Re: [OT] Summer Reading List

On 22-Jun-00 at 11:22, colin.plummer@theplanet.net
(colin.plummer@theplanet.net) wrote: > Thus spoke
Aron_Clark@digidesign.com on
Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 04:52:59PM
> -0700 : > 
> > 
> > 
> > Since traffic is a bit light thought I'd share this with you all. 
> > Recently we had a thread "Suggested Sci-Fi",
> > I took all the related suggestions and complied them in this list. 
I've
> > also added to it as books are recomended.
> > Feel free to email me your additonal military sci-fi suggestions off
> > list, or on  list if you wish.
> 
> I'm surprised no-one suggested it yet, or maybe everyone who's anyone
has
> read it already :)
> 
> 'Ender's Game' by Orson Scott Card, the following books 'Speaker for
the
> Dead' and 'Xenocide' aren't quite so military in bias but also very
good. 
> I'm trying to get round to reading the latest addition to that series,
but
> haven't yet.	I'm going to have to finish reading 'Shogun' first ;)
which
> I'd certainly recommend as an insight into Japanese culture and -some-
> historical bits. 

If you liked Ender's Game you might try the new one, "Ender's Shadow".
I liked it even better than the original.  It also fills in many
gaps that I didn't realize were there.

Roger