What are you reading ?

[JohnRatzenberger]

Keep calm and read on !

We in fact had a "reading" thread of some 20 pages on the very next page, so I just merged Sir T's new thread with the existing one.

My current book is Thomas Ricks' The Generals and on the lighter side G.M.Maillot's 1st Max Tudor mystery Wicked Autumn.

[iggie]

I've just finished ' Never in Anger' by Anthony Bendell, an ex RAF Lightning pilot who then was diagnosed with MS, ending his career. A fascinating read of RAF life in the 50's and beyond and a startling insight into the effects of MS.
Currently in reading 'Forgotten Sacrifice' by Michael Walling about the Arctic convoys. Very interesting so far

[PaulBradley]

That'll teach me to pay attention........

[JohnRatzenberger]

Having finished The Generals, I am back into WW1 with:

Canada's Sons and Great Britain in the World War
Col George Naismith, intro by Gen Sir Arthur Currie, KCB, KCMG
John C Winston Co, Ltd, Toronto, 1919

It is in excellent condition but I must be gentle with it.
I picked it up in a dandy used book shop in Victoria about a year ago.

[AndrewR]

Following my stint on the NASA SIG stand at Telford, I've become all fired up on space matters. I'm therefore reading "Lost Moon - The Story of Apollo 13". This was the book that inspired the movie "Apollo 13".

That's a good book. Personally I like "A Man on the Moon" by Andrew Chaikin and also "Failure is Not an Option" by Gene Kranz too.

[Gregers]

This thread took some finding again.
Just reading Asimov's the rest of the robots. A collection of his short stories about......robots A damn fine read however.

All the best.

Greg

[AndrewR]

[PaulBradley]

I'm currently reading:

For Those in Peril: 50 Years of Royal Navy Search and Rescue, by John Winton

X-Planes of Europe II, by Tony Buttler

[JohnRatzenberger]

David Fromkin's A Peace to End All Peace, The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East.

Probably one of the best books I have ever read; a very well-organized and written history of a complex subject that is a precursor to world problems today.

[Gregers]

Another Asimov book for me. The Martian way. Only a couple of dozen pages in so far but it's good going so far.

All the best.

Greg

[jssel]

I am reading the Martian by Andy Weir. Saw the movie first but the book is a great read filling in lots of details.

[Clashcityrocker]

Love Becomes A Funeral Pyre, a biography of The Doors by Mick Wall. Not a Doors fan as such, I only have a 40th anniversary CD of their hits, but it was a Christmas pressie from my daughter.

Nigel

[gnomemeansgnome]

Mostly leafing through back issues of 'Aeroplane' Magazine that an old pal lends me from time to time. So much great subject material for the next build between those pages.

[MarkyM607]

Found 'Wings on my Sleeve' by Eric Brown on thursday at the local market's book stall. Thought it worth a couple of quid from what I've heard it's a good book.

[Purplethistle]

Working my way though the Flashman books. Just thinking that they would make for unusual dioramas