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Re: Recommend-a-book.

Post by Geoff » Fri Mar 06, 2009 10:05 pm

Gawdzilla wrote:
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Gawdzilla wrote:Didn't it come out as The Gripping Hand first? :think:
Probably; I think that was the US title, but I first found it as "Moat". I don't mind which title, I just wish they'd pick one and stick to it; Some Robert Forward books, amongst others, do the same thing.
The "moat" wasn't a moat around Murcheson's Eye anyway, it was a blocking action against a "channel" that ships from the Mote would have to pass through, a "blockade". Murcheson's Eye was the red giant. :lay:
At the risk of a derail...it's a while since I last read it, but the exit Alderson point (from the Mote) was actually inside the "eye" wasn't it, and the blockade ships used to periodically leave the Alderson point to shed heat? A blockade is near enough to a moat in effect to justify such a good pun!

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Re: Recommend-a-book.

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Fri Mar 06, 2009 10:31 pm

Geoff wrote:
Gawdzilla wrote:
Geoff wrote:
Gawdzilla wrote:Didn't it come out as The Gripping Hand first? :think:
Probably; I think that was the US title, but I first found it as "Moat". I don't mind which title, I just wish they'd pick one and stick to it; Some Robert Forward books, amongst others, do the same thing.
The "moat" wasn't a moat around Murcheson's Eye anyway, it was a blocking action against a "channel" that ships from the Mote would have to pass through, a "blockade". Murcheson's Eye was the red giant. :lay:
At the risk of a derail...it's a while since I last read it, but the exit Alderson point (from the Mote) was actually inside the "eye" wasn't it, and the blockade ships used to periodically leave the Alderson point to shed heat? A blockade is near enough to a moat in effect to justify such a good pun!

I love those books!
Hey, I'm a military historian! :cranky: Look at the demise of the Spanish fleet in Cuba to see what I mean. :whisper:
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Re: Recommend-a-book.

Post by Geoff » Fri Mar 06, 2009 10:35 pm

Gawdzilla wrote:
Geoff wrote:
Gawdzilla wrote:
Geoff wrote:
Gawdzilla wrote:Didn't it come out as The Gripping Hand first? :think:
Probably; I think that was the US title, but I first found it as "Moat". I don't mind which title, I just wish they'd pick one and stick to it; Some Robert Forward books, amongst others, do the same thing.
The "moat" wasn't a moat around Murcheson's Eye anyway, it was a blocking action against a "channel" that ships from the Mote would have to pass through, a "blockade". Murcheson's Eye was the red giant. :lay:
At the risk of a derail...it's a while since I last read it, but the exit Alderson point (from the Mote) was actually inside the "eye" wasn't it, and the blockade ships used to periodically leave the Alderson point to shed heat? A blockade is near enough to a moat in effect to justify such a good pun!

I love those books!
Hey, I'm a military historian! :cranky: Look at the demise of the Spanish fleet in Cuba to see what I mean. :whisper:
To get back on track, why don't you Recommend-a-book about it... ;)
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Re: Recommend-a-book.

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Fri Mar 06, 2009 10:56 pm

Geoff wrote:To get back on track, why don't you Recommend-a-book about it... ;)
That's easy. Here.
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Post by klr » Mon Mar 09, 2009 12:17 am

The Last Days of the Incas by Kim MacQuarrie:

http://www.lastdaysoftheincas.com/

I read it in one sitting on New Year's Eve - extremely readable. :read:
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Re: Recommend-a-book.

Post by Animavore » Mon Mar 09, 2009 1:49 am

klr wrote:The Last Days of the Incas by Kim MacQuarrie:

http://www.lastdaysoftheincas.com/

I read it in one sitting on New Year's Eve - extremely readable. :read:
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Re: Recommend-a-book.

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Mon Mar 09, 2009 1:54 am

Animavore wrote:
klr wrote:The Last Days of the Incas by Kim MacQuarrie:

http://www.lastdaysoftheincas.com/

I read it in one sitting on New Year's Eve - extremely readable. :read:
Shut the fuck up ye Irish bastard!
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Re: Recommend-a-book.

Post by The Curious Squid » Tue Mar 10, 2009 2:41 am

Gawdzilla wrote:
Animavore wrote:
klr wrote:The Last Days of the Incas by Kim MacQuarrie:

http://www.lastdaysoftheincas.com/

I read it in one sitting on New Year's Eve - extremely readable. :read:
Shut the fuck up ye Irish bastard!
OCB alert!

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Post by Bella Fortuna » Tue Mar 10, 2009 2:42 am

Get outta the Literature section, drunk guy! :lay: Back to the pub with you!
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Re: Recommend-a-book.

Post by The Curious Squid » Tue Mar 10, 2009 2:43 am

Gawd was the one who fucked up here :D
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Post by The Curious Squid » Tue Mar 10, 2009 2:53 am

Bella Fortuna wrote:OCB = Old Cranky Bastard :whisper:
Sounds about right :D

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Post by Bella Fortuna » Tue Mar 10, 2009 2:59 am

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Bella Fortuna wrote:OCB = Old Cranky Bastard :whisper:
Sounds about right :D

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Re: Recommend-a-book.

Post by Animavore » Tue Mar 10, 2009 10:36 am

I don't remember writing that? WTF?
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Animavore wrote:I don't remember writing that? WTF?
Likely reason: "There was drink taken, Your Honour" :drunk:
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