Thread: Reading Recommendations

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

The Vikings by Robt.Wernick,a long tome at 500 pges,but fantastic,These folks were ruthless nasty people,thank God they are Gone
Of interest is thru DNA studys about 80% of them were Danish.

Just read this post and just downloaded onto my Kobo - looks like a great read.

Originally Posted by Phrank

Just read this post and just downloaded onto my Kobo - looks like a great read.

I Hope you enjoy the read,I did,The Vikings were very interesting people, they had vertually no written history

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

I Hope you enjoy the read,I did,The Vikings were very interesting people, they had vertually no written history

Just started it, fascinating, just at the beginning and the raids they pulled on the rich monastery, and how for 300 years many thought the Vikings were, "the evil unleashed from the North" marking the End of Days.

This is my kind of read, glad it's a long one - thanks for the recommendation.

Finally found a novel that balances narrative and dialogue and adds a hell of a decent story line:

Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz.

Not only a best selling author, he was the TV screenwriter for two favorite PBS Masterpieces Mystery Series: Foyle's War and Midsomer Murders.

Moriarty, picks up, in language, style, and flavor of the late 19th century, with strong echos of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's style after the supposed death of Sherlock Holmes and Moriarty at Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland. It involves a Pinkerton investigator and a younger Scotland Yard detective who is a student of Holmes' investigative techniques. I rarely read every word of the narrative, but this is an exception since every word creates meaning for the next word. A tight, easy to read book.

Tomorrow is Shakespeare's birthday so you know what you should be reading tomorrow.

If you are a SF fan and like alternate history the latest from Harry Turtledove is an excellent read. Simply titled "Joe Steele" it presents the New Deal as you could never imagine it. Turtledove isn't always a grab you kind of writer most of the time, but as you read on you become invested in the story line and get pulled along. I skipped the gym this morning so I could finish the final 100 pages. Watch for sly innuendos and un-named, but recognizable characters. The twists on actual history held me tightly. A good read.

Originally Posted by Razorfeld

If you are a SF fan and like alternate history the latest from Harry Turtledove is an excellent read. Simply titled "Joe Steele" it presents the New Deal as you could never imagine it. Turtledove isn't always a grab you kind of writer most of the time, but as you read on you become invested in the story line and get pulled along. I skipped the gym this morning so I could finish the final 100 pages. Watch for sly innuendos and un-named, but recognizable characters. The twists on actual history held me tightly. A good read.

LOL

I literally was about to go and search the Best Selling list for a good SF read....finishing up the very long and ponderous Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars trilogy tonight for the second time...thanks to you I have a good read for tonight!

Thank-you Pope Razorfeld - In you I always trust!

My God, Phrank. Do you have a program that lets you read what I wrote as I was writing it? I no sooner posted it than you hit the Like button. Should I be afraid, very afraid?

Originally Posted by Razorfeld

My God, Phrank. Do you have a program that lets you read what I wrote as I was writing it? I no sooner posted it than you hit the Like button. Should I be afraid, very afraid?

Remember, we are spiritually connected

You better be careful if you get a spiritual message that says, "Read this!"