Yea very quick read but the info that every single war game the us gov did on nuclear war ended with a nuclear apocalypse is not very comforting.

Bad news, this is next up.

I have it on my shelf to read this year.

Lol, well then maybe its just being in a boat out on the open ocean that makes one want to tackle "deep" texts or topics. I spent several years right out of college as a NMFS observer onboard fishing boats up in the Bering fishery. It was 2000-2002, so definitely made sure to take a lot of thick books to read because the extremely limited dvd libraries available to watch on the galley TVs got old real quick. I plowed through so many classic books, history books, and travel books....Les Miserables, Frankenstein, The Dubliners, Dracula, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, A Walk In the Woods, just off the top of my head.

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Yea very quick read but the info that every single war game the us gov did on nuclear war ended with a nuclear apocalypse is not very comforting.

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You need to take anything Annie Jacobson writes with a huge grain of salt. For example, her book on Area 51 is a great read on both the U-2 and A-12/SR-71 projects.

But it also contains the "truth" about Roswell: the alien craft was a psyop cooked up by Stalin, and the aliens were actually Russian children surgically modified by Mengele, working in secret in Russia, to stoke panic in America.

Makes it hard to take her seriously as an investigative journalist.

Completed: Octo***** and the Living Daylights: A James Bond Adventure by Ian Fleming. A collection of Bond short stories published posthumously. The two named stories bear only a little in common with their respective movies. I prefer the longer Bond novels, but the stories were a nice light read, taking maybe an hour or two total. One thing I like about Fleming's writing is that I always find a new word I need to look up, whether it's a dated reference or just a word that's fallen out of common use.

Wraithstorm: The Wraithblade Saga, book 3 by S. M. Boyce --Thought it was a trilogy but evidently not. Decent series though for what it is.

Lmao that's an incredible conspiracy theory.

She allegedly had an insider source that worked for EG&G at Area 51 that told her. It's really sad, because it detracts from an otherwise well-researched book.

I haven't read Nuclear War, but it makes me doubt any of her other classified revelations.

Finished the audio book of Foundation: the history of England from its earliest beginnings to the Tudors by Peter Aykroyd yesterday. A decent book but the audiobook narrator sounded like he was reading the evening news and not narrating something that he should try to put some "life" into.

I'm going to finish reading The Winter King by Bernard Cornwell today. His first Arthur book. If you've read a Cornwell book, especially the Saxon Tales series, and liked it then you'll like this one. I just love the type of protagonists he uses to narrate his stories.

All timed to finish up in time and leave me free to start A Parade of Horribles, like I'm sure so many others on this thread. I'm sure some of you are going to crush this book and probably finish it by tomorrow morning, lol, and I'm sure this reminder is probably unnecessary, please no spoilers without spoiler tags!

Time to read Alas: Babylon again, love that book.

maverick2076 said:

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She allegedly had an insider source that worked for EG&G at Area 51 that told her. It's really sad, because it detracts from an otherwise well-researched book.

I haven't read Nuclear War, but it makes me doubt any of her other classified revelations.

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That sucks. Her sources seem impeccable in nuclear war. As mentioned, it's a very quick read, so maybe worth a shot? After I read it and before I saw your post I went to her twitter to see if she was a loon, and she has a tinge of looniness, so that affected my opinion of her a bit.

I've been meaning to read it, but I just haven't gotten around to it. I only read nonfiction occasionally, and I'm currently finishing up Empire of the Summer Moon.

About to start the The Fourth Option by Jack Carr! Been looking forward to this one.

Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J Mass
Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss in-progress

I wasn't sure if I was going to reread the 2nd Kingkiller book, but I can't help but want to after reading Name of the Wind again. It may have been better than the first time. The first third definitely was better since I knew more about what was going on compared to the first time.

I really hope the prior knowledge also helps with some of the slower parts of book 2 this time. I didn't dive into theories or anything after my first read of this series, but I'm considering it after this one, especially since theories are all we may ever get. I still don't regret reading it even though we may never get an ending, but it's just a shame.