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« Reply #60 on: 12 January 2011, 03:20:18 PM »
its on my reading pile at the moment. Other good AWI must-reads are "Fusileers" (Urban), "Devil of a Whipping "and "Long, Obstinate & Bloody" (both by Babits)
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« Reply #61 on: 12 January 2011, 05:10:32 PM »
H.P. Lovecraft  Evil
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« Reply #62 on: 12 January 2011, 07:51:45 PM »
Siege of Paris 1870 -1
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« Reply #63 on: 12 January 2011, 08:07:28 PM »
The Great Book of Britains that i've finally managed to get a copy of. 640 pages of toy soldier gorgeousness Party!
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« Reply #64 on: 12 January 2011, 09:44:49 PM »
"All Quartered Safe Out Here" by George McDonald Frazer: an excellent autobiographical account of his experiences fighting against the Japanese in Burma in 1944-45
"The Spartacus War" by Barry Strauss: a fair attempt at retracing Spartacus's revolt
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« Reply #65 on: 12 February 2011, 10:50:55 AM »
The Reluctant Tommy: An Extraordinary Memoir of the First World War - Ed. Duncan Barrett

A brilliant first person account of Ronald Skirth's experiences during WWI.  I'm finding it a real page turner.  For a simple memoir its very well written.
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« Reply #66 on: 17 February 2011, 06:15:21 PM »
"Mud, Blood and Poppycock" by Gordon Corrigan. A thorough debunking of hoary old First World War myths, from"the lost generation" (not even close) to "lions led by donkeys" (coined in the thirties by pacifists).

"The Korean War" by Max Hastings. Probably the best single-volume history of the conflict around.

Any space opera by Neal Asher - if you like blood, guts and credible aliens.
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« Reply #67 on: 18 February 2011, 08:36:22 AM »
started reading Sword Song by Cornwell - i was really enjoying it - a light but good read set in Alfred's Britain. No idea if the fighting described is historically accurate but it did get me thinking i should try out some dark age skirmish one day. Anyway i left it in a hotel room this week so no idea how it ended  Angry
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« Reply #68 on: 23 February 2011, 06:24:37 PM »
Just finished Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett, pretty entertaining if a little long.
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« Reply #69 on: 23 February 2011, 06:32:02 PM »
i think i may be the only person on the planet who has never got into Terry Pratchett
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« Reply #70 on: 23 February 2011, 07:00:02 PM »
Quote from: goat major on 23 February 2011, 06:32:02 PM
i think i may be the only person on the planet who has never got into Terry Pratchett

I've read a couple and quite enjoyed them.  Never got around to reading any of his others.  My brother-in-law is a huge fan though, got one of his books signed at an autograph session.
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« Reply #71 on: 23 February 2011, 07:10:17 PM »
Having met him he is quite mad....

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« Reply #72 on: 23 February 2011, 10:15:47 PM »
Quote from: ianrs54 on 23 February 2011, 07:10:17 PM
Having met him he is quite mad....

IanS

That's cos he used to work at Hinckley Point nuclear power station [about 15 miles from me...might explain a lot...]

I originally really struggled to get into Discworld - and had bought a load on recommendation [in the early days of "feck-me-isn't-Amazon-cheap-and-easy"...]; I left them - and then went back to them a couple of years later - and am a huge fan now; I tend to recycle them [ie once I've read the latest, I'll go back & start the whole oeuvre again & read them all...]

Mind you, I am mad: but do read voraciously [and have a minimum of 5-6 books being actively read at any one time]  Silly Rock on! Pirate!
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« Reply #73 on: 24 February 2011, 10:30:18 AM »
i did like the one he did with Neil Gaiman but then i'm a Gaiman fanboy Smiley
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« Reply #74 on: 24 February 2011, 12:15:49 PM »
Berlin by Anthony Beevor - Quite a disturbing read.
All Quiet on the Western front by Remarque - Seen the 2 versions of the film so thought I'd read the book.
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