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[Scepticalscribe]

Visited the library yesterday, and picked up a book that was waiting for me.

"Packing For Mars - The Curious Science Of Life In Space" by Mary Roach.

This is a topic that has long fascinated me, (and not just because I was a fan of Star Trek, as a child, and later on, both STNG, and DS9, and vividly recall stuff such as space travel, and devour anything I can find to read about what life in space is actually like).

Thus far, I must say that it is brilliant - really well-written, with a lovely wry humour - and I am thoroughly enjoying it.

 

[rhett7660]

Finished Book 1 of the Warhammer series. While not the best, it did have some good stuff, so much so that I picked up Book 2 and started it.

False Gods: The Horus Heresy, Book 2

 

[KaliYoni]

Mary Roach

Mary Roach is amazing at mixing humo(u)r and science. If you haven't read any of her other books, I enjoyed every one of them.

Speaking of space and women, I watched this interesting documentary yesterday:

Destined for space - Germany’s first female astronaut – DW – 03/08/2023

A German woman working as an astronaut: That shouldn’t be anything special. But Suzanna Randall will actually be the first German woman to fly to the International Space Station (ISS). In today’s Germany, there are still sectors that are disproportionately dominated by men. Space travel is one...

www.dw.com

 

[KaliYoni]

Just finished: Mr. B (Homans). Very well researched, but with slightly flat writing style. Still, a must read for anybody who enjoys Balanchine's ballets.

Currently reading: Agent Josephine (Lewis). Interesting topic and protagonists but workman like writing.

Up next: The Annotated Arabian Nights (Horta, ed., Seale, trans.)

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Mary Roach is amazing at mixing humo(u)r and science. If you haven't read any of her other books, I enjoyed every one of them.

Speaking of space and women, I watched this interesting documentary yesterday:

Destined for space - Germany’s first female astronaut – DW – 03/08/2023

A German woman working as an astronaut: That shouldn’t be anything special. But Suzanna Randall will actually be the first German woman to fly to the International Space Station (ISS). In today’s Germany, there are still sectors that are disproportionately dominated by men. Space travel is one...

www.dw.com

Agree completely.

I've just read Grunt (by Mary Roach) - actually, I still have the last chapter yet to finish - and found it excellent, fascinating, interesting, and yes, brilliant at blending science and humour.

Thoroughly enjoying "Packing For Mars" - this is really absolutely fascinating stuff - and will most certainly order more of her books.

In any case, I've long been a fan of "popular" science books, the sort that Bill Bryson or Stephen Jay Gould (I read a lot of his stuff over twenty years ago) have written.

 

[bradl]

After looking for it for a good 40 years, I finally have my hands on a copy. However, it is with some trepidation that I started reading this:

I'm excited to read it as I have never read the original story that inspired the cartoon series, but hesitant of it because I'm not wanting it to shatter the image I have of the series. I know that not all of it will match up, but it would be good to know the original story that brought about one of the biggest childhood memories in my life.

BL.

 

[KaliYoni]

After looking for it for a good 40 years, I finally have my hands on a copy. However, it is with some trepidation that I started reading this:

I'm excited to read it as I have never read the original story that inspired the cartoon series, but hesitant of it because I'm not wanting it to shatter the image I have of the series. I know that not all of it will match up, but it would be good to know the original story that brought about one of the biggest childhood memories in my life.

BL.

…and here I was, thinking you were in the wrong thread before reading the whole post…
;-)

Belle & Sebastian - Official Website - 'Late Developers' Available Now

Arriving almost back-to-back with their acclaimed 2022 album 'A Bit of Previous', Belle and Sebastian return with 'Late Developers' a surprise new album arriving Jan 13th. Recorded during the sessions for A Bit of Previous, the new album is a full-hearted embrace of the band's brightest tendencies t

www.belleandsebastian.com

 

[bradl]

…and here I was, thinking you were in the wrong thread before reading the whole post…
;-)

Belle & Sebastian - Official Website - 'Late Developers' Available Now

Arriving almost back-to-back with their acclaimed 2022 album 'A Bit of Previous', Belle and Sebastian return with 'Late Developers' a surprise new album arriving Jan 13th. Recorded during the sessions for A Bit of Previous, the new album is a full-hearted embrace of the band's brightest tendencies t

www.belleandsebastian.com

A lot of people actually think that! The band got their name from the book! But also with it, there was a Japanese cartoon made that was based off of the book. If I remember right, the series was 52 episodes long, and aired on Nickelodeon here in the US. Still to this day, if it came on, no matter what I was doing, my day would stop to watch that show.

BL.

 

[ucfgrad93]

I’m currently reading Himmler’s War by Robert Conroy. It is an alternative history story in which Hitler is killed in the summer of 1944 by Allied bombing attack.

Really enjoying it.

Edit: got the author’s first name wrong.

