The Library

[PSnewbie]

Some people here would remember how reading Ender's Game changed my outlooks on life and fair treatment to all peoples. this being said I strongly recommend ALL of the OSC books that include Ender in them. and recommend the the books that include Bean strongly enough. there is enough symbolism in anyone of the Ender and Bean books to keep you thinking for weeks. Good luck with Children of the Mind Outbound i read it four times til i understood the real reason why Ender did what he did< kinda a spoiler kinda not

[TheLoneTerran]

I'm hooked on several different series.

StarFist which beta reads too.
WorldWar, Colonization, and Homeward Bound. Three series tied together by Harry TurtleDove.

Alternate American history such as How Few Remain where Confederates gained Independence because we never found Grant's plans to invade Pennsylvania. Great War with U.S. vs C.S in WWI American Empire which follows the Great War series and I'm currently reading the second book of Settling Accounts which is the U.S. vs C.S. in WW2 where Hitler never arose and Hitler's mirror image is a disgruntled artillery man who's ideas match Hitler's to the letter except Jewish wern't his scapegoat, blacks and socialists, but mainly blacks.

Reading the Stars at War series, beta let me borrow.

Just finished Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. Required for school.

Reading A Secret History, also required for school.

And this isn't really reading but I'm also writing stories too.

[Droxor]

It's not exactly a novel, or anythin like that. . .but I enjoy reading "The Art of War" on a regular basis. It gives you tactics you not only can use is combat but in the real world as well. Plus it's such a historical book.

[Gunther]

It's not exactly a novel, or anythin like that. . .but I enjoy reading "The Art of War" on a regular basis. It gives you tactics you not only can use is combat but in the real world as well. Plus it's such a historical book.

I assume you are referring to Sun Tzu written c.500 BC.

Have you read "On War" by Clausewitz in 1832?

These two are considered the fathers of the two most common forms of "the Art of War". Sun Tzu's teachings are generally regarded as Eastern used by former Soviet Union states, China and Korea. Clausewitz' teachings are generally western used by NATO pact nations. Naturally you will find overlap--teachings of both that apply to both Eastern and Western philosophies. The East tend to focus on the use of Field Artillery and overhwelming your enemy with numbers. The West focus an integration of combined arms and defeat ones opponent with an economy of Force and Maneuver.

[Droxor]

No I haven't checked it out, thnx for the info though I'll pick it up tonight.

[betasoldier]

I still have to read Clausewitz. Loved Sun Tzu's Art of War.

If you like those try picking up "Roots of Strategy" edited by Brig. Gen. T. R. Phillips. It's an assortment of strategy books. There are 5, Sun Tzu, Vegetius, De Saxe, Frederick, and Napolean. Of course, Napolean is just his maxims, not an actual book/letter.

Yes, Newbie, I remember that arguement. I could only read "Ender's Game". I couldn't stomach OSC's crap in the rest of the series. Barely finished reading Speaker of the Dead and couldn't bare to read the rest of it. I'm sorry, but I HATED the rest of that series. I figured the one about Bean would have been okay sense it took place during "Ender's Game" but it was a bunch of crap too; didn't finish it. To each his own though.

[BCoop]

I haven't had a lot of time to read my own books, which is too bad cause I enjoy reading, but the newest Harry Potter one was pretty good. Some of my favorites in the past year have been Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl, Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad, and Billy Budd by Herman Melville. When I find some time I am ready to read The Prince by Machiavelli.