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Currently redoing the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan on book 5 of 13 -
BYTE : Programmer's Cookbook - DOS
Rescued from a lab clearout. Mode X.... MmmmmmmmLeave a comment:
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I'm currently plowing my way through REAMDE <again> to refresh my memory before i tackle FALL.
I do like Neal Stephenson's books.Leave a comment:
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostThe Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes. For the second time. Possibly the finest non-fiction book of recent times.
"The Mitrokhin Archive", being a tale of KGB naughtiness.
"Hitler's Spy Chief" (i.e. Admiral Canaris).
"A Bright Shining Lie" being a history of the Vietnam War and how the Septics fecked it up.
"The Mighty Micro" being a future history of the present as predicted by a chap in 1978 (also a tv series of the same name which might be found on youtube).
"Silicon Civilisation" being a 1980 book about the early years of semiconductors and the microprocessor, it seems like a very very very long time ago now, being pre IBM PC & XT.
Not forgetting "Lady Death: the memoirs of Stalin's Sniper". Like it says. She was at the siege of Stalingrad.
Oh, how this thread brings back memories of a different, happier time, when the forum was infested with Daleks and assorted other aliens and no one had heard of the B word.
Long long ago, and far far away, they did things differently then.Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 10 October 2019, 07:50.Leave a comment:
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Originally posted by Lance View Post“Stories of the Law and How It's Broken”
By The Secret Barrister....
Not quite a legal text book, but it’s made of text (and paper), and about the law....
I have the flu so have been reading post apocalyptic trash:
The Last by Hanna Jameson - set in a Swiss Hotel immediately after nuclear war
Last ones left alive by Sarah Davis-Goff - set in Ireland a generation or so after a zombie apocalypse.Leave a comment:
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Originally posted by oracleslave View PostFor books that I really like though I always want my own copy, either for re-reading, referring back to etc. A wood-pannelled library with wall to wall books, leather loungers, a snooker table and some good quality port are what is required...one day.Leave a comment:
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The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes. For the second time. Possibly the finest non-fiction book of recent times.Leave a comment:
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“Stories of the Law and How It's Broken”
By The Secret Barrister....
Not quite a legal text book, but it’s made of text (and paper), and about the law....Leave a comment:
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Is this really the most recent Currently Reading thread?
Three Body Problem, by Liu Cixin - seriously hard science fiction, set in China.Leave a comment:
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