Question What are you reading?
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mode1bravo
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Just finished Messerschmitt Roulette: The Western Desert 1941-42 by Wing Commander Geoffrey Morley-Mower, DFC, AFC. A great read about an Englishman flying solo or two man low altitude tac recon flights in worn out Hawker Hurricanes with a RAAF unit.
Just started Moonfire: The Epic Journey of Apollo 11 by Norman Mailer
Just started Moonfire: The Epic Journey of Apollo 11 by Norman Mailer
Mattyv
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Just fished Voyage.
It's been recommended several times around here, but it was an impossibly hard book to find.:beathead: Based on my searches, it doesn't appear that there is a physical copy within a hundred miles of here. I had to use a gift card for Google play to get a digital copy.
It's been recommended several times around here, but it was an impossibly hard book to find.:beathead: Based on my searches, it doesn't appear that there is a physical copy within a hundred miles of here. I had to use a gift card for Google play to get a digital copy.
mode1bravo
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Blue Moon over Cuba: Aerial Reconnaissance during the Cuban Missile Crisis by Capt William B. Ecker USN (ret.) & Kenneth V. Jack
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Night Crossing by Jurgen Petschull.
A reminder of a world that should never be revived, but that those who have not experienced it wish to bring back.
A reminder of a world that should never be revived, but that those who have not experienced it wish to bring back.
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On Yahoo news, the final reunion. For more detail on the topic, I would recommend the book I Could Never Be So Lucky Again, the autobiography of Gen. Jimmy Doolittle, which I read some 18 months ago.
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First Man, the Neil Armstrong biography and Team of Rivals, a biographical book about Civil War politics.
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Snuff and Nightwatch by Terry Pratchett, The Silmarillion (again) by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Submarine: A History (again) by Thomas Parrish, Milton's Paradise Lost, and The Name of the Wind (second attempt at finishing it) by Patrick Rothfuss. I'm starting more books than I'm finishing. 
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I'm starting more books than I'm finishing.
You're not the only one, I assure you.
Just started Truman by David McCullough after just recently reading Ivan the Terrible by Nikita Romanov (yes, that Romanov) and Robert Payne. You might say I'm into biographies of historical figures. :thumbup:
Apologies for the repost BUT I really think this groups would LOVE this book (not mine)
Hello again everyone, I just finished a sci-fi book I downloaded from Amazon for .99 and immediately thought of the folks at Orbiter.
The Martian by Andy Weir
The story is mostly in journal entry form as the main character uses what materials were left behind by man and his knowledge to survive, alone, on the Red Planet. It is packed with science (chemistry, math, physics, botany, and astronomy) and some well-timed humor. Its a great story (not mine) that I thoroughly enjoyed and I know my Orbiter friends will fully appreciate.
Hello again everyone, I just finished a sci-fi book I downloaded from Amazon for .99 and immediately thought of the folks at Orbiter.
The Martian by Andy Weir
The story is mostly in journal entry form as the main character uses what materials were left behind by man and his knowledge to survive, alone, on the Red Planet. It is packed with science (chemistry, math, physics, botany, and astronomy) and some well-timed humor. Its a great story (not mine) that I thoroughly enjoyed and I know my Orbiter friends will fully appreciate.
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"Colonel Sun" by Robert Markham.
I'm a James Bond fan. I had read the novels written by Ian Fleming, I always say, the books are better than the movies.
I'm a James Bond fan. I had read the novels written by Ian Fleming, I always say, the books are better than the movies.
Nearly finished reading Leviathan wakes, its really good. Set in a future before faster than light travel mankind is still in this solar system. The space ships and space combat in it seem really plausible. I would recommend for fans of orbiter.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Leviathan-Wakes-Book-One-Expanse/dp/1841499889
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Leviathan-Wakes-Book-One-Expanse/dp/1841499889
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Donamy
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Has anyone read this ? It's from the fifties, but a very quick, entertaining read. Might even make a great addon.
RIP Foster rides the grey planet.
http://www.readcentral.com/book/Blake-Savage/Read-Rip-Foster-Rides-the-Gray-Planet-Online
RIP Foster rides the grey planet.
http://www.readcentral.com/book/Blake-Savage/Read-Rip-Foster-Rides-the-Gray-Planet-Online
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In a way it's Orbiter in paperback format
I'm halfway through despite having started to read it less than two days ago and actively trying to keep a slow pace.
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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.
Is I am not religious, I found this absolutely fascinating.
