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Post by gregorius on Aug 27, 2021 0:18:31 GMT
Today I finally finished 'Camelot' by Giles Kristian - it took me a while as I was being distracted by the painting table and a few other activities. I have to say that the writing was excellent - really breathing life into a a post Arthur Sub Roman Britain with the all pervading gloom of the impending fall of the British kingdoms to the Saxons. Of course that only meant that we all know it will end in tears, no matter how much hope is breathed into the main characters. But seriously, this is a great read. I then moved on to the Osprey Elite - 'American Frontier Lawmen 1850-1930' and knocked it over by the afternoon. I am now just starting one of Mike Ashley's short story collections "The Mammoth Book of Merlin" one of his many collections of Arthurian short stories. Cheers Sounds like a good one David. As I'm a sucker for Arthurian literature I'll have to see if it is available for Kindle. Cheers,
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Post by macbeth on Sept 2, 2021 8:32:21 GMT
Today I finally came to the end of 'The Mammoth Book of Merlin" - it had some very good stories in it and a few that rambled like the medieval romances - and I also polished off the Osprey book 'The Mexican Adventure 1861-67'.
I have now started 'Armoured Warfare' by Tom Clancy from the Tom Clancy Military Library. I bought it on a whim at the Yass Vinnies shop a couple of months ago because it was only $1
Of course it is a little quaint now as it was written 15 years ago but we'll see how it goes.
Cheers
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Post by nangwaya on Sept 3, 2021 21:09:09 GMT
Just about finished re-reading "Starship Troopers' before I tackle "When Christ and His Angels Slept".
Thought I would read something quite a bit smaller before that big boy.
Forgot how much I enjoyed reading ST... I quite like Heinlein's writing style.
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Post by macbeth on Sept 6, 2021 5:00:35 GMT
Whilst still pushing through 'Armoured Warfare' I took a side step and read 'Slag: Combat on the High Frontier' a set of Starship Combat rules by Blacksburg Tactical Research Centre that I think show some promise.
I could see the set being adapted to the old Traverller RPG - being more engaging than High Guard (essentially game of Yahtzee with some ship descriptions in front of you) but far less mathematically complex than the basic Book 2 space combat rules.
Cheers
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Post by ammianus on Sept 7, 2021 14:18:06 GMT
Future reads once they get published:
Constantius III: Rome's Lost Hope by Ian Hughes
The Long War for Britannia 367–644: Arthur and the History of Post-Roman Britain by Edwin Pace
Agricola: Architect of Roman Britain by Simon Turney
Emperors And Usurpers: The Transformation Of The Late Roman State 364-457 by Mark Humphries
The Battle of Nördlingen 1634: The Bloody Fight Between Tercios and Brigades (Century of the Soldier) by Alberto Raúl Esteban Ribas
Cuzco 1536–37: Battle for the heart of the Inca Empire (Campaign) by Si Sheppard, Giuseppe Rava
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Post by macbeth on Sept 11, 2021 12:23:00 GMT
I finished 'Armoured Warfare' today - at one point I did some jumping forward in the book and didn't realise that the two actions described in the final chapters were fictitious, because the dates were in the past (the future at the time of publication).
During the read time I received 'The Traveller Atlas' from ABE Books - this was a disappointment, only some of the worlds are named and there was very little text.
Now I've started the first of M. J. Trow's series set during the attack on Roman Britain in 367AD called Brittania. The first book is 'The Wall' which opens with the four main characters coming back from a hunting party to discover their fort has been overrun. Very engaging.
Cheers
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Post by gregorius on Sept 12, 2021 7:17:48 GMT
After catching up with the backlog of magazine I've returned to historical fiction. I'm about 25% into Christian Cameron's latest in his HYW series,Hawkeaord's Sword. The machinations of Northern Italian 14th century politics is at the forefront of this novel. As always, Cameron spins a good ysrn with multidimensional characters.
Cheers,
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Post by macbeth on Sept 12, 2021 22:33:16 GMT
I am now about halfway through the first book in the Brittania series. A very good read, where the concept of a 'Barbarian Conspiracy' of Saxons, Picts and Attecoti is fleshed out, the main characters have just stumbled onto the concept that there might be a Roman exile leading them all.
I came across this series by accident, a search of new publications on Fantastic Fiction pointed me to M. J. Trow who had a new book out that sets Geoffrey Chaucer as the protagonist in a historical murder mystery. I went on to the Book Depository site and searched up the potential publication date of the softcover, which was how I found out about this series (which is written in conjunction with Richard Denham).
Cheers
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Post by ammianus on Sept 17, 2021 14:44:11 GMT
Reread the old classic: "Eaters of the Dead" by Michael Crichton (AKA The 13th Warrior).
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Post by gregorius on Sept 17, 2021 22:48:43 GMT
Reread the old classic: "Eaters of the Dead" by Michael Crichton (AKA The 13th Warrior). I remember the movie with Omar Sharif. Cheers,
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Post by ammianus on Sept 17, 2021 23:16:50 GMT
It's a good one!
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Post by gregorius on Sept 23, 2021 8:17:13 GMT
I'm about halfway through the 18th volume in the Marching with Caesar series by R. W. Peake. This volume sees the latest Pullus being seconded to the Praetorian Guard during the rise of Sejanus. Dangerous times indeed!
Cheers,
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Post by paulisper on Sept 23, 2021 12:59:54 GMT
Powering through Dan Jones’s War of the Roses - yet another cracker from this great author 😎
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Post by sirsteve on Sept 23, 2021 16:01:58 GMT
Just started this...
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Post by paulisper on Sept 23, 2021 20:23:14 GMT
Just started this... Looking forward to reading his latest work, but I’ll wait a while until the paperback version emerges in about six months time 😉 P
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