Read a good book lately?

[Swoop]

Another recently chewed through...

The Kursk, a time to die, by Robert Moore.

The year: 2000. Two massive explosions occur when this nuclear submarine is firing a torpedo for an exercise simulation. The explosions are picked up on seismic equipment as far away as the UK.
The forward section of the sub is destroyed instantly, along with the majority of the crew.
Sunk within minutes, survivors of the crew retreat to the rear of the boat and go into survival mode.

The rescue and co-ordination by the authorities are a complete farce, with lies, incompetence, communist dogma and stupidity all rolled into one.

An interesting background on Vladimir Putin. A "nobody from nowhere" who failed to do anything of substance in his career, but who was on the coat-tails of the right people at the right time to get up the ladder in quick succession. His role of President came under severe scrutiny in the "free press" of post-soviet russia, resulting in his crushing of an open media in the resulting months.
He failed miserably during the Kursk crisis and learned a lot about PR.

The recovery operation is a magnificent feat of engineering and there is a brilliant documentary about this phase here.

7/10.

Have you read "Flight of the Intruder" by US Navy pilot Stephen Coonts?

Yes, some years ago now, however!

[jrandom]

Battery life is good - we get about 3 weeks out of a charge. You get more if you actually turn it off.

Thing that pisses me of is NO BACKLITE

I'd much rather have the battery life than a backlight.

Books don't have backlights.

(You do realise that the lack of backlight is the reason for the battery life, right?)

[Macontour]

Yep Roberts Ridge, Dispatches and Flight of the Intruder are all very good.

Tom Cruise playing Jack Reacher, what the hell is that all about. Dolph Lundgren would be more realistic!!!!

[MIXONE]

Tom Cruise playing Jack Reacher, what the hell is that all about. Dolph Lundgren would be more realistic!!!!

It's gotta be a joke.I like the Reacher series but wont bother with the movies if they have a midget playing the lead.

[avgas]

I'd much rather have the battery life than a backlight.

Books don't have backlights.

(You do realise that the lack of backlight is the reason for the battery life, right?)

1. I sneak in reading wherever I can. I don't want people thinking I have the intelligence beyond being a window licker
2. After my name its suppose to say B.E. M.B.A. but I try and hide this due too 1.

Shit someone is coming.

I LIKE PONIES DANCING WITH CARROTS

[Zedder]

Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to be a joke, Tom Cruise has been signed up for the role!!

There are petitions being circulated against the decision not surprisingly. Hollyweird indeed.

[MIXONE]

Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to be a joke, Tom Cruise has been signed up for the role!!

There are petitions being circulated against the decision not surprisingly. Hollyweird indeed.

To put it in perspective the rest of the crew will have to be dwarves!

[Zedder]

To put it in perspective the rest of the crew will have to be dwarves!

Plus they'd have to minaturise the props etc.

[HenryDorsetCase]

1. I sneak in reading wherever I can. I don't want people thinking I have the intelligence beyond being a window licker
2. After my name its suppose to say B.E. M.B.A. but I try and hide this due too 1.

Shit someone is coming.

I LIKE PONIES DANCING WITH CARROTS

this is the best post ever made on KB.

[HenryDorsetCase]

It's gotta be a joke.I like the Reacher series but wont bother with the movies if they have a midget playing the lead.

Rutger Hauer would have been perfect but he is a bit old now.

I reckon Liam Neeson would be perfect: he's a big lad, he has acting talent, and can convincingly do an action role (A TEAM, TAKEN)

[Zedder]

Rutger Hauer would have been perfect but he is a bit old now.

I reckon Liam Neeson would be perfect: he's a big lad, he has acting talent, and can convincingly do an action role (A TEAM, TAKEN)

Yep. He was really good in "Taken" which was similar to what Reacher gets up to.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Yep. He was really good in "Taken" which was similar to what Reacher gets up to.

The sequel is in post production as we speak for a summer (northern hemisphere) release. This time HE gets kidnapped and shenanagins ensue. I am totally going to see it. I really enjoyed TAKEN

[Zedder]

The sequel is in post production as we speak for a summer (northern hemisphere) release. This time HE gets kidnapped and shenanagins ensue. I am totally going to see it. I really enjoyed TAKEN

Great plot, I'm in too.

[SPman]

Tom Cruise playing Jack Reacher, what the hell is that all about. Dolph Lundgren would be more realistic!!!!

Tom Cruise as Reacher!! Jesus wept - that's in the same league as having Derek Jacobi play Brother Cadfel in the TV series many years ago, the total opposite of the description of the man in the books!

Anyway - currently reading "The Sociopath Next Door" by Martha Stout.....interesting reading..

[Usarka]

The Terror - Dan Simmons

I really dig this kind of book. The reasons I like it is: it's based on historic events (I didn't realise this until half way through and thought that it sounded too realistic to be made up), the author applies creative licence to describe what happened when in reality no one has a clue, and probably most importantly it has a different/supernatural/magical element but the author writes in such a style that it is almost secondary to the story and seems normal in the context of everything else, and ...crap I forgot the last bit.

It's about an ill-fated expedition to the arctic. Aside from the cramped, freezing, dark, cramped, mal-nutritious living conditions (which is worth reading about in itself), there's something else out on the ice........ To be honest, the book could easily have done without this last "something else" as the ordeals of the men on these ships is something our generation can't even comprehend. But because of the way he's written it, it doesn't detract from the day to day struggle these brave (some would say stupid) explorers faced.

Dan Simmons wrote a cool sci-fi trilogy called the Hyperion Cantos which is close to being my favourite read in a long time, and has been mentioned on here by a few people. I tried another of his books and quit after page 10 because it seemed wank. But I thought I'd give him another crack, this one being a recent (2007) offering. At 900-ish hardcover pages it was a big task, but one that i really enjoyed.


I liked.