What's the latest book you've read?
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tartanterrier
Is somewhere outhere.
D&K's guide to Germany.
Mr. Daystar
In a bell tower, watching you through cross hairs.
Best book I ever read...."Angel Of Darkness", by Dennis McDugal. It was about Randy Kraft, a serial killer from California that committed several ****** ******* in and around Orange and Los Angelas County.
Little Red Wagon Repairman
Girls Can't Wrestle
Some Charles Dickens crapola a nun made me read in 7th grade. In school I wrote good enough that I could handle the F for not reedin' nuthin'.
gmase
Nattering Nabob of Negativism
Probably the one about Scrooge McDuck
FreeOnes_Adam
FO Admin - 19 Cents of Magical Cock (her/shey)
That's my problem with fantasy. The names are too much for my brain to handle if there are a lot of characters.
I'm working my way through Interview with the Vampire. I love the film adaption, and I normally don't like that Hollywood stuff. They did a pretty good job with it.
Theopolis Q. Hossenffer
I lost my title in the Stock Market Crash.
Taking Off by Peter Rhodan.
gmase
Nattering Nabob of Negativism
The Great Influenza by John Barry.
Lewis referenced Barry's book (published in 2004) a few times in The Premonition. Bush 43 read it and said "You've got to read this ... Look, this happens every 100 years. We need a national strategy.'" ( Premium Link Upgrade ) The great part is it was written well before pandemics before political footballs.
It a great read if you want to realize how much humanity has not changed over the past century: blame the poor, uneducated masses for spreading the disease; downplay it by calling it something less severe (1918 "the grippe", today "the flu"); government leaders ignore or minimize the problem; wash your hands, social distance, and mask; politicians and military leaders ignoring doctors; and the list goes on. It has way too many "is it 1918/1919 or 2020/2021" moments.
Why did the author write the book?
I wanted to see how American society dealt with simultaneous challenges of two wars, one of nature against humans, on top of a war of humans against each other, to see how people that had the power to do something about it, whether they were politicians or scientists, how they reacted and the lessons we could learn.
Not quite a latest book, but this thread sort of fits and if anyone feels like complaining. Talk to Gmase, he dug up the thread and pointed me to it. 
If you haven't read it yet, I suggest everyone who reads this post goes out and picks up a copy of 1984.
I can almost guarantee it will scare this proverbial stuff out of you as you read it and reflect on our lovely modern world.
Afterwards, go watch the movie with John Hurt, Richard Burton and Suzanna Hamilton, with a small role for Rab C Nesbit himself (Gregor Fisher).
Not quite the largest resurrection for a thread, but maybe the largest of the week?
If you haven't read it yet, I suggest everyone who reads this post goes out and picks up a copy of 1984.
I can almost guarantee it will scare this proverbial stuff out of you as you read it and reflect on our lovely modern world.
Afterwards, go watch the movie with John Hurt, Richard Burton and Suzanna Hamilton, with a small role for Rab C Nesbit himself (Gregor Fisher).
Not quite the largest resurrection for a thread, but maybe the largest of the week?
