Book stack update
Posted By matt on June 7, 2007
This will be my last book stack post for a bit, since I want to catch up on periodicals (some serious, some frivolous). Last post was here
Added and removed from the stack:
Rebelfire 1.0: Out of the Gray Zone, Claire Wolfe and Aaron Zelman
This appeals to me, because I am a big fan of the near-future dystopia. Basically, this is government run amok and people struggling against it, etc. It sounds trivial here, but really was quite good.
Finished:
Starship Troopers, Robert A. Heinlein
Super soldiers fight against space aliens and bugs. Action, adventure, and some interesting views on what makes a citizen and how one should be a good steward of society.
Tunnel In The Sky, Robert A. Heinlein
A bunch of students on a survival test get lost due to an accident. What was to be a two week test took much longer. This is basically what Lord of the Flies should have been. I don't believe that society breaks down as much as Golding supposes.
On the back burner (since I'm reading periodicals):
The Past Through Tomorrow, Robert Heinlein
The Federalist Papers, Hamilton, Madison, and Jay
We Were Soldiers Once… and Young, Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore (Ret.) and Joseph L. Galloway
People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present, Howard Zinn
The Underground History of American Education, John Taylor Gatto
Currently on the stack:
The Falcon Banner, Christopher P. Lydon
Sigil of the Wolf, Christopher P. Lydon
The Lion's Pride, Christopher P. Lydon
Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville
Will: The Autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy, G. Gordon Liddy
The Gun Digest Book of Combat Handgunnery, Massad Ayoob
The Door Into Summer, Robert Heinlein
Tomorrow, The Stars, Robert Heinlein
The Rolling Stones, Robert Heinlein
The Number of the Beast, Robert Heinlein
Great Issues in American History, Volume II – From the Revolution to the Civil War, 1765-1865, Richard Hofstadter.
Great Issues in American History, Volume III – From Reconstruction to the Present Day, 1864-1981, Richard Hofstadter and Beatrice K. Hofstadter
The American Political Tradition and the men who made it Richard Hofstadter
Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower, Stephen King
SAS Survival Handbook, John “Lofty” Wiseman
On Killing : The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society, Dave Grossman
On Combat, Dave Grossman
Serenity: The Official Visual Companion, Joss Whedon
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