Question What are you reading?

[Kurt M. Weber]

How Societies Remember, The Wretched of the Earth, The Charterhouse of Parma, and The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere

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This in not about what I,m reading now, its about a book that stays in my mind. Around 50 years ago, I read a book called Was God an Astronaut by Eric van Daniken ( I think tha,ts the right name).
Is I am not religious, I found this absolutely fascinating.

Racist tripe...

"There is no way these barbaric, primitive, savage, non-white tribes could have ever built these magnificent and complex marvels! They must have had help, guidance, and instruction...FROM ALIENS!"--Erich von Daniken, in a nutshell.

 

[Codz]

This in not about what I,m reading now, its about a book that stays in my mind. Around 50 years ago, I read a book called Was God an Astronaut by Eric van Daniken ( I think tha,ts the right name).
Is I am not religious, I found this absolutely fascinating.

I'd take that with a grain of salt...or twelve.

 

[tomthenose]

just read a translation of 'the epic of gilgamesh'. it must be pretty much the oldest book and its still engaging. also rammed full of insane monsters, trippy alternate realms, lots of mortality angst and a hearty dose of bromance. it should be a pulp fiction classic!

 

[goaowonk]

The integral trees - Larry Niven

Better than expected :3

 

[BruceJohnJennerLawso]

Finally here!!!

 

[Keatah]

This forum!

 

[PhantomCruiser]

"Odyssey" (again). It's that good.

Next up, a revisit to Ben Bova's world with "Empire Builders"

 

[Star Voyager]

I'm reading my autographed copy of Mission to Chara. It's about an ex-KBG agent who wants out of Russia, so we send a Habu to go get him.

 

[TMac3000]

Inspired by some posts in the User Name thread:
Favorite parts of Red Storm Rising:
The first Frisbee mission
A Soviet rocket launch triggers some fears at NORAD that a FOBS may be on the way. It turns out to be just a satellite.
The sequences of F-15 anti-satellite missions.
The Battle of Alfeld:thumbup:
And of course, the carrier battles:thumbup:

 

[mode1bravo]

The X-15 Rocket Plane: Flying the First Wings into Space by Michelle Evans

 

[Gumok]

The Old Man and the Sea by Hemingway.

 

[TMac3000]

Hackett's Third World War: August 1985
Parts of it are a little dry, but what makes it such a fascinating alternate history today, is that it was the future then

 

[goaowonk]

David Brin `s Heaven`s Reach

Again, the closer my finals are, the more I read :lol:

Sent from my Deltaglider using Potatolk.

 

[Codz]

When Penguins Flew and Water Burned, the memoir of a US Air Force navigator serving on B-52 strategic bombers in the final months of the Cold War and then into the 90's. It's an interesting story that rarely gets told from a non-pilot perspective.

 

[Mister Mxyzptlk]

Kim Stanley Robinson's "2312".

 

[AlfalfaQc]

Computational Fluid Dynamics: The Basics with Applications

Race Car Vehicle Dynamics

Those are pretty much the two books I read right now for my education. :yes:

And I also re-read for the 749293th time the "His Dark Materials" trilogy. Probably one of my all time favorite along with LotR.

 

[Codz]

A couple of 80's World War III novels. Chieftains, by Bob Forrest-Webb, and Red Army, by Ralph Peters. I recommend both for anyone interested in "the war that never was".

 

[Aeadar]

Just finished: 'The Time Ships', by Stephen Baxter.

Currently: 'Return To Mars', by Ben Bova.

 

[Ghostrider]

Inspired by some posts in the User Name thread:
Favorite parts of Red Storm Rising:
The first Frisbee mission
A Soviet rocket launch triggers some fears at NORAD that a FOBS may be on the way. It turns out to be just a satellite.
The sequences of F-15 anti-satellite missions.
The Battle of Alfeld:thumbup:
And of course, the carrier battles:thumbup:

You missed out the part where the Iceland girl puts the hero's hands on her... Ehm, "assets" in order to distract the Soviet chopper crew. I call it "the Feelie that Won the War".:lol:

 

[Pipcard]

I've started reading the final hundred pages of Baxter's "Voyage".