 

[MBAir2010]

this was a fun book when I read this upon the release.

BTW:
I need to find an online book seller, I have Powell (too far) Barnes&Knobles or BAM as my 3 choices.
IF anyone can recommend a great place to order book, let me know!

the shop I frequent these past years are really evil and bland people!

 

[MBAir2010]

I’m currently reading Himmler’s War by Robert Conroy. It is an alternative history story in which Hitler is killed in the summer of 1944 by Allied bombing attack.

Really enjoying it.

Edit: got the author’s first name wrong.

Some rumors and eyewitnesses state that a British messenger could have ended Adolph's career in the first WW

 

[ucfgrad93]

Some rumors and eyewitnesses state that a British messenger could have ended Adolph's career in the first WW

It would make an interesting premise for a book.

 

[Zendokan]

Finished the 14 books, love the series.
I'm now 30% into the prequel book.

 

[MmkLucario]

I’m reading this book:

This book is about how liberalism (not the political movement) is trying to explain Christianity with science and take out the supernatural. Here is a quote to prove that it’s not talking about the political movement: “But manifold as are the forms in which the movement appears, the root of the movement is one; the many varieties of modern liberal religion are rooted in naturalism — that is, in denial of any entrance of the creative power of God (as distinguished from the original course of nature) in connection with the origin of Christianity.”

Also, apologies for the bad glare.

 

[bradl]

BTW:
I need to find an online book seller, I have Powell (too far) Barnes&Knobles or BAM as my 3 choices.
IF anyone can recommend a great place to order book, let me know!

the shop I frequent these past years are really evil and bland people!

Sounds like you're in the Portland, Oregon area. Which side of town?

BL.

 

[MBAir2010]

Sounds like you're in the Portland, Oregon area. Which side of town?

BL.

nope florida for now
I need a shipper of books

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Gray Girl - Susan I Spieth.

 

[ThisBougieLife]

Just started the Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor (all published and unpublished short stories).

I seem to be going through a short fiction phase as I'm also still reading through John Cheever's complete short stories.

 

[Rafterman]

"Euromissiles: The Nuclear Weapons that Nearly Destroyed NATO" by Susan Colbourn

 

[audiokid]

This book seems interesting.

Them

Close encounter—something truly new, surprisingly widespread, and fiercely denied. And yet it happens, to civilians and soldiers both. --An entire family has an extended close encounter in broad daylight. In Them, you'll find out its hidden meaning. --A man and his wife fight something they sens...

www.amazon.com

 

[Rafterman]

This book seems interesting.

Them

Close encounter—something truly new, surprisingly widespread, and fiercely denied. And yet it happens, to civilians and soldiers both. --An entire family has an extended close encounter in broad daylight. In Them, you'll find out its hidden meaning. --A man and his wife fight something they sens...

www.amazon.com

The problem with Strieber is, he's also a fiction author and the (in)famous author of Communion, the book that gave us the "classical" big black eyed alien. Many consider his Communion story a hoax. Leslie Kean's book is a much better UFO book. (though unfortunately, a part of it features the Belgium Petit-Rechain photo that the photographer admits was fake.)

 

[Lioness~]

Taking a break with:

The Seat of the Soul: 25th Anniversary Edition with a Study Guide

encourages you become the authority in your own life. It will change the way you see the world, interact with other people, and understand your own actions and motivations. Beginning with evolution, Gary Zukav takes you on a penetrating exploration of the new phase humanity has entered: we ...

www.amazon.com

Continuing reading on this one again:

The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself

www.amazon.com

As I seldom read fiction today, this is often how I read/study books who somehow overlaps and/or
have similar themes. Guess it comes from my University studies in Literature.
I’ve got deeper into the 2nd and it have studies that is more relevant at this moment.

 

[pachyderm]

The problem with Strieber is, he's also a fiction author and the (in)famous author of Communion, the book that gave us the "classical" big black eyed alien. Many consider his Communion story a hoax. Leslie Kean's book is a much better UFO book. (though unfortunately, a part of it features the Belgium Petit-Rechain photo that the photographer admits was fake.)

I enjoyed the film with Christopher Walken...

 

[pachyderm]

"Packing For Mars - The Curious Science Of Life In Space" by Mary Roach.

This is a topic that has long fascinated me, (and not just because I was a fan of Star Trek, as a child, and later on, both STNG, and DS9, and vividly recall stuff such as space travel, and devour anything I can find to read about what life in space is actually like).

Thus far, I must say that it is brilliant - really well-written, with a lovely wry humour - and I am thoroughly enjoying it.

Picking my copy up in a bit...


"Cheers!" in advance @Scepticalscribe ...

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Picking my copy up in a bit...


"Cheers!" in advance @Scepticalscribe ...

An absolutely fascinating read.

I cannot recommend it highly enough.