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Peter Martin
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Finished the Chrysalids -- which was a satisfying read. Some surprisingly dispassionate/unsentimental elements to the tale.
Now moved on to a sci-fi novel entitled Foe by a Canadian author called Iain Reid. Someone lent it to me and I'm reading it without knowing anything about it. Written in the present tense, which I'm not a particular fan of, but there is a certain something in the first few pages that are drawing me in.
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James Best
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About halfway through this one. Very enjoyable so far.
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Eric Ladd
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Started this yesterday.
I don’t expect much from it since it is a continuation of the first book. It can’t possibly capture the impact of the first book since I lived much of the nostalgia it referenced. Hopefully it gives me a few smiles over the next two days.
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Eric Sofer
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I want a beta capsule.
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James Best
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While I normally focus my military history reading on WWII and the wars that followed, I decided that this year I would delve more into The Great War. I finished Barbara Tuchman's milestone a few months ago and I am now diving into the following:
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James Best
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And let me politely request (again) for the JBF administrators to "pin" this thread for easier access.
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Eric Ladd
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About a quarter through this and enjoying it very much. A VERY rich and complex world.
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Rebecca Jansen
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Re-reading a book on the history of electronic music and synths...
Lots of interesting information on the doings of folks like Barry Gray (Gerry Anderson shows), Delia Derbyshire (BBC Radiophonics Workshop), Raymond Scott (you hear him in Warner Bros. cartoons and tv commercials), Fred C. Judd (the old Space Patrol puppet series), Daphne Oram, Maddalena Fagandini, Leon Theremin, Bob Moog and many many more!
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Michael Arndt
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Enjoying this:
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Michael Arndt
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Next up:
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Robert Bradley
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I was fortunate enough to help fact check the manuscript for this book, and it finally arrived in the mail this week.
The Eastern League was one notch below the NBA and operated from 1946 to 1977, and was at its peak talent-wise from about 1950-1967.
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Doug Centers
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Reading this....again. Easily at the tippy top of my Baseball books.
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