Oh sure. I'm just saying I usually start people, especially kids with his Juveniles. They're not a series like most people think of them. There are no returning characters (other than heinlein writing himself in a few times). He said he had set out to write those ones specifically for boys and young men.
My wife worked at Half Price Books before we got married. They shut down a location near by. Employees were allowed to come in and take shelves if they wanted to. We have 28 7-foot shelves and a handful of halves and narrow ones. They are all filled. I really shouldnt complain about the books we have paid for since we have thousands that she got for nothing or next to nothing.
I'd just say start with his Juveniles: Rocketship Galileo, Space Cadet, Red Planet, Farmer in the Sky, Between Planets, The Rolling Stones, Starman Jones, The Star Beast, Tunnel in the Sky, Time for the Stars, Citizen of the Galaxy, Have Space Suit - Will Travel, and Starship Troopers.
I loved the Tom Swift books when I was a little kid. Heinleins juveniles are a rather based nod at them
We will encourage our kids to read all of them but probably only have Starship Troopers as required reading.
I enjoyed the Lensman series. You can tell exactly when it was written. I loved all the "ultra ray" beam weapons and such.
10 cents?!?!?! I picked mine up cheap but not that cheap. That's insane!
The Patrick Tull recordings are certainly the best. I'm glad to see another O'Brian fan here. I've read quite a bit of nautical adventures and his are certainly the best.
Lightbringer was quite good. The magic system is one of the most unique ones I've come across. My only quibble is that the the last book was a bit abrupt. Seemed like he had planned on it being another two or three books and his publisher told him to wrap it up in one.
I read I Ching a few years back. The names are rough.
I read Servants of War when it came out. The transition from something that reminded me of The Witcher to 40k was pretty jarring. I enjoyed it and I'm definitely going to read the next one.
I need to read the Deep Six stuff next
I fell like if someone was a fan of the books then they'd probably think the show was terrible. I thought the books were pretty bad though. I made it through the original trilogy and didnt bother picking any of the rest up. I've gone through Wheel of Time twice and I dont recommend people read it for the same reason I tell them to skip Shanarra. They're too derivative and slow.
I expected the show to be retarded and it was but it was brainless fantasy. Babylon 5 quality.
I am about to start my 7th or 8th read through of Starship troopers. I've read all of Heinlien. His juveniles are definitely my favorite and Starship Troopers is at the top of that list. The Man Who Sold the Moon, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, The Red Planet, and Farmer in the Sky are also ones I reread from time to time.
Ahhh. I though I recognized the name. I have read House on the Borderlands when I was trying to read pre-Lovecraft sci-horror. It was enjoyable.
Have you ever come across anything my Michael S. Heiser? He has a companion to Enoch that is excellent.
Also, Industrial Society and Its Future should be required reading. It is in my house. We homeschool.
I just added Romance of the Three Kingdoms to my reading list. Looks interesting.
I absolutely love Larry Correia. Have you read any of his other stuff? The Forgotten Warrior is epic fantasy set in a world with a caste system like the hindus. Then there are The Grimnoir Chronciles, diesel punk with an interesting magical system. Oh and samurai in magical tech armor fighting side by side with a WW1 machingunner/mage/detective/bounty hunter along with a genius little austisic girl from a dairy farm to bring down a pre-WW2 ascendant Japanese Empire and then save the world from an alien menace.
Hes got other scifi, military scifi, and military fiction too.
I first picked him up because Baen publishes him. They publish good scifi. They dont care about politics. That means they mostly end up publishing stuff from people right of center or libertarians. Tor and the rest are completely cucked and won't publish unless you check all the diversity and degeneracy boxes as a person or with your book.
I enjoyed Flashman more than I thought I would. I've read quite a bit of historical fiction set in the Napoleonic and Victorian eras. Flashy is definitely one of those "yeah hes an total asshole by he's our asshole" types.
I had a lot of trouble with shannara. The first one seemed way too lord of the rings. I did actually enjoy the tv show though. I was sick and watched a marathon.
I finished "The Wine Dark Sea," the 16th book in the Aubrey/Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian. The movie "Master and Commander" with Russell Crowe is loosely based of 3 or 4 of the books.
They are the best nautical fiction I've read, share my top spot for historical fiction with the Saxon Stories by Bernard Cornwell, and I'd actually recommend them to someone who likes Jane Austen too. The series is more of a story about the friendship and lives of the two main characters rather than a nautical adventure. If you just want swashbuckling read Bolitho, if you want the spying read Ramage, if you want something that feels like a period piece theres Hornblower, but I honestly feel like O'Brian did all of those things better.
I would recommend anyone thinking of reading them to get two companion books. The first is "A Sea of Words: A Lexicon and Companion to the Complete Seafaring Tales of Patrick O'Brian" and "Harbors and High Seas".
The first will explain the words and provide general knowledge about the period. The second allows the reader to see the route the books follow and gives information about the places they visit.
I'm taking a break from my third time reading though O'Brian's masterpiece to read "Gin & Cologne in the Wearable Tech Apocalypse" by RT Swindoll (grandson of THAT Swindoll). Its a scifi romp, a bit farcical. There are some references to Asimov's Foundation Series that scifi fans will enjoy. Im about halfway though and the book has been quite enjoyable so far. There are a robot with a cowboy's personality that thankfully gets the treatment of Chekov's Gun, a megalomaniacal titan of industry, the Singularity, along with murder, mayhem and a fair bit of cynical humor.
My wife just finished reading the print and I'm going though the audiobook read by the author on Spotify. She's a published author herself and said it was well written and I have to say Swindoll performs it well too.
I quite enjoyed NMS. I had it at launch and was very disappointed then came back to it years later to play with a friend of mine. I dont have time for it anymore. I barely do any gaming. It's one I wouldnt mind playing again. Especially since my dad still plays it. He worked in the oilfield his whole life and derives grest enjoyment out of setting up efficient refineries.
I'm sure people were saying the same thing in weimar.
I am opposed to foreign wars and in favor of a Kent state type solution.
Yes. This is a pretty good indication that trump will get elected. Israel wants war with iran. The need american boys to fight it. Yound white men have not been enlisting. If trump is in office and we have some sort of "iranian" sponsored terrorist attack many more would enlist than would if biden or some other dem was in office.
My wife and I were discussing the scale of the U.S. compared to European countries with our daughter yesterday.
If one were to drive west across Texas from Orange to El Paso the journey is about 870 miles or 1400 km.
The distance from Sennen Cove on the south western tip of Cornwall to John o' Groats the most north eastern point of Scotland is only 840 miles or 1350 km.
The total land area of Texas us 268.82 thousand square miles or 696.24 thousand square kilometers, with a population of 25.6 million in 2011
The total land area of Great Britain is only 80.8 thousand square miles or 209.33 square kilometers, with a population of 61 million in 2011
So Texas has more than 8 times the area but only about 41% of the population of Great Britain
This information is important to consider when discussing things like public and private transportation differences between the States and European countries.
No one is talking about all the parasites they're bringing too. I guarantee most people who spend any amount of time outdoors, particularly children, are infected with some sort of parasite. Liver flukes and tape worms are really common now but a taboo topic.
or you can pack your shit and leave
Is exactly what the South was trying to do and what the North was fighting to stop.
I'd love a space cadet series. Especially if it was loaded with 1960s retro futurism