As I write this and extol the virtues of the Expanse series, I have a tinge of guilt. I recommend the show to friends, in addition to the books, but I am part of the reason it, the show, was cancelled. ScyFy owned the rights to only the first run of the show and I don’t watch any scripted shows at airtime, I am part of the cause for the cancellation. That said, it has officially been picked up by Amazon, apparently Jeff Bezos is […]
A Sci-Fi Crime Procedural Series
So, I’ve read a handful of John Scalzi and I’ve really liked everything that I’ve read. I bought Lock In on Audible a little while ago. Then Head On was about to come out so I listened to Lock In and immediately pre-ordered Head On. I think I finished Head On, the audiobook mind you, the day after it came out. I ate lunch in my car for two days to listen to it. I played it while washing dishes. I couldn’t put it down. […]
Come for a history of the AK-47, stay for a history of all machine guns
C.J. Chivers is a former Marine officer and war correspondent. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing in 2017 for his piece about a Marine’s journey home after combat, entitled ‘The Fighter.’ I saw this book a few years ago and wanted to read it but, like most books, it went to the back burner as newer and shiner books popped up. Then Chivers won the Pulitzer and I put the book on hold at the library. The Gun is, mostly, a history of […]
It’s Apocalyptic!
I wanted to read this book for a while. I love Neil Gaiman but I’ve never read Terry Pratchett and this seemed like the best of both worlds. In high school, I steered very clear of Pratchett. He was far too uncool for me. Now that I read fantasy and science fiction so much it seems odd that I ever held such an opinion. Needless to say, this book has been on my list for a while. This is also one of the first audiobooks […]
Story Time with Neil
I really like Neil deGrasse Tyson’s approach to science. I’ve been a fan of his for a while. I enjoy the way that he makes so many big concepts easier to understand and I like the way he relates science to popular culture. I agree with his take on the importance of science literacy, especially in politics and for children. All of this makes up the reasons that I chose the read his latest book. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry is a faster, more […]
Army Chief of Staff Reading List #13
The Guns at Last Light is the finale of the Liberation Trilogy by Rick Atkinson, the first of which, An Army at Dawn, won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 2003. The series encompasses the history of the United States activity in the European theater of World War II. An Army at Dawn is about the U.S. Military during the North Africa campaign. Book two, The Day of Battle, is about the the war in Italy and the Mediterranean; it is subtitled, The War in […]
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