Inverted 1,776 Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,358 Posted May 6, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted May 6, 2021 Just been looking at all my book collection and found this beauty buried under a pile of books in a drawer, I picked this up in a charity shop about 10 years ago, a Robert Burns address book but it also has a Chronology of the great Scottish poet plus a lot of his poems, will have to read this again tonight in bed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,325 Posted May 7, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted May 7, 2021 Andy Weir's latest book, Project Hail Mary - just got it, can't wait to start reading it tonight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inverted 1,776 Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 Trying some fiction again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,325 Posted May 27, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted May 27, 2021 On 07/05/2021 at 19:28, nudge said: Andy Weir's latest book, Project Hail Mary - just got it, can't wait to start reading it tonight! Halfway through it - what a fantastic read! Highly recommended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inverted 1,776 Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 The Ishiguro book was good. Now onto this 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,358 Posted June 1, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted June 1, 2021 Just waiting for my book to arrive from Amazon 'Pop Goes the Weasel' by M J Aldridge so I grabbed the first Lee Child - Jack Reacher novel 'Killing Floor' from his collection in my room and that will do me for now. Shortly after Reacher arrives in the sleepy town of Margrave, Georgia he’s arrested for murder. The next three days’ events leave everyone stunned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco 3,008 Posted June 4, 2021 Author Share Posted June 4, 2021 Currently Reading - 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,358 Posted June 5, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted June 5, 2021 That's my book just arrived via Amazon, next on the reading list once I finish the Lee Child/Jack Reacher book, it will be an interesting read as James Patterson wrote a novel with the same title? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,325 Posted June 7, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted June 7, 2021 Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary was a great read; one of the best sci-fi books I've read in recent years. Currently reading: & Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Gonzo 8,184 Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 On 13/04/2021 at 09:52, nudge said: That's actually a misconception - people who built the pyramids weren't slaves, they were Egyptian workers (thought to be recruited farmers) who were paid and treated very well. There were entire "villages" purpose-built for those workers nearby the construction sites, they slept in long dormitories and were fed abundant amounts of bread and best cuts of meat, drank beer, their injuries were attended to by medical professionals, and if they died, they were burried respectfully and their tombs contained everything that was thought as needed for a good afterlife. Some of the manpower came from the system called Corvee, where those who couldn't pay their annual taxes were required to travel and work for the state for a specific period of time once a year, when harvesting in the fields wasn't being done. Wasn't beer invented for the pyramid workers? Hands down one of the most important inventions of all time. I just started reading "Squeeze Me" by Carl Hiassen yesterday because I've heard it's a very good book, and I read "Bad Monkey" (another of his books) a while back and I enjoyed it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,325 Posted June 7, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted June 7, 2021 1 minute ago, Dr. Gonzo said: Wasn't beer invented for the pyramid workers? Hands down one of the most important inventions of all time. I just started reading "Squeeze Me" by Carl Hiassen yesterday because I've heard it's a very good book, and I read "Bad Monkey" (another of his books) a while back and I enjoyed it. Probably not invented for the pyramid workers as there's evidence of beer being fermented way earlier (potentially all the way back to the hunter-gatherer tribes), but the pyramid workers in Egypt indeed got daily rations of beer - plenty of it! And yes, I agree, it is one of the most important inventions of all time. It pretty much built civilisation. One of my favourite articles ever: https://nautil.us/issue/8/home/beer-domesticated-man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Gonzo 8,184 Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 20 minutes ago, nudge said: Probably not invented for the pyramid workers as there's evidence of beer being fermented way earlier (potentially all the way back to the hunter-gatherer tribes), but the pyramid workers in Egypt indeed got daily rations of beer - plenty of it! And yes, I agree, it is one of the most important inventions of all time. It pretty much built civilisation. One of my favourite articles ever: https://nautil.us/issue/8/home/beer-domesticated-man I went to a museum exhibition once about "the history of beer" and they claimed Egypt had invented it - but now I'm going to take some of the info I learned at that exhibition with a handful of salt given that there's evidence of beer fermentation earlier. With the knowledge that beer led to humanity settling down from hunter-gathering... I'd like to think that the first buildings ever made were the first bars 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,325 Posted June 8, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted June 8, 2021 Decided to put Mass Effect on hold until I finish the first game (some time in the future). Felt like reading some Murakami again, so started with the first volume of 1Q84... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,358 Posted June 25, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted June 25, 2021 Dug these out from my book collection for the next read, again, after finishing my 'Pop Goes The Weasel, saw the series 'Band of Brothers' and these 3 books are top draw and D-Day was the best out of the 3 portrayed in the series. @ASF & @Viva la FCB mentioned the series here in the Famous or Highly-Rated Series You've Not Watched? thread and you guys if you have not read them then you are missing a great read. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Profesor 1,457 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Yes, I generally read more than one book at the same time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco 3,008 Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 This week I'm reading - 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,325 Posted June 25, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted June 25, 2021 1 minute ago, Eco said: Thought Artemis was decent. If you get a chance, read Weir's latest novel afterwards. Absolutely amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco 3,008 Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 1 minute ago, nudge said: Thought Artemis was decent. If you get a chance, read Weir's latest novel afterwards. Absolutely amazing. Yeah - I'm very excited about it, and somewhat ashamed I haven't already read Artemis, but my goal is to read it this week, and follow it up with Weir's 3rd novel next week. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Profesor 1,457 Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 Finished "The Quiet American" last weekend. I listened to a series of podcast about South Vietnam´s president Diem and then I wanted to read a novel about Vietnam. Loved it, great book. I´m now reading "The Secret Agent", by Joseph Conrad: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,325 Posted July 1, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted July 1, 2021 I'm hooked on Perry Rhodan at the moment, but also started this: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco 3,008 Posted July 1, 2021 Author Share Posted July 1, 2021 Just now, nudge said: I'm hooked on Perry Rhodan at the moment, but also started this: I started #1, but my German Space vocabulary (or lack of it) is making is take longer than expected. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,325 Posted July 1, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted July 1, 2021 1 minute ago, Eco said: I started #1, but my German Space vocabulary (or lack of it) is making is take longer than expected. I'm finishing #6 just now... And yeah, I can imagine that all the spaceflight and (pseudo)scientific terminology can get a bit tricky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco 3,008 Posted July 1, 2021 Author Share Posted July 1, 2021 1 minute ago, nudge said: I'm finishing #6 just now... And yeah, I can imagine that all the spaceflight and (pseudo)scientific terminology can get a bit tricky 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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