |
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