what are you reading currently

[Alpine_Sapper]

Well, Crimeny. All this because the guy used the word brilliant?
Now then. Go argue.

Actually, it's because of a difference of opinion on a historical figure of great importance one way or the other. Whether you like the guy, believe in his ideals, or hate him with every fiber of your being, you have to admit he's had a profound impact on history. Look at the reactions to one post where Talon said he was reading "Mein Kampf". Obviously Remy feels very strongly that Hitler was lower than whale ****, and I kind of enjoy playing devil's advocate on topics that, really, in the end, mean next to nothing.

[Swamprat1958]

I am re-reading Terry C. Johnston's mountain man series based on the fictional character Titus Bass.

[earth2res]

Woodswoman by Anne LaBastille

[chiangmaimav]

The Emperor's General by James Webb and River Dog by Mark Shand.

[FVR]

Reading two books right now.

Why do all the black kids sit together in the cafeteria and Making the Corps.

Both really good books.

On the stand waiting is; The Envy of the World, In Harms Way, The life story of Black Beard the Pirate, and one other re-read of the story that novel Moby Dick was based on.

[mcfd45]

I am reading "Patriots" By james rawles. I am about a third of the way through and it is a good book. Some parts are a bit boring, you can tell their is a political agenda behind some of it. but it is a good read.

[oldsoldier]

Reading the w.w. johnstone "ashes" series for the ?? time.

[chiye tanka]

The latest issue of Tactical Knives. There's a good article on PSK's that Doug Ritter consulted on.

[chiye tanka]

I forgot. There's also a good article on the use of a tomahawk as a survival tool.

[Lorna]

Getting ready to start a book called Taming Your Tongue in Thirty Days.

[chiye tanka]

Lorna, there's all kinds of jokes there!!!!
I think for once, I'm gonna leave it alone.

[crashdive123]

Yeah, when I first saw that I said to myself that I ain't gonna say nuttin. After giving it some thought.......I ain't gonna say nuttin.

[endurance]

I'm currently finishing One Second After by Forsctchen. It's an EMP disaster book. I almost returned it when I saw the forward was by Newt Gingrich, but it's actually a well written, reasonably well researched book that I've enjoyed quite a bit. He brings up a lot of good points, but the zombie hordes thing toward the end gets a bit over the top for me. More canibals, which was the one thing that kept me from really enjoying Lucifer's Hammer.

Last finished was Over the Edge of the World by Laurence Bergreeen. It was about the voyage of Magellan. Very well researched looking at all the logs and diaries for numerous perspectives. Long ocean voyages before the days of understanding scurvy are just friggin' nasty! Good lessons for folks to learn. Not as good as Shackleton's Endurance, but better than Ice Masters (although all three hold valuable lessons). Ice Masters appears to finally name what ill fate came to two of the travelers in The Long Walk in the Gobi. It appears to have been Nephritis; a swelling of the kidneys from attempting to survive on animal fats and protein alone, without sufficient carbohydrates (possibly complicated by hypo or hyperthermia and dehydration).

Next up is On Killing: the psychological cost of learning to kill in war and society by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman. This may round out the research I've been doing on survival psychology over the past few years and lead me to write a paper summarizing the topic, from Gonzales's Deep Survival to Ori Brafman's Sway: the irresistible pull of irrational behavior. There's a deep pool of research forming on the topic and I'm trying to pull a few of the core ideas together in one cohesive source for the survival community at large. While well intentioned, I think there's too much focus on shiny things (which includes matte black ) in the community and not enough on the right kind of preparedness for the most likely threats. Understanding who lives, who dies, and why is the right question, but there's also a need to look at what type of training, experiences, and preps will actually make a difference when the day comes that one is put to the test.

[Lorna]

Wow, people are getting very reserved around here. Can't get a rise from no one today.

[crashdive123]

Wow, people are getting very reserved around here. Can't get a rise from no one today.

I still ain't sayin nuttin.

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[Rick]

I almost returned it when I saw the forward was by Newt Gingrich

I have a saying I used quite a bit. You can't judge a book by it's cover. You can use that if you ever want to. I don't charge a royalty or anything.

[endurance]

Think I'll write that one down somewhere.

[chiangmaimav]

I just finished 2 very good survival stories. Bat-21, which is about rescue of downed pilot in Vietnam, and The Inferno, by Fred Hoyle, which is a very believable novel written by physicist about aftereffects of a Quasar explosion in thus galaxy. It takes place in Scotland and has a good depiction of organizing a community after a major disaster.

[Rick]

Quasar shmuasar. If you've seen one intergalactic explosion, you've seen 'em all. Why, I remember in my day when you had to walk to school in the middle of a cosmic ray propogation. Now that, my friend, was a disaster of epic proportions. And I'm still here.

[earth2res]

Now I am reading A Year in the Maine Woods by Bernd Heinrich.