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Warrior Class by Dale Brown
Last book I read was Echo by Jack McDevitt, another great Alex Benedict book. Before that, I read Tales of the Callamo Mountains by Larry Blamire (of Lost Skeleton fame-- but these stories are not comedies, by any means). Now I am about a third of the way through World War Z.
last book i finished was actually Battle Born by Dale Brown. I'm still reading Warrior Class...
I'm always reading. Sometimes I read two or three books at once. Right now, I'm working my way through INVINCIBLE, which is the ninth and final volume of Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, and I have to say, I don't understand why this series is hated so much. Sure, it's no masterpiece, but it certainly was not the overcrowded, disjointed, never-ending mess that the NJO was.
I'm also reading UP THE LINE, a fun little time travel novel by Robert Silverberg.
I'm also reading UP THE LINE, a fun little time travel novel by Robert Silverberg.
The last book I´ve read (again) was "A secret Garden". Right now I am reading "The Three Musketeers" by Dumas. I read the book the last time like 20 years ago, as a child and a few weeks back I thought I´d like reading it again and see, if it reads different as an adult. But than I forgot about it. Anyway, yesterday I found a copy in a second hand book shop in English and as I wanted to read it again anyway, I am giving it a try in English now.
And I just fell over a sentences and wonder, if someone can help me brush up my general know how... its sort of Star trek related too.
Planchet, the servant of d´Artagnan, says on one page: "Besides, I´m a Picard, Sir, and you, as a Gascon, know what that means."
What does it mean? It must have to do something with courage or stubborn will power... I guess. Where Picards like the Gascons people of a certain part of France and had some personality traits suscribed to them in general? If it has, thats why the authors of TNG choosed Picard for a name of the Captain.
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And I just fell over a sentences and wonder, if someone can help me brush up my general know how... its sort of Star trek related too.
Planchet, the servant of d´Artagnan, says on one page: "Besides, I´m a Picard, Sir, and you, as a Gascon, know what that means."
What does it mean? It must have to do something with courage or stubborn will power... I guess. Where Picards like the Gascons people of a certain part of France and had some personality traits suscribed to them in general? If it has, thats why the authors of TNG choosed Picard for a name of the Captain.
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Presumably it's a reference to Picardy, a region of France.
Headstone by Ken Bruen. It was fantastic.
I honestly don't read novels that much, but I recently finished Band of Sisters: American Women at War in Iraq. I found it to be reasonably interesting and educational.
I just finished Halting State by Charles Stross, and am now reading Engineering Infinity, an anthology of short hard-SF stories.
I'm also working my way through Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson - that's slower going, because I don't carry it with me on my commute. (It's autographed, and I don't want to inadvertently leave it on a bus or something stupid like that.)
I'm also working my way through Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson - that's slower going, because I don't carry it with me on my commute. (It's autographed, and I don't want to inadvertently leave it on a bus or something stupid like that.)
The Bible, The Qu'ran and Science. The Holy Scriptures Examined in the Light of Modern Knowledge by Dr Maurice Bucaille.
I find it interesting Dr Bucaille is a member of the French society of Egyptology, and was the chief doctor of the team given the unique honour of access to the mummy of Ramses II when it was lent to France for archaeological and anatomical study in 1976 (receiving a full royal ceremony with the French president in attendance). The scientists determined Ramses had drowned. The results caused quite an uproar in those circles at that time, with many speculating Ramses II may be "the Pharaoh of Moses".
I find it interesting Dr Bucaille is a member of the French society of Egyptology, and was the chief doctor of the team given the unique honour of access to the mummy of Ramses II when it was lent to France for archaeological and anatomical study in 1976 (receiving a full royal ceremony with the French president in attendance). The scientists determined Ramses had drowned. The results caused quite an uproar in those circles at that time, with many speculating Ramses II may be "the Pharaoh of Moses".
